Label & Collectif Artistique

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. Among the founder members, we can find the pianist Francis Le Bras and the drummer Guillaume Dommartin.

At the moment, Vents d’Est works in the distribution of the projects of his members by tying up partnerships in a European scale and develops an activity of label.

The Vents d’Est collective began around 1998. Members :

Francis Le Bras piano & composition
Daniel Erdmann saxophone & composition
André Ze Jam Afane slam
Guillaume Dommartin drums
Vincent Courtois cello & composition
Alain Julien photo & video

Associated musicians Olivier Sens, Marc Baron, Louis Sclavis, Frank Möbus, Yves Robert, François Choiselat, Johannes Fink, John Schröder, Hasse Poulsen, Edward Perraud, 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...

Vents d'Est has also produced albums of his members : Serge Adam "Bucarest", ALATA "1", Vincent Courtois "Les Contes de Rose Manivelle"(co-produced with Le Triton), Daniel Erdmann + Francis Le Bras, ALATA "Grain de sable" & BULU-FULASSI "Les parlophones".

ALATA

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Olivier Py saxophones & flute
Francis Le Bras fender rhodes
Emmanuel Brunet bass
Guillaume Dommartin drums

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Samples : www.myspace.com/alataquartet



Daniel Erdmann + Francis Le Bras

Francis Le Bras piano & fender rhodes
Daniel Erdman tenor saxophone

Samples : Double Stupid (DE) / Duo (DE) / Baron Rouge (FLB) / Aabbac Aabb Abac (DE) / Stehendes Nachtblau (Johannes Fink)



Bulu-Fulassi : Les parlophone

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

Samples : www.myspace.com/bulufulassi



Das Kapital

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

Samples : www.myspace.com/daskap



Hasse Poulsen's Progressive Patriots
On tour in Europe from mach 27th to april 4th 2011. CD will out on march 2011, Quark Records !

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

Samples : www.myspace.com/progressivepatriots



Erdmann 3000

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

Samples from Supermicrogravity :
Aroma / Supermicrogravity / St Benjamin



John Schröder Quartet

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

European cooperates :

Carsten Daerr Trio
in agreement with Tobias Schuster / Shoestring_Jazz_Booking

Carsten Daerr piano
Oliver Potratz double bass
Eric Schaefer drums

Samples : www.myspace.com/carstendaerr



Johnny La Marama
in agreement with Charles Gil / Vapaat äänet & Tobias Schuster / Shoestring_Jazz_Booking

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

Samples : www.myspace.com/johnnylamarama


Label :

Mobile

Luis Vina tenor saxophone &clarinettes
Adrien Amey alto & baryton saxophones
Gilles Coronado guitar
Guillaume Dommartin batterie

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Samples : www.myspace.com/mobibile



Hémard / Barisaux / Mulpas
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A beautiful tribute to Billie Holiday recorded live at "Les Flâneries Musicales de Reims" in 2007.

Carole Hémard voice
François Barisaux piano & compositions
Anne Mulpas writer & storyteller

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