is anyone else familiar with Valentin Clastrier? his "Migration" suite (spaced-out, longform hurdy gurdy piece) reminds me a bit of Emmanuelle Parrenin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLHk5HqShWI
(and it's literally the only thing I've heard by him, so I'd welcome any recommendations)
― when skrillex just stood there (unregistered), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 03:59 (ten years ago) link
("spaced-out" probably not the best description for something so vigorous, but ykwim)
― when skrillex just stood there (unregistered), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 04:00 (ten years ago) link
Valentin Clastrier's self-titled album from last year is highly recommended for fans of avant-hurdy-gurdy music. his pieces are more like Indian ragas than trad folk songs, and his use of an effects pedal on a few tracks (the opener and closer + "Vents Solaires") is unique and unnerving. his hurdy gurdy is a custom-built, 27-stringed, electric-acoustic monstrosity, as he demonstrates here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G934ujHV-E
― his eye is on the sbarro (unregistered), Sunday, 23 March 2014 05:22 (ten years ago) link
https://emmanuelleparrenin.bandcamp.com/album/p-r-landra
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 15 April 2017 13:01 (seven years ago) link
Nice stuff. She also has a RSD 12" with Etienne Jaumet coming out on a French record store's label:
https://www.discogs.com/Emmanuelle-Parrenin-Eat-Gas-Etienne-Jaumet-Volturnus-Balagu%C3%A8re/release/10052245
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Saturday, 15 April 2017 14:07 (seven years ago) link
The album she put out last March is quite something: https://johnkoolrecords.bandcamp.com/album/targala-la-maison-qui-nen-est-pas-une. Jazzier/global and less medieval than Maison rose (I haven't heard anything else by her), but definitely of a piece with it
― rob, Thursday, 12 January 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link