Mazine La Mor

Description

THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN TRADITIONAL REUNIONNAIS MALOYA AND ROCK AND JAZZ INSTRUMENTS. When Trans Kabar recorded Maligasé, their first album, the group had only existed for four months. First steps, a primal scream, oh what a beautiful baby. Hybrid, mixed music, born in Paris from the encounter between traditional Reunionnais maloya and rock and jazz instruments. Less than a concept, it was a fusion alchemy between four musicians – Jean-Didier Hoareau on vocals, Stéphane Hoareau on guitar, Théo Girard on double bass, and Ianik Tallet on drums – naturally curious, eager for adventure, and free to imagine a new way of approaching traditional music. Maligasé was an album of ternary trance and electric dance, one (bare) foot on the soil of Reunion and the other crushing an effects pedal. This second album, Mazine La Mor, was recorded just a few months after the release of the first, while the band was constantly performing live. It reflects the growth of a group forged and blossomed on stage, or never far from it. The new tracks were often born on a train between two concerts, or during soundchecks, or in a hotel, or during text message exchanges between the two Hoareaus, Jean-Didier and Stéphane. The recording of the album itself stemmed from a concert; a few months after their performance at the Théâtre Durance in Château-Arnoux (Alpes de Haute-Provence) in June 2019, the group returned to the venue for a week in the studio. Recorded live, with Hugo Heredia, the band's touring sound engineer, at the controls. The repertoire is a mix of songs the band had played live without recording, covers (Gaston Hoareau, Lo Rwa Kaf, Gramoun Lélé), and original compositions by Jean-Didier Hoareau, arranged by the band. Because, even though Jean-Didier Hoareau's intense and wild singing is the lead instrument, Trans Kabar is first and foremost always a band.