Aubaile / Vignolo / Ziad – David Aubaile Trio at Le Baiser Sale

“A joyful and transgressive album, the manifesto of a generous musical kleptomaniac, and the abundant logbook of an explorer, a buccaneer of sound” David Aubaile has made of his musical environment a sort of personal and imaginary folklore, which connects worlds that we imagined distant. It is in this unknown space that we discover “TRAFIQUANTS”, a joyful and transgressive album, the manifesto of a generous musical kleptomaniac, and the abundant logbook of an explorer, of a sound buccaneer. All of the original compositions that constitute it are brought to the highest level by Canadian double bassist Chris Jennings and Algerian drummer-singer-composer Karim Ziad, themselves polyglot adventurers. Aubaile imagined each of these pieces as postcards dedicated to those he calls “traffickers”; poets who move askew, as if going against time, who feed on everything and nothing, thus creating singular riches. Despite the multiplicity of its components, the complexity of its metrics and the subtlety of its structures, the music of David Aubaile offers itself, limpid and accessible, because it is delivered with a generosity and a talent which places it both off the track, and right at the heart of what our time needs so much: an invigorating and joyful ode to a world without barriers - Daniel Yvinec...

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“A joyful and transgressive album, the manifesto of a generous musical kleptomaniac, and the abundant logbook of an explorer, a buccaneer of sound” David Aubaile has made of his musical environment a sort of personal and imaginary folklore, which connects worlds that we imagined distant. It is in this unknown space that we discover “TRAFIQUANTS”, a joyful and transgressive album, the manifesto of a generous musical kleptomaniac, and the abundant logbook of an explorer, of a sound buccaneer. All of the original compositions that constitute it are brought to the highest level by Canadian double bassist Chris Jennings and Algerian drummer-singer-composer Karim Ziad, themselves polyglot adventurers. Aubaile imagined each of these pieces as postcards dedicated to those he calls “traffickers”; poets who move askew, as if going against time, who feed on everything and nothing, thus creating singular riches. Despite the multiplicity of its components, the complexity of its metrics and the subtlety of its structures, the music of David Aubaile offers itself, limpid and accessible, because it is delivered with a generosity and a talent which places it both off the track, and right at the heart of what our time needs so much: an invigorating and joyful ode to a world without barriers - Daniel Yvinec

« Un album joyeux et transgressif, le manifeste d’un kleptomane musical généreux, et le foisonnant journal de bord d’un explorateur, d’un flibustier du son »David Aubaile a fait de son environnement musical une sorte de folklore personnel et imaginaire, qui connecte les uns aux autres des mondes que l’on imaginait distants.C’est dans cet espace inconnu que lʼon découvre « TRAFIQUANTS », un album joyeux et transgressif, le manifeste dʼun kleptomane musical généreux, et le foisonnant journal de bord dʼun explorateur, dʼun flibustier du son. L’ensemble des compositions originales qui le constituent est porté au plus haut par le contrebassiste canadien Chris Jennings et le batteur-chanteur- compositeur algérien Karim Ziad, eux-mêmes baroudeurs polyglottes. Aubaile a imaginé chacune de ces pièces comme autant de cartes postales dédiées à ceux qu’il nomme les « trafiquants »; des poètes qui avancent de guingois, comme à rebours du temps, qui se nourrissent de tout et de rien, fabriquant ainsi de singulières richesses. Malgré la multiplicité de ses composantes, la complexité de ses métriques et la subtilité de ses structures, la musique de David Aubaile sʼoffre, limpide et accessible, parce quʼelle est délivrée avec une largesse et un talent qui la placent à la fois hors piste, et en plein au cœur de ce dont notre époque a tant besoin: une ode vivifiante et joyeuse à un monde sans barrières - Daniel Yvinec

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