Artist: Anouar Brahem, Francois Couturier, Jean-Louis Matinier Album: Le pas du chat noir Year: 2001 Rec.: Rec. July 2001, Radio DRS, Zurich 01. Le pas du chat noir 02. De tout ton coeur 03. Leila au pays du carrousel 04. Pique-nique a Nagpur 05. C'est ailleurs 06. Toi qui sait 07. L'arbre qui voit 08. Un point bleu 09. Les ailes du Bourak 10. Rue du depart 11. Leila au pays du crrousel, var. 12. Deja la nuit 129.2 Mb MORE: Anouar Brahem - Le pas du chat noir (GEMA, ECM 1792) Anouar Brahem oud Francois Couturier piano Jean-Louis Matinier accordion All compositions by Anouar Brahem. The themes "Toi qui sait" and "Deja la nuit" were originally composed for the soundtrack of Moufida Tlatli's film, "La saison des hommes". Recorded July 2001 Radio DRS, Zurich ECM says: Hypnotic, magnetic new album by Anouar Brahem which adds a new dimension to our knowledge of this exceptional Tunisian musician. "Le pas du chat noir" gives the clearest indication yet of the work of Brahem as composer and features a spacious "chamber music" that resonates with the freshness of improvisation. The instrumentation is unique: oud, piano, accordion. Brahem's writing for this combination is highly evocative, meticulously controlled and sparse. Half of the magic, as he notes, resides in the not-played, in the marvellous mingling of overtones, sounds that rise from the piano to blend with the warm tones of the oud and the breath of the accordion's bellows. "There's something beautiful about silence, and Anouar Brahem says it exquisitely... In the end, what matters most is Brahem's continual creative excursions, finding the undertones of tradition in a modern world, filling in silence with learned levity." - Derek Beres, Global Rhythm www.cdroots.com