muzycy:
Matthieu Donarier: tenor saxophone & clarinet
Santiago Quintans: electric guitar
Editor's info:
The association between Spanish (living in France and being a part of its jazz scene) guitarist Santiago Quintans and French saxophonist Matthieu Donarier is the consequence of a “carte blanche” given to the first one in order to form a couple of duos. First, Quintans had double bassist Paul Rogers as partner and the results were more than positive. Then, came Donarier and something particularly special happened. Quintans found a musical soulmate. Like him, Donarier has as a principle not to exclude anything from music, be it abstract textures or ear-tintilating melodies, microtonal explorations or the good old counterpoint, linear phrasings or polirhythmic constructions. For them, the invitation to “free the jazz” is literal: they use everything at their disposal, with no preconceptions regarding any convention and the usual divisions between what’s considered “mainstream” or “avant-garde”. “Sun Dome” is true open jazz played with a sculptor approach, and this means that in every moment we hear the sounds being modeled, as if they were clay, wood or stone. This has some welcomed implications: the act of listening to the other comes like a gesture, and both these musicians not only play their instruments as they play the space around them. The result is pure magic.
All tracks are spontaneous compositions by Matthieu Donarier & Santiago Quintans, unless otherwise indicated
Recorded, mixed and mastered by David Veyser at L’Excelsior (Allonnes, F) and Echo Studio (Guichen, F)
Produced by Matthieu Donarier and Santiago Quintans
Executive production by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul| Design by Travassos
Hiszpański gitarzysta Santiago Quintans (mieszkający jednak we Francji i będący ważną postacią tamtejszej sceny jazzowej) oraz francuski saksofonista Matthieu Donarier spotkali się na dosyć przypadkowej sesji w studiu, i postanowili, ot tak, nagrać kilka duetów. Bez wielkich planów i jakichkolwiek zobowiązań. Sesja była przypadkowa i pierwotnie planowana zupełnie z kim innym ( z basistą Paulem Rogersem), ale potem przyszedł Donarier i muzyka potoczyła się w zupełnie inną stronę. Quintans znalazł bowiem właśnie w saksofoniście bratnią muzyczną duszę, trochę tak jakby znalazł drugą połowę siebie.