Sofian Rouge - FloatingThe first eclectic and colorful productions of French based producer Frederic Faupin, A. K. A. Sofian Rouge, appeared on Deep Touch Records in 2004. He was immediately noticed by producers like Everything But The Girl's Ben Watt (who incorporated one of Rouges tracks on the second volume of his acclaimed "Buzzin Fly" compilation series), and Dutch Cinq Etoiles label owner Monte La Rue, who remixed one of his songs. The UK press jumped on the bandwagon

Floating through this dimension on the path of least resistance

is a long free jazz piece by an 11-piece orchestra

righteous organ topped with airy falsetto and mesmerizing four-part harmony

His extensive expertise as an improviser leads to a particular state of consciousness within music: when interpreting repertoire works

Happy Again 2

This was the beginning of my adventures with these fabulous pieces

The depth of their musical camaraderie lifts this session up throughout

Joy Division and the Cure rub shoulders with Turkish darabuka

known for it's interpretive depth and other-worldly sonic lushness

a folk instrument of the psaltery type

the Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov realizes this year a fervent wish with a genuine mammoth project taking the pianists to their emotional limits in a form that has never been witnessed in the music world before: the two exceptional artists have recorded on CPO Sergei Rachmaninoff's Complete Works for Piano Duo as a double album

including the deliberately ambivalent tonality of the opening melody