Louis Sclavis - India (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

"The sound of this formation allowed me to fetch themes from different musical worlds, from jazz to brass bands or street performers. I called this project INDIA as a reference to the title of the album I first recorded as a band leader: CHINE.

This music is composed of melodies, dances, and improvisations supported by tenacious beats and rhythms. This brings out memories of a theatre on the docks of Calcutta, of a long train in the countryside, of a night in the Kalighat Kali Temple, of a brass band during Hindu Festival Ganesh Chaturthi… I wish that people hear the sounds of a faraway place that feels more like a dream than reality.

I have been playing with this band which includes Sarah Murcia, Benjamin Moussay, and Christophe Lavergne since 2015. After “Loin dans les terres” and “Characters on a Wall” (ECM Records), this is our third opus, for which we were joined by trumpeter Olivier Laisney."

TRACKLIST

1 Phoolan Devi
2 Un théâtre sur les docks
3 Mousson
4 A night in Kali temple
5 Madras song
6 Gange
7 Long train
8 Short train
9 Montée au K2



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