Campanas de la Esperanza
Guitar, compositions : Nicolas Guay
Percussions : Ismaïl Mesbahi
Length : 43'54"
Label :Adélie prod
- La Cancion de Lausanne - 4'55
- Océanic visions - 10'30
- Homenaje a Manuel de Falla - 6'11
- Prologue et Toccata - 8'52
- Camapanas de la Esperanza
- Thema - 4'47
- Plainte - 3'36
- Final - 5'03
NEMA - Heaven Way
Guitar, compositions : Nicolas Guay
Piano : Joël Clement
Double bass, artistic direction : Franck Girard
Drums : Philippe Bostvironnois
Length : 56'06"
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- Gibraltar (Tribute to Vicente Asencio) (Nicolas Guay) - 8'58
- Funky trip (Nicolas Guay) 4'55
- Quartal (Nicolas Guay) 8'45
- Obsession (Nicolas Guay) 6'42
- Flamencotille (Nicolas Guay) 11'37
- Heaven way (Tribute to Led Zepp) (Nicolas Guay) 16'39
"Nema: amen spelt backwards. By chance or by design that the name of this group evokes liturgical vocabulary. Four musicians - guitar, piano, double bass and drums- hardened although unknown to the public, coming from different musical chapels - jazz, traditional, contemporary - decide one day to meet... What comes from it? A crossbreeding, perhaps several, which you won’t risk arranging in a precise category.
The album begins and concludes with tributes, the first to the pianist and Spanish professor of composition Vicente Asencio, the second to the rock of Led Zeppelin! Besides, the fans of the group to the airship will have fun finding the composers who inspired this last title "Heaven Way". Elsewhere, some will evoke the influences of the Cuban Ruben Gonzalez ("Flamencotille") or of the French Erik Satie ("Obsession"). "Funky Trip" finally reminds us that funk is a mixture of rock'n'roll and very rhythmic jazz.
Nema travels not only from one culture to another but also between contrasted ambiences: from serenity to concern, joke to anger and meditation to frenzy. The instruments do not only produce melodies, but also express their moods with a pretty sturdy character.
Would this be paradise for all or a creation reserved for an elite music lover? Communion with such a UFO is not obvious. A jazz feeling seems necessary, while a taste for progressive rock'n'roll will help to appreciate certain lengths rather than to undergo them. You cumulate both? You will receive Heaven Way as blessed bread. You have neither one, nor the other, but a thirst for discovery without blinkers? Convert! The mass is said, amen."
Julien Weyer - Critiques ordinaires
"The Nema array is a superb creation, with compositions by Nicolas Guay being piercingly efficient. The direction of each individual piece is skillfully led toward conclusive progression, as successive solo interpretations from the four musicians, are intelligently related, and musically weld-on together.
Virtuosity is not the only ingredient, as poetry and finesse are equally shown. From Gibraltar, with echoes of d’Aranjuez, to the homage of Led Zep… not forgetting the explosive Funky Trip, or the terrific Quartal or further still, the haunting Obsession; and how about Heaven Way. To be consumed without moderation!"
The compositions
With NEMA (Guitar - Drums - Piano - Double bass)
Ismaïl Mesbahi - Percus
- Gibraltar (tribute to Vicente Asencio)
- Funky trip
- Flamencotille
- Obsession
- Quartal
- Heaven way (tribute to Led Zeppelin)
Guitar
- Prologue et toccata
- Océanic visions (bande électro + percus)
- Tribute to Manuel De falla (+ percus)
- Cancion de Lausanne (+ percus)
- Campanas de la Esperanza : sonate
- thèma
- plainte
- final
- esquisses flamencas
Guitar and Orchestra
- Concerto (with oriental percussions)
- Campanas de la esperanza (arrangement with string orchestra)