Gabriel Lenoir will unveil “Tournivelle“, La Cuivraille second album, on its release November 21, 2025 on Les Beaux Jours / InOuïe Distribution.

The single ‘Cap Gris Nez-The Gale’, the first single from this album, will be available on September 26, 2025 on all platforms.

Ten years after their first album, La Cuivraille returns with “Tournivelle”, a record that celebrates traditional dancing while bringing it fully into the present day. A festive, poetic, and generous album, designed for dancing and listening.

Created in 2014, La Cuivraille is a band that uniquely blends the sounds of traditional French music with the energy and textures of contemporary music (groove, funk, reggae, etc.). Through a clever mix of violin, vocals, brass section (trumpet, trombone, saxophone), electric bass, and percussion, the group offers a modern, lively, and accessible sound that is both rooted in tradition and resolutely forward-looking.

La Cuivraille is composed of:
Gabriel Lenoir: compositions, violin, vocals
Maké Knockaert: trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
Florian Laihem: saxophone, vocals
Constant Sajaloli: trombone, vocals
Louis Descamps: bass, doublebass, vocals
Nicolas Painset: percussions, vocals
Prune Lacante: violin (guest on track 13).

“Each album by Gabriel Lenoir is a new journey. Let’s be clear, this isn’t about getting on a plane, playing at so-called exoticism, all-inclusive holidays and whatnot. Not at all! We stroll, we wander, we roam, we breathe in the air, we visit the nooks and crannies of our own regions, or even just a little further afield.

Remember the seeds. All the seeds… not the ones that a few ill-intentioned multinationals (that sounds like a pleonasm) are trying to impose on you at the expense of the incredible wealth of plant, vegetable and flower diversity available throughout our countryside. All the seeds, all the fragrances, tastes and flavours of our rural areas, our terroirs and our cultures. Gabriel Lenoir is one of those amateur seed gardeners we thought had been forgotten. He dares to sow seeds, take cuttings and experiment with combinations. He is unpretentious but has the passion of an intelligent grower who understands what gleaning brings to his garden. When you take the time to look at his repertoire – or repertoires, given the number of groups and projects he is involved in – you find traces of several generations.

Those who still had the old seeds and sowed them regularly, those who went to meet them to see, learn and pass on their knowledge, those who still receive this legacy today, spreading it by reinventing it, trying out other combinations, other variations. Without forgetting where this treasure of simplicity comes from, a treasure that, in this case, makes people dance by instilling in them as much pleasure as a juicy fruit or a smooth wine. This is Gabriel’s talent: whatever group he leads, he draws on an enormous heritage whose richness he understands. And, in this new album by his group La Cuivraille, he stands out as a strong individual within a strong community. A community outlined above and shared between those who have given free access to music rooted in tradition and those who, like Gabriel, have understood the subtle blend of responsibility and freedom that such a heritage offers. So here we have his violin and voice again, accompanied by bass, percussion and a brass section. Few have dared to add brass to this type of repertoire“ (…). Etienne Bours