« My name is Monsieur MÂLÂ I'm not a human, I'm a machine. »The lyrics of Storyteller, which introduce Monsieur MÂLÂ's debut album, serve as an introduction: the quintet is an empirically conceived, organically produced machine, capable of telling stories through instrumental music.Its cogs are Nicholas Vella (piano, keyboards), Swaéli Mbappé (bass), Yoann Danier (drums), Robin Antunes (violin, mandolin) and Balthazar Naturel (saxophones, English horn). These strong personalities, whose complicities go back a long way, are all recognized leaders or sidemen in the sphere of jazz and its satellites. Their technical baggage, cosmopolitan influences and travelling souls stir up a decoction of funk and rock, African and Caribbean music, while ingesting new urban and electronic trends. Nothing is glued or fused, everything flows. This feeling of fluidity prevails on an album unlike any other, and which could only be titled Monsieur MÂLÂ. Named after the rosary used to recite mantras, the band seeks and achieves transcendence, both in the studio and on stage, where their reputation fills the halls. Writing and improvisation, charisma and interaction, rowdiness and quietude, but also groove, jubilation and elevation......
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« My name is Monsieur MÂLÂ I'm not a human, I'm a machine. »The lyrics of Storyteller, which introduce Monsieur MÂLÂ's debut album, serve as an introduction: the quintet is an empirically conceived, organically produced machine, capable of telling stories through instrumental music.Its cogs are Nicholas Vella (piano, keyboards), Swaéli Mbappé (bass), Yoann Danier (drums), Robin Antunes (violin, mandolin) and Balthazar Naturel (saxophones, English horn). These strong personalities, whose complicities go back a long way, are all recognized leaders or sidemen in the sphere of jazz and its satellites. Their technical baggage, cosmopolitan influences and travelling souls stir up a decoction of funk and rock, African and Caribbean music, while ingesting new urban and electronic trends. Nothing is glued or fused, everything flows. This feeling of fluidity prevails on an album unlike any other, and which could only be titled Monsieur MÂLÂ. Named after the rosary used to recite mantras, the band seeks and achieves transcendence, both in the studio and on stage, where their reputation fills the halls. Writing and improvisation, charisma and interaction, rowdiness and quietude, but also groove, jubilation and elevation...
« My name is Monsieur MÂLÂ I'm not a human, I'm a machine. » Les paroles de Storyteller, qui introduisent le premier album de Monsieur MÂLÂ, font office de présentation : le quintet est une machine dont la conception serait empirique et la production organique, capable de nous raconter des histoires au moyen de musiques instrumentales.Ses rouages ont pour noms Nicholas Vella (piano, claviers), Swaéli Mbappé (basse), Yoann Danier (batterie), Robin Antunes (violon, mandoline) et Balthazar Naturel (saxophones, cor anglais). Ces fortes personnalités, dont les complicités sont anciennes, sont tous des leaders ou des sidemen reconnus dans la sphère du jazz et de ses satellites. Leurs bagages techniques, leurs influences cosmopolites et leurs âmes voyageuses touillent une décoction de funk et de rock, de musiques africaines et caribéennes, tout en ingérant les nouvelles tendances urbaines et électroniques. Rien n'est collé ni fusionné, tout circule. Ce sentiment de fluidité prévaut sur un album ne ressemblant à aucun autre, et qui ne pouvait qu'être titré du nom de Monsieur MÂLÂ. Baptisé en référence au chapelet utilisé pour la récitation des mantras, le groupe cherche et atteint la transcendance, en studio comme sur scène où sa réputation remplit les salles.
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