The enchanting Breton

Denez prigent, singer of 49 years, we returned after 12 years of absence in linsigne discography of his first name. For lovers of Celtic music nest he hardly needed to present the artist who sest made known in the 90s, in the revival of Celticness with a CD "a cappella" and with 3 other discs bretone mixing music and electronica. Presnt in many festival alongside Dan Ar Braz, Carlos Nunez Stivell or it has greatly contributed to the "fusion" of the genre. But his records are not really readily available as electro arrangements are legion and type of special singing as gwerz and kan ha diskan are fairly practiced elsewhere. At least not with as much skill. He had routinely dinviter other artists for the very good (Liza Gerrard, Bertrand Cantat, Karen Matheson, Donnal Lunny) and also for the worse (Bulgarian Voices, Mari Boine). Anyway its Breton music electro world amply deserved the praise which had at the time. First of Denez because this is a unique voice, a vibrant timbre and often incantatory vocals, captivating and deeply rooted in Breton tradition.
With "An enchanting garden" (or "Ul liorzh vurzhudus" in Breton) Denez has significantly revised its copy by giving us an entirely acoustic album. The cello and percussion replace the layers of synths and samplings. Music ny loses nothing in strength and poetry. Both say right away: this album is in my opinion the best of Denez, the most authentic, emotionally strongest and most successful in dintegration "world". No guest of honor on these 12 priori opus repeatedly played live before being recorded in the studio in the public scene without conditions with equipment "vintage" including a reverb plate, very audible on taking voice Denez.
The guitars 6 and 12 strings in open tuning, violin, bombards, witshles, Khoz bagpipes, diatonic accordion, kind of basic instruments, are subtly confront, semmêler to other instruments such as saxophone, duduk cello and double bass. Percussion (Thomas Ostrowiecki) are particularly rich (without using the iconic bodhran but Cajon bendir or tablas and other djembe!). Thus, this music deeply rooted in tradition (gwerz, fisel, plinn;. Etc ..) are harmoniously without printing patchcwork, sintégrer scents darménie, gypsies, ydddish, Slavic, Oriental and even South America. A breakdown of the kind that gives meaning to the term "world music" as thought Peter Gabriel, in a musical idea duniversalisation about terroir. Far folklore and better. The sublime voice Denez challenges us upsets without quon really needs to understand the sung language. The texts are unfortunately not translated just a few are available in French on its website. We know that he writes and sings about love, death, nature.
About a never boring even in a song like "An tri seblant" or for 7 minutes Denez seems recite the same mantra on dramatic background music changing to finish in 3 minutes from a fabulous sensual oriental dance.
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