Erik Baron & D-zAkord - TANTRIC equation # 2 18:12





Instruments >  bass: Erik Baron, Alain Guyon, Michel Pierna, Yves Sternicha    Electric guitar : Dominique Badia, Olivier Bobinnec, Francis Ratenau, Bruno Rémazeilles. Recorded the 19th of December 2019 at Rocher de Palmer (Cenon, France) . Recording, mixing and mastering : Olivier Bobinnec "Bobson Studio".

Erik Baron

After some years of guitar, Erik Baron starts playing fretless bass attracted from sonority but also from the beauty of this strange and rare instrument. The intensive listening of Sarangi played by Indian musician Pandit ram Narayan brings him to develop a melodic play with the bow on the bass firstly named bowbass and then bassArco. Lute maker Jacobacci conceives for him his first special bassArco. The meeting with Jean-Paul Nogues (Musique en Chantier, Delta Ensemble) is crucial for his musician's life choice. He creates the duo Orient-Express with Pascale Jakubowski. They release the cassette "Cocktail Molotov 1985" (Musique en Chantier) and they contribute to many international compilations on the labels ADN,  P.E.A.C.E, SJ Organisation. A cassette "Inedits" (Musique en Chantier) follows in 1986. In 1981 he records with Pseu an album that will be released 20 years later by Musea. in 1983 with other musicians  he starts CIAM , one of the first independent music schools in France. He joins Baron Dupoil, energetic blues-rock trio directed by guitarist and singer Philippe Dupau, discovers the Afro Beat of the groups Kanda and N’Gondélé and plays as second soloist bass player in the group Incroyable Jungle BeatHe starts his interest about informatics in music  with the first Systems (Atari, Pro 24, Sampler and DX7), composing his first electronic pieces. Even if at first not very attracted from jazz music, Erik Baron takes part in different  projects of concerts and albums with Denis Gouzil, Serge Balsamo, Yves Carbonne,  Charles Tyler, Hal Singer, Santos Chillemi, Fawzy Al-Aiedy, Noël Ackchote, jac Berrocal. By playing jazz he improves his electric bass playing technique and his capacity of listening and improvising. The show Tout l’or du Ciel based on Afghanistan starts his longtime collaboration with actor and theatre director  Henri Bonithon. Erik Baron takes the  pseudonym of Kader Mostar Ali and plays middle-eastern instruments like Rûbab, Santur,  Saz and the Harmonium of Pakistan. He realizes a device for bass|analogic effects performing his  bassSolo ‘Eden’ at the festival "Les états généreux du Jazz" [1998]. He joins la Casa, a group of contemporary music and improvisation with François Rossé, Etienne Rolin, Gyorgy Kurtag, Pascal Lefeuvre and John Kenny. The album "Noise D’Fense" is released by Alba Musica [1997]. Erik Baron arranges Tierkreis of Stockhausen for an atypical duo Bass/Hurdy Gurdy of Pascal Lefeuvre Alba Musica [1995]. He creates the music of the first film by  Philippe Fernandez ‘La loi de l’univers’ [1995]. He discovers the Occitan culture through the singer Joan-Luc Madièr with whom he prepares the show Sonnailles involving the percussionist Jean-Marie Nadaud. The lute maker Christian Noguera designes a new  more modern and ergonomic bassArco for him.  He composes music for dancers like Isabelle Lassere, Mari Siles, Katie Duck, Patricia Kwipers and Alain Gonotey.Erik Baron creates d-zAkord, an ensemble of electric guitars and basses  performing many works and recording 3 albums with a mythical version of Terry Riley's "in C"  and Jannick Top's De Futura[Hiroshima].
In order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of d-zAkord he conceives the living sound installation Drone[s]Scape/Mue for 12 guitarists and composes his first opera Cordeyades integrating all his influences : Rock, Noise, Ambient, Minimalism, Theatre, Dance Buto, Texts and direction … Performances at Tritonales festival(2007 & 2008), festival des Hauts de festival with Magma [2007]. His meeting with composer and bass player Kasper Toeplitz opens to him the path of live informatics with soft maxMSP. the musical radicality of this composer has a big impact on him. Hi joins Toeplitz's group for the performances : LFO [Festival d’Huddersfield, UK], Von morgens bis mitternachts [auditorium du Louvre, Paris], concerts at Merz festival, Berlin, festival ’30:30′, Bordeaux.
He also joins Art Zoyd for the multimedia show ‘Champs de larmes’ and takes part to the recordings of  the albums "Pure Noise" [2009] and  "Eyecatcher" [2011]. He revises sephardic chants  as a  duo with mezzo-soprano Nadine Gabard. The album "Noches Buenas" is released on label Ethnéa. Touring France from 2007 to 2012. He plays santùr and bass/ordi (bass/computer) for the cine-show Carnet(s) de Chine. Touring France with the choregraphic show Asian trip, he evolves his Indian inspired techniques of bassArco accompaining the flamenco dancer  Manuella Papino [Glob Théâtre 2002]He joins again African music playing in the group Peul Mussa Molo where he plays bass but also N’Goni and Gembri. With his new instrument Bass|Ordi he composes for reading-concerts with Béatrice Dumont, Frédérique Bruyas, François Mauget, Jean-Luc TerradeHe continues his collaboration with Cie Apsaras Théâtre with the shows Gilgamesh, Les routes de l’Exil, Les dits de la Jarre, Un Revenant. Shows in France including festival d’Avignon. In 2006 he introduces his first Audio-Theatre Toile de Cordes together with Cie Intérieur nuit.
2011 Drone(s)Scape with d-zAkord  at Glob Théâtre – Bordeaux
Apokaalyptik Baabelen duo with contre-ténor Hicham Sqalli> médiathèque d’Ambares 
2012 TSU bassSolo at festival ’30:30’ 19 & 20 of January 2012 in Lormont.> festival RIO, festival Ecouter pour l’instant, festival de Rions, le Splendid, CIAM, Théâtre du Paradis, Théâtre au bout des doigts, les Ateliers, Assonance, Espace Ravi Prasad, La Grange, Théâtre en miette.
Correspondance duo with Anne Gardey des Bois – voice, percussions, électronics> Eglise de Saint Caprais , Théâtre en miette – Bègles 
Résidence de création Quebec [Canada] with  Cie Apsaras théâtre.
2013 Cellule Souche choregraphic show of Muriel Barra/Cie Mutine> Glob Théâtre – Bordeaux ]
Un corps, une voix, du son [Performances]
with Jean-Luc Terrade [voice,director], Claude Magne [dancer] et Erik Baron [sounds]
> Atelier des marches – Le Bouscat 
CD Sixteenth Thierry Zaboitzeff: Recordings of ‘Mariée à la nuit’ with d-zAkord on the album Sixteenth of Thierry Zaboitzeff
Le vieil homme et la mer [Hemingway] Reading/concert with Jean Lagrave> Halle des Chartrons – Bordeaux, Théâtre du Pont Tournant – Bordeaux.
2014 Reading/concert with la Cie du Si La Peur de Gabriel Chevalier, Le chemin des Âmes de Joseph Boyden, L’Ennemi> médiathèques de Gironde, Bayonne, Toulouse, Tulle…
Drone(s)Scape [Nuit du Drone] with d-zAkord + invited> Théâtre du Pont Tournant – Bordeaux
DAKINI "Incantations"  with Valérie Capdepont : voice Olivier Bobinnec : guitar & piano Anne-Laure Gros : drums & percussions Erik Baron : bass & electronics > Théâtre 95 – Cergy Pontoise.
2015 Trucs e trucons (show for young people in Occitan language)Valérie Capdepont : acting and directing – Erik Baron : music – Joan-Luc Madièr :voice> La Cigale – Luxey. 
diapré d’ondes sound landscape for piano,bass,gong,electronics and insects Musée Georges de Sonneville à Gradignan. [TSU] bassSolo> Musée Georges de Sonneville – Gradignan
Un jardin pour celui qui sait voir Texts, music and voice: Patricia Capdevielle Images: Matthieu Delcourt Bass, electronics: Erik Baron > Cluj / Roumanie, Capestang .Readings/concert with la Cie du Si Le chemin des Âmes of Joseph Boyden, La Peur de Gabriel Chevalier, Vérité, vérité chérie, L’Ennemi,> médiathèques de Gironde, Landes, festival de BD de Billères.
Le vent des routes/Les routes de l’exil  Cie Apsaras Théâtre> Le Cerisier – Bordeaux
Une histoire de mer reading/concert with Jean Lagrave> Talmont 
2016 N’Goni phase: N'Goni and audio numeric tool of "violin phase" by Steve Reich based on the principle of phase displacement.  festival 30:30 les rencontres de la forme courte Bordeaux. Sonnailles [Transhumance for rattles, electronics and Occitan singing]
Erik Baron: composition electronics Jean-Marie. Nadaud: rattles and percussions Joan-Luc Madièr:Occitan singing> Le Rocher de Palmer – Cenon, Les Cigales– Luxey , Théâtre du Pont Tournant, Festival de Blaye.
Un jardin pour celui qui sait voir Texts, music et voice : Patricia Capdevielle images: Matthieu Delcourt bass, electronics and arrangements :Erik Baron > Lespignan – Le Cerisier  – Cergy Pontoise 
Trucs e trucons [show for young boys and girls based on rattles]Valérie Capdepont : acting directing Erik Baron : sounds Joan-Luc Madièr : singing> Tour Cap’Oc dans les Pyrénnées – Morcenx 
DAKINI "Incantations" Valérie Capdepont : voice Olivier Bobinnec : guitar & piano Anne-Laure Gros : drums & percussions Erik Baron : bass & electronics> Médiathèque Castagnéra – Talence  – Séminaire Lacannien, Bordeaux
Som Som [show for young boys and girls based on rattles] Valérie Capdepont : acting and directing Erik Baron : sounds> La Cigale – Luxey  – Lormont 
Le vieil homme et la mer [Hemingway] Reading/concert with Jean Lagrave
2017 Le vent des routes by Apsaras théâtre> Le Cerisier, Bordeaux
Le Chemin des Âmes [Cie du Si] Reading/Concert from a script by Joseph Boyden [2006] > Saint Pierre d’Aurillac 
Reading/Concert from « La Peur »,by Gabriel Chevalier war fighter 1914/1918
[TSU] bassSolo Le Cerisier [Bordeaux] – Namaste [Lormont]
Som Som Valérie Capdepont : acting & direction  Erik Baron : sounds
> Sarlat  – Artigues  – Cergy Pontoise  – Mérignac  – Eco Musée de Marquèze
Trucs e trucons Valérie Capdepont acting & direction – Erik Baron : sounds Joan-Luc Madièr : singing> Sarlat  – Musée d’Art Campanaire, L’Isle Jourdain 
Je sauve le monde [Cie du Si]> Cadillac – Tresses 
2018 Les Soupirs création by Collectif a.a.O on les lieder de F. Schubert > festival 30:30 Gradignan  & Cognac 
Nuit de la lecture Saint Pierre d’Aurillac with Valérie Capdepont and Alain Chaniot
d-zAkord ‘inC’ by Terry RileyBricBrac de Saint Pierre d’Aurillac avec les Sous-Fifres de St Pierre
Trucs e trucons Tour Scènes d’été in Gironde à Saint Avit Saint Nazaire, Porchères, Audenge, Saint Pierre d’Aurillac, Bieujac, Lesparre-Médoc et Biganos – Festival de l’Alpage [Champoléon and Musée de la cloche et de la sonnaille [Hérépian ]
SOM SOM festival ‘Rue et Vous’ [Rions ] – Bucoliques de Lormont
Echos dans l’Azur an interstellar trip with words and music with Valérie Capdepont
made for Gallerie Capazza and Pôle des étoiles of Nançay for the  Nuit des étoiles.
Lîlelo poetic show with Valérie Capdepont  Boulazac, Pugnac , Montendre , Lormont 
SOM SOM Salon du livre jeunesse – Le Bouscat  – Nérac  – Maison de la Vallée – Luz Saint Sauveur – Boulazac  Tournée ‘Eté Métropolitain’ à Ambares et Lagrave, Bordeaux, Martignas sur Jalle et Talence 
Trucs e trucons Eco-Musée de Marquèze – Festival Campestral – Saint Laurent  – Festival Mai que Mai – Colombière sur Orb 
2020 [TANTRIC équation] at festival ‘Trente Trente’ – PNC Agora Boulazac
Erik Baron / d-zAkord live of 73′ Le Cerisier – Bordeaux
SOM SOM tour  Lot et Garonne festival ‘Quinzena occitana’ [Agen, Marmande, Roquefort et Laroque Timbaut] – Bibliothèque Pierre Veilletet [Bordeaux]
Lîlelo Le Cerisier [Bordeaux]
TAMBOUILLE# for little children with Valérie Capdepont  Bazas, Mérignac et Saint Pierre d’Aurillac with l’IDDAC partnership.


















discography:

Erik Baron/DésAccordes:Cordeyades CD (Cipaudio) 2003
Dés Accordes: In C (Terry Riley) CD (Gazul) 2005
Erik Baron / d-zAkord:De Futura (Hiroshima) CD (Musea) 2007 
Nadine Gabard/Erik Baron: Noches Buenas CD (Ethnéa) 2009
Erik Baron & Elektrik Strings Aarkestra: [TSU] CDR (ESAabs) 2012
Erik Baron:[Cellule Souche] CDR (ESAlabs) 2013
Erik Baron:[Diaprè d'ondes] CDR (ESAlabs) 2015
Erik Baron & Alain Chaniot: La Peur CD (ESAlabs) 2017
Erik Baron / d-zAkord: 73 CD (ESAlabs) 2020


Site: https://www.erikbaron.com/


















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