Charles-Eric Charrier
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Albums
Oldman
Label: Joint-Venture Records
Distribution in France: Joint-Venture Records
Release date: April 22, 2011
« Oldman » is a work by Charles-Eric Charrier commissioned by the label Joint Venture Records. The principle: to record an acoustic album with his favorite instrument, the bass, in basic conditions: a chair in the middle of a room, some mikes and one single day of recording; all this to aim at the purest sound, explaining as little as possible while plunging into one’s deepest self. From this recording session evolved an album that is simple, intimate and sober, with Charles-Eric’s grating voice in evidence, somewhere between instrumental folk and popular tale, African blues and haïku, “chanson française” and contemporary music. It does not matter what style, what label might be applied to define the music: Charles-Eric Charrier goes beyond the genres, does not recognize boundaries, mixes the metaphors and this time around, more than usual, brings his melodies to the fore. The more so since the music, the words, sometimes spoken, sometimes murmured, follow this uncluttered path.
Silver
Label: Experimedia
Distribution in France: Morr Music
Release date: January 21, 2011
Now available as CD or Download on US label Experimedia , multi-instrumentalist Charles-Eric Charrier directs his collaborators Ronan Benoit, and Cyril Secq (drum), through a lesson in tension and release. Dismissing genre boundaries Silver deftly plants its roots on a plateau in a strange land somewhere between the worlds of psychedelic post-rock, electronic, improv jazz and modern composition. Over the course of five movements, Charrier and company illustrate how to successfully kaleidoscope an eclectic range of influences into a cohesive and unique whole. Silver draws a new musical blueprint for the post-everything generation. Charles-Eric Charrier, half of the duo MAN alongside Rasim Biyikli known most recently for their 2005 album Helping Hand on Sub Rosa, has recorded multiple albums, film scores, and collaborative projects with painters and choreographers. He also writes and records solo as Oldman.
On Tour
- November 20, 2011: Nantes - le violon dingue, with Covalesky and Cyril Secq
- November 26, 2011: Nantes - l'Index, with painting exhibition
- March 31: Wanquetin - Le plané ari home