Flash-back

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The enchanted double bass of Laurène Helstroffer DurantelWhy "Flash-back"? "Because almost 20 years ago, I left the orchestra: a big decision, when you are a classical double bassist. I began searching for another place for a bass in the world of classical music, with my only compass for charting my course being 'all-by-instinct,' without any preconceived ideas. This record is a photo album, a kind of image viewer, that little object, often red, bought next to historical monuments, which scrolled through the tiny slides of the city's curiosities. They say the double bass is limited; you often hear that such and such a double bassist 'pushes its limits.' I specifically wanted to be ON the limit, at the place where nothing is yet separated but is about to be, at the limit of sound, the limit of volume, the limit of technique..." Laurène Helstroffer Durantel