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Sylvaine Hélary is a rare bird, having played with the “Surnatural Orchestra”, the French singer Dominique A, Steve Coleman, the French Orchestre National de Jazz (which she will take over as director in 2025) and her fellow musician Sarah Murcia, with whom she co-leads the quintet La tête de Lark.

After several albums with small groups, Sylvaine Hélary is back with her brand-new Orchestre Incandescent, bringing together nine artists working on the frontiers of jazz, pop, baroque and electronic music. The result is a singular orchestral sound that fuses delicacy and power, timbre and bewitching rhythms.

RARE BIRDS unfurls a subtle range of poetics, a palette of sensitive expression with many surprises. Synthetic meets organic, instrumentation travels through the centuries and viola da gamba meets synthesizer, music and lyrics flow from the same clear, fresh source.

Sylvaine Hélary's musical setting of Emily Dickinson words, the intense atmosphere of The Abandoned Village a poem by P.J. Harvey, from whom she has already covered verses on a previous album, and the rich, plural universe presented by the flutist and composer, are all evidence of charisma and sisterhood.

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released September 13, 2024

All compositions by Sylvaine Hélary
Except #5 by Guillaume Magne and Antonin Rayon
All poems by Emily Dickinson
Except #7 by Polly Jean Harvey

Orchestre Incandescent is :
SYLVAINE HÉLARY : flute, voice
ANTONIN RAYON : fender rhodes, synths, clavinet, drum machine (#6, 7)
ÉLODIE PASQUIER : clarinet, bass clarinet
CHRISTIANE BOPP : trombone, sackbut
MAËLLE DESBROSSES : viola, viola d'amore
LYNN CASSIERS : voice, electronics, bass synth (#1,5)
CHLOÉ LUCAS : violone, tenor viola da gamba
GUILLAUME MAGNE : electric guitar, acoustic guitar, voice
JIM HART : drums
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ALEXIS PERSIGAN : trombone (appears on #5)


Recorded April-May 2024 at Studio Ouanne by Anaëlle Marsollier and Antonin Rayon
Mixed and mastered by Antonin Rayon
with precious advice of Guillaume Magne Graphic
Design by Jean Depagne
Photos by Caroline Ruffault
Live photo by Maxim François
Produced by Association Sybille and Yolk Records
Warm thanks to Le Théâtre de Vanves, Le Petit Faucheux, Les 2 Scènes, Valérie and Véronique, Dominique Chrétien and Catherine Gélineau, Céline L’Hostis and Christel Deslis

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Yolk Records Nantes, France

Awarded as the best french jazz label in 2020, Yolk has released nearly 100 CDs. The label is giving artists the control of their releases. Founded by three jazz musicians who remain its artistic directors: Alban Darche, Sébastien Boisseau and Jean-Louis Pommier, Yolk is a platform for encounters, an attractive space for internationally renowned musicians. ... more

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