Artist: Renaud Garcia-Fons
Album: Le Souffle des cordes (The Breath of Strings)
Genre: World Fusion, Contemporary Jazz
Label: E-motive Records
Released: 2021
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Animame! (7:10)
- Mamamouchi (5:29)
- Serene walk (5:50)
- Prelude du Bal des Haftan (1:35)
- Le Bal des Haftan (4:44)
- Skopje melodija (5:03)
- Jinete viento (5:59)
- Chiche hoop (5:09)
- Rock my strings (5:14)
- Qi Yun (4:33)
- Prelude du Souffle des cordes (1:39)
- Le Souffle des cordes (5:29)
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- Personnel:
- Renaud Garcia-Fons - five string bass, composer, arranger
- Derya Turkan - kemenche
- Kiko Ruiz - guitar
- Serkan Halili - kanoun
- Florent Brannens, Amandine Ley - violin
- Aurelia Souvignet-Kowalski - viola
- Nicolas Saint-Yves - cello
After Silk Moon and Farangi, Le Souffle des Cordes is the third opus in a trilogy devoted to the encounter and mixing of stringed instruments from different regions of the world. The original repertoire, composed by Renaud García-Fons, is the result of a genuine writing process, which respects the authenticity of the playing, the style and the culture of these instruments from different traditions. The music of the Souffle des Cordes travels a world abolished by all borders, from the extreme East to Africa, from rock to flamenco bulería, humorously evoking the baroque with Mamamouchi, the energy of the Balkans with Skopje Melodija, drawing on the richness of the timbres and playing modes specific to the strings a source of inspiration renewed with each piece. Derya Turkan and Serkan Halili represent Ottoman and Middle Eastern music, while Kiko Ruiz on guitar instills the fervor and groove of flamenco. Florent Brannens, Amandine Ley, Aurélia Souvignet-Kowalski and Nicolas Saint-Yves, all members of the Radio France philharmonic orchestra, based on the writing of Renaud García-Fons, structure the entire repertoire and bring rigor Western-style chamber music. As for Renaud García-Fons' double bass, a solo instrument in its own right, thanks to its multiple tones and its different playing modes, it constitutes a real link between these different musical worlds, but also between written and improvised music. More than a simple rapprochement, the Souffle des Cordes testifies to a real desire for sharing and exchange between cultures.