Musicians are incredibly complex and know far less than other artists what they want and what they are ...... Their psychology is a modern development and has not yet been understood ......
E.M. Forster
Philippe PONTNEAU, French Composer and Arranger, Bass, Guitars, Lap Steel, Keyboards, Oud, Duduk, Dulcimer and Mandolin player....
Philippe began to play in 1970 when he was 13. Professionnal musicien since 1977, he met many artists and worked with most of them ...
Philippe's creations for multimedia, movies and videos productions have been used since 1981 by many radios and since 1992 by Virtual Ocean, Azur Images, Shadow prod, etc ...
In 2002, after 25 years of gigs (rock bands, jazz trio, jazz quartet, popular music bands), recording sessions (artist and sound engineer), tours (Thaïland, Greece, Turkey, USA, Spain, UK,etc…), cruises (Bahamas, Caribbean, etc…), teaching music in different schools, Philippe decide to work only on his own creations. This is the birth of SHANGRI-LA DREAM, a musical concept based upon Brotherhood.
After 5 years of very hard work, a four albums concept is ready to be procuded. The first album, UTOPIA was released in 2007. The following, UTOPIA 2, will be available in 2009. UTOPIA 3 and UTOPIA 4 will be released in 2009 and 2010.
At the same time, Philippe works on an other project. A show called HELIOPOLIS, based upon the Egyptian legend of Rê, Sun god of Heliopolis. 10 comedians, 6 fusion bellydancers, a magician, a technical staff for the sound, lights and special effetcs, differents others artists (painters, sculptor, etc…) are building the stage scenery. Battles scenes are directed by a martial arts specialist. Philippe composed the musics, wrote the story and is now organizing the rehearsals. After that, the UTOPIA project and the band SHANGRI-LA DREAM will be free to start a tour.
Bonjour Philippe, merci, avec un peu de retard, pour l'invitation. De bien belles choses par ici décidément ; ma préférence pour : Tcherkime, Aoud song, Mindelo streets, Genocide…, Goto gotham et From iva to koga. Avec des messages forts. Belles images aussi, live ou non. Je reviendrai voyager avec vous. @ bientôt Christophe
Bonjour Philippe! ça fait plaisir d'avoir de tes news! Merci pour tes mots^^! J'ai fait un petit montage photo sur l'élevage intensif...des humains! Et ça pourrait bien t'intéresser "Ami résistant"! PEACE
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