These young musicians from Egypt, Turkey, Portugal and Italy bridge the distance between the shores and sonic worlds of a rapidly changing region. Their first album, recorded in Paris, blends both timbres and backgrounds in a unique artistic collaboration with Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, supported by Abu Dhabi Festival. The composition process is a compromise between the written score — the notes on the stave — with an exclusively oral tradition, in which the theme is developed only by those taking part, first by listening to it and then by repeating it. Their music is influenced by the folk music of each country and by much improvisation and jazz, and uses melodies from the European classical tradition blended with rhythms and instruments of the Middle East.
Yassine Bouzrou aurait voulu devenir footballeur, il a laissé le maillot pour la robe, avant d’entrer à 29 ans dans le classement GQ des « trente avocats les plus puissants de France » ! C’est par une affaire impliquant la police qu’il commence sa carrière en 2007 et, déjà, il doit se frotter aux mensonges et petits arrangements entre administration, pouvoir et palais de justice. Son deuxième dossier très médiatisé lui est apporté un an plus tard par le futur cinéaste Ladj Ly, qui lui signale la fameuse « bavure » de Montfermeil à l’origine du film Les Misérables. …