Kalimbaï Ssondaï,
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LE PASSAGE - THIERRY ZABOITZEFF
Our world is in the midst of turmoil. Human madness forces Earth to defend itself with violent aftershocks, like so many distress signals. Will wisdom finally become the watchword of the times to come, clearing the path to a possible future? This is the undoubtful aim of a masterful, concise record, stretching a mysterious thread between a worried past, here recalled by Jean-Pierre Soarez's trumpet and its 'Zoydian' echoes, a destructive present where forests become deserts, and an uncertain future that we urgently need to be shaped. As an architect of a unique landscape of light and shadow – here is a cosmogony haunted by a underlying beat and unknown chants – where shouts and murmurs merge, melting into the heart of melodies as ancient as they are contemporary, Thierry Zaboitzeff comes to us as a human being aware of the challenges ahead. His radical, fiercely beautiful visions are ours.
(Denis Desassis)
TEXTE ORIGINAL FRANÇAIS
Notre monde est dans la tourmente. La folie des humains contraint la Terre à se défendre par de brutales répliques, comme autant de signaux de détresse. Pour se frayer un passage vers de possibles lendemains, la sagesse deviendra-t-elle enfin le mot d’ordre des temps à venir ? Tel est sans doute le propos d’un disque maîtrisé et concis, tendant un fil mystérieux entre un passé inquiet, que rappelle ici la trompette de Jean-Pierre Soarez et ses échos « zoydiens », un présent destructeur où la forêt devient désert et un futur incertain qu’il est urgent de dessiner. Architecte d’un paysage singulier avec ses jeux d’ombre et de lumière – voici une cosmogonie hantée d’une pulsation sous-jacente et de chants inconnus – où cris et bruissements se fondent au cœur de mélodies ancestrales autant qu’actuelles, Thierry Zaboitzeff avance vers nous en humain conscient des défis à relever. Ses visions radicales, d’une farouche beauté, sont les nôtres.
(Denis Desassis)
credits
released February 9, 2024
Composed, performed, recorded, mixed, mastered
from May to October 2023 by Thierry Zaboitzeff: cello, voice, bass guitar, keyboards, samplers, programming and various electro-acoustic treatments.
Jean Pierre Soarez: Trumpet with love in Zoydian mood
on tracks 1-3-5
The words at the beginning of La Forêt (track 02)
are by François-René de Chateaubriand.
*Poster Boy was originally written for Nathalie Borgers' film
" Fang den Haider " and rearranged for this album.
Composer and multi-instrumentalist, one of the heads of the group Art Zoyd from 1971 till 1997, Thierry Zaboitzeff writes nowadays for dance, theater, multimedia events, movies as well as for his own projects and performances.
I'm always sceptical if a legendary band returns after a giant hiatus. Well, no need to worry here! Pioneer Daniel Denis, who composed all tracks on this album, hasn't lost a milligram of his creative power. So high-quality intelligent avantgarde is still possible nowadays. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
No one does music quite like Camille and Xavier do. I see their music as being akin to soundtracks for unfilmed movies. In this instance it is a movie about explorers of mountainous terrain, perhaps the terrain of our lives. Merci pour cette musique si intrigante. :-) sumbuk