*on CD "naissanciel" and Japan tour 2007, featuring - Thomas BALLARINI - drums, percussions, mouth’s noise
*on Satie’s NHK documentary and new project 2008, featuring - Gaston ZIRKO - drums, mix
(photos by Hadrien Ricol)
Influences
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*On Ky's album "Naissanciel" (Ohrai records, japanese label), you can hear 21 tracks : 5 Satie's re-arranged masterworks, 3 original compositions (for baritone guitar, metal-clarinet, alto sax, percussions, water, and oud), 7 spontaneous compositions-short improvisations, the sound of Bretagne's sea.
Ky's actually on tour in Japan for their new album "Danses de travers" (18 amazing tracks)
improvising, composing, arranging, playing together amazing music.
In concert, Ky presents a very original show, with a theatral dimension, a lot of humour, and a good sense of adaptation to the acoustic of the place.
*Pieces by french composer Erik SATIE (Embryons desséchés, Heures séculaires et instantanées, Gymnopedies, Sports et divertissements, Gnossiennes 1-3-6, Avant-dernières pensées, Danses de travers, Désespoir agreable, Facheux exemple, Prélude en tapisserie, L'enfance de Ko-quo, Menus propos enfantins, Nocturne 3...)
*by japanese composer Toru TAKEMITSU (Yuki, Koi no kakurembo...)
*various standards (Take 5, Naima, Pithecantropus Erectus, La Javanaise, Shima uta, Seven steps to heaven, Champs-Elysées, Summertime, Caravan, Tea for two, Song for my father...)
*new original compositions (Typhoone, Bleue, Koln, La voie lactée, Étrangère à Paris, Plus jamais, Plat du jour...)
*improvisations and spontaneous compositions.
Go to kyweb.fr (Ky's official website) for more informations about the members, biography, ordering Ky's new cd, tour blog, new projects...
*Imagine Erik Satie in today's world... Do you think he would prefer the music of Toru Takemitsu, John Coltrane, Steve Reich, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, John Zorn or Britney Spears ?
''Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny !'', ironisait Franck Zappa. A vérifier dès demain sur place ! Jazz à la Villette , Paris // 02 sept. – 14 sept 2008
Gagne 10 CD sampler du festival en t’inscrivant ici !
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that my new album Afrikan Machinery is out now on Tzadik Records. Check out some of the tracks on my profile! You can buy the CD here, here, or here.
