Matthieu Saglio - Voices [CD]

Format: CD 
Catalogue No.: ACT9968-2
Barcode: 0614427996824
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Genre: Jazz

 With ‘Voices’, Saglio’s ambition is “to pay tribute to the voices of the world, of men, women, of all ages, of all languages... the voice as the essence of humanity... which at the same time brings people together and unifies them.” For ‘Voices’, Saglio sent out invitations to vocalists, attaching a melody written by him which he could imagine them singing. He then embarked on a dialogue with each one, the whole process being done remotely.
 Each of the very different collaborations on ‘Voices’ brings its rewards. Veteran Peruvian Susana Baca, the first singer in Saglio’s dream team to be approached, fills every one of the sparse words of ‘Ponte un Alma’ with significance and resonance. Egyptian-Belgian singer Natacha Atlas has written her own lyric for the beguiling, hypnotic ‘Amâl’. Flamenco singer Anna Colom enchants in ‘Divina Tormenta’ with a Spanish translation of Paul
Verlaine’s poem ‘Green’. Senegalese legend Wasis Diop’s intensely rhythmic speech-singing commentary in ‘Temps
Modernes’ is an art form in its own right. Saglio was thrilled to work with Nils Landgren: “He is such a great musician, and I have also completely fallen in love with his unique way of singing ballads, and the beautiful lyrics he put to my composition.”
 With ‘Voices’, Matthieu Saglio has once again taken what might seem an impossible dream to bring people together through music and made it work brilliantly. His compositions become the vehicles to enable strong and unique musical personalities from all over the world to express themselves naturally and authentically. Saglio’s imagination and his determination to make unlikely and magical things happen are a rare combination. Or as he explains: “I believe in dreams, and I run after them.”

Tracklisting
Madib
Ponte un Alma (with Susana Baca)
Irta (with Camille Saglio)
Elevation (with Alim Qasimov)
Temps Modernes (with Wasis Diop
For the Love That We Feel (with Nils Landgren)
A la Deriva
Buenos Aire
Divina Tormenta (with Anna Colom)
La Risa de Bea
Amâl (with Natacha Atlas)
Movement