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Grande Halle de la Villette /-
la "Grande Parade de Rimbaud" / Paris 1991
line up: Hector Zazou, Renaud Pion, Kent Condon, Christian Lechevretel,
Christoph Harbonnier, Christian Wittman.
This was really a crazy project (but we are French, right?).
Our friend Hector Zazou had just completed the recording of "Sahara Blues",
an album produced by Sony / Columbia and featuring major international artists.
Lightwave contributed to the electronic sound design and we were even credited
as composers of a piece with David Sylvian and Zazou.
"Sahara Blues" was devoted to the French poet Arthur Rimbaud, and 1991
was precisely the celebration of his death. A very important Festival was
organized in Paris during 24 hours, with many musicians and dance companies
involved. Zazou was commissionned for a special 24-hour concert, and
he asked us to join him. So we played from noon to noon, with breaks to
drink and eat. But we did not sleep at all, nor did the audience. We played
in a comfortable auditorium, where deckchairs had been brought for the listeners.
We played during a whole night, when people were half-awake and half-asleep
as well. It was a really hypnotical, chill-out, ambient atmosphere. Zazou's
and Lightwave's electronic soundscapes were mixed to the trumpet's lines of
Christian Lechevretel, to the saxophones and flutes lines of Renaud Pion and to the
guitar of Kent Condon. Very early in the morning, a singer joined us on
stage during a very ambient and minimalist set. We were so focused on the
music that nobody even realized right away that someone was singing with
us. This was a magic event...
All the music, during these 24 hours, was improvised. There exists a full
recording of these concerts. Unfortunately, we do not have it.
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