Nathalie Ballarini Trio - Pleinair (2023) Hi Res

Naked, the music is sometimes in its entirety. The cover photo does not hide it and the intro piece suggests it. Then, the other pieces are organized around arpeggios or percussive phrases from the piano, in musical moments that are both different and siblings, where the human voice slips in twice.

If it is a climate music, it is indeed spring that it is about, moment of birth of life and of the record. Colors and images arise from the sharp lines of the drums and the captivating bow. The restraint of the orchestration, as in the very beautiful "Nature", the recurrent stripping bias leads us to the natural shores of sound.

References are certainly not absent, from Satie to Gurdjieff, from the original Pink Floyd to Steve Reich, from the jazzy "Plume" to an imaginary European folklore of that time, but beyond that, everything comes together to offer the listener freedom. and fullness. The pleasure of being together and of being in the world emanates from these recordings with discreet and elegant arrangements, leaving room for the essential, the Music.

This first Trio album ending on "Presence", reminding us that the elements sometimes threaten to break loose. Its cut stop makes us fall into the void of a powerful silence. Continue, or start over? the Prompt is loud.

At a time of network fashion where everything is accelerating dominated by the flow of information, we invite you to take a break. Try to slow down time to leave you to your imagination, your daydreams, your most beautiful thoughts...

The Trio is a mix of rhythms and colorful harmonies, which take us on a journey through various sound universes: a dreamlike, atmospheric visual space, a flight of freedom in the colorful improvisation of the Mediterranean landscape. After having composed a solo album Piano Zen published and distributed by Bourgès editions, pianist Nathalie Ballarini surrounds herself with double bassist Jean-Christophe Gautier and drummer Luca Scalambrino who, by the same musical affinities, share her compositions the “door on the flying carpet”. for her to express herself. They borrow elements from eclectic styles: Minimalist, Ambient, Neo Classical, Jazz.