Papiers d'arménies
From Constantinople to Tiflis, led by the voices of the Gharibian family members, a wide repertoire, nourished by the influences of popular songs, romances from Anatolia and original compositions, combines to improvisations, : these mughams with a lyrical touch of which oriental musicians have the secret.
From the suburbs of Istanbul to the taverns of the Piraeus, people vibrate to the sound of the bouzouki and the rembetiko, a music originating from poor districts, that were also inhabited by Armenian people who arrived by boat during the 1920’s. That blues from the slums, where delinquents racked by exile extolled the benefits of alcohol, haschish, and sang distress or deprived love in words of melancholic happiness.
From the suburbs of Istanbul to the taverns of the Piraeus, people vibrate to the sound of the bouzouki and the rembetiko, a music originating from poor districts, that were also inhabited by Armenian people who arrived by boat during the 1920’s. That blues from the slums, where delinquents racked by exile extolled the benefits of alcohol, haschish, and sang distress or deprived love in words of melancholic happiness.
Listening to the piercing sound of the kamantcha adding to the striking breath of the duduk. You go from laughing to crying when eventually the accordion revives the entire feast and soothes the sad souls away.
Further than time and space, Papiers d’Arménies reinvents its own Armenia, giving birth to a deep music full of stories, faces, spicy cooking, and those moments of feast until the morning comes… Papiers d’Arménies tells the story of this lively and plural Armenia.
And from the music that is shared and the desire to stroke souls remains only one feeling: the feeling of being well-alive.
Further than time and space, Papiers d’Arménies reinvents its own Armenia, giving birth to a deep music full of stories, faces, spicy cooking, and those moments of feast until the morning comes… Papiers d’Arménies tells the story of this lively and plural Armenia.
And from the music that is shared and the desire to stroke souls remains only one feeling: the feeling of being well-alive.
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Media
"Dan Gharibian and his associates go all over the music and territories by slapping the interpretations of the traditions." - News from Armenia (Armenia)
"Full of emotion in front of this modal music supplied by rhythmic variations as fast as amazing, so well played by performers who give all their soul into their music." - Le Télegramme (France)