Label & Artistic Collective

Vents d’Est is a french collective of musicians created in 1998 and based in the region of Champagne-Ardenne. It was born from the will to develop creative and innovative artistic projects.

Vents d'Est is a collective, but also a label (distributed in France, UK & Germany / Austria) and a booking agency.

Members :

Francis Le Bras piano & composition
Daniel Erdmann saxophone & composition
André Ze Jam Afane slam & poetry
Alain Julien photo & video
Hasse Poulsen guitar & composition
Edward Perraud drums & composition
Benoît Delbecq piano & composition

Associated musicians Samuel Rohrer, Vincent Courtois, Olivier Sens, Marc Baron, Louis Sclavis, Frank Möbus, Yves Robert, François Choiselat, Johannes Fink, John Schröder, Carsten Daerr, Eric Schaefer, Oliver Portratz, Kalle Kalima, Chris Dahlgren, Adrien Amey, Maxime Delpierre, John Betsch, Christian Weidner, Oliver Steidle, Emmanuel Codjia, Etienne Mbappé, Laurence Allison, Kandia Kouyaté, Serge Adam, Christian Sebille...

ALATA
France

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Olivier Py saxophones
Francis Le Bras fender rhodes
Emmanuel Brunet bass
Guillaume Dommartin drums
Benoît Fromentin sound designer

Samples www.myspace.com/alataquartet


Benoît Delbecq

Solo, duos (with Marc Ducret, François Houle, Steve Argüelles, Andy Milne, Han Bennink...), trios (Delbecq 3 with Jean-Jacques Avenel & Emile Biayenda), quartet (Poolplayers with Lars Juul, Arve Henriksen & Steve Argüelles...), quintet (Delbecq Unit with Mark Turner, Oene Van Geel, Mark Helias & Emile Biayenda, Delbecq 5 with Michael Moore, François Houle, Jean-Jacques Avenel, Steve Argüelles...), etc.


Bulu-Fulassi : Les parlophone
Germany / France / Cameroon

André Ze Jam Afane poetry
Daniel Erdmann tenor saxophone
Francis Le Bras piano & fender rhodes

Samples www.myspace.com/bulufulassi


Daniel Erdmann + Francis Le Bras
Germany / France

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Francis Le Bras piano & fender rhodes
Daniel Erdman tenor saxophone


Das Kapital
Germany / France / Denmark

This impressive german-french-danish trio has just released a new CD dedicated to the famous german composer Hanns Eisler.

Daniel Erdmann tenor saxophone
Hasse Poulsen guitar
Edward Perraud drums


Edward Perraud "Synaesthetic Trip
France / Belgium

Bart Marris trumpet, flugelhorn & electronic
Benoit Delbecq piano, keyboards & electronic
Arnault Cuisinier double bass, electric bass & electronic
Edward Perraud drums & composition


Erdmann-Rohrer Quartet
Germany / France / Switzerland

Daniel Erdmann tenor saxophone
Vincent Courtois cello
Frank Möbus guitar
Samuel Rohrer drums


Erdmann 3000
Germany

Daniel Erdmann tenor saxophone
Frank Möbus guitar
Johannes Fink double bass
John Schröder drums + Guest : Yves Robert trombone


Fantastic Merlins
USA

Nathan Hanson saxophone
Matt Turner cello
Brian Roessler double bass
Pete Hennig drums
+ Guest : Kid Dakota vocal

Samples www.myspace.com/fantasticmerlins


Hasse Poulsen's Progressive Patriots
Denmark / France / USA
--> CD-release tour in Europe from september 27th to october 10th.

Hasse Poulsen guitar
Guillaume Orti alto saxophone
Stéphane Payen alto saxophone
Henrik Simonsen double bass
Tom Rainey drums

Samples www.myspace.com/progressivepatriots


Hasse Poulsen's Sound of Choice
Danemark
--> on tour in Europe from november 14th to 27th.

Fredrik Lundin saxophone, flutes & electronics
Hasse Poulsen guitars with certain pedals & vocals
Lars Juul drums & electronics

 


Patchwork Dreamer
France / Germany / USA / Mali
--> CD Release : end of september 2011.

Daniel Erdmann tenor saxophone
Alain Julien video
Francis Le Bras piano & fender rhodes
Johannes Fink double bass
John Betsch batterie
+ guest Cherif Soumano kora


European cooperates :

Carsten Daerr Trio
Germany
--> in agreement with Tobias Schuster / Shoestring_Jazz_Booking
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Carsten Daerr piano
Oliver Potratz double bass
Eric Schaefer drums

Samples www.myspace.com/carstendaerr



Johnny La Marama
Finland / Germany / USA

--> in agreement with Charles Gil / Vapaat äänet & Tobias Schuster / Shoestring_Jazz_Booking

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Kalle Kalima guitar, effects & voice
Chris Dahlgren double bass, electric bass, effects & voice
Eric Schaefer drums & voice

Samples www.myspace.com/johnnylamarama



John Schröder Quartet
Germany

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John Schröder is a drummer, a guitarist and he plays the piano too ! Actualy it's his first instrument. This new band is the meeting of two generations of german virtuosos. Impressive and beautiful !

John Schröder piano
Christian Weidner alto saxophone
Oliver Potratz double bass
Oliver Steidle drums