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Former Lorry Driver

from Partitions by Orouni

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    Le 45 tours Allora comporte deux enregistrements de nouveaux arrangements instrumentaux de titres de l'album Partitions (2019).
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    Composé par Orouni
    Arrangé par Mathieu Geghre
    Enregistré et mixé par Romain Dowska au Studio du Poisson Barbu
    Masterisé par Jonathan Reig au Studio EdRoom
    Pochette : Pascal Blua
    Mélie Fraisse : violon
    Mathieu Geghre : piano
    Anne Gouverneur : violon à cinq cordes
    Maëva Le Berre : violoncelle
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    «Mes deux derniers albums, Grand Tour(2014) et Partitions(2019), ont été conçus autour d'idées principalement musicales. Et même si les paroles de ces disques étaient également liées à ces concepts (respectivement le voyage et la dissociation), les chansons jouaient avant tout sur des timbres, mélodies, harmonies et structures, au-delà d'une narration ou même d'un sens.J'ai donc voulu mettre en lumière ce jeu, en débarrassant certains morceaux de Partitions de leur aspect chanté. Se concentrer sur les éléments purement musicaux a pour objectif de saisir l'essence de ces chansons, conçues dès l'origine comme des pièces pouvant se passer de mots. Ainsi, "Nora" contient des mélodies réharmonisées, tout comme des harmonies remélodisées, qu'une interprétation au piano solo a pour but de mieux faire entendre.Par ailleurs, le 45 tours Allora comporte des réarrangements de deux compositions existantes qui s'écartent des enregistrements originaux. La chanson "Aloysius" ne contient pas de cordes, d'où la volonté de présenter avec un violoncelle, un violon à cinq cordes et un violon les quatre suites d'accords possibles de son thème de clavier, ou les deux mélodies distinctes de l'harmonie unique de son refrain.C'est Mathieu Geghre (claviériste et arrangeur pour Olivier Marguerit, The Rodeo...), doué d'une sensibilité à la fois pop et classique, qui a élaboré les adaptations pour piano et trio à cordes.» OROUNI

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about

Oooh I’m a former lorry driver I had to give it up
The tumour on my gall bladder knocked me off the road

When I started to lose my appetite, I was given a scan
Anaemia struck my body too, I had lost ten pounds

So I’ll enjoy the little time that is left and spend it with the ones I love
Though I’m bitter now I’m going to wait for death calmly - I’ve got six months to live

I have planned my own funeral I chose the coffin I'll lie in
We took our money out of the bank and spent a last Christmas together

The bad news came so I got a motorbike - It’s a dream that I had always wanted to buy
As for my wife, she drives a new car, she’ll be independent after I die

So I’ll enjoy the little time that is left and spend it with the ones I love
Though I’m bitter now I’m going to wait for death calmly - I’ve got six months to live

You’re only suffering from an abscess
It is not cancer, it is harmless
It means you won’t leave us so soon

I don’t get it - I’m so devastated - I’m an absolute wreck
The powerful drugs that I needlessly took have destroyed my health

Far from being delighted by this news, I don’t know how I’ll cope
This reprieve has ruined my life - I really thought I’d die

lyrics

Sofia Bolt - vocals
Steffen Charron - bass, vocals
Orouni - vocals, keyboard
Jean Thevenin - drums, drum machine

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from Partitions, released April 19, 2019

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Orouni Paris, France

A fascination for ambitious compositions, a strong attachment to the art of songwriting: Orouni’s songs make room for vocal and instrumental melodies with complex harmonies and instruments that are rarely used in contemporary pop music (balafon, kalimba, mbira ...). In Orouni’s music, the Kinks dance with Chassol, Belle & Sebastian dance with Dylan and Malian music plays with the Beatles. ... more

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