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Alep, décembre 2005,nous nous rencontrons lors d’une résidence d’artiste.
Un an plus tard nous nous revoyons, mais à Lyon cette fois. Nous composons, nous jouons, nous enregistrons une première maquette.Puis après une tournée au Koweit nous emmenons avec nous Mohannad (petit frère de Khaled) dans cette aventure. Ce qui nous conduira, lors d’une grande tournée, à parcourir la Syrie et à l’enregistrement de ce disque.
Notre musique, nos compositions, nos improvisations s’inspirent de nos deux traditions avec un grand respect et une grande écoute sur la culture de chacun.
Nous utilisons des gammes et des maqâms ; nos rythmiques en 10, 7, 5 viennent de la tradition orientale et nous jouons aussi une valse. Bab Assalam est emprunt de la pensée soufi, méditative (quelques textes en sont également issus), mais nous lui donnons une direction dramaturgique.
Nous enregistrons aujourd’hui à Alep, à la maison Beit Jabri ; la même maison qui nous accueillit lors de notre première rencontre. Cette vieille bâtisse alepienne, voisine de la citadelle, dégage une atmosphère unique où il était important de s’y retrouver pour enregistrer cet album.
De cette ville au parfum magique, nous avons emprunté le nom d’une de ses portes :
Bab Assalam (la porte de la paix)
“We have met on December 2005 while participating to an « artist- residence » in Alep.
Then, after a tour in Kuwait, we asked Mohannad (Khaled’s younger brother) to join us in this venture.
This was the birth of Bab Assalam and we have done our first steps on the road by
touring extensively all over Syria in 2007. Then we prepared the
recording of this CD that took place in Alep in July 2008.
Our music, our compositions and improvisations are inspired by our own traditions with the greatest respect and attention granted to each one of them. That’s why we are using scales and « maqâms » (a specific mode of oriental music) in our compositions. Our rhythm (10, 7, or 5 measures) comes from the oriental tradition, but it happens also that we are playing a valse... Bab Assalam is influenced by the meditative Sufi’s thought (some of the lyrics of this CD are Sufi’s poetry), but we are addressing it in a style closer to the occidental tradition.
We have recorded this CD in the Old City of Alep at the « House of Beit Jabri » which is the place where we first met. This ancient building, close to the famous Citadel, has such a unique atmosphere that it was very important for us to meet again and to record in this house.
The name of the group - Bab Assalam (the gate of peace) - is the name of one of the gate of this magical and mythical city”.
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Presse :
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Raphaël Vuillard: Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
Raphaël Vuillard is born in the French city of Lons-le-Saunier in
1972. His musical path is a little whimsical ... After winning a first
prize of ancient clarinet at the « Conservatoire National Supérieur de
Musique » (CNSM) of Lyon and a first prize of historical clarinet at
the « Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique » of Paris, he
dedicated himself to orchestral music, chamber music and opera for
about ten years. He played under the direction of such conductors as
Jean-Claude Malgoire, Christophe Rousset, Marc Minkovski,
Franck-Emmanuel Comte...
He created the musical ensemble « Trio
Bohémien ». After a series of international tours and a few recording
(Mozart‘s Requiem with « La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
», and some operas...),
he decided to venture into the field of
contemporary and modern music. As a composer and performer he
worked for theatre and dance companies, mainly with the company
Turak with whom he toured extensively during four years. He also
got extremely involved into the field of instrumental and electronic
music.
In 2005, while touring in Syria, he meets Khaled Aljaramani.
Following that encounter they decide to keep on working together on
mutual improvisations and compositions. They create the World
Music ensemble Bab Assalam.
Khaled Al Jaramani: Oud and Vocals
Born in the Syrian city of Soueida in1972, Khaled Aljaramani
graduated from the Damas National Music Academy (CND) in 1999.
He studied with Munir Bashir and Nassir Shamma. He was a
musician of the Oriental Music Orchestra of the CND and soloist of
Symphonic National Orchestra of Syria. As a composer (solos for
Oud) and performer he toured in Syria. During the two following
years he worked as an Oud music-master at the CND and as a
musicologist at the Homs University.
In 2002, he meets Serge
Tessot-Gay (guitar player of the French group Noir Désir). They
create the group Inter Zone and record their first CD. They went on
for a major tour in Europe and in Syria, record a second album Inter
Zone 2ème jour followed by another tour. As an artist-resident of the
Royaumont Abbey he has participated to numerous « creations »
performed in Paris (Institut du Monde Arabe), Royaumont, Damas,
Alep.
He also toured and recorded with Abed Azrié. Lately he has
performed with his two brothers (percussions and ney) for the
festival « Damas Capital of Culture 2008 » and he is working now on
a project with the calligrapher Khaled Essaï.
Mohannad Al Jaramani: Percussions and Vocals
Also born in Soueida, in1979, Mohannad Aljaramani is the younger
brother of the grand family of musicians Aljaramani.
He studied
percussions and musical composition at the Institut Superior of
Music in Damas. He is a member of the Arabic Music Orchestra of
Damas and also belongs to different orchestras affiliated to the
Institute Superior of Music and the Opera of Damas. He is
performing at numerous music festivals in Syria and in the Middle-
East. He also played in Trio with his two brothers for the
festival« Damas Capital of Culture 2008 » and with the Oriental
Music Ensemble « Wuguh » for the soul music festival in Lebanon,
Tunisia, Syria and Turkey.
Mohannad joined his brother Khaled and
Raphaël Vuillard in 2007 for a tour in Syria and he is now a member
of Bab Assalam.
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