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ONE MORE LANGUAGE International vocal project

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ONE MORE LANGUAGE is a project which unites and blends research on vocals and the sonority of languages within the framework of jazz, improvised music, lyrics and poetry.
From 1999 Francesco Forges and Shinobu Kikuchi have been involved in live performances and recordings with european and african singers from different musical backgrounds. They have worked towards a continuous development of original pieces, classic jazz from an extensive repertoire and traditional music from an enormous collection from all over the world.
Originating as an "a cappella" group, in collaboration with Karin Mensah from Capo Verde and the italians Simonetta Artuso and Massimiliano Pascucci, the project then expanded to include the work of other singers (Anna Lauvergnac, Maurizio Nobili, Oskar Boldre and the brasilian Ana Flora) and percussionists (Kal Dos Santos and Federico Sanesi).
It was under this form that in 2001 ONE MORE LANGUAGE received the "Targa Mazars" prize for the best musical project under the title "Jazz vocals between melody and timbre research", performed live at the "Jazz in Bocconi" Festival in Milan and subsequently produced the cd "LETTER FROM MOTHERLAND" (Ed M.A.P.).
The group currently appears in various formations consisting of 2 to 4 elements and the vocals are supported by the piano, violin and flutes (used in both a "vocal" and "percussive" context) and electronic instruments.
With this context, the group opened itself up in recent years to sessions with new artists, culminating in a new cd, "DESAPARTACTIONS" (Ed. Music Center), where next to the great Basque singer/improviser Beñat Achiary we find the exceptional and versatile voice of Francesca Breschi, Henri Olama from Cameroon and the guitarist Peppo Gallucci.
The compact disk combines original compositions with traditional pieces including tracks by Steve Lacy, Mal Waldron, Wayne Shorter and Leon Thomas using the texts of Bernardo Atxaga, Raffaello Baldini, Herman Melville and others.
"...un projet touffu, de prime abord heteroclite par les origines, l’instrumentation, le repertoire (des compositions propres, des traditionnels), les influences (jazz, musiques populaires, improvisation) et au bout du compte, une belle synthese en forme de plaidoyer vivant pour l’harmonie des differences chere a Edouard Glissant. De la tres belle ouvrage." Diane Gastellu - Citizen Jazz
"La parola che dà nome al progetto non esiste, non cercatela nei dizionari: è la suggestione del suono complessivo, che rammenta, tra l'altro: "azione", "diserzione", "sparizione". Esiste invece, ed è bene per le sorti del bordo più creativo ed inquieto della musica italiana che cerca un confronto con le note dal mondo, la sintassi jazzistica, il patrimonio sedimentato dei gruppi "a cappella" questo lavoro, nuova produzione del vocalist, compositore e flautista Francesco Forges, uno che ha ben digerito la lezione "panetnica" sperimentale ed inquieta di Demetrio Stratos, e che da diversi anni collabora con la vocalist ed attrice giapponese Shinobu Kikuchi." Guido Festinese - World Music Magazine
"Desapartactions rappresenta un ambizioso progetto dal'evidente impegno politico. La regia fa emergere di volta in volta assoli moltiplicati dalle sovraincisioni, infiltrazioni elettroniche molto discrete, duetti equilibrati... La formazione al completo compare solo in Mazisi Okeida Dembelek. È comunque la voce a dominare, su testi di Melville o Bernardo Atxaga, del romagnolo Raffaello Baldini o dei due animatori del gruppo. L'intento transculturale salda la sensibilità giapponese della violinista alla passionalità basca di Achiary, la cui voce spicca, ricordando il neo-folklorismo dell'indimenticato Demetrio Stratos..." Libero Farnè - Musica Jazz
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ONE MORE LANGUAGE - en concert à Itxassou avec Carlo Rizzo

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Member Since: 28/05/2007
Band Website: www.onemorelanguage.it
Band Members: FRANCESCO FORGES: voice, piano, flutes;
SHINOBU KIKUCHI: voice, violin, piano, shamisen.
Guests (live or recording):
BENAT ACHIARY: voice, percussion;
JESUS AURED: accordeon, voice;
SIMONETTA ARTUSO: voice;
OSKAR BOLDRE: voice;
FRANCESCA BRESCHI: voice;
YAN CHIZZINI: voice;
KAL DOS SANTOS: percussion;
ANA FLORA: voice;
PEPPO GALLUCCI: guitar;
FARZANEH JOORABCHI: voice, setar, percussion;
ANNA LAUVERGNAC: voice;
KARIN MENSAH: voice;
MAURIZIO NOBILI: voice, percussion;
HENRI OLAMA: voice, guitar, percussion;
MASSIMILIANO PASCUCCI: voice;
CARLO RIZZO: tambourines, voice;
MICHELE SALGARELLO: drums, percussion;
FEDERICO SANESI: tablas.
LORENZO SERAFIN: double bass, oud;

Influences: Beñat Achiary, Rosa Balistreri, Andy Bey, Bjork, Paul Bley, Benjamin Britten, Kate Bush, John Coltrane, Claude Debussy, Ani Di Franco, Shirley Horn, Maria Joao, Steve Lacy, Led Zeppelin, Jeanne Lee, Giovanna Marini, Bobby McFerrin, Meredith Monk, Arvo Part, Dulce Pontes, Leon Thomas, traditional Japanese music, Robert Wyatt, Zap Mama.
Sounds Like: YOU CAN BUY HERE OUR CD: "DESAPARTACTIONS"

YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD HERE OUR FIRST CD: "LETTER FROM MOTHERLAND"

Record Label: Unsigned

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