Bagad & Bass

  

Bagad Men Ha Tan

Henri Texier
Doue Lann
1998
 
Tracks:
  
1. Les deux frères
2. Le cimetière des bateaux
3. Cayenne
4. Gwall amzer
5. Vents d'Est
6. Santa Maria
7. Café du port
8. Pub
9. Doue Lann
10. Félicité
11. Cap'tain
12. Port blanc

57'15

Personnel:

Henri TEXIER : contrebasse.

Pierrick TANGUY : compositions et direction du bagad
Ronan LE GOURIEREC, Christian MEHAT, Dominique CHAPRON, Magali DAVY, Nathalie DRANT, Gwenaël GOULENE, Guénolé KERAVEC : bombardes
Ronan GEFFRAY, Gaël JANNEE, Erwan KERAVEC, Patrice LE CORRE, Patrig LE ROUX, Tanneguy TESTARD : cornemuses
Ronan MELEARD : biniou koz
Stanislas AMBLARD, Tangui BODIN, Jean-Charles DAVY, Hervé LE ROUX, Tanguy LE ROUX, Pierre LE TOUX, Steven MARTIN, Jean-Noël PATRU, Ronan VILAIN : batterie
Tangui BODIN : accordéon

 

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"Pierrick Tanguy, ancien responsable du Bagad Kemperle, a réuni une nouvelle formation, constituée de musiciens issus de plusieurs bagadoù, pour pousser plus loin la démarche entreprise à Quimperlé. La musique de Pierrick Tanguy fait rimer sobriété et efficacité et le résultat est superbe tout simplement, très fort, à tel point que certains morceaux vous donnent la chair de poule. Al'image des photographies de Michel Thersiquel qui illustrent le livret vendu avec le CD. Un bel objet." LE PEUPLE BRETON

"La production bretonne est fascinante. Henri Texier respecte l'orchestre de Pierrick Tanguy, avec les contrastes, entre la stridence des bombardes, des cornemuses et du biniou, face aux grondements des batteries, mais il innove aussi." LIBERATION

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Breizh and no end...

   

L' Empreinte de la Bretagne

Impressions of Brittany
2000

Tracks:

01. Ronan Le Bars - Heol Ebrel
02. Erik Marchand - An Tri Beur
03. Tan, Bagad Men Ha - Doue Lann
04. Nicholas Quemener-Ronan Le Bars - Jackie's Tune
05. Quintette De Clarinettes - Lann Benn Davad
06. Fresu-Marchand-Pellen - Steredenn
07. Kemener-Sqiban - AR Bambocher
08. Didier Squiban - Variation 3
09. Jacques Pellen - Feunteun Wenn
10. Bagad Kemperle - Galicienne
11. Mélaine Favennec - Au Bout du Vent
12. Manu Lann Huel - Enez, Molenes

  

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In the spring of 98, the Bagad Men Ha Tan released their CD « Doue Lann » with the double-bassist Henri Texier. The music written by Pierrick Tanguy paid homage to the little Finistère port of Doëlan and its fishermen.

The music of « Doue Lann » was the framework for the encounter between the Bagad and the Senegalese percussionists of drum-master Doudou N’Diaye Rose. That show traveled throughout France in May and June 1998 and was an immense success. The encounter couldn’t stop there. Doudou N’Diaye Rose indeed wished to record this astonishing cross-cultural mix before the 2000 tour. And we accomplished this in Dakar last April. Doudou N’Diaye Rose - Senegalese percussionists

Bagad MEN HA TAN
Composed of musicians who are also part of the best bagadou of Brittany (Locoal-Mendon, Quimper, Quimperlé, Saint-Nazaire), under the direction of Pierrick Tanguy, Men Ha Tan has taken up the vocation of disseminating original and lively music, of promoting encounters between different musical universes. This vocation corresponds to the current direction of Breton music in full evolution, which meanwhile holds fast to its roots.

Doudou N’DIAYE ROSE
Author of the national anthem of Senegal, and of most of the radio and television show theme music in his country, the Master Drummer of Dakar, Doudou N’Diaye Rose is a reference in African percussion. Living legend, solicited by the biggest musicians (Peter Gabriel, Dizzie Gillespie, Nina Hagen...), he is accompanied by a dozen drummers.

Pierrick TANGUY
Musical director and composer for the Bagad Kemperle for many years, Pierrick Tanguy has multiplied his musical experiences (Henri Texier, Louis Sclavis, Eric Marchand, Dan Ar Braz, Jacques Pellen, Kristen Noguès, Michel Godard, Aldo Romano, John Abercrombie, Steve Swallow, Joe Lovano, Paul Motian, Bill Frisel, Dewey Redman, Kenny Wheeler, Claude Barthélémy, Sylvain Kassap...). His compositions are played by many groups and bagadou.

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Bagadoù

 

Bagadoù - L’Anthologie

2005

Tracks:

CD 1

01. Mont a rin da Saludin ma c’habiten – Bagad Kemper
02. Undeiz oan ëfoennat – Bagad Ronsed Mor
03. Bal et gavotte pourlet – Bagad Ronsed Mor
04. Marche – Bagad Sant-Nazer
05. Dérobées et tarentelles – Bagad Sant-Nazer
06. Marion les roses – Bagad ar Meilhoù – Glaz
07. Dans plin – Bagad Ar Meilhoù - Glaz
08. Eliz Iza – Bagad Bleimor
09. Suite montagne – Bagad Bleimor
10. Suite nantaise – Kevrenn Alre
11. A-barh jardin er Minour – Bagad Cap Caval
12. Suite de Kas-a-barh & de Kejaj – Bagad Cap Caval
13. A-barh jardin er Minour - Bagad Cap Caval
14. Suite Laridés six-temps gallo-vannetaises – Bagad Sonerien An Oriant
15. Clam – Bagad Qui-en-Groigne
16. Mélodie vannetaise – Bagad Qui-en-Groigne
17. Bigoud - Bagad Qui-en-Groigne

CD 2

01. Gwezenn ar labourer-douar – Kerlenn Pondi
02. Laride Mod-nevez – Kerlenn Pondi
03. Ton bale ar c’hezeg – Kerlenn Pondi
04. Kost ar c’hoad – Kerlenn Pondi
05. Kas a barh – Bagad Brieg
06. Porc qu’au pot – Bagad Brieg
07. Kanomp Noël – Bagada De Vannes – Er Melinerion
08. Marchalombe – Bagad Bro Kemperle
09. Hypnoz – Bagad Bro Kemperle
10. Suite de Loudéac – Bagad Gwengamp
11. Gavotte pourlet – Bagad Beuzeg Ar C’Hab
12. La marche amène – Kevrenn Brest Sant Mark
13. Gavotenn Ar Menez – Kevrenn Brest Sant Mark
14. Marie A’r M’enez – Bagad De Lann-Bihoué
15. suite Plinn – Bagad Keriz
16. Tuchant e arruiuo en hav – Kevrenn De Rennes
17. Marche du pays plin, dans tro-lin – Kevrenn De Rennes

  

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A bagad is a traditional Breton music orchestra. The association of a bombard with a Breton bagpipe ("biniou") has a long tradition in the Brittany countryside. However, the Bagad-type formation appeared in Brittany only at the end of the second world War. It was inspired from the Scottish Pipe Band movement, which includes bagpipes ("cornemuses") and percussions. After integrating the bombard and an increasing number of different percussions, the bagad today constitutes a completely original form of musical expression. Nearly a hundred of such groups exist and perform today in Brittany. They are echoed throughout France by a number of Bagadou created by "emigrated" Bretons in Paris, Bordeaux, or Strasbourg.

Nowadays, almost 80 bagadou compete in five grades of competition. The grade one bands have to compete twice a year. The first contest takes place in Brest (western Brittany) in February and the second one in Lorient in August. The best bands are proclaimed champions of Brittany. At Brest, the bands have to play for ten minutes, music from a breton region choosen by B.A.S (Breton RSPBA) a few months before. Half of the medley has to include dances from this region (there are more than 50 different dances in Brittany). At Lorient, the bagadou have to play for 15 minutes of Breton music but they can also play music from other countries. Four bands who still compete today have been Breton Champions since 1980: Bagad Kemper, Bagad Ronsed Mor, Kevren Alre and Bagad Kemperle.

A few bagadou also play Pipe Band music. There are three contests a year in Brittany. The most important one is the International Pipe band Championship in Lorient in august. A visiting Scottish or Irish P.B. has won every year except for 1999 when Bagad Kemperle (Kemperle and District Pipe Band) were the first breton Pipe Band to win this contest. Nowadays, the best breton Drum Corps playing scottish music is Kemperle (they have won five times the International Pipe Band Championship in Lorient but the best Breton ambassador to play Pipe Band music is undoubtedly the Bagad Cap Caval. They will perform this year in the grade two of World Pipe Band Championships.

 

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Bagad (2)

 

Bagad Kemperle

Pierrick Tanguy - Michel Godard
Kejadenn
1993

Tracks:

1. Doue lann (4'12)2. Mat'lot barreaux (5'35)3. Chat huant (3'15)4. Cayenne (4'50)5. "Doucement les basses" (improvisation: Godard, Hamoniaux) (1'44)6. Rigolo, rigole pas (4'47)7. D'accord, pas d'accord? - dedicated to Matilin an Dall (Godard) (3'23)8. Koad Kimerc'h (trad., arr. Le Vallegant, Tanguy) (4'02)9. L'homme rouge (4'37)10. Bomb-hard (5'40)11. Casino (3'08)12. Vord an elle (trad., arr. Tanguy) (2'48)13. Galicienne (4'07)14. Kejadenn (5'29)

  

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"(...) This should be a big seller among the pipe and drum aficionados, because it is just that. The group is made up of bagpipes (biniou), chanters (cornemuse is the word on the literature, but the notes are in French and cornemuse means bagpipe or chanter in that language, not the Renaissance soprano krummhorn), various sizes of shawm (bombarde), and of course lots of drums. Michel Godard is apparently a guest artist on this recording, as are Godard regulars (rencontre) Linda Bsiri (vocals), Jean-Louis Matinier (accordion), Philippe Deschepper (electric guitar), Jacques Mahieux (drum set) and Michael Riessler (saxophones & clarinets). I have divided the fourteen tracks on this CD into several categories: Scottish pipe band, pipe band emulating Egyptian double reed instruments, modern woodwinds, chanters only, Serpent plus pipes, Serpent/Tuba alone, and Michel & Linda (shades of "Le Chant").

The group plays four tracks which sound pretty much like traditional Scottish Pipe Band material; "Doue Lann", "Rigolo", "Casino" and "Galicienne". The variations here are shifts to the mid-eastern sound on "Doue Lann", the addition of tuba, accordion and Linda on "Casino", and the efforts of Riessler and his sax on "Galicienne". "Chat Huant" appears to be entirely of mid-eastern influence. On the track called "Cayenne", Riessler's klezmer clarinet is backed by Godard's tuba ground and drumset. The chanters get to shine on the 'dueling banjos'-like "Koad Kimerc'h", where the theme is constantly enhanced between alternating groups of players. The Serpent and bass clarinet are teamed with the bagpipes plus a vocalise on "Mat'lot Barreaux".

In a more avante garde style, "Doucement Les Basses" has Godard using Serpent and tuba effects, flutter tonguing and singing through the horn while the bass drum (presumably from the pipe band, not by Jacques Mahieux) thumps away in a totally unpredictable manner. The most unusual tracks are those pairing Godard and Linda Bsiri, and that magic they did well on "Le Chant" and "Aborigene" still works here. On "D'Accord, Pas D'Accord" Linda does her brand of sultry jazz-scat-vocalise with the Serpent doubling, and the chanters drone almost imperceptibly in the background. "L'Homme Rouge" has Linda mumbling and chirping, tuba rumbling almost subsonically, Serpent riffs, electric guitar 'bowing the strings' ethereal effects, and bass clarinet for good measure - neat piece. Michel and Linda again on "Bomb-Hard", where the chanters play a bagpipe-like drone chord, are suddenly replaced by virtuoso vocalise and/or Serpent vocalise, then chanters repeat with a different chord, followed by another bit of improvisation, and so on. "Vord An Elle" is just Linda and the Serpent. The recording ends with the title track "Kejadenn"; the accordion and tuba start with a slow duet, then the tempo picks up and drums are added, then faster and the pipe band joins in for the grand finale.

This CD is a truly unusual and stimulating effort. We all have a love-hate relationship with the bagpipe sound, and listening to these tracks can be a rather emotional experience, not to mention LOUD."

(Serpent Newsletter, 1994)

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In the 130 year history of bagpipe bands, a Bagad (or bagadou for the plural form) is a relatively recent phenomenon which is very similar to Scottish Pipe Bands. The first Bagad was formed in 1949 by Railway Workers in Carhaix. Bagad Kemperle is the oldest Bagad today, founded in 1949. Over one hundred Bagadou were founded during the following years. A Bagad consists of three groups of instruments: bagpipes, bombardes and drums.

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El baile del pato

   

Bagad Brieg
Karamba ! Le Canard Déchaîné
2005

Tracks:

1. Kosmos
2. La boum
3. Africa zob
4. Maille flowers ar bio ty fioul

5. Gavotte des montagnes
6. Fou d fouf
7. La salsa de salsifis
8. Kas a bar
9. Psycho reel zikko
10. Belles of dunblane
11. Jojo la frite
12. Karamba!

 

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Description rapide:

Un live, un rêve, un long rêve émaillé de bombardes claires, de rythmes saccadés comme des claquettes, du souffle puissant des cornemuses… voilà pour la solidité du « trad ». et voici qu'éclatent la fantaisie, le son lumineux des cuivres, que s'avance le velours de la guitare, l'émotion de la flûte jaspée de cordes et du doigté sur piano électrique : breizhoù universels, les « brieg » s'inspirent aussi de musique andine, de sonorités berbères. mélangez le tout, secouez très fort, ça donne du rock celtique. c'est fou ! fou ! fou !… » Angèle Jacq

A live recording, a dream, a perpetual dream of clear bombards, toe tapping rhythms and the powerful playing of the bagpipes that's the traditional background...

This is Bagad Brier... on a magic carpet flying to another planet.

 

 

Bagad Brieg

 

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A bagad is a Breton band, composed of bagpipes (Breton: binioù, French: Cornemuse), bombardes and percussion (made up of snare, tenor and bass drums). The pipe band tradition in Brittany was inspired by the Scottish example and has developed since the mid-20th century. A bagad plays mainly Breton music, but a bagad's music is evolutionary (new forms and musical ideas are experimented with at each annual national competition).

The plural for bagad is unusual in that many are referred to as bagadoù but for two, three or any other specified number they are simply referred to as bagad (following the rules of Breton grammar).

Every major town and city in Brittany has at least one bagad and there are over 80 in total. There are also many bagadoù outside Brittany, owing to large-scale Breton emigration throughout France.

For competition purposes the bagadoù are ranked into five categories. Major competitions take place annually in Brest and in Lorient, where the National Championship takes place during the InterCeltic Festival in August.

  

 

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