solo @ Chalk Hill residency

solo @ Chalk Hill residency
solo @ Chalk Hill residency


Born in 1984, he taught himself to play the trumpet and then studied jazz and improvisation at the conservatories of Lyon (CNR) and Paris (CNSMDP). While developing his own personal and original language on his instrument, he researched, through different collaborations, an intuitive and spontaneous approach to music. His interest is essentially in different forms of improvised music for various formations,ranging from solo to orchestral.

His work is focussed principally on two topics. Firstly an accoustic approach to instruments through research on sounds and sound effects in relation to the space in which they are produced. Secondly work on the amplification of instruments (“close miking”) with the aim of creating the illusion of an electric or electronic “machine instrument”.


louis.laurain@free.fr
0033+(0) 681907691





PROJECTS




Solo

Since 2011, this a constant work in progress that follows my musical development. It is always improvised and can be acoustic or amplified. It has been played in Fylkingen (Stockholm), Ausland (Berlin), the Event festival (California)...
Room2 by louis laurain



Die Hochstapler

Pierre Borel : alto sax/ Hannes Lingens : drums/ Antonio Borghini : double bass/ Louis Laurain : trumpet

Die Hochstapler means something like the impostors. In this project we work on two great american composers : Anthony Braxton and Ornette Coleman who both have a revolutionary vision of music, philosophy and life ; we are using their compositions, their concepts to create our music ; we do not copy them, we steal them and restructurate their ideas according to ours. More infos

Die hochstapler-The Ark(O.Coleman) by louis laurain



Loubatière/Durant/Laurain

Rodolphe Loubatière : percussions/Yoann Durant : alto & soprano sax/ Louis Laurain : trumpet
" The improvisation generates imaginary lines and random figures. Then this material is refined, transformed or destroyed like a moving constellation. First album "Au Dehors" available on Creative Source records



Hifi lo-noise

Pierce Warnecke : electronics, objets/ Louis Laurain : trumpet.
"In our music we try to explore different combination of events, energy and timbre. Liberation from codes and aesthetics, leaving confort zones to surprise ourselves, this is the kind of improvisation that interest us. ". Second album "segments" available on emitter microlabel



Actuum

Benjamin Dousteyssier : Saxophones/Julen Loutelier : Drums/Ronan Courty : Double-bass/Louis Laurain : trumpet
"It' s a set of extraordinary power and attack, with leaps into the unknown that teeters, on the edge of total chaos and instability without ever slipping, retaining its musical identity amid the fury and flooring a venue with some very stylish musical violence" The Irish Times.




Jukebox

Fabrizio Rat : piano/ Fidel Fourneyron : trombone / Ronan Courty : contrebasse / Julien Loutelier : Batterie / Louis Laurain : trompette "
"A living juke-box made up of some very weird improvisers play hits from the sixties and has serious working problems. " more infos



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