Bonnie Banane and Joseph Schiano di Lombo present L’Orguasme, an album of bawdy and devotional songs accompanied by the organ of the Cité de la Musique / Philharmonie de Paris. Literally composed and written for pleasure, this work (of the flesh, naturally) pays tribute to the most spectacular expression of ecstasy — a paradise so near and yet so misunderstood. From the most restrained sighs to the most dazzling vocal outbursts, from the foreplay to the eruption, not to mention the bliss that follows the incandescence, Bonnie and Joseph sing about the art of genuflection, of climbing the walls, and of the "little death," without shying away from the darker areas: those of guilty, forbidden, feigned, or selfish pleasures, for instance.

By turns light, explosive, mystical, burlesque, and poetic, this music diverts the organ from its centuries-old habits, achieving a union of the profane and the sacred, the crass and the beautiful, the body and the spirit, early music and pop — reminding us of the essential truth: it’s better to come than to cry.

While the minimalism of the arrangements initially strikes the ear — no instruments other than the organ accompany these musical escapades — the album is infused with numerous unexpected influences: R&B (La petite mort), swing (Le cri), gospel (Simulation blues), jazz (Le calme après l’œuvrette), medieval ballads (Ronde génitale, Au plaisir), and even a famous 16th- century folk dance called the branle (Branle [Censored]).

A sexy, lush, stripped-down, and unabashed opus, glorifying what remains glorious: love, music, and the boundless joy of creation. 

Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano di Lombo - Le plaisir des sources

Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano di Lombo - La petite mort

Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano di Lombo - Préliminaires

Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano di Lombo - Grand frisson

Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano di Lombo - Simulation Blues

Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano di Lombo - Le cri

Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano di Lombo - Ronde génitale

Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano di Lombo - La montée

Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano di Lombo - Branle [Censuré]

Bonnie Banane & Joseph Schiano di Lombo - Le calme après l'œuvrette

Circus Company is an independent French label, founded in 2000 in Paris.

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