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It was the last pocket session of the year 2023; 4 vocals, harp, jeli n’goni, bass and multi percussion, just to name a few. High emotional intensity on a spring mattress. The group is called l’étrangleuse and their next album will be released in June on Compagnie 4000 and La Curieuse. That’s all there is to it…

It was Wednesday November 29, 2023, it was in Tournon (France) and it was good. Claire for books and Mouna for records welcomed us into their cultural den on the banks of the Rhône, where Mortelle Adèle chats with Nina Simone, and Simone Veil winks at Frederik Peeters.And all this under the ever-sharpening eye of Bertrand Gaudillère.

The pocket sessions are over…. but they’re starting up again next season! And not just a little. In addition to continuing our concerts in the original den, the benevolent cradle of our first releases, the Ouvrir l’œil bookshop, we’re starting a series of sessions in bookshops all over the Auvergne Rhône Alpes region. We’ll tell you more soon.But before we dive into this exciting sequel, let’s take a little time to immerse ourselves in the sights and sounds of the past six magnificent sessions.And let’s also take a moment to…

Another magnificent achievement by Ramataupia for the band Pixvae. This song, co-composed by Israel Quinones, Juan Carlos Arrechea and Romain Dugelay, appears on Pixvae’s latest album.

Ukandanz stopped off at the “Ouvrir l’œil” bookshop to take part in the sixth and final pocket session of the season.

Ukandanz releases a new video with the track “Ferjign Chereka ፍረጂኝ ጨረቃ / Moon Stroke”, directed by Bertrand Gaudillère.

After An’Pagay and the track Somin Tegor, here’s another Ramataupia production on a track from Pixvae’s new album. It’s beautiful, it’s funny, it’s creative. Enjoy 🙂…

That was session #2 and it was good. See you on January 25 for session #3 with the Chimères trio (Dugelay/Girard.Quillier).Photos: Bertrand Gaudillère…

After these thirteen summer concerts, each one more magnificent than the other, a back-to-school video for An'Pagay; BATO, filmed nearly a year ago, but which had remained in the hard disk cupboards.

"On the second part of these unexpected antics, we find titles from his previous repertoire [....] here transfigured by the countermelody of the strings sumptuously arranged by Romain Dugelay. [...] Witch of flesh and blues, Marine Pellegrini oscillates between languorous drunkenness, shamanic groove and dreamlike R'n'B. Everything is sensual and spicy. In a word: exciting"…