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Ceccaldi/Ottervanger/Ziemniak/Lopes
BONBON FLAMME
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amazing news for lovers of intensity: French Cellist Valentin Ceccaldi is going to release a new record together with Luis Lopes (guitar), Fulco Ottavanger (piano) and Étienne Ziemniak (drums). Bonbon Flamme. Valentin and I have been working together with Darrifourcq/Hermia/Ceccaldi and when he asked me if I was interested in... (he couldn't say any more as I yelled HELL YES in the phone, just to make sure I get the job). Good thing he didn't ask me if I wanted a newborn kitten, instead we agreed to find them some gigs.
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Whoever sat in a club right in front of the guy and was almost physically blown away by his sound will understand my reaction. If you want a pre-sneak into the composition Bonbon Flamme, text me - and find a video here.
Find more infos below - and let's talk about October 2023, February and April 2024 (and maybe some other periods).
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It’s about colors and intensity here.
The cellist Valentin Ceccaldi invites three of the most singular and creative musicians of the european improvised music scene; the explosive drums of Etienne Ziemniak, the incandescent guitar of Luis Lopes and the rainbow keyboards of Fulco Ottervanger.Together they create a music of surprise : solar, powerful and generous.The composition "Bonbon Flamme", a sort of symphonic poem that names this album and the band, is an agglomeration of notes, words and drawings skillfully built, allowing each one to spread out, like a flower in spring, within a piece of music in which each personality is essential to the other.This record is a kind of a self-portrait, with four voices, pulverising references then recomposing them with bright colors and a commitment of body and spirit cherished by the four builders.
Bonbon Flamme is a delight.
A fluorescent, raging and burning delight.
Guillaume Malvoisin, April 2023
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TOURDATES AND AVAILS
24.08.23 FR-Mulhouse - Meteo Festival
05.10.23 FR-Lyon - opt
26.04.24 DE-Dortmund - Domicil
27.04.24 DE-Cologne - King Georg
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