ECM RECORDS LE PAS DU CHAT NOIR - ANOUAR BRAHEM, VINILINĖ PLOKŠTELĖ PATEFONUI

Hypnotic, magnetic new album by Anouar Brahem which adds a new dimension to our knowledge of this exceptional Tunisian musician. "Le pas du chat noir" gives the clearest indication yet of the work of Brahem as composer and features a spacious "chamber music" that resonates with the freshness of improvisation. The instrumentation is unique: oud, piano, accordion. Brahem’s writing for this combination is highly evocative, meticulously controlled and sparse. Half of the magic, as he notes, resides in the not-played, in the marvellous mingling of overtones, sounds that rise from the piano to blend with the warm tones of the oud and the breath of the accordion’s bellows.

• Anouar Brahem Oud
• François Couturier Piano
• Jean-Louis Matinier Accordion

July 2001, Radio Studio DRS, Zürich

09.09.2002