Altiplanos
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Track listing
All songs by Pierre Bensusan, except Demain, dès l'Aube, by Victor HugoVictor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....
and Pierre Bensusan, La Nuit des Météores Dotea Comu-Bensusan and Pierre Bensusan, Tacita Didier Malherbe
Didier Malherbe
Didier Antonin Malherbe is a saxophonist and flautist. He was one of the founders of the Canterbury sound band Gong....
and Pierre Bensusan.
- "Sentimentales Pyromaniaques" - 2:41
- "La Dame de Clevedon" - 5:13
- "Sur un Fil" - 1:53
- "Altiplanos" - 5:07
- "Demain, dès l'Aube" - 5:49
- "Scarabée" - 5:34
- "If Only You Knew" - 3:42
- "Hymn 11" - 4:30
- "Long World" - 3:32
- "Nefertari" - 3:58
- "Sylva" - 2:29
- "La Nuit des Météores" - 4:56
- "Falafel à Montségur" - 7:28
- "Tacita" - 3:36
- "Chant de Nuit" - 2:27
Personnel
- Pierre Bensusan - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, voiceVoiceVoice may refer to:* Human voice* Voice control or voice activation* Writer's voice* Voice acting* Voice vote* Voice message-In film:* Voice , a 2005 South Korean film* The Voice , a 2010 Turkish horror film directed by Ümit Ünal...
, bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Blaise Boutlefeu - djembéDjembeA djembe also known as jembe, jenbe, djbobimbe, jymbe, yembe, or jimbay, or sanbanyi in Susu; is a skin-covered drum meant played with bare hands....
, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
s, percussion - Michel BenitaMichel Benitaright|thumb|Michel Benita at a jazz festival in 2008Michel Benita is a double bass player, prominent in jazz music since 1980's. He moved to Paris in 1981 and became one of the major discoveries in European jazz scene. Among others, he played with Aldo Romano, Marc Ducret, Martial Solal, Lee...
- ContrabassContrabassContrabass refers to a musical instrument of very low pitch; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register...
, KeyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
s - Didier MalherbeDidier MalherbeDidier Antonin Malherbe is a saxophonist and flautist. He was one of the founders of the Canterbury sound band Gong....
- DoudoukDudukThe duduk , traditionally known since antiquity as a Ծիրանափող is a traditional woodwind instrument indigenous to Armenia. Variations of it are popular in the Middle East and Central Asia...
Production
- Producer: Pierre Bensusan for Favored NationsFavored NationsFavored Nations is a record label started by guitarist Steve Vai and former Guitar Center owner Ray Scherr in 1999. The first album ever released by Favored Nations was Frank Gambale's Coming to Your Senses in 2000...
- Assisted by: Doatea Cornu-Bensusan and Daniel Rallo
- Engineering and mixing: Daniel Rallo
- Engineering (Prise de son): Pierre Bensusan
- Mixing: Daniel Rallo