Les Rumeurs De La Ville (Rumors Of The City), by Guigou Chenevier

Les Rumeurs De La Ville (Rumors Of The City)

by Guigou Chenevier

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	1.	Les Yeux Sans Visage 04:46
	2.	Petit Piano 05:43
	3.	El Zorro 05:48
	4.	J'ai Du Bon Tabac 00:57
	5.	La Démarche Du Crabe 03:19
	6.	Salman Rushdie 03:37
	7.	Les Phoques 06:49
	8.	Crépuscule À Vukovar 03:22
	9.	Guerre 04:57
	10.	Les Mêmes Descentes 01:48
	11.	Poisson Magique 04:12
	12.	Le Plaisir De Paloma 01:35
	13.	Cheval De Troie 02:47
	14.	Limelight 04:39

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Guigou Chenevier is one of rock's great unsung drummers, performing with Volapük and Etron Fou for many years.

This album grew out of a workshop Guigou held in his home of Avignon. He composed music for saxes, clarinets, cellos, keyboards, guitar, bass & drums, to be played by professional musicians [with all of Volapük as part of the band]. Then he added tapes he had made of "amateur" musicians performing in impromptu situations.

This work is a mixture of the compositions for septet plus taped fragments of the amateurs. Neither aspect stands alone, as each - the professional & the enthusiastic amateur - is assimilated into the whole.

Great compositions, great playing & a beautiful cover; basically this is a Guigou-led, big-band Volapük record. A brilliant & unique presentation.

"...this is a great live RIO album. It was recorded live in concert - I guess the tape recordings of the amateur musicians were played on stage along with the "live" musicians. It is really a Volapük album with Chenevier, Michel Mandel and Guillaume Saurel from Volapük plus 4 other musicians plus the tapes of the amateurs." – RateYourMusic

credits

released September 1, 1998

Laurence Bigot : saxophone, samplers, sound materials
Guigou Chenevier : drums
Olivier Gaudino : bass
Fred Giuliani : keyboards
Laurent Luci : guitar on 2, 3, 6, 7, 8
Michel Mandel : bass clarinet, clarinet, tenor and soprano saxophone
Guillaume Saurel : cello

The "Amateurs"
Olivier Cadart : trombone
Bruno Fache : guitar, voice
Roland Delrue : accordion
Eliane Charasse : voice
Louis Vincent : trumpet
Bernard Tieberghen : guitar
Maurice Millet : keyboards
Julie Mayen : violin

Recorded live January 1996, salle Benoît XII in Avignon, France.
Mixed by Olivier Gaudino, Guigou Chenevier and Emmanuel Gilot, spring 1997.

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