CONCERTS Babel Med Music 2009 3 NIGHTS, 30 CONCERTS… Kora Jazz Trio (Guinea / Senegal) Kristin Asbjornsen (Norway) Wasis Diop (Senegal/ Fr) Novalima (Peru) Les Bantous de la Capitale (Congo) Yom (Fr) Moussu T & lei Jovents * (Provence - Fr) Rupa & The April Fishes (USA) Aronas (New Zeland / GB) Dj ClicK (Romania / Fr / GB) Houria Aïchi & L'Hijâz'car (Algeria / Fr) Istanbul Calling (Turkey) Frédéric Galliano Kuduro Sound System (Angola / Fr) Baster (Reunion / Fr) Waed Bouhassoun (Syria) Axivil Aljamía (Andalusia - Spain) Le Bus Rouge (Fr) Sayon Bamba * (Guinea / Fr) Kamel El Harrachi (Algeria / Fr) Sam Karpienia * (Provence - Fr) Goldenberg & Schmuyle * (Fr) Hemdem (Turkey) Kumar (Cuba / Spain) Nidi d'Arac (Italy) Fouad Didi et l'Orchestre Tarab * (Algeria / Fr) Grail'Oli (Occitania / Fr) Mosaïca (Occitania / Marocco) Zaman Fabriq * (Egypt / Fr) Deba (Mayotte / Fr) *Artists Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur THURSDAY 26 MARS 19.30PM / 15€ NOVALIMA (Peru) The brilliant pioneers of afro-peruvian-electro The young generation of Lima has found its new heroes. The four DJs of Novalima are well on the way to the remarkable accomplishment of conquering dance floors all around the planet with their new sounds: their live electro revolutionizes the rules, drawing from Afro-Peruvian traditions, heritage of the African slaves who nurtured the Andean lands as far back as the 16th century. To this centuries-old foundation, these young Peruvians respectively © Yayo Lopez living in London, Lima, Barcelona and HongKong (!) have enhanced their musical project with acoustic rhythms and CD : Coba Coba musical styles which influenced them when growing up: Label : Cumbancha rock, reggae, dub, salsa and obviously electro with which they set the dance floors ablaze. The presence of musicians www.novalima.net on scene adds a fresh vitality and attests to Novalima’s www.myspace.com/novalima audacity in breaking down the boundaries… While dancing, of course. ARONAS (New Zealand/Australia/G.Britain) Jazz-punk from the Southern hemisphere Attention, genius at work! Aron Ottignon, pianist and band leader of Aronas, arrives from his southern hemisphere like a clap of musical thunder. Jazz virtuoso since his pre- adolescent years, he has progressively embraced all musical styles integrating them into his absolutely delirious jazz- groove-punk cocktail. His touches of rock and soul, his Maori and Caribbean rhythms create an unequalled color where the piano reeks of ingenuity and quenches his creative thirst. Designated as the new “jazz magician”, he is © Jacky Lehmann particularly inspired by the rhythmic treasures of percussion sounds from the South Pacific where he grew up. And if his CD : Culture tunnels musical conception between free jazz, pop or electro Label : unsigned astonishes, his on-scene performance also amazes with rock-star postures and a madness which is a real pleasure to www.myspace.com/aronas watch. Forget your ideas about the piano… THURSDAY 26 MARCH (Following) WASIS DIOP (Senegal/France) The royal voice of the insatiable voyager A deep, dark voice and unmistakable timbre, Wasis Diop has enjoyed an artistic career of more than 30 years, always keeping a step ahead with his visionary mixes of world music. Combining subtle guitar wizardry and refined compositions, this curious and tireless voyager continuously cruises the planet from his native Senegal to Jamaica, via Japan, Paris or even London. Deliciously surprising blends of ancient Sahelian prayers with rock, dub CD : Ju du Bék and pop, and lyrics combining poetry, ecological tributes to Label : Think Zik! ‘Mother Nature’ and proclaimed social activism. His music roves the globe, sampled by Dr. Dre or featured in original www.wasisdiop.com motion picture soundtracks (the Thomas Crown affair, the www.myspace.com/ Cinema of Techine etc) offering a contemporary vision of wasisdiopmusic African music, anchored in its ancient treasures and naturally open to the world. SAYON BAMBA* (Guinea/France - PACA) The captivating and enchanting African Amazon The graceful and determined Sayon Bamba Camara wasted no time in marking out her taste for independence and artistic things. At a very young age, she forced her destiny mingling with the cream of Guinean Bohemia in Conakry: writers, musicians, artists, actors and dancers, the warm nights of the Guinean capital leading her to sing in the Amazons of Guinea. Sayon Bamba then made a stopover in Marseilles, her city of adoption where she progressively nourished her creations. Her sharp eye always closely examines Guinean society governed by the rhythm of village celebrations, ever-increasing poverty or even CD : Mod'vakance polygamy. But her distinctive, unique voice also carries the Label : Cobalt hopes of this African woman of the 21st century, free, sensual, fulfilled, hard-working and mother all in one, far sayonbambacamara.com from the taboos and the prohibitions. Like the luminous www.myspace.com/sayon anthem of an artist with a profound love of liberty… bamba THURSDAY 26 MARCH (Following) HOURIA AÏCHI & L’HIJÂZ' CAR (Algeria/France) The glorified tradition of the riders of the Aures In the east of Algeria, in the heart of the Chaouia country, the Aures Mountains have been sheltering Berber traditions for centuries. The songs of Houria Aïchi outline this rich heritage where great pride is given to the stories of these highly skilled riders, guardians of the herds, symbols of the dignity and honor of an entire population: the Riders of the Aures. By weaving invaluable sound archives with the overwhelming voice of Houria Aïchi, the Hijâz' car group celebrates the universality of the rules of © gunther Vicente chivalry, bravery and love for which these centaurs of the CD : Les cavaliers mountains are renowned. A musical framework of string, de l'Aurès wind and percussion instruments drawing from the Label : Accords croisés thousand-year-old Chaouia heritage, leaving its unique subtle mark on a project which spills out the raw emotion www.myspace.com/ of a vocalist in full grace. lescavaliersdelaures KAMEL EL HARRACHI (Algeria/France) The flamboyant heir of the Algerian Chaâbi With profound respect and pride, Kamel El Harrachi carries a delicate artistic heritage on his shoulders. How could it be otherwise for the son of the great Dahmane Amrani, known as El Harrachi, author of “Ya Rayah”, popularized throughout the world by Rachid Taha and leading figure of the chaâbi? Kamel did not wait long indeed © Laurence Berchoteau to follow the footsteps of his venerated father. Mandole in hand since the age of 6, the youth of chaouie origin www.kamel-el-harrachi.com perpetuates the themes of this popular Algerian music www.myspace.com/ dedicated to exile and an unconditional love for Algeria kamelelharachi from the depths of his husky voice. His fidelity (and resemblance) to his father make him the best placed artist to give Chaâbi a second youth. His interpretations of the paternal repertory have already been acclaimed by well- informed audiences, prolonging with talent a brilliant family saga… THURSDAY 26 MARCH (Following) FOUAD DIDI & THE TARAB ORCHESTRA* (France - PACA/Algeria) Arab-Andalusian heritage taken to cloud nine Founded in 1996, the Tarab orchestra of Marseilles directed by Fouad Didi interprets the cornucopia of Andalou and Hawzi repertories. Born in Tlemcem in Algeria, Didi belongs to a traditional musical genre nourished with popular poetry. His verses of great finesse evoke the themes of love, nostalgia, social situations, the passion for his country and exile. The intensity of Fouad Didi’s voice, supported by a rare instrumental mastery, transcends this culture to attain the highest summits of interpretation. The instruments used by his Tarab Orchestra, violin, viola, kouotra, mandoline, derbourka and CD : De l’Andalou au Hawzy târ, are those of the traditional orchestras of medieval Andalusia. The work of an expert, in a permanent quest for authenticity, bringing the sumptuous Arab-Andalusian heritage back to life… GOLDENBERG & SCHMUYLE* (France) Alchemists of stateless beats and ancestral grooves Taken straight out from one of the paintings of a Moussorgski exhibition, Goldenberg & Schmuyle proclaim their forger’s expertise and profile of falsifying explorers. Their creed: “our forgeries ring more true than the originals!” Both DJs have a field day as they triturate, detour, cloud the tracks and reinvent a musical idiom with an infinite glossary: from afrobeat-dub-jazz to samba, from klezmer souk to Mediterranean zouk, from the banks of the Gange to the depths of the Guadalquivir, from the Carpates to the Atlas, from Congo to Chicago, the two accomplices elaborate an Esperanto which makes bodies move. Their long experience and inexhaustible knowledge of world music makes them the ideal alchemists, ready to serve as unabashed intermediaries between the most unlikely sounds. Infectious. THURSDAY 26 MARCH (Following) GRAIL' OLI (France) A brasilo-occitan armada with carnavalesque frenzy Grail' oli pursues the Carnival spirit across the five continents. With the shrill tones of their Catalan ‘graille’ oboes, this troupe of Southerners trails from the West Indies, through Provence, to Dunkirk or Brazil the festive and anti-establishment airs of this popular event. Strongly influenced by Brazilian percussions, Grail' oli introduces rhythms of samba carioca, funk, nordestino coco, bahiano samba-reggae or maracatu recifense where hullabaloos CD : Caramentranse descend the streets to march with exuberant force. Their Label : Lo Bruch infectious