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Pierre Bensusan has revealed his 15th album "Azwan" for it's release in France on November 12, 2021 by Le Triton / L'Autre Distribution. Back from the USA, the guitarist will present his new opus during a concert tour this autumn across France, of which here are the first dates: * 24/11: Château d'Aubiac, Agen (47) * 26/11: La Luna Negra, Bayonne (64) * 27/11: Salle Robert Macé, Saint-Jean d'Angély (17) Elected by the readers of Guitar Player magazine as the best world music guitarist, Bensusan's music is contemplative, nostalgic, sublime and prodigiously performed with inspiration rooted in nature. The concept of Azwan was born from the observation of bees, solar insects that work together in the dark, and birds that fly and dance together. It is an inspiring symbolic representation of the continuum of music. When you see the word Azwan written down, it may evoke a place, a city or a mood, but when you hear it out loud, it sounds like 'unity'.

Aurelia Nardini will unveil her new album "Nenia Ira" on its release on December 2, 2022 on digital and during February 2023 on vinyl by Vlad Productions / Absilone / Believe digital. For this fist album, Nenia Ira present seven tracks. Seven contemporary tales told from the point of view of a character who, armed with their voice, transform the obstacles they encounter on their way and draw strength from them, in order to continue moving forward. Accompanied by the shrutibox, an Indian accordion, and the toun-toun, a traditional instrument from Béarn that she revisits, Aurélia Nardini unveils carefully worked arrangements, drums and electronic effects manipulated live on machines. Nenia Ira is a solo project based in Marseille, written and composed by Aurélia Nardini. In 2021, they have benefited from the "BE ON" scheme with the A.M.I (Aides aux Musiques Innovatrices), which allows them to develop their stage performance with the choreographer Anne-Gaëlle Thiriot, in order to create an intimate and dreamlike show, drawing from our dark and luminous emotions

Guillaume Barraud & Mathieu Bélis will unveil their new album « Estampes » on its digital release October 14, 2022 and physical release November 4, 2022 on B&B Productions/InOuïe Distribution. This new work will be presented live on stage on Thursday December 8, 2022 at Les 2 Pianos (Paris). After ten years of a fruitful partnership, this new project came about in the midst of the pandemic. Composers Mathieu Bélis and Guillaume Barraud teamed up again for a series of improvisations; and the result is a repertoire of intimate music pieces. From the synergy of the piano and the bansuri (North-Indian transverse flute) emerges a language of its own. The striking of the strings and the breath through the bamboo intertwine to deliver a colourful canvas of sounds. It is an ode to journey, an invitation to fly away and explore an eclectic universe of contemporary jazz brewed with classical, pop and traditional elements.

Sultana will unveil her new album « Uni Vers Elle » on its digital release November 11 and physical release November 18, 2022 on Trilogie Halexander / InOuïe Distribution. This new work will be presented live on stage on Thursday November 17, 2022 at Les 2 Pianos (Paris). Author, composer, singer, Sultana invites you to travel through her mixed universe. A journey between World Music and French Songs breathed by a subtle combination of island rhythms and by her warm and sensual voice. From her real name, dixit "the Queen", symbol of femininity, sharing and generosity, Sultana sings in French and Spanish with a touch of Arabic, the free and sensitive woman who aspires to the present moment with a radiant optimism and an overflowing energy. "UNI VERS ELLE", Sultana's third opus has a highly symbolic title in homage to femininity, love, Nature, our Mother Earth, invoking a strong link to the sacred feminine, to listen to her heart, her intuition, her inner and creative power to fully accomplish herself. Ten compositions through which Sultana celebrates the themes of freedom, love, awakening, transmission, friendship, gratitude weaving the indispensable link between the feminine and the masculine, the Yin and the Yang two complementary energies for a universal duality.

Electric Vocuhila will unveil their new album "Kiteky" on its release on October 21, 2022 on Another Record / Capsul Records / L'Autre Distribution. This new work will be presented live on stage on Tuesday November 8, 2022 at Le Studio de L’Ermitage (Paris). Electric Vocuhila are : - Maxime Bobo: saxophone alto and composition - Arthur Delaleu: electric guitar - François Rosenfeld: electric and acoustic bass - Etienne Ziemniak: drums   For the past ten years, Electric Vocuhila has been developing a singular, powerful and voluble music, inspired by various contemporary African urban or ceremonial musics, combined with an orchestration and a relationship to improvisation rooted in (free) jazz, and a search for saturation of the sound coming from rock. This 4th album is dedicated to the tsapiky musicians met during a tour in Madagascar, just before the recording. The band was deeply marked by this trip, the concerts and the time spent with the Malagasy musicians. The song "Kiteky", which gives its name to the album and whose first video was released in 2021, has become a hit in Tuléar (Toliara, the cradle of tsapiky), covered by many tsapiky groups in « bal-poussière » ceremonies. This new version of Kiteky as well as the songs Kidola Dola (named by singers from Tulear), Swift and Arthur Never Sleeps have been reworked after the tour in Madagascar by assimilating modern tsapiky sounds and rhythms. Steeped in trance and celebration music, this new record also offers some quieter, more written pieces (duet and trio with acoustic bass and no drums on Toliara and Kasaï Charm), electronic sounds on Kin, and an exploration of rhythms inspired by East African music (Swift, 445), Congolese tradi-modern music (445), and music from southeastern Madagascar (Mangaliba), sometimes layering or juxtaposing them.

Sorry, this entry is only available in FR. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.Le groupe Balimaya révèlera son dernier album éponyme sur la scène du Studio de L'Ermitage,  à l'occasion d'un concert exceptionnel le vendredi 9 septembre 2022 à 20h30. Cet opus est sorti chez Buda Musique / Socadisc le 8 novembre 2019.   Le groupe est composé de :  - Julien André : compositions, arrangements, djembé, batterie - Ibrahima Diabaté : dundun, n’goni, tama - Boris Blanchet : saxophones - Vincent Limouzin : vibraphone, marimba - Felipe Cabrera : basse     BALIMAYA Dans les langues mandingues d’Afrique de l’Ouest, Balimaya signifie “parenté”, “fraternité”. Une famille au sens large qui s’exprime ici, réunie autour d’un duo de percussionnistes formé par Julien André et Ibrahima Diabaté, mêlant djembé, dundun et batterie. Cette collaboration a débuté en 1994 à Bamako et s’est poursuivie à Paris. Elle a permis de développer une façon de combiner les jeux un peu "tout terrain", dans un éventail allant du style formaté des cérémonies traditionnelles à l'improvisation la plus libre. Inspirée par le jazz et l’improvisation, elle prend aujourd’hui une nouvelle direction. Balimaya se nourrit de rythmes mandingues joués pour la danse. Ils ne sont pas repris dans leur format originel mais demeurent néanmoins une source d’inspiration, pour créer une musique où les voix s’entrecroisent. Basse, saxophone, vibraphone et marimba se joignent à cette famille, dans des compositions pensées comme des jeux, variant grooves, timbres, dynamiques, ouvrant la voie à l’improvisation.

Berikely & Zama will unveil their new album "Elaela" on its digital release September 2, 2022 and physical release on September 30, 2022 on Abrazik / InOuïe Distribution. This new work will be presented live on stage on Wednesday October 5, 2022 at 360 Paris Music Factory (Paris). After a few years of absence, the singer Berikely, who has already made his reputation on the island of Madagascar with in particular the title “Tara Avion” returns with a new album entitled “Elaela”. Berikely & Zama are: - Berikely: voice, kabossy - Eric Doboka: guitar, back vocals - Samuel Ratovondrahery (Bema): percussions, back vocals - Thomas Boucherie: bass - Jean-Yves Boucherie: drums, back vocals   A mixed and authentic sound Berikely & Zama is a new Franco-Malagasy band made up of four musicians and singers gathered around Berikely, Malagasy songwriter, singer and player of kabossy, the emblematic guitar of Madagascar. It is the meeting of musicians with very different backgrounds but who have in common, the love of mixed music. It will take more than two years to forge an experience of Malagasy music which is not an easy approach for Westerners. This requires personal technical work and then band work. The band takes advantage of the stage to consolidate the music, the objective being the recording of an album. With Eric Doboka (Tue-Loup, March Mallow) on guitar, explorer of different musical universes. Thomas Boucherie (Ibrahima Koné), young bass virtuoso who forged his experience in African music. Bema Ratovondrahery (Mami Bastah), Malagasy percussionist who, through his perfect technique, links the two cultures, and Jean-Yves Boucherie, enriched by a long musical career in jazz and Latin music, provides a solid rhythmic foundation. The band offers a mixed and authentic musical color strongly influenced by traditional Malagasy rhythms.   A project born from two cultures encounter After a few years of absence, the singer Berikely, who has already made his reputation on the island of Madagascar with in particular the title “Tara Avion” returns with a new album entitled “Elaela”. An opus which proves that he is not yet ready to definitively put down his kabôssy, which is his favorite instrument. It is the meeting with Eric Doboka, artistic director of the project, which motivates his desire to mix his music which usually finds its foundations in a traditional style. Things happen naturally through the contribution of the culture and experience of each musician. The result is a music carried away by resolutely Malagasy melodies and texts, supported by an accompaniment with sometimes Western colors. The choice are based on an exclusively acoustic sound to approach the different styles of Malagasy music such as salegy, tsinjaka or banaiky. Also with some afro-beat influences. The songs are about adventure, nostalgia, love and humanity. It is also for Berikely the way to export his music by offering it to an international audience.

Sorry, this entry is only available in FR. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Le groupe Radio Tutti & Barilla Sisters révèlera son nouvel EP « Queimadelos » à l'occasion de sa sortie le 24 juin 2022 chez Lamastrock / L'Autre Distribution.   Le groupe est composé de :  - Pierre-Alexis Lavergne : direction artistique, claviers, guitare, banjo, mandoline, chant, programmation- Baptiste Sarat : trompette, mélodica, bugle, chant- Pauline Rivière : direction artistique, chant, tambourin, percussions- Judith Chomel : chant, accordéon, percussions- Leo Ouillon : saxophone baryton    « À l’aise sur la vague de transe créée par leur album XOGO, véritable feu d’artifices électros dédié aux musiques populaires de Galice, Radio Tutti & Barilla Sisters reviennent avec un nouvel EP.  Sur la forme, c’est simple. Trois titres : deux inédits enjaillants et un remix épique. Sur le fond, la Galice est toujours la matrice d’un folklore 2.0 à base de voix féminines euphorisantes et de nombreux épices-additifs. Et pour rehausser le plaisir, le groupe offre des clips classieux pour ces deux morceaux : Queimadelos & Imende. Ces deux nouveaux titres, nommés d’après des villages galiciens, nous embarquent pour un autre périple vers cette contrée septentrionale de l’Espagne où se mêlent chœurs et polyrythmies. Cet alliage de traditions musicales celtes et méditerranéennes glané par les Barilla Sisters fusionne avec les arrangements et les embardées instrumentales ou électros de Radio Tutti. L’énergie vitale déployée dans Imende, morceau frénétique aux paroles entêtantes, se déploie en écho avec la transe ludique contenue dans XOGO, comme l’hymne d’une nouvelle fête de village-monde. Avec Queimadelos, le combo lève les pieds et leur musique prend une autre ampleur. La transe devient extase et l’on se prend à fredonner un refrain inédit venu des mondes anciens, porté par les pépites sonores de l’électro d’aujourd’hui. Une autre belle surprise de cet EP : le remix de la Rumba Morena qui posait le décor de XOGO. C’est le beatmaker Léo Buffet qui s’y colle, moitié du duo élecro Lazärr, artiste multi-pistes et esthète du son. Il offre ici une ascension jouissive par un versant alternatif de ce titre emblématique de l’œuvre de ces artistes transe-frontières.  Deux clips accompagnent la sortie de ces deux nouveaux morceaux. Celui de Queimadelos, réalisé par Pauline Rivière, une des chanteuses du groupe, est un bijou de montage de films d’archives de la cinémathèque de Saint-Etienne, alternant le meilleur et le pire de l’humanité en noir & blanc, exhumant des merveilles de culture populaire. Imende est une création plus personnelle de la vidéaste Coline Godinot, remplie de l’énergie de l’adolescence et de la recherche de la liberté : un clip déambulatoire à l’issue lumineuse, collective et festive. Une quintessence de cette union détonante : Radio Tutti & Barilla Sisters ! » Amaury Ruillere

Sorry, this entry is only available in FR. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.Sultana révèlera son nouveau single "Tierra Madre" à l'occasion de sa sortie en digital le 10 juin 2022 chez Trilogie Halexander / InOuïe Distribution.  Ce titre est extrait du 3e album de l'artiste, "Uni Vers Elle", qui sortira à l'automne 2022. "Tierra Madre" est un hommage à notre Terre, notre mère nourricière, la "Pachamama", protectrice, symbole d’abondance et de vie. Un texte en français et espagnol en référence aux influences latines de Sultana. Un voyage sensoriel où le cœur de l’Amérique latine et de l’Afrique vibre aux échos des chants d’oiseaux, de sons organiques et de la voix envoûtante et solaire de la chanteuse.   Auteure, compositrice, interprète, Sultana vous invite au voyage au gré de son univers métissé. Un périple entre Chanson et World Music insufflé par une combinaison subtile de rythmes insulaires et par sa voix chaleureuse et sensuelle. De son vrai prénom, dixit "la Reine", symbole de la féminité, du partage et de la générosité, Sultana chante en français, espagnol avec une touche d'arabe, la femme libre, moderne et indépendante, qui aspire au moment présent avec un optimisme rayonnant et une énergie débordante. Le troisième opus de Sultana, « UNI VERS ELLE », titre hautement symbolique, est une ode à la féminité, une reconnexion avec la Nature, notre Terre-Mère ; un lien fort au féminin sacré, à l'écoute de son cœur, de son intuition, de sa puissance intérieure pour s’accomplir pleinement. Un voyage à l’intérieur de soi pour être en harmonie avec le monde extérieur. Dix compositions en français et espagnol (dont un duo en arabe) pour remercier la Vie, l'Amour. Elle aborde des thèmes comme la liberté, l'éveil, l’amitié, la transmission. « UNI VERS ELLE » marque le lien indispensable entre le féminin et le masculin, le Yin et le Yang dont on a tous besoin, deux forces complémentaires, un mouvement perpétuel, une dualité universelle ! Le travail collectif est très prégnant dans ce projet, chacun des musiciens ayant apporté sa touche créative. Ses acolytes : Fernanda Primo et Manuel Delgado (guitare), Désiré NKouandou (percussions, choeurs), Barbara Felettig et Pepe (basse), Romain Chenard (claviers) et Jann Halexander (piano), Sandra Ellama (flûte traversière, percussions), Skander Guetari pour un duo latin-oriental et d’autres collaborations de tous les horizons pour des rythmes chaloupés en accord avec le chant mélodieux de Sultana. De l’Occident à l’Orient, artiste résolument sans frontières dans sa musique comme dans les thématiques qu'elle évoque, Sultana noue un lien entre tous ces mondes, le résultat ne peut être que « UNI VERS ELLE ».

Helena Recalde will unveil her new album « Karishina » on its digital release May 27, 2022 and physical release on June 10, 2022 on FincaSud / Les Artpie'Cultrices / InOuïe Distribution. This new work will be presented live on stage on Friday June 17, 2022 at Point Fort d'Aubervilliers (produced by Villes des Musiques du Monde). « Karishina » is: - Helena Recalde: voice, bass and double bass - Fady Farah: piano - Vanesa García: drums and percussions The guests are: - Curi Cachimuel: pan flutes - Samir Homsi: Oriental percussions - « Singa » Choir (directed by Dennis Lethuillier) - Kiala: guitar   “Karishina” is an album in which Helena Recalde and her musicians alternately perform original compositions, a traditional South American song “No Valentin” and a theme from the jazz repertoire “Afro Blue”. Within this musical universe, the nostalgia of Andean melodies mixes with the piquant joy of Afro Pacific rhythms, passing through jazz tones and giddy improvisations, all embellished with textures of nature and committed titles.  Karishina means -woman unfit for chores-. It is an insult, a mockery only addressed to women. "This word resonates in me like a strength, a quality and I would like with this album pay a tribute to people who resist and refuse to submit" H. Recalde

Meïkhâneh will unveil their new album "Chants du dedans, chants du dehors" on June 10, 2022 on Cas Particuliers / Buda Musique / Socadisc. Meïkhâneh is: Maria Laurent (vocals, tovshuur lute, banjo, transverse flute) Johanni Curtet (throat singing, khöömii, guitar, dombra lute, morin khuur fiddle, mouth's harps) Milad Pasta (vocals, zarb, daf, udu drum, riqq, additional percussions) Guest musicians: Pauline Willerval (gadulka, cello) Dylan James (double bass)   Five years after La Silencieuce (Cas Particuliers/Buda Musique 2017), Meïkhâneh confirm its Persian, Mongolian and European influences of its music, at the crossroads of an Imaginary Folk and World Music. The trio explores interiority and exteriority, the cocoon and the vast world, what is felt and what is said. A call to space, travel, nature... This new album offers 13 songs that are both luminous and intimate, earthy and vibrant. Sung in Mongolian, Persian, Portuguese, Greek, French and imaginary language, the Songs from Inside, Songs from Outside deliver limpid, deep melodies, dancing rhythms, in a setting of plucked, rubbed strings, between earth and sky.

The Tambor Y Canto Company will unveil their new album « La Segunda » on its digital release May 27, 2022 and physical release on June 27, 2022 on Quart de Lune / UVM Distribution / Idol. This new work will be presented live on stage on Thursday June 9, 2022 at 360 Paris Music Factory (Paris). On the album "LA SEGUNDA", the Tambor y Canto Company blends jazz with the numerous kinds of traditional music from South America and the Caribbean. Four master percussionists sing, dance, recite, strike their drums, eager to share with you the richness of ancestral songs and rhythms. The Tambor Y Canto Company is: Simon Bolzinger: artistic direction, piano, arrangements, compositions Rocco Sedano: danse, percussions from Argentina Patinho Axé: songs, percussions from Brazil Julio Molina Perez: songs, percussions from Cuba Daniel Ochoa Licero: songs, percussions from Colombia Olivier Temine: saxophones Willi Quiko: double bass, bass   The Tambor Y Canto Company and Simon Bolzinger: The Tambor Y Canto Company was founded in 2013 in Marseille during the 10th Rencontres festival of the same name. It blends jazz with the many kinds of traditional musics from South America and the Caribbean, under the direction of pianist Simon Bolzinger. Pianist, composer, arranger, Simon Bolzinger has a background in classical and jazz (having trained with Magali Souriau and Guy Longnon), in addition to his scientific career (with Jean-Claude Risset). He is passionate about traditional music from South America and the Caribbean, which he transcribes on piano or rewrites for orchestra, always respecting tradition and striving for authenticity. In 1989 he went to live in Venezuela where he performed for two years. Artistic director of the PICANTE Association in Marseille since 1993, he has organized the "Tambor y Canto Meetings" every year since 2005, as well as international exchanges which then get produced as shows and albums. La Segunda: The blending is done by means of the piano, the saxophone and the double bass competing each in their virtuosity in a back and forth from one country to another, that finally arrives at a new unclassifiable music somewhere between jazz and traditional music, one made up of rhythms of African origin, Amerindian melodies, texts from ancient Europe and contemporary creation. The debut CD "Tambor y Canto" (Picante 2017) took us to Peru in its day. In 2021, "La Segunda" takes us to Colombia. The staple music: Cuba, Brazil and Argentina are always along for the ride. And the caravel sets sail! Escorted by the surdos and timbaos of Bahia on one hand, the batás and shekeres of Havana on the other, the piano leaves Barranquilla and its cumbia for the Quebrada de Humahuaca, where it will dance the carnavalito. The carnival just has to hold steady! Even if it gets cancelled worldwide, the drums are there, ready to be taken out on the street, as Sergio Sampaio sang in 1974. Because the artists in the Tambor y Canto Company also know how to express their views on current events and don’t hesitate when it comes to denouncing the corruption of the political-financial-religious system on this new album.