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Le Belv​é​d​è​re Du Rayon Vert

by Michel Doneda / Jonas Kocher

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1.
Chambre II 06:35
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Cinema I 12:15
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Cinema II 13:16
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Cinema III 12:02
5.
Patio 10:18

about

After ‘Action Mécanique’ in 2010, ‘Le Belvédère Du Rayon Vert’ is the second recording for the duo of Jonas Kocher and Michel Doneda. This release is the result of a two-day stay in the old, half-abandoned hotel Le Belvédère Du Rayon Vert, in Cerbère, France, which is the last village before the Spanish border.
 On the other side of the mountain there is Port-Bou, the village where Walter Benjamin died in September 1940.

For two consecutive days, Doneda and Kocher improvised in different spaces inside the art-deco building, influenced by the very special atmosphere of the place: the emptiness haunted by pigeons, a few trains passing by in the back of the building and Madame Jackye Roubaix, the captain of the ship, which is called the Titanic by the locals...

Doneda and Kocher propose a unique sound voyage inside the building, which gives a feeling of being out of time, not really here and now in 2013. Between static trains, wind blowing, pigeons and seashore sounds, the two musicians implant their sounds, following the stream of the place and the moment.

credits

released March 14, 2017

All tracks improvised and recorded by Jonas Kocher and Michel Doneda in April 4th & 5th 2013 at Le Belvédère du Rayon Vert, Cerbère, France.

Editing & mixing: Jonas Kocher
Mastering: Giuseppe Ielasi
Special thanks to Thierry Simonot and Madame Jackye Roubaix.
Design: Fabienne Bartel

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Michel Doneda - soprano saxophone, radios
Jonas Kocher - accordion


Michel Doneda and Jonas Kocher have collaborated closely since 2008. They gave over 50 concerts as a duo or in larger ensembles in Switzerland, England, France, Germany, Slovenia, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Turkey, Italy and Greece.

They have collaborated with Christian Weber, Lee Paterson, d'incise, Christoph Schiller, Christian Wolfarth, Tomaz Grom & Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec and many others.

They have performed at the Total Meeting Tours festival (FR), Moods Zürich, Accordion Festival Zug (CH), Cerkno Jazz Festival (SLO), Cave 12 Geneva (CH), Festival Face F Geneva (CH), Festival JazzaJ Budapest (HU) and other festivals.

Michel Doneda: puffskydd.free.fr/neda
Jonas Kocher: www.jonaskocher.net

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Flexion Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Α label dedicated to experimental sound practices, with a focus on the acoustic space and the sound environment. Run by Jonas Kocher. Design and concept by Fabienne Bartel.

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