Lead singer: Gilles Monfort

Soprano: Hélène Monfort
Alto: Priscilia Boussiquet
Tenor: Sammy Pelgris
Bass: Thomas Testard

Recorded and mixed by Léo Denis

Arranged by Gilles Monfort from the version of the ‘Southern Sons’.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/322309-Southern-Sons

Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air

Composer, sound artist, field recordist, multi-instrumentalist and singer.

My work is diverse and expressed through many different genres, media and projects: live performances (electronic music, jazz, rock, classical, early music, free improvisation, vocal polyphony, North Indian classical music...), electroacoustic compositions, phonography, music scores and soundtracks for films, dance and theater plays.

My gurus: 
Floris Nico Bunink (jazz piano)
Jean-Claude Ledoux (natural sciences)
Thierry Thibault and Arnaud Boukhitine (tuba)
Ustads Sayeeduddin Dagar and Wasifuddin Dagar (North Indian ‘dhrupad’ singing)
Allan Wright (singing technique)

As part of bands or under my own name, I performed in many different venues and festivals in more than 20 countries around the world, from Vietnam to Chile, Australia to Costa Rica....

Recent highlights include sound creations commissioned by Festival “En chair et en son” (Paris, 2016), “World sacred music festival of Fès” (Morocco, 2017), "Un autre Orient" (carte blanche to festival "Les Orientales", in "Lieu Unique", Nantes, 2017), "Each morning of the world" (2018 and 2019, web releases), and for the show "Baul & Alpona" with Parvathy Baul (Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, 2019). 
In 2024, I have been awarded the prizes for the best original score and the best sound design in the “French Duck Film Festival” (Paris, Fr.), and the prize for the best original score in the festival “Feel the reel” (Glasgow, UK), for my work in the film “Sleeping Jade”, directed by Jonathan Boissinot.

Worked with Simha Arom, Ugo Boscain, Mico Nissim, Parvathy Baul, Ludwin Bernaténé, Gyohei Zaitsu, Christiane Bopp, Alain Weber, Julie Mondor, Marc Niess, Theater Titanick, Ulik, Fanfare Le SNOB, Ramzi Aburedwan, François Ribac, Solène Cerutti, Moon Pallas, Coup d'Marron, François Morel, and many more...

All titles presented here are protected and part of the SACEM repertory.

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