Valentin Ceccaldi

DIGIPACK EDITION

The cellist Valentin Ceccaldi invites three of the most singular and creative musicians of the European improvised music scene; the explosive drums of Etienne Ziemniak, the incandescent guitar of Luis Lopes and the rainbow keyboards of Fulco Ottervanger. Together they create a music of surprise: solar, powerful and generous.

The composition "Bonbon Flamme", a sort of symphonic poem that names this album and the band, is an agglomeration of notes, words and drawings skillfully built, allowing each one to spread out, like a flower in spring, within a piece of music in which each personality is essential to the other.

This record is a kind of a self-portrait, with four voices, pulverising references then recomposing them with bright colors and a commitment of body and spirit cherished by the four builders.

PERSONNEL:

• Étienne Ziemniak - (drums, voice)
• Fulco Ottervanger - (piano, keyboards, voice)
• Luis Lopes - (guitar)
• Valentin Ceccaldi - (cello)

Recorded 1st-2nd february 2023 at Le Petit Faucheux, Tours, France.

TRACKS:

• 01) Inside the Shrimp Cocktail
• 02) Shake the egg incantation
• 03) Ritournelle
• 04) La Lalala La «grandiose»
• 05) Bonn. Bonn?
• 06) From Broken Bones to an Open Egg Celebration
• 07) Stars and Nails
• 08) Hammer on the Nails
• 09) Chanson
• 10) L’amour de Saint Valentin
• 11) A static Elephant, Floating in the Universe
• 12) International Anthem en Forme de Bonbon Flamme