Hymne au soleil

Description

After a critically acclaimed first album, Laurent Bardainne and his band, le Tigre d’eau douce, return with an even more powerful album.
After Love Is Everywhere, Laurent Bardainne takes his Tigre d’Eau Douce on an exploration dedicated to the sun. Arnaud Roulin (Bardainne's collaborator in Thomas de Pourquery Supersonic and the late Poni Hoax) on Hammond organ, Sylvain Daniel (Camélia Jordana and l'ONJ) on bass, Philippe Gleizes on drums, Roger Raspail on percussion: it is with the same quartet of loyal musicians that he wrote these new feline adventures. Bardainne's muted saxophone allowing the great names of spiritual jazz to echo in its keys, the musical compass open from hip hop to African rhythms, from Pharoah Sanders to Kruhangbin and Sault, Hymne Au Soleil (a tribute to the composition of the same name by Lili Boulanger) guides the Tigre on a dreamlike and cinematic journey. Towards a retro-futuristic soul where synthesizers and female choirs also join in to shine in the sunbeams.