photo: Renaud de Foville
Aret Madilian of French dark wave band Deleyaman invited to compose the music for the Étonnantes Abbayes de Normandie event which will take place in October 2022 in abbeys throughout Normandy in France. The music will be released on October 25 (digital) and as a limited edition CD (300 copies) via TT0 Records. All tracks were named after stars. Two of them, Sirius and Véga, are available for streaming. The music will be played in all participating abbeys during the cultural week from October 26 to November 1, 2022.
The Abbey Project is available for pre-order here.
Aret Madilian: piano, keyboards
Artyom Minasyan: duduk, tavshevi, plul
Madalina Obreja: violin & alto violin
Eric Plandé: tenor & soprano saxophones, flute
Pierre Baillot: oud, bansuri, soprano saxophone
Béatrice Valantin: voice
Madilian is currently mixing the songs for the new Deleyaman album, which will be released in April.
