Farangi

 

Renaud Garcia-Fons : 5 string double bass (Oriental bass model by Jean Auray), percussion on double bass, compositions and arrangements

Claire Antonini : theorbo by Klaus Jacobsen, 13 course baroque lute by Paul Thomson, soprano lute by Didier Jarny
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1. Sylvains d’Orient
2. Reng-é shotor
3. Chacone
4. Tavalod
5. Nove alla turca
6. Pavane du levant
7. À chaque instant
8. Comme un derviche amoureux
9. Ricercare
10. Le sommeil de Majnûn .
11. Capona
12. Ballo cavalino
13. Dirouz
14. Légende persane
15. Tchahar mezrab
16. Toledo del Greco .
17. Sfesseina Danse
18. Sahneh mountains
19. Tocsin de Palmyre


Recorded and mixed @ Studio Arcoluz, Villemomble


RENAUD GARCIA-FONS - FARANGI
E-MOTIVE RECORDS / L'AUTRE DISTRIBUTION
Sortie Fevrier 2019
EMO191

Renaud Garcia-Fons & Claire Antonini, two exceptional musicians, formed a duo several years ago.
Their music has been enriched over time, each musician bringing unique experiences and passions for early music, jazz, and oriental music in the broadest sense.
The love for melody, for the rhythms of ancient traditions, for modal music expression, combine to give this project its unique sound.
The repertoire of 19 short pieces, primarily original compositions, are miniatures, describing imaginary travel to a cultural crossroads.
Here the double bass sounds like a ney, the theorbo like a setar.
Both voices are heard, yet the rich combination of timbres and modes of playing are ever renewed in the orchestrations.
Farangi, the foreigner in Persian, the traveler coming from west, wishes to celebrate and share this natural connection, the pleasure of soul that connects different music styles, as a universal language speaking to everyone’s heart.