Bande A Balk, La
Bulgar's Banquet
Bulgars' Banquet is the third album by the Bande à Balk, released in early 2019. The group performs a majority of traditional pieces from Bulgaria, as well as a few creations and covers. It was recorded at the Notre-Dame hall in Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont in May 2018. Arrangements and artistic self-management: La Bande à BalkRecording: Guillaume Jaoul and Alexandre MichelMixing: Alexandre MichelMastering: Jean-Pierre Bouquet at L'Autre StudioGraphic design - illustrations: Get Bold DesignAccordions: Thibault Datry, Anabelle VilelaViolins: Arnaud Belonoschkin, Jeannic Laffont-Jimblaru, Juliette Delachaux, Marthe LefebvreBouzouki: Didier LaurencinCello: Servane DebaugeClarinets: Alexandre Michel, Sylvain CharlatCuatro + Mélodica: Bernard GautierGuitar + Tamboura: Fabien DubuyTapan + Cimbalum: Théophile DemarcqDouble bass: Rosa RubinoTransverse flute: Florence RichenSong on Pirinski Pesni: everyone!All the pieces are traditional except: Malko Malhoro (Bande à Balk creation) and Hulusination (Söndörg?: Aron Eredics, Benjamin Eredics, Dávid Eredics, Salamon Eredics and Attila Buzás).The piece Dva se Roda was recorded with the Priyateli ensemble (Yoana Krasteva, Maya Atanasova, Radost Vencislavova and Carine Pillon).Eternal thanks and special dedication to our very last "elders": Elsa Ille, Bruno Villedieu and Séverine Clémencin.La Bande à Balk would also like to particularly thank: the Priyateli vocal ensemble and the Ot Izvora dance group, for their unwavering companionship, Aadec of St Pierre d'Entremont and Christophe Errouet, Xavier Bernard-Jaoul, Xavier Demerliac and Guillaume Jaoul for technical support, our Bulgarian teachers Georgi Seymenski, Yvan and Radka Stefanovi in ??Orehovo and the Orion Bend group in Haskovo, the babysitters of the ever-increasing BàB descendants, Jesus Ankatché de la Boîte à Gants in Lyon 1, and the St-André church in Lyon 7. And of course a big thank you to everyone else!