From the album R. IWANSKI - "Transformations II", 2025 (CD, Antenna Non Grata & Eter Records)

Composed, recorded and mixed by Rafał Iwański at Studio Eter, Toruń, Poland, July - November 2024
Mastering: Szymon Szwarc | szszwarc.pl

Artwork and photo: Ewa Bińczyk | ewabinczyk.pl
Layout: Wojciech Zięba | info@beastofprey.com

Contact Rafał Iwański a.k.a. X-NAVI:ET: itah@o2.pl

www.xnaviet.bandcamp.com
www.youtube.com/user/xnaviet
www.facebook.com/xnaviet

The project is co-financed by the Scholarship of the Marshal of Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeshi

R. IWANSKI - Replica (Transformations II, 2025, CD)

Labyrinthe est une évocation, en 10 temps 3 mouvements, de mes courses enfantines dans le dédale de la médina de Fès. 
Khalid Kouhen : Composition, percussions et vocal, Marylène Ingremeau : vocal, David Patrois : vibraphone, Jonas Knutsson : Saxophone, Johann Berby : électrique bass, David Venitucci : accordéon

Labyrinthe

Un songe au bord du lac noir
Khalid Kouhen : composition, voix, sanza et kalimba,
Marylène Ingremeau : vocal
David Venitucci : accordéon
Jonas Knutsson : Saxophone 
David Patrois : vibraphone

Songes

Telles que nous sommes

Ailes qui nous sonnent

Trap and Friends

On edge and alert moods on pizzicato, bass clarinet, marimba and kalimba

Licensing

Wobbly Legs

AFRO FEELINGS #55 SANZA

D'après l'œuvre originale de Francis Bebey (1929 - 2001).
La chanson Sanza tristesse est parue en 1982 dans l'album : L'amour malade petit français.

Musiciens :

Jean-Claude Ebongue à la basse.
Francis Bebey au chant, à la sanza, aux percussions

 Ré-éditée en 2014 sur Born Bad Records "FRANCIS BEBEY PSYCHEDELIC SANZA 1982-1984"

https://francisbebey.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-sanza-1982-1984


Adaptation, enregistrement : Sarakiniko
Mixage et Mastering : James Aparicio
Artwork : Morgane Caux et Eógan

Parole : 

Le soir est triste
Mon cœur est triste
Ma vie est triste
Y'a le soleil qui s'est enfui
Et mon amour qui est parti
Avec lui

Le ciel sans voile
Est plein d'étoiles
Qui me dévoilent
Qu'elle est heureuse loin de moi
Et qu'elle ne pense plus à moi, loin de moi

Pourtant je chante
Mais oui, je chante
Et quand je chante
C'est pour rappeler mon amour
En priant qu'elle revienne un jour, pour toujours

Cette musique
Mélancolique
Cette musique
Je l'envoie par le vent du soir
A celle que j'aimerais revoir, près de moi

Sanza Tristesse (Francis Bebey cover)

Paul threatens to reduce his word count down to 25 words this week, but Eli is desperately having none of it. He just wants a nice, normal episode of CheapShow. But when as CheapShow ever been nice and normal? On this week’s episode, Eli is obsessed with assonance and tongue-twisters for no good reason, a package from New Zealand offers a lot to munch over and Paul has discovered an old board game based on the career of UK comedian/actor Lenny Henry! Thanks to an online website called Sanza, a very kind listener to the podcast has sent CheapShow some tasty treats from New Zealand and there is a LOT to slurp, crunch and guzzle over. How will they go down with Paul and Eli? For a Gannon’s Golden Games segment, Paul has discovered a “stand up comedy” themed board game, but will playing it actually raise any laughs, or will the usual in-fighting ruin the love of the game? As ever, you’ll find out over the next 75 minutes!

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Ep 462: Munchos By Proxy

Born in Fes, Morocco and living in France since 1978, Khalid Kouhen is recognized as one of the most talented percussionist of his generation. The richness and skill of his craft as well as the varied flavors of his instrumentation are highly coveted in the contemporary music scene.
Khalid is very accomplished in contemporary music, jazz, pop, world music, and in many traditional repertoires, such as Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Indian… He became famous, in the ranks of Archie Shepp, Chico Freeman, Glenn Ferris, Claude Barthelemy, Pandit Shankar Ghosh, El Hadj N’Diaye, Majid Bekkas, Karima Skalli, Paddy Kelly…
Musician without borders and an inspired improviser, he excels both in the compositions and arrangements for percussion ensembles.You’ll be happy to discover his upcoming work “Sillage,” developed and recorded in collaboration with vocalist Marylene Ingremeau and a few other prestigious artists such as Jonas Knutsson, soprano saxophone, and Sandip Chatterjee, Indian santoor.
Khalid Kouhen was born under a star of cultural diversity. His family, of Arabo-Judeo-Sudanese ancestry, carried a great passion for music and the richness of its traditions. His South Sudanese grandmother was an initiated master of Gnawa dance. At home, a yearly tradition of a ritual celebration was held which united artists, family, and friends. Present throughout the celebration were dance and music. Between his father on the ghazia tabla and his mother on the bendir or tarija, Khalid started playing percussion at the age of six and participated in the polyrhythmics of the ensembles. Initially just for fun, percussion quickly became his life’s passion.
At the age of 20, Khalid came to France to pursue his scientific studies at the University of Rennes. In his luggage were his Moroccan ghazia tablas. The multicultural melting pot that is a French university sharpened his desire to expand his human and musical horizons. It was at that time when his life took a decisive turn…
In 1982 he decided to delve into the art of rhythm and percussion in the manner of the grand masters of traditional music of different cultures. He received training from the following artists:
Nicia Ribas d’Avila musicologist and head percussionist at a Brazilian school of samba. From her, Khalid mastered the instruments of the batucada (surdo, caixa, pandeiro, tamburim…). His career was brilliantly adorned by the first place “gold Repinique” which he received in 1984. He obtained the position of head of drums within the school “Tia Nicia,” the first school of batacuda in France, and later directed percussion ensembles.
Pierre Cheriza Fènèlus master voodoo drummer of Haiti, with whom Khalid explored the Caribbean and Afro-Cuban repertoires and developed his skill on the congas and bongos.
Pandit Shankar Ghosh, distinguished master of Indian tablas, with whom Khalid trained since 1996. Meeting this virtuous artist and passionate pedagogue was a turning point in Khalid’s life. He created for Ghosh a class for Indian tablas in France which motivated the creation of a DVD of methodology for the tablas. Khalid had the privilege to perform by his side in France and India.
AN ECLECTIC CAREER
Since, he has not ceased to nourish the musical experiences in his life and collaborating with musicians of different talents.
Jazz and World Music
Archie Shepp, Chico Freeman, Glenn Ferris, Marc Ducret, Olivier Ker Ourio, Claude Barthélemy, David Patrois, David Linx, Hervé Celcal, Allie Delfau, Manuel Hermia, Olivier Cahours, Mohamed Beddiar, Henri-Caude and Robert Portal, David Venitucci, Barbara Cadet, Jonas Knutsson, Haim Isaacs, Guo Gan, Aurélie and Vérioca, James Germain, Carlos Nascimento
African music
Manfila Kante (mandingo music of Mali)
Stanislas Tohon (singer, percussionist from Benin) and his guests Jacques Higelin and Manu Dibango
Adam Chisvo (master of mbiras, “thumb piano,” from Zimbabwe)
El Hadj N’Diaye (singer from Senegal)
Faytinga (singer from Eritrea)
Nana Magagula and Bholoja Mbongiseni (singers from Swaziland)
Stewart Sukuma (singer from Mozambique)
Moroccan music
Majid Bekkas, Nabil Khalidi, Rachid Zeroual, Driss El Maloumi, Karima Skalli
Indian music
Pandit Shankar Ghosh, Bickram Ghosh, Prabhu Edouard, Meeta Pandit, Hindol Deb, Michel Guay, Ananda Gopal Das Baûl
Pop
Paddy Kelly, Mathilde Renault, Chloé Mons.
Theater and dance music
“Les Cerberes” and “Medea,” two theater pieces directed by Serge Noyelles, under the musical direction of Marco Quesada. Creation and recording of dance music for choreographers and dancers Carolyn Carlson, Julie Dossavi, and Nupur (kathak dance)
TRANSMISSION
Experienced pedagogue, Khalid Kouhen routinely dedicates himself to the transmission of his art. In 1993 he created TOUCOULEURS, a school of percussion in Rennes which offers elite instruction for different traditional percussion (Brazilian, African, and Indian). He teaches master classes, training, and musical workshops in France at the conservatory of Rennes, Charleville-Mézières, schools of jazz and contemporary music at CIM in Paris and EDIM in Cachan, and even in other countries, including the USA, Swaziland, Mozambique, the Caribbean…

French music composer.
Musique à l'image.

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R. IWANSKI - Transformations II - CONCERTS 2025:
24.01.2025: Toruń: DWÓR ARTUSA
15.03.2025: Bydgoszcz: MUSIC CAFE SZPULKA
19.03.2025: Kraków: BETEL
10.04.2025: Łódź: FABRYKA SZTUKI
25.07.2025: Warszawa: FORT SOKOLNICKIEGO / ŻDK
23.08.2025: Toruń: GALERIA SZTUKI WOZOWNIA / UFO
11.09.2025: Gdańsk: STAW WRÓBLA / Fundacja Palma

R. IWANSKI - Transformations I - CONCERTS 2023-2024: 
29.01.2023: Grudziądz: PLANETARIUM AND ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
13.05.2023: Dwójka – Program 2 PR. YouTube https://youtu.be/k-m2DJxExDQ 
21.05.2023: Gdańsk: GAK PLAMA (Festiwal Filmowy Manifest)
21.10.2023: Poznań: uro nie dycha in memoriam Albert Tyrała Festiwal 
03.12.2023: Toruń: studio jogi w (s)pokoju
03.02.2024: Szczecin: TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art
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Rafał Iwański a.k.a. X-NAVI:ET is a percussionist and electronic sound artist from Toruń, Poland.  As soloist he creates electro-acoustic music, a combination of analog and digital electronic  devices with acoustic instruments and field/found recordings. R. Iwański is the enduring member and co-founder of the group HATI (established in 2001, since 2007 the duo consists of Rafał Iwański and Rafał Kołacki plus guest musicians), whose improvised music employs the sounds of traditional ethnic instruments and re-cycled objects to create ritual and meditative atmospheres. He has performed many times with HATI, as soloist and with other bands/projects throughout Europe and USA. He has collaborated live and studio with Kuba Ziołek a.k.a. Stara Rzeka (duo KAPITAL), Wojciech Zięba a.k.a.  Electric Uranus (project VOICES OF THE COSMOS; together with astronomer Sebastian Soberski), Anna Pilewicz (audio-video project "AQUALUNA"), Z'EV, Richard Pinhas, Jerzy Mazzoll, Zdzisław Piernik, Jeff Gburek, and others. Live collaborations with Anna Zielińska, Wojtek Jachna, Yannick Franck, Phil Maggi, Joke Lanz and many others.  With HATI he has performed live and recorded with: Z'EV (+ 3 full length albums: HATI vs. Z'EV # 1, 2006, Ars Benevola Mater; Z'EV & HATI 'Heart of a Wolf', 2011, Zoharum Records; HATI & Z'EV 'Collusion', 2013, Idiosyncratics Records), Peter Votava/PURE (HATI & PURE project - album PRSZR "Equilirium", 2012,  Hinterzimmer Records), PAS (+ full length album PAS/HATI present P.H.A.S.T.I. 'The Stages of Sleep', 2011, PAS Records), Sławek Ciesielski (album "Wild Temple", 2013, Monotype Records), Robert Darowski (album "Metanous", 2015, Zoharum), Jerzy Mazzoll (album "Teruah", 2017, Requiem), Zdzisław Piernik (album "Avant-garde out of Poland", 2018, Requiem), John Zorn, Robert Curgenven, Raymond Salvatore Harmon and many others.  Rafał Iwański was enduring member/percussionist of groups INNERCITY ENSEMBLE and since 2014 he has played in ALAMEDA 5 (since 2022 - ||ALA|MEDA||).

Releases (solo albums):
R. IWANSKI - Transformations II (CD, January 2025, Antenna Non Grata & Eter Records).
R. IWANSKI - Transformations I (CD, February 2023, Gusstaff Records & Eter Records).
X-NAVI:ET - Aurum (10" vinyl, November 2019, Don't Sit On My Vinyl).
X-NAVI:ET - Machina Nova (CD, March 2017, Beast Of Prey & Eter Records).
X-NAVI:ET - Technosis (CD & MC, November 2016, Instant Classic).
X-NAVI:ET - Vox Paradox (MC, November 2015, Wounded Knife).
X-NAVI:ET - Dead City Voice (12" vinyl, October 2013, Eter Records/Zoharum + MC, October 2013, Instant Classic).
X-NAVI:ET - brain overloaded (CD, June 2012, Zoharum Records).
X-NAVI:ET - Soundtracks for the Dying Moments (12" vinyl, March 2012, Instant Classic).

Collaborations:
VOICES OF THE COSMOS - IV (CD, June 2021, Eter Records/Gusstaff Records)
X-NAVI:ET & ELECTRIC URANUS - VOICES OF THE COSMOS III (CD, January 2019, Eter Records/Beast Of Prey).
KAPITAL & RICHARD PINHAS - Flux (CD, April 2018, Instant Classic).
X-NAVI:ET - Dead City Voice : Remix Project /Remixes by Yannick Franck, Pure, z'ev, Stara Rzeka, Rapoon & Mirt/ (CD, February 2015, Instant Classic).
KAPITAL - Chaos to Chaos (CD, March 2015, Instant Classic).
KAPITAL - No New Age (CD, March 2014, Bocian Records + MC, April 2014, Sangoplasmo Records).
X-NAVI:ET a.k.a. Rafał Iwański (music) & Anna Pilewicz (video) - Aqualuna. Alchemical Transformation through Vision and Sound (CD+DVD, January 2013, Eter Records/Zoharum).
X-NAVI:ET & ELECTRIC URANUS - VOICES OF THE COSMOS II (CD, August 2013, Eter Records/Beast Of Prey).
X-NAVI:ET & ELECTRIC URANUS - VOICES OF THE COSMOS (CD, March 2011, Eter Records/Beast Of Prey).
X-NAVI:ET & }e{nigmaplasme (R. Iwański & Jeff Gburek) - Slope/The Experience of Losing Control (CD-R, April 2010, Eter Records).

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