The Bridge, by Wolphonics

The Bridge

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about

“Sure, the Beastie Boys proclaimed that hip-hop was ‘Three MCs and One DJ’, but rap over live music has carved out a space for itself too. You only have to think of The Roots. The live experience is what The Wolphonics are all about: a young female MC of outstanding talent out of New Jersey (Asha Griffith) in league with five free radicals from the galaxy of Surnatural Orchestra. Together, they chart subterranean paths that combine in-your-face beats, soulful brass and an Olympian flow.”

Artful or subversive, promoting peace and/or revolution, today hip-hop and more specifically rap has established itself as one of the pillars of the “global scene”.
From New York to Dakar, Paris to Cairo, Delhi to Kabul – artists the world over are adopting its cultural codes as their own. Often characterised by a pacifist yet confrontational vision, the movement has risen worldwide in the wake of present-day social and political struggle.
Fabrice Theuillon, a saxophonist and composer with origins in jazz and contemporary music, is of this generation that grew up with the explosion of the hip-hop scene during the 90s.

In 2017, he set out to interpret his greatest influences through the prism of synthetic composition, in turn inspiring a personal project he named THE WOLPHONICS: a group of five French jazz and improvisational musicians – Boris Boublil (Keys), Sylvain Daniel (Bass), Antonin Leymarie (Drums), Guillaume Magne (Guitar) and Fabrice Theuillon (Saxophone) – joining forces with a young New York rapper, writer and tap-dance prodigy by the name of Asha Griffith.

In her elegant flow and vocal tone that resonates to wondrous effect with the band’s instrumentation, Asha relates stories and offers glimpses of life through her lyrics. The choice of a female MC and frontwoman has both musical and political significance, as to this day women are still under-represented in the music world at large, especially throughout hip-hop and jazz.

THE WOLPHONICS boast a repertoire of original works espousing jazz and hip-hop, building on the musical and historical connections between these traditions.
Using innovative orchestrations and arrangements that instil urban music with the rhythmic and melodic richness of jazz, they play on the interaction between musicians and an “all-electronic” instrumentality. Integrating vocals to address the audience directly, they flirt with a deeper fusion of jazz and urban music, pop and hip-hop through a blend of acoustic and electronic sounds, reconnecting the genre with a younger and wider audience.

credits

released September 21, 2018

MUSICIANS

Guillaume Magne, guitar
Sylvain Daniel, bass
Antonin Leymarie, drums
Boris Boublil, keyboards
Fabrice Theuillon,: saxophones, fx
Fanny Menegoz : flute and alto flute
Antoine Berjeaut : trumpet & euphonium
Julien Rousseau : trumpet & mellophone
Judith Wekstein : bass trombone

Production Fab "Five" Theuillon
Executive Production Julien Princiaux
Additional Production by The Wolphonics

Engineering Etienne Meunier, Doug Salzman, Craig Combs Marcus Linon & Benjamin Leherissey
Mixing Nicolas Gueguen at Kromatik Studios
Recorded at Harryson - A.l.b.e.r.t. & Midilive Studios
Additionnal recordings at Jazz Fabrik Studios

Artwork BenHito
Additionnal Photography Stanislas Augris

Numéro Catalogue :
AF00575020CD pour le CD AF00575020LP pour le vinyl AF00575020D pour le Digital

P 2018, Airfono, All rights reserved.
C Airfono Publishing
Distriibution L’Autre Distribution

WRITERS

All music composed and arranged by Fabrice Theuillon except The Trap and Savion.
Lyrics by Asha Griffith and Denmark Vessey

THANK YOU !

Yamilé & Jalil, Vero & Marine, Mic & Claude, Asha Griffith, Denmark Vessey, Antoine Leguern, Benjamin Leherissey, Stanislas Augris, Marcus Linon, Julien Princiaux, Sophie Benoliel, Vincent Taurelle, Ludovic Bruni, Vincent Taeger, Xavier Lemêtre & Banlieues Bleues, Antoine Berjeaut, Djools, David Vaillant, Franck Descollonges, Loscar, Marc Chonier, Clément Petit, Thomas de Pourquery, Christine Nissim, Yann Delanot, Jeannot Salvatori, Jeanne Added, Sandrine Charfi, Karine Serafin, Sebastien Paindestre, Lucrèce Sassella, Adrien Amey, Stephen Bedrossian, Marielle Chatain, Baptiste Bouquin, Clea Torales, Damien Christea, Benoit Alziary, Deborah Benveniste, GasDyana ManGaye, Tiguida Darameh, Bérénice Lagrange, Laurent Géhant, Pierre Millet, Katia et Guillaume, Yvan Robilliard, Leymarie Sauvage Family, Julie Cunnington, Robin Fincker, Alice Salemi, Sandrine Charfi, Maxence Tual.

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Airfono Paris, France

Airfono is a label dedicated to original, spectacular, and virtuoso projects with the ambition to
record a mix of live energy, futuristic grooves, and festive spirit. From jazz to techno, Airfono is a
home for experimentation and musical freedom.
Central place of acoustic instrument is one of the constants of this family which goes from hand made techno to raï or from ambient electro to post-punk. ... more