Aldorande

Aldorande is a jazz-funk quartet led by Virgile Raffaëlli on bass (Setenta, Joe Bataan, Camarão Orkestra…) with Florian Pellissier on keyboards (Iggy Pop, Guts, Setenta, Joe Bataan, Cotonete…), Mathieu Edward on drums (Chassol, De La Soul, Setenta, Joe Bataan, Yusan…) and Erwan Loeffel on percussion (10LEC6, Camarão Orkestra…). This musical object rescued from the 70s rehabilitates a genre in the purest tradition of Azymuth, Headhunters, Cortex and other Roy Ayers, by adapting it to the modern aesthetics specific to our English neighbors: langourous rides, torpor and syncopation are served by a rhythmic assassination and hand-sewn keyboards: a groove machine so well oiled that even downtempo ballads would make Ed Motta levitate above Copacabana…