“From Kashmir to Trinidad via South India and the Bosporus, Try Paradise's artistic project is a poetic icebreaker. "

This a new and great version of PLAINTE JOYEUSE (Joyful Complaint) composition, completed with Telugu language lyrics written by Umadevi Nageswara Rao and sung by herself, and played by Zelwer on santoor, Patrick chartol on fretless bass, Mathieu Borgne on steel drums and Ercan Dursun on percussions.  
It is part of a new creation under TRY PARADISE name, which PREMIÈRE will take place on October 10th of 2021 at CCJB, Villebon sur Yvette, France.

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PLAINTE JOYEUSE by TRY PARADISE

An "à la manière de" song, inspired by soldiers songs sung in the trenches during the first World War. I would especially like to thank Claude Ribouillaud who wrote a splendid book full of amazing pictures about that theme, called "La musique au Fusil", edited by les Editions du Rouergue (1996, re-edition in 2014). 

With that kind of humor, mixing sadness & saucy expressions,
Zelwer composed, sung & played every part as he usely does during 2014 summer, as he was working on a project for Male Instrumenty*, Which gave rise to the Macabre Walz composition, which is already a track from the Walze W Walze album (Poland 2014).
* Polish band conducted by the composer Pawel Romanczuk & mainly based on toy or invented musical instruments.

Lyrics :

Ô les poilus

Je suis né dans un village
Au bout d’un pays sage
J’aimais bien ce liv’ d’images
Aussi beau qu’un paysage

J’étais un enfant très sage
J’ai gagné plein d’images
J’avais de très bons copains 
On a tous eu des bons points

Quand j’ai passé mon certif’
Certificat d’études
L’instituteur d’la communale
M’a pressenti pour dev’nir Général

Ô du galon du galon du galon
Ô du galon
Tout pour plaire à ma Suzon

J’ai fait mes classes à Montlu’
Montluçon, chef-lieu d’canton
Avec de joyeux lurons
Toujours au débit de boissons

Ô les canons les canons les canons
Ô les canons
Canons bus au son du canon

Ch’uis rentré r’trouver ma douce
J’voulais en faire mon épouse
Quand a sonné le clairon
C’était la mobilisation…

J’avais pas tout mes galons
M’suis r’trouvé en bas d’l’éch’lon
J’avais laissé ma Suzon
Elle pouvait p’us m’gratter l’f…

…Pis on s’est r’trouvés à creuser
Des tranchées des tranchées
Il a fallu surmonter
L’amertume du temps passé

Alors perdus pour perdus
On a bu on a bu
Alors pour ne pas sombrer
On a bu comme des tordus

Ô les poilus
Ô les poilus
Ô les poilus ils ont tous du poil au …

Quand tomba l’premier obus
On a p’us bu, on n’a plus pu
Quand sont tombés plein d’obus
On a su qu’on était foutus

Ô les obus les obus les obus
Ô les obus
On n’avait plus un poil au …

JM Zelwer 19 Juin 2014

Ô Les Poilus

8th piece from "Gods are Angry" album (Made to Measure-Crammed discs, 1995) this psychedelic walz was originally composed for the eponym contemporary dance show by Lattuada's company in 1989.
Zelwer marries as usual deep melodies and themes muddled in contrapuntal polyphonies using strange instruments (or not) : Here turkeys and chickens answer the mirliton, cimbaloms, soprano saxophones, muted trumpet, dynamic bass drum in a flight of poetry the mysticism of which we can place only in the edge of the layman
More tracks on Deezer : http://www.deezer.com/playlist/55774254
If you like it buy the album on
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/zelwer/id193269450 
or contact musiquesetgestes@free.fr


Simplicissimus

Emission Tapage Nocturne de Bruno Letort sur France Musique.
15 Mars 2013.
Interview, extraits sonores du spectacle et autres musiques composées pour l'audiovisuel (notamment extrait de compositions pour le documentaire : "La Poussette MacLaren", série Design, ARTE 2012; Réalisation Anna-Célia Kendall) le cinéma ou la scène : C'est notamment le cas des trois titres interprétés par l'ensemble Babaté Orchestra, fondé en 2006 avec Woz Kaly (chant) et Alessandra Agosti (piano) suite à la composition pour le film de Chantal Richard : "Lili et le Baobab" avec Romane Bohringer (2005). Le groupe s'est ensuite étoffé avec l'arrivée de Pierre Maindive à la contrebasse.

L'Orchestrano de Jean-Marc Zelwer

Live duet version with Nuria Rovira Salat (voice), Jean-Marc Zelwer (voice, accordion) on 2015 November 14th in CCJB (Centre Culturel Jacques Brel, Villebon sur Yvette, France)played in L'Orchestrano concert.
"Obradovia" is a song originally written by Zelwer in 2010 for "Tzigane Imaginaire" creation in théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar.
photo© AZ


Obradovia, (l'Orchestrano) live recording

Dedicated to present and future life, to our children and loves.
Lekhayim !
This original composition by Jean-Marc Zelwer was recorded live on november 14th 2015 at CCJB (Centre Culturel Jacques Brel) Villebon sur Yvette, France, by Frédéric Dalila.
On this "Joyful complaint", Zelwer plays successively indian santur, bas guitar, bone flûte & gypsie guitar, while recording each pattern by using a loop station pedal controller. 

L'Orchestrano is a creation involving Jean-Marc Zelwer playing more than 13 instruments on stage, Nuria Rovira Salat, voice & dance, Fédéric Dalila, sound.
Duration : 45mn+ 30mn talk with the public & explaination about rare instruments.


Plainte Joyeuse (L'Orchestrano) Live audio recording

Toccata Toquée ("Nuts" Toccata) is an original composition for the sweddish viela : Nyckelharpa. 
It was recorded during L'ORCHESTRANO public concert on November 14th, 2015, at CCJB, Villebon sur Yvette, France.
Sound engineer :  Frédéric Dalila. 

This four strings bowed viela is equipped with a keyboard & twelve sympathetic strings. My instrument is a twenty years old's Jean-Claude Condi french stringged instrument maker & nyckelharpa maker, a specialist of which he is.
Since then, he perfected a lot the invoice of this instrument, having added a fourth row to the keyboard on his recent instruments. He created a tenor model (tessitura of the cello), & a model with more touches, allowing certain quarters of tone.

Toccata Toquée (L'Orchestrano) public recording

I would like this piece to vibrate in your hearts, today & everyday, "In memoriam" to all the victims of inhumanity, everywhere in the world.

This composition for Babaté Orchestra's repertory, and especially this recording version is one of my favorite. It has been recorded by Frédéric Dalila on October 2008, during a live session of rehearsals preparing Africolor Festival where the band played on december 2008 at Théâtre Gérard Philippe (Saint-Denis) with : 

Woz Kaly : Voice
Jean-Marc Zelwer : Indian santur, accordion, composition
Alessandra Agosti : Digital piano
GP Cremonini : Double bass
Massimo Trasente : Cajon & cymbals

mastering : Jean-Marc Zelwer
(Clarinet & Nyckelharpa Additive instruments) 
This present remastering was done on January 4th of 2016.

Pardon (by Babaté Orchestra)

This original piece, played by Zelwer on piano (summer 2014)was a command by the Polish composer Pawel Romanczuk, who is Male Instrumenty artistic director : Male Istrumenty is using only toy & new instruments made by himself. 
He orchestred Macabre Walz in that way & his version can be heard in Walz W Walz album, dedicated to first world war centenary (https://soundcloud.com/maleinstrumenty/male-instrumenty-jean-marc-zelwer-macabre-waltz)

Macabre Walz

"Ani ma'amin b'emunah shleimah beviat haMashiach, v'af al pi sheyitmameiha, im kol zeh achakeh lo b'chol yom sheyavo."  

"I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah, and though he may tarry, nevertheless I await his coming every day." 

This song is a very old hebrew one, meaning "I believe".
During the holocaust many religious jews sung it while they were sport to death camps.
I would like to dedicate my own version to all nazis victims from yesterday until today & specially to my great aunt Paula Silberberg (1892-1942)

I released this original arrangment in 2004, with following interpreters : 
voice : Norig
violin : Dimitri Artemenko
electric guitar : Laurent Roussel
Indian harmonium, Accordion, theremin, programming : 
JM Zelwer
Recording & Mastering : Zelwer


Anima'amin (to my great aunt Paula Silberberg 1892-1942)

"Feel High" is a song by the young promising french singer Wenny Aim & Zelwer, who co- composed the piece, made arrangements & produced it on 2014 summer.

Wenny Aim : Lyrics, voice & guitar 
Jean-Marc Zelwer : Bone flute, banjoline, bass guitar, harmonium, nyckelharpa 
Mastering January 2016

Feel High

Zelwer composes music using rare instruments (indian santur, nyckelharpa, bone & gourd flutes, bottlephone, accordion, clarinet, theremin, banjoline...).
For 30 years he composes for choreography, theater, cinema, circus, museums... 
He shares his experience with different artists, from Poland (Pawel Romanczuk, Male Instrumenty), Israel (Shiri Malkin) Belgium (Bobbejan records projects), France (Woz Kaly singer in Babaté Orchestra), Wenny Aim, a 20 years old french singer.
Actually (2015): compositions & arrangements, contribution to 2 tribute albums for Bobbejan records. Rehearsal : 2016 sprintime. 

Discography (not comprehensive)  :

- Walce W Walce, Male Instrumenty, 2014
-Daïssa, La Kumpania Zelwer, Le Chant du Monde (distr. Harmonia Mundi) 2003
-La Tribu  iOta, Zelwer, Empreinte Digitale (distr. Nocturne) 2001
-Zirkus Primitif Opera, Zelwer, Tangram (dist. Orchestra) 1996 
-Les Dieux sont Fâchés, Zelwer, Made to Measure 36/Crammed discs (distr. Wagram) 1995
-La Fiancée aux Yeux de Bois, Zelwer, Made to Measure 24/Crammed discs (distr. Wagram), 1991  Edison award for instrumental music, Netherlands)


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