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The Rythm of Speech


  • country:
    Germany
  • style(s):
    Fusion Traditional
  • label:
    Accords Croisés
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This project, which initially took the form of a series of encounters between Keyvan Chemirani and other great voices of the world, led to the creation of a disc, entitled The Rhythm of Speech. The languages are Persan, Tamil with karnatic music of Southern India and Bambara with the didadi of Mali, conveyed by 3 singers of immense talent. The languages have been allowed break free their prosodic framework, thanks to the rhythmical inventions, as subtle as they were unexpected, from the young percussionist Keyvan Chemirani. Despite the various backgrounds of these artists, the result doesn't become just a hotchpotch of several different oral traditions but a whole new music.




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