Viola (band)
Bratsch was a music group from France, well known in world music and touring Europe.
background
The group had devoted itself to the music of traveling musicians such as the Klezmorim , the Sinti and Roma and Balkan, Armenian, Macedonian and Greek music. The sources mentioned were transformed into new variants enriched with free jazz .
Bratsch saw themselves as musicians who make neo-traditional music, i.e. music that will one day be considered traditional. In fact, they have achieved great recognition at various festivals as Gadje (non-Roma) or Goyim (non-Jews) from the respective ethnic groups.
They derived the name bratsch from the viola , which was a popular accompanying instrument in the music of traveling musicians .
At the end of 2014, Bratsch announced that the “Bratsch Adventure” would end after a concert tour through France, Germany and Switzerland. The last concerts were given in Paris at the end of December 2015.
Members
- Dan Gharibian: guitar
- Bruno Girard: violin , viola
- Théo Girard: double bass (succeeding Pierre Jacquet)
- Nano Peylet: clarinet
- François Castiello: accordion .
Discography
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- 1976: Musique de partout
- 1978: J'aime un voyou, maman
- 1981: Live à la Potinière
- 1988: Notes de voyages
- 1990: Sans domicile fixe
- 1991: Transports en commun
- 1994: Correspondances
- 1994: Le Mangeur de lune (music for the film of the same name by Dai Sijie )
- 1995: Gypsy music from the heart of Europe
- 1996: Ecoute ça chérie
- 1998: Rien dans les poches
- 1999: On a rendez-vous
- 2001: La vie, la mort, tout ça ...
- 2003: Nomades En Vol (anthology)
- 2004: Ensemble depuis 25 ans ... ca s'fête
- 2007: Plein Du Monde
- 2009: 7 Inédits / 1000 Spécimens
- 2011: Urban Bratsch
- 2013: Brut De Bratsch 1973 → 2013 (anthology)
In collaboration with other artists
- 2000: L'Ombre et la Demoiselle ( Weepers Circus )
Web links
- Official homepage ( Memento from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Bratsch official (Facebook.com)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean-Pierre Thiollet : La Potinière: "Bratsch" à quatre et en musique. In: Le Quotidien de Paris , July 2, 1981.
- ↑ BRATSCH - Fermeture définitive décembre 2015 on YouTube
- ↑ Official Facebook page
- ↑ Chart sources: FR