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GRAND BATON

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Mike Keneally ( Frank Zappa ...): "Damn, "File" sounds fantastic. Congratulations, great stuff here!"

Lyle Workman ( Sting , Alice Cooper ...): "every now and again, I'll find music that is really cool - this is one of those times. Great music!!"

Ronan Chris Murphy ( King Crimson ...): "Wow! Very cool music!... I mean..c'est tres cool!!"

Marco Migliari ( Peter Gabriel , Deep Purple ...): " Bloody great work! I really like it, great playing and I like the album concept. Very, very interesting, and different, too."




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Member Since: 4/4/2006
Band Website: grandbaton.com
Band Members:

Live Show Videos, June 2007:

Mbutu (also known as Jean-Christophe Maillard): guitar & lead vocal
Pascal Rey: Drums
Oilvier Juste: Ka Drum
Arnaud Dolmen: Ka Drum
Philippe Makaïa: Ka Drum (on CD)
Jean-Claude Kebaïli: Bass
Gilles Olivesi: Sound Design
guest:
Etienne Mbappé: Bass
Influences: Sunshine, Sea, Sand, Mango Trees...
Sounds Like: Ethno-Rock, High Voltage Goat Skin Drums with Noisy and Sophisticated Post-Slavery Rebellion

"Le Grand Baton" is the latest project of french, native Caribbean, guitarist composer and singer Jean-Christophe Maillard (aka Mbutu), well known for his work in Gwoka music (traditionnal drum music from Guadeloupe); it is a powerful fusion of this heritage with rock music.
For the first time, electric overdriven guitars are combined with the mighty goat skin "slave drum" known as "Ka" for a steady ethno-rooted-pop rock with unusual rythms and melodic lines.
Some would easily think of albums like Sepultura's "Roots" but, to describe his music, Jean-Christophe would refer to the "primitive-sophisticated" style of Jean-Michel Basquiat's painting.

Songs are written mostly in Creole language.

Type of Label: Indie

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Concert au Sentier des Halles

Here is a review of the parisian show 12th of June 2007 on guitare-live.com...
Posted by GRAND BATON on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:04:00 PST