SPEED CARAVAN/ ALBUM LAUNCH @ DINGWALLS 7th OCTOBER (LONDON)
WITH SPECIAL GUEST APPEARENCE, RICHARD ARCHER, SPEX MC ...
DON'T MISS IT !!
ALBUM KALASHNIK LOVE - "SPECIAL EDITION" Produit par David HUSSER
OUT NOW A L'INTERNATIONAL ( Real World Records)
«Brulant comme un meteorite au moment de toucher l'atmosphere, ce disque sexy et flamboyant ravira les amateurs de fusions implacables. » Mondomix
"Speed Caravan are a wonderful blend of traditional algerian incluences, electronic beats and raw rock energy. It's one of the most exciting hybrids i've heard for a long while". Peter Gabriel in Songlines.
« Dans Kalashnik Love, le luthiste Algerien Mehdi Haddab guide le trio Speed Caravan, oud electrique en main, vers l’essence de la creation et du rock’n’roll. Dans un voyage hallucinant, entre compositions et reprises, la caravane rapide transcende les epoques et les styles. Yallah ! » RFI
Dans cette aventure sonore mêlant musique orientale, rock and roll et beats électro, Mehdi Haddab, musicien d’origine algérienne, avec son jeu furieusement électrique transforme radicalement l’image du Oud. Au gré du parcours de la caravane et des rencontres, il s’entoure de talentueux compagnons : Rachid Taha,
Richard Archer (Hard Fi)r, Rodolphe Burger, Rocky Singh et MC Spex, ex membres d'Asian Dub Foundation ,des vocalistes du collectif hip hop algérien MBS, du bassiste Pascal Teillet, du batteur Franck Vaillant, du chanteur et joueur de Oud Abdulatif Yagoub et nous propulse avec eux aux avants postes d’une musique actuelle au carrefour des 5 continents.
MEHDI : Electric oud PASCO : Bass HERMIONE : Computer SIMO : Percussion. Vocals ROCKY : Drums, Vocals
AFTER A MASSIVE WORLD TOUR (WOMAD UK, WOMAD LAS PALMAS,
WOMAD AUSTRALIA, WOMAD NEW ZEALAND, ITALIA WAVE, GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL, MUNDIAL FESTIVAL, TIMITAR FESTIVAL, OLLIN KAN, MIDDLE EAST TOUR... and more to come),
SPEED CARAVAN IS BACK ON REAL WORLD RECORDS WITH SOME NEW TRACKS AND REMIXES
SPEED CARAVAN Album KALASHNIK LOVE -" SPECIAL EDITION"
OUT NOW WORLDWIDE!!! (REAL WORLD RECORDS)
Produced by DAVID HUSSER
Featuring RACHID TAHA, RICHARD ARCHER, RODOLPHE BURGER, SPEX MC and ROCKY SINGH (ex members of ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION), MBS
Mehdi Haddab, pleasure guerrilla, defender of the dazzle, this glamour virtuoso leads his electric caravan at the speed of sound. Armed with his eclectic oud, he guides secrets out of the Orient, gleaned from old masters and spirits with the skids off, from Tizi Ouzou and Sanaa to Istanbul, taking them into the heart of wild raves, those blistering temples of rock, and to clubs for the kings of improvisation. With a gourmet smile or Marshall-amped trill, this Kabyle lute-player demolishes all the preconceived ideas of the shrines of style.
Speed Caravan is the product of a whole series of miraculous meetings on the peaceful crusades that Mehdi has led over the years with the more rebellious French singers, like Rodolphe Burger, Erik Marchand, Rachid Taha, Jacques Higelin and Alain Bashung, as well as the groups he co-founded - Ekova and DuOud.
It was when he acquired his first electric oud, improvising for hours with bassist, Pasco, that something clicked - and Speed Caravan was born.
Pascal Teillet or “Pasco” contributes more than a perfect mastery of his instrument. He also brings a wide musical imagination, forged alongside King Mensah, Ganoub, Mazaher and Archie Shepp. His powerful, but sensitive touch magnifies the grooves and sustains the acrobatic arabesques of the lute.
Hermione Frank is a longstanding accomplice from the days of Ekova. A journalist and, above all, an electronic musician, she coaxes unexpected sensuality from her computers, as well as unstoppable beats. Above all, she brings her open and unique mind.
Moroccan-born Mohamed Bouamar trained in the Arab/Andalusian tradition and is an expert cabaret musician. For many years he was percussionist for the Egyptian diva, Natacha Atlas. Last to arrive in Speed Caravan, “Simo”, holds down two key jobs: vocal arabesques and primary percussion.
Together, they laid the foundations of this project. And, in three years, its artistic support has multiplied, with lasting as well as fleeting collaborations with the other sonic guerrillas who have joined them on this first album. "Kalashnik Love" was recorded in those rare, quiet moments stolen from an overloaded schedule, with the unerring support of David Husser (Indochine, Lo Jo, …), met during the Marchand, Burger project. Outstripping his role as sound engineer, this maniac of extreme sounds, who runs at the same voltage as Mehdi, plunged body and soul into this rich and lavish sonic sculpture.
More than 19 other troops signed up for the crusade. Algira, Rabah Deymed, from the Algiers-based hip hop band, MBS, who shared the stage on Speed Caravan’s very first performances, joined the recording to lend a hand on “Aissa Wah”, a homage to the Sufi trance, distorted by blasts of wah-wah pedal. They also appear on a cover version of the Chemical Brothers’ “Galvanize” which, with its sample from a piece by Berber singer Najaat Atabou, inspired Mehdi’s reunion alongside MC Spex, former member of Asian Dub Foundation and Paul Kendall (Goldfrapp, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode…) on backing vocals, and Franck Vaillant (Lo Jo) on drums and Christophe Schwob (Jad Wio) as programmer.
Another decisive cover is the Cure’s “Killing an Arab”, where singer Wattie Delay, from Alsace, has the lion’s share and Rachid Taha cries out that he is the Arab, Albert Camus’ Outsider, which inspired Robert Smith’s title.
Mehdi also wanted to pay tribute to his Masters. Here, he plays “Daddy Lolo” by the Armenian star of oud rock, Charles "Chick" Ganimian, featuring the unique voice of Breton singer, Erik Marchand, who joins Bruno Ferrier on vocals.
The title track, “Kalashnik Love” used to be part of the repertoire of the Armenian Turk, Udi Hrant Kenkulian, whose innovations have left a beautiful trace in the history of the oriental lute.
He also wrote “Parov Yegar Siroon Var” a track that features three percussionists, Arnaud Dieterlen, Rocky Singh (Asian Dub) and Rabah Khalfa (Idir, Souad Massi), who also appear on the next track, “Idemo Dalje”, a traditional Bulgarian melody interpreted on the synthesizer by the young Serbian prodigy, Viorel Tajkuna
Mehdi composed “Qat Market”, where his accomplice Abdulatif Yacoub, from the Yemeni adventure, DuOud, sings the praises of the psychotropic plant.
On “Erotic Chitetelli” composed by Mehdi, David and Rocky, the oud and the guitars of David, Stephan Gensbittel and Rodolphe Burger tantalize a choir of sensual feminine whispers.
A few other tracks, never heard before, complete this new edition of Kalashnik Love.
“Dubaï” which measures the decadent scale of the mirage city, puts three singers to good use - Rocky Singh and Mohamed Bouamar, who are joined by Richard Archer, founder of the British Indie-rock band Hard-Fi.
“Hôtel Zyannides ****” is a traditional melody from the hawzi repertoire (an Algerian style somewhere between popular and esoteric music) genetically modified during a stay with the musicians of Tlemcen.
Two remixes add the final touches. Sidestepper, the British producer and lover of Colombian rhythms has beautifully reworked “Daddy Lolo” while Malian, Mo DJ has looked after “Aissa Wah”.
Finally, three other tracks can be downloaded.
“Diamond Belly Button”, inspired by an Egyptian wedding melody, was included in the first French edition of 2008. However, the remix of “Kalashnik Love” by Arnaud Dieterlen and the remix of “Oudissey 1” by Roxymore have never left the labs they were conceived in.
Sex, Qat and Rock n’ Oud - “Kalashnik Love” is set to become an irrefutable manifesto, diamond sharp, shining like metal in the sun.
Bonjour !! Merci pour ce fantastique concert à Pantin ! Votre musique est une source d'inspiration pour mon project électro-world que je suis en train de remonter avec un joueur de oud... Bonne continuation. RL
SAM KARPIENIA (ex leader de Dupain)
en concert
LUNDI 12 OCT. - PARIS XXè - STUDIO DE L'ERMITAGE
SAMEDI 24 OCT. - MARSEILLE - FIESTA DES SUDS
WORLD SOUND
L'un des OVNIs de cette rentrée musicale et une réussite incontestable... ROCK'N'FOLK
Porté par une voix éraillée et fascinante, le résultat ne ressemble a
rien de connu, brassant poésie, rock, musiques méditerranéennes
traditionnelles et d'influences occitanes dans des chansons mutantes à
fort pouvoir évocateur. VIBRATIONS
L'album Extatic Malancòni , manifeste poignant, s'ouvre part un riff
"stoogien" à la mandole et la tension ne retombe jamais. Sans doute le
chant de Karpienia y est-il pour beaucoup, si dense qu'on encaisse
physiquement le poids des textes rageurs. MONDOMIX
Après quelques courts bruissements de mandole, dès les premières
minutes de cet album, la voix de Sam Karpienia est déjà au zénith.
Musicalement, les paysages dévoilés sont racés et cohérents ils
semblent vierges, ou offrent tout du moins une hybridation originale,
entre transe méditerranéenne, urgences rock et lyrisme occitan.
