Thierry Robin
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Thierry "Titi" Robin is a French musician influenced by gypsy, tzigane and Arabic music, and by the musicians Camaron de la Isla
and Iraqi oud
player Munir Bashir
. Robin plays the guitar, oud, and bouzouki
. He has given numerous concerts, in South Africa, the Middle East, and France.
He has frequently collaborated with Gulabi Sapera, who has appeared on several of his albums to lend his distinctive vocals peculiar to gypsy motifs. He has also been involved in extensive collaborations with Erik Marchand
, a musician from Brittany
focusing on reinterpretations of that region's distinctive Celtic music.
Camarón de la Isla
Camarón de la Isla , was the stage name of a spanish flamenco singer José Monje Cruz who is sometimes also credited as Camarón de la Isla....
and Iraqi oud
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
player Munir Bashir
Munir Bashir
Munir Bashir was an Assyrian musician in Iraq and one of the most famous musicians in the Middle East during the 20th century and was considered to be the supreme master of the Arab maqamat scale system....
. Robin plays the guitar, oud, and bouzouki
Bouzouki
The bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
. He has given numerous concerts, in South Africa, the Middle East, and France.
He has frequently collaborated with Gulabi Sapera, who has appeared on several of his albums to lend his distinctive vocals peculiar to gypsy motifs. He has also been involved in extensive collaborations with Erik Marchand
Erik Marchand
Erik Marchand is a French Breton traditional singer and player of the treujenn-gaol . Although born in Paris, his family was of Breton origin, hailing from Quelneuc, Brittany....
, a musician from Brittany
Brittany
Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
focusing on reinterpretations of that region's distinctive Celtic music.
Citations
- "L'idée du voyage n'est pas géographique. Ce qui est vraiment important, c'est le voyage intérieur. Celui que l'on fait quand on construit sa vie, sa démarche artistique. Le voyage le plus intense n'est pas sur la route, mais entre nos rêves et ce qu'on arrive à réaliser. Quand je joue de la musique, c'est à ce niveau-là que ça se passe. A La limite, on s'attache au fait que je joue avec des musiciens indiens, gitans, arabes et qu'on voudrait trouver là-dedans un sens à ma démarche, peut-être est-ce un malentendu."
Discography
- Gitans, Silex, 1993.
- Payo Michto, Silex, 1997.
- Kali Gadji, Silex, 1998.
- Un ciel de cuivre, Naïve, 2000.
- Rakhi, Naïve, 2002.
- Alezane, Naïve, 2004.
- Ces vagues que l'amour soulève, Naïve, 2005.
- Anita Naïve, 2006.
- Kali Sultana Naïve, 2009.
- Jaadu: Magic (with Faiz Ali FaizFaiz Ali FaizFaiz Ali Faiz is a Pakistani qawwali singer.Faiz was born into a family of seven generations of qawwals. He studied classical music with Ustad Ghulam Shabir Khan and Ustad Jafat Khan, and qawwali music with Muhammad Ali Faridi and Abdur Rahim Faridi Qawwal...
), 2009.