310 Lunes, Photographie d'un objet sonore Lo'Jo

• 1 Au bar des Lilas 04:18
• 2 Adorate child 06:28
• 3 Quelqu'un d'elle 03:56
• 4 The International Courabou 05:27
• 5 Tajaban 04:25
• 6 Lo Siempre Jo 04:44
• 7 Kalo Moon 04:13
• 8 Maralinga 05:27
• 9 Barbarie 04:32
• 10 Komet 04:09
• 11 Ce soir-là 02:44
• 12 Mo-Jo's 03:32
• 13 Mandeed Soul 04:50
• 14 Kulu Kulu 04:20
• 15 A tribute to black 08:33
• 16 Mira 04:03
• 17 Nobby 06:08
• 18 Soraya 04:42
• 19 Do Gory Nogami 04:46
• Total Runtime 01:31:17

Info for 310 Lunes, Photographie d'un objet sonore

'The French group, Lo’Jo, brings us a new double-disc release of instrumental world jazz, Balkan delights, and impressionistic displays of musical ingenuity on 310 Lunes. Though, the second disc, The International Courabou, was originally released in 1989. At any rate, the music is adventurous, suspenseful, cinematic, and easy-going. There is a bit of North America, Europe, and the Middle East in the release. The music is arranged by Renaud-Gabriel Pion with guests including Magic Malik, Roswell Rudd, Erik Truffaz, and Hasan Yarimdunia. There are even neo-classical influences that mimic soundtracks and scores of America’s early films from the 1940’s and 50’s. The second disc is more world fusion oriented with percussion and a contemporary rock beat. Still, there are neo-classical elements, but the vocals add another dimension to the music. As a set, the albums are dynamic and multi-dimensional with enough pizzazz to satisfy all world jazz aficionados.'

Described in The Independent (UK) as 'probably one of the best live bands in the world right now', Lo'Jo was formed two decades ago when singer, songwriter and one-off Gallic visionary Denis Péan met violinist Richard Bourreau in the music school of their native Angers, in the Loire valley. Sweetly strange and bafflingly familiar describes their magpie mix of influences, which combine French chanson and musette, dub reggae, African, Arabic and gypsy flavours with a jazzy and poetic sensibility. Lo'Jo have never been a band that fit neatly into music industry norms, preferring to concentrate their creative and organizational energies on eccentric and challenging events like The Festival in the Desert, a gathering of Touareg, African and International musicians which takes place annually in the southern Sahara desert. This is music with space, spice and variety.

'If this group comes within 100 miles of where you live, make the trip to see them.“ (Charlie Gillett, BBC Radio)

Lo'Jo
are as much about an idea as the music they make. The band, founded in 1982 in the small French town of Angers by singer/keyboardist Denis Péan, they've been involved in multimedia shows, circuses, politics, and even hosted a festival in the Malian desert; not your basic group, by any means. Lo'Jo Triban — to give them their full title — had been in existence for a year when Richard Bourreau (violin/kora) joined and the music began to gel. For several years, with a rotating cast of members, they played events locally, working with dancers and film as part of their overall presentation. And by the end of the decade, they were playing throughout Europe and had even made a couple of trips to the U.S. with an artists' collective to appear in New York. Curiously, though, they didn't enter the studio to record until 1992, when they made Fils de Zamal, which appeared the following year along with G7 of Destruction & Artisans of Peace, a firm statement of political stance. Things really began to come together in 1995 with the addition of singer/saxophonist Yamina Nid El Mourid and her sister, Nadia, who brought a strong North African influence to the music. In 1996, the new lineup recorded 'Sin Acabar' with sympathetic English producer Justin Adams, and 1997 saw them complete the Mojo Radio disc with Adams. Upon its release in 1998, they found plenty of open ears in the world music community, getting them on the WOMAD circuit, which introduced them to a global audience and they proved to be the hit of the first WOMADUSA. But far from content to rest on their laurels, they looked outside their own career to produce an album for Benin's Gangbe Brass Band, whom they'd met, and see it was released. In 1999, they also journeyed to Bamako, Mali, to begin work on their next disc, with Adams again producing. Boheme de Cristal appeared in 2000 (2001 U.S., followed by the belated domestic release of Mojo Radio in 2002), and the band once more undertook a U.S. tour. While in Mali, they'd come into contact with the nomadic Tuareg people in the form of the musical group Tinariwen, and they became involved in the organization of Festival of the Desert, held in the Sahara in Mali in January 2001.

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