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Posted January 05, 2009On the occasion of some dates at the Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, in January 2009, the Pina Bausch Dance Ensemble will have on sale a beautiful two album compilation set of the music from their piece “Vollmond”, with some splendid photography from the performance, only on sale with the Dance Theatre’s performances and otherwise, generally available in Japan. The CD set was released by the Japanese label Drape and contains tracks by the Balanescu Quartet, Amon Tobin, René Aubry, Jun Miyake and others.
Matthias Schriefl, the young German jazz trumpet player and his Shreefpunk group will be at the ‘la Villette’ concert hall for a performance on January 6, a concert that is already getting some good write-ups in advance. His album “SHREEFPUNK plus Strings” is out on ACT/Harmonia Mundi in France. The next French ACT/Harmonia releases will be Klaus Paier & Asja Valcic “A DEUX”, a brilliant accordion/cello duet, as well as the surprising project of Norwegian composer Geir Lysne “THE GRIEG CODE”, paying tribute to classical music composer Edvard Grieg. Both will be released end of January.
The new U2 album called “No Line on the Horizon” will be on release on March 2, in five different versions. The album was co-produced by Brian Eno, who also co-wrote with the band. Meanwhile, the activities around Byrne/Eno collaboration “EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS…” continues, with the forthcoming Byrne dates across Europe attracting new followers. David Byrne will be playing the Olympia in Paris on March 25.
On the “World Music” side, Amsterdam Klezmer Band ’s new album “Zaraza” will be on release on January 26 (Essay Recordings/La Baleine) with a concert at the Paris club ‘la Bellevilloise’ on February 20. The album is a FIP (national French radio) selection.
Also selected by FIP’s programmers is “Dire Dawa” (M&M Records/Nocturne), the beautiful second album by Ethiopian singer Minyeshu.
Last, but not least, Warsaw Village Band, the great young band from Poland, will be on stage for the presentation of their latest album “Infinity” (Jaro/Abeille Musique), at the ‘Divan du Monde’ venue on February 5, as special guests of the “Tsiganes Allstars” DJ Click party, who will do his dj set after the band’s concert.
Latest news December/January
Posted December 23, 2008Jun Miyake will be featured personality for the men’s department of one of the greatest department stores in Paris, les Galéries Lafayette. His photo, taken from his album “STOLEN FROM STRANGERS” and taken by photographer and artist Jean-Paul Goude (Grace Jones, Vanessa Paradis etc.) will feature in the store, but also in advertising campaigns i... more
Novembre 2008
Posted November 05, 2008Three sets of artists represented by Métisse Music in France are featured in the top 10 of the world music charts of November : at No. 2, “REBEL WOMAN” by the young Zimbabwean artist Chiwoniso (who actually performed in Paris very recently) on Cumbancha; at No.4, “MOTHER EARTH ! FATHER SKY !” by Tuvan ensemble Huun Huur Tu featuring the Tuvan si... more
New Releases
Jun Miyake - Stolen From Strangers
Label: Yellow Bird
Distribution in France: Harmonia Mundi
Release date: October 25, 2008
This man is afraid of nothing! Avantgarde, jazz, gregorian chant, trip hop, chanson, tango, pop hit, an Arab, Indien, Latin American and Asian musical vocabulary. Jun Miyake mixes all of this so tastefully that it is overwhelming. Executed by tuba, cello, oud, mandolin, a Bulgarian choir and a multitude of electronic and acoustic percussion from which Miyake extracts the most curious of sounds, there is only one conclusion to come to : for whoever likes the melting of contrasts, who likes Tom Waits, David Sylvian or Chet Baker, should absolutely listen to “Stolen from Strangers”. Only for those who like musical drawers, there is a need for caution: be careful, this recording endangers your musical perception of the world.
Huun Huur Tu - Mother-Earth! Father-Sky!
Label: Jaro
Distribution in France: Abeille
Release date: October 09, 2008
The long expected studio album of Huun-Huur-Tu was created in cooperation with famous singer Sainkho from Tuva. The aim was to produce an album based on ballads, with sounds of silence and nature, closed to the great environment of central Asia. The listener should
dive into the nature and take time for “Mother-Earth! Father-Sky!” The music infers itself to the listener at the moment he/she takes time to relax.
EST Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Leucocyte
Label: ACT
Distribution in France: Harmonia Mundi
Release date: September 01, 2008
For e.s.t., spontaneous jam sessions were the way to renewal. The players needed this freedom in order to explore new musical regions, or as Esbjörn Svensson always formulated it, “…to follow the music”.
The trio constantly posed the fundamental question, “What can a piano trio be that it has not been before?”
(Pat Metheny).
Leucocyte is the result of one of these two day jams. It took place at the famed “Studios 301” in Sydney during the band’s Australian tour. In early 2008 e.s.t.’s sound engineer Ake Linton joined the band at the Bohus Sound Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden to begin mixing. On April 28 there was a photo shoot in Berlin for the new campaign. On May 16 the artwork and album were delivered to ACT.
Then on June 14 the incomprehensible happened: Esbjörn Svensson, probably the most influential stylist of the last decade, lost his life in a diving accident off the island of Vrämdö near Stockholm.
As a result, Leucocyte has become Esbjörn Svensson’s and e.s.t.’s musical legacy! It is the most venturesome album Esbjörn Svensson (p), Dan Berglund (b), and Magnus Öström (dr) have recorded as e.s.t. The essence of this journey of discovery is its ecstatic energy. It is a trip through the bloodstream sans compositional safety-net and stylistic restraints in which the borders of musical communication are sounded out.
