Noche Argentinas - Facundo Torres: Sombras Criollas and La Sieste du Dromadaire
"This Noche Argentina presents two acts that approach the tango and the tradional music from Argentina in a very personal way. Facundo Torres is a celebrated bandoneon player who earned his stripes on the side of Juan Jose Mosalini, Melingo, Nestor Marconi or Gotan Project. He was also part of Cuarteto Cedron, whose musical and poetic universe inspired him for his work as a soloist with Sombras Criollas. In a society where culture tends more and more to uniformity, "Sombras criollas" tries to pick hidden stories and melodies. Of those stories which Facundo Torres finds in the poetry of Raul Gonzalez Tunon, Engrique Banchs, Ruben Dario or Mario Paoletti, Facundo creates new songs with traditional Latin American rhythms as the milonga, the candombe, the "vals criollo" and the tango that suit his velvet voice almost perfectly.
- Facundo Torres: vocals, guitar, bandoneon and composition
- Javier Estrella: percussion
- Diego Trosman: guitar
- Romain Lecouyer: bass
With her "Tangos From a Dromedary Point of View", La Sieste du Dromadaire explores how tango would sound if played by Musulman, Pygmies, the Rolling Stones or by quadrupeds like dromedaries and underdogs … Because of the unique combination of Argentinean inspired melodies and African percussion, La Sieste du Dromadaire is probably the only tango group in the world that fits better in the desert than in an Argentinean tango bar … Percussion instruments have rarely been used in traditional tango, but the African presence definitely has affected the ’Argentinean tango music’ and has influenced much of its typical sensual swing. La Sieste du Dromadaire brings together two cultures that may seem worlds apart, but which in fact have always been connected! And "what does the dromedary have to do with any of this?" This noble four-legged creature gave to the world, with its footsteps in the sand: the well-known rhythm called the clave. From Africa to the rest of the world - a secret that few people actually know! - but a fact that makes these animals musical heroes!
- Santiago Cimadevilla: bandoneon, xylophone
- Ananta Roosens (compositions): violin, horn-violin, trumpet
- Elliot Muusses: electric guitar
- Joris Vanvinckenroye: double bass
- Robbe Kieckens: African percussion"
Noche Argentinas - Facundo Torres: Sombras Criollas and La Sieste du Dromadaire
"This Noche Argentina presents two acts that approach the tango and the tradional music from Argentina in a very personal way. Facundo Torres is a celebrated bandoneon player who earned his stripes on the side of Juan Jose Mosalini, Melingo, Nestor Marconi or Gotan Project. He was also part of Cuarteto Cedron, whose musical and poetic universe inspired him for his work as a soloist with Sombras Criollas. In a society where culture tends more and more to uniformity, "Sombras criollas" tries to pick hidden stories and melodies. Of those stories which Facundo Torres finds in the poetry of Raul Gonzalez Tunon, Engrique Banchs, Ruben Dario or Mario Paoletti, Facundo creates new songs with traditional Latin American rhythms as the milonga, the candombe, the "vals criollo" and the tango that suit his velvet voice almost perfectly.
- Facundo Torres: vocals, guitar, bandoneon and composition
- Javier Estrella: percussion
- Diego Trosman: guitar
- Romain Lecouyer: bass
With her "Tangos From a Dromedary Point of View", La Sieste du Dromadaire explores how tango would sound if played by Musulman, Pygmies, the Rolling Stones or by quadrupeds like dromedaries and underdogs … Because of the unique combination of Argentinean inspired melodies and African percussion, La Sieste du Dromadaire is probably the only tango group in the world that fits better in the desert than in an Argentinean tango bar … Percussion instruments have rarely been used in traditional tango, but the African presence definitely has affected the ’Argentinean tango music’ and has influenced much of its typical sensual swing. La Sieste du Dromadaire brings together two cultures that may seem worlds apart, but which in fact have always been connected! And "what does the dromedary have to do with any of this?" This noble four-legged creature gave to the world, with its footsteps in the sand: the well-known rhythm called the clave. From Africa to the rest of the world - a secret that few people actually know! - but a fact that makes these animals musical heroes!
- Santiago Cimadevilla: bandoneon, xylophone
- Ananta Roosens (compositions): violin, horn-violin, trumpet
- Elliot Muusses: electric guitar
- Joris Vanvinckenroye: double bass
- Robbe Kieckens: African percussion"