BRAHEM ANOUAR/SOUVENANCE

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THE MUSIC OF SOUVENANCE BY TURNS GRACEFUL HYPNOTIC AND TAUT AND STARKLY DRAMATIC WAS RECORDED IN 2014 SIX YEARS AFTER OUD-MASTER ANOUAR BRAHEMS LAST ECM ALBUM THE ASTOUNDING EYES OF RITA. IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO WRITE THIS MUSIC HE ACKNOWLEDGES NOTING THAT HIS EMOTIONAL WORLD HAD BEEN USURPED BY THE UNFOLDING STORY OF POLITICAL UPHEAVAL SWEEPING FIRST THROUGH TUNISIA THEN THROUGH THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. EXTRAORDINARY WAVES OF CHANGE ACCOMPANIED BY GREAT HOPES AND FEARS. I DONT CLAIM A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN MY COMPOSITIONS AND THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN TUNISIA SAYS ANOUAR BUT I HAVE BEEN PROFOUNDLY INFLUENCED BY THEM. NEW DIRECTIONS FOR THE MUSIC FIND FRANCOIS COUTURIER RETURNING TO THE BRAHEM GROUP FREQUENTLY SUPPORTED BY SUBTLE STRING ORCHESTRATION. THE STRINGS HAVE A GLOWING TRANSPARENCY AND FRAGILITY IN THESE PIECES OFTEN PROVIDING SHIMMERING TEXTURE AGAINST WHICH THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE QUARTET MEMBERS - AND ABOVE ALL ANOUAR BRAHEMS UNIQUE OUD-PLAYING - STAND OUT IN BOLD RELIEF. THIS DOUBLE ALBUM WAS RECORDED AT THE LUGANO STUDIO IN MAY 2014 AND PRODUCED BY MANFRED EICHER.FEATURED ARTISTSANOUAR BRAHEM OUDFRANOIS COUTURIER PIANOKLAUS GESING BASS CLARINETBJRN MEYER BASSPIETRO MIANITI