Arnaud Delvenne

It was inevitable that the abundant discography of Les Lunaisiens would one day turn its attention to the Complainte des rues, a ‘lament’ that tells the dark and tragic story of the wretched nobodies of society who can only protest their misery and hunger!

A few years after the success of her album crossing Baroque music with folk, Love I Obey (ALPHA538), the Franco-American singer Rosemary Standley visits Schubert, this time with the complicity of the Ensemble Contraste: ‘We all have a few notes of Schubert buried deep inside us’ say the artists, who have got together around his music and brought to it an original sound texture, the result of their varied influences – classical, pop, jazz, folk.

It was inevitable that the abundant discography of Les Lunaisiens would one day turn its attention to the Complainte des rues, a ‘lament’ that tells the dark and tragic story of the wretched nobodies of society who can only protest their misery and hunger!

The most creative master of synthesizing old sounds and styles into knew and exciting (and often witty) compositions is back with yet another jaw-dropping adventure into sonic magic-making. Arnaud combines progressive rock, jazz, and classical music.

In order to prepare a Progressive rock album the traditional way, one will require some ingredients. Let's start to select the most exquisite Seventies flavours, sprinkle with various analogue keyboards, then brown with loads of Mellotron. Carve the jazzy reeds, and insert them into the (soft) machine. Mix the whole energetically with your guitars emulsion, that you have prepared earlier. Then add you grilled Tarkus, cooked with sci-fi sauce. Feel free to put lyrics (In English) in your instrumental compositions here and there, to obtain more flavour. To finish, coat with electronic layers, ala Grand Chef Klaus Schulze (The Rick Wright version may echo as well)…

Born in 1981, Arnaud Quevedo is a french musician who is teaching music in Conservatoire since 2007. After several band projects, tributes to Zappa, Gong, King Crimson and Magma with his students, he started making things under is name in 2020.

Le «monde fou», c'est le nôtre, celui que nous avons créé et dans lequel, tant bien que mal, nous vivons. Monde de la violence et de l'exclusion, des sectes et des intégrismes, de la confusion des valeurs et de la surenchère médiatique, du libéralisme sans frein et de l'infantilisme, avec, pour seule perspective, la fuite en avant.

Ce nouvel ouvrage d'Arnaud Desjardins se présente sous une forme très différente des précédents. C'est la transcription, sous forme de questions et réponses, de dix jours de rencontres quotidiennes avec des auditeurs québécois. Les questions concernent des thèmes très divers.