A zig-zagging cultural lineage. A sublime voice. An ear for mixing and matching musical styles. With these ingredients, singer-songwriter Anath musically fuses traditions, inherited and chosen. A gumbo of North African rhythms, Middle Eastern instrumentation, a dash of French electronica and (what else?) the occasional Blondie cover, Anaths music hints at her dizzying background. Born of Tunisian descent and raised in Israel and France, Anath is now a New Yorker by choice. Yet, she downplays her unique heritage and upbringing. I come from Africa, Asia and Europe and Im at home in New York. I guess that makes me a typical New Yorker, she says. No longer a wanderer herself, Anath is still exploring with her music.
The songwriting process is always surprising for me. Im influenced by so many styles. I never know whats going to pop up in the music, she explains. Among her array of influences, Anath counts everything from classic Egyptian artists like Farid El Atrash and Oum Kalthoum to Chanson Française artists like Claude Nougaro and British pop by the likes of Brian Ferry and Kate Bush. Her own music owes to all of these artists, becoming a hybrid of traditional sounds and electro-pop. Anaths sex-dripping vocals (she purrs out her songs in French, Hebrew, Arabic and English) draw comparisons to Brazilian Girls, Sade and Everything But The Girl.
Formally trained in music and dance since age six, Anath has already had a globe-trotting career. As a former member of the French gypsy pop band Fiesta Mora, Anath recorded two albums and had an international smash hit with the song "Alabina." The hit resulted in extensive touring across Europe, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia. In 2000, Anath joined the cast of the groundbreaking French musical "The Ten Commandments." An unprecedented success in French musical theater, the nightly production sold out Pariss four-thousand seat Palais Des Sports Arena for four consecutive months and Anath took to the road again with the productions traveling company. Anaths music can also be heard in film. In 2001, Anath contributed two songs to the "La Verite Si Je Mens II" soundtrack. The film was one of France's biggest box office blockbusters of the year. In New York, Anath has quickly adapted to the local music scene, becoming a regular performer, and dazzling audiences across Manhattan.
Salut Anath: On est super content de te rencontrer ici sur le 6ème continent qu'est internet. Merci d'être passé sur notre page. Un excellent week end pour toi! A très vite. Pêche & Melba.
Merci Anath! Keep up the great work, and be kind to my wardrobe while I'm away. Don't forget to feed it and love it and read stories to it. Gros bisous.
Pas encore pour moi, je dois organiser le show case de mon école pour fin Juin, ça va être chaud, je te dis dès que j'ai fixé mes dates. Yael et David c'était magnifique. Bizzzzzz Ju
Bonjour, nous venons de rajouter 2 nouveaux morceaux, si tu a 2 minutes à perdre, viens les écouter et dis nous ce que tu en penses !! merci d'avance à bientôt
kisses de Paris sous la neige en plein Avril...mais ou va la planète?? Et toi, comment vas tu? Je vais voir Yael et David à la Cigale demain soir, encore un grand moment de plaisir assuré. J'espère te voir bientôt à N.Y peut être en Juin, d'ici là, mille bonnes choses pour toi. Biiiiiiz!! Juliette
Hello! GEORGES CREBASSA PROJECT c'est jeudi (10 avril à 22h00) en concert exceptionnel au Sentier des Halles!
Quelques critiques:
" Georges Crébassa Project tisse les paysages envoûtants d'un jazz ésotérique original qui assume son ambition et son étrangeté ." Jean Yves Basty - IDEM -magazine des musiques actuelles en languedoc roussillon Mars 2008
"La musique aux audacieux alliages de couleurs est résolument lyrique et débridée, portée par un saxophone envoûtant, d’une force poétique indiscutable." Jean-Luc Caradec - La Terrasse le portail des arts vivants en France Avril 2008
"Georges Crébassa fait preuve d’une belle détermination musicale et d’un projet original." Jean Szlamowicz - Jazz Hot, juin 2007
"... cet instrumentiste accompli adepte des raucités et fulgurances "sheppiennes" atteint magnifiquement son objectif... " Claude Oberg - Jazz magazine, janv 2007
