“The Night Watch”, “The Fall of the Damned”, “The Origin of the World”, “The Old Women”. In “Le Petit Musée”, the group’s fourth album led by Franck Vandecasteele of Marcel and his orchestra and Cyril Delmote of VRP, Lénine Renaud gives paintings to listen to. They present their new show on Tuesday evening in Mons-en-Baroeul.
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” During confinement, barracks, smiles mischievously Frank Vandescasteele, I wanted to make some space in my library and it is the exhibition catalogs that are the most voluminous “. The Montois is caught up in a biography of Gustave Courbet written by Michel Ragon. Then another from Goya as well as letters from Gaston Chaissac. ” I called Cyril (Delmote, sales reps), I told him that I already had three texts, including The old of Goya and that it would be nice to write an album about painting. »
“Museums are my places of spirituality. I tell myself that if man is capable of the worst, in these places he is capable of the best. »
Lenin Renaud’s co-writer says banco. ” Like Cyril, I don’t go to temples. But I need spirituality, and museums are my places of spirituality. I tell myself that if man is capable of the worst, in these places he is capable of the best. Franck Vandescasteelle says that many of his travels were first guided by museums: Saint Petersburg for the Hermitage Museum, New York for the Metropolitan Museum, London…
New exercise
The exercise is unique. ” I looked, there’s a song by Reggiani about Picasso. Nougaro sang Lunch on the Grass. But a whole album on works, no. Just describing would have been boring. The authors content and “poet”, as their biography has fun. Toulouse Lautrec is a ribald farce, The origin of the world make fun of the well-meaning, The Cockfight drops us off at the gallodrome. Everything is successful in this title, model of social and realistic song carried by a music between tango and biguine. ” Each time, we wondered what could be the most suitable social climate. For example, The Old Women, by Goya, it’s a bit of a slow paloma, because it’s their last lap. On The Woman with a Parasol, of Monet, I wanted a light pop melody, something a la George Harrison. »
“Each time, we wondered what could be the most suitable social climate. For example, Les Vieilles, by Goya, is a bit of a slow paloma, because it’s their last lap. »
Lénine Renaud will defend his fourth album this Tuesday evening on stage in Mons. With its pedigree, the sextet is well surrounded. The disc was recorded by Dominique Ledudal (Trénet, Renaud, Higelin) and directed by Anne Conti. The works are projected simultaneously on a giant screen: It’s more than a singing trick, it’s a show. »
Salle Allende in Mons (8 p.m.) on Tuesday evening, at the Channel in Calais (7 p.m.) on February 17 and Espace culturel Ronny-Coutteure in Grenay (7 p.m.) on May 1.
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