L'histoire de Obissa /The story of Obissa/Historien om Obissa

 

1. L'histoire de Obissa et les membres du groupe.

Que peuvent faire trios artistes Français et Danois qui ne parlent pas la langue de l´autre mais curieux  les uns des autres et avec l´envie de se decouvrir, lors de leur premiere rencontre pendant quelques heures dans un studio d´enregistrement ?

Jouer avec des mots et de la musique, parce que lire a haute voix des mots dans une langue inconnue, c´est comme de la musique : directement vers vos emotions.

Et Quelquechose /  Som om det er noget est un essai, mais aussi un statement, un moment fugitif dans l´espace, des mots portant des graines pour d´autres mots, d´une voix  a un souffle.

 

2: The story of Obissa and group members.  Obissa - a play with words and music. How can two French and one Danish artist, work on their first meeting in a recording studio where they have just a few hours available. They do not speak each others language. They have only the music and discover desire (garnished with a slightly bad english) available. Are they curious and interested enough to find out anything about language differences and similarities. About languages musicality. The result was a very special CD, with French and Danish and cross-border languages: music and sounds.

  "A Quelquechose / As if it's something." Is a love letter to the two very different languages, French and Danish. A love letter to and play with words and music.
Languages are like different kinds of music. They speak directly to your feelings. They can be understood and enjoyed without one understands the words actual meaning.
They are also a fleeting moment in space. Words lead other words from one voice to another. They are there at the moment and then gone. Yet there is something left. A new understanding.
A Quelquechose / As if it is something is definitely not a masterpiece, but it is in some way one-standing.
Obissa consists of the French poet and word artist Isabelle Barat, musician and composer Laurent "Saxi" George, writer and musician Ole Bundgaard.  

Want to buy the CD (14 euro including transit and postage) Send an email to: Isabelle Barat   mail: hickorydock@free.fr Laurent Saxi George  mail: venividisaxi@hotmail.com Ole Bundgaard mail: olebundgaard@gmail.com

The three artists are :

French poet and word artist Isabelle Barat. is living in Paris. Is writing short texts and fragments, often with prints, photos, or drawings. Has published in french and in english in litterary and art magazines, in France, Great-Britain and United states. Been engaged in a duet with dancer and musician Ly Than Tien, impro movement-writing ; they've been invited over in 2007 à Irtijal, festival of experimental music and poetry in Beyrouth.

French producer, musician (bass clarinet, flute) and composer, Laurent “Saxi” Georges. He has been living in Copenhagen for ten years and is well known on the poetic scene in Copenhagen and he is a great connecter btwn french and danish artists. Is also engaged in research work w. xxx university. He's been touring for years over the world w. new circuses such as Archaos. He has been the heat power for a lot of good events both in france and in denmark- “Lille 2004, European City of Culture” by instance. He made movies, absurd, poetic, humoristic- He's currently doing a series for TV Marineret, called Saxi Epidemia.

3. Historien om Obissa

Obissa - en leg med ord og musik.
Hvordan kan to franske og en dansk kunstner, arbejde sammen på deres første møde i et lydstudie, hvor de kun har nogle få timer til rådighed. De taler ikke hinandens sprog. De har kun musikken og opdagelysten (garneret med en anelse bad english) til rådighed. Er de nysgerrige og interesserede nok til at finde ud af noget om sprogs forskelligheder og ligheder. Om sprogenes musikalitet. Det kom der en meget speciel cd ud af, med fransk og dansk og det grænseoverskridende sprog: musik og lyde.

”Et Quelquechose / Som om det er noget.” Er en kærlighedsærklæring til de to meget forskellige sprog, fransk og dansk. En kærlighedserklæring til og leg med ord og musik.
Sprog er jo som forskellige slags musik. De taler direkte til dine følelser. De kan forståes og nydes uden man forstår ordenes egentlige betydning.

De er også et flygtig øjeblik i rummet. Ord fører andre ord med sig fra en stemme til en anden. De er der i øjeblikket og så borte. Alligevel er der noget tilbage. En ny forståelse.

Et Quelquechose / Som om det er noget er så absolut ikke et mesterværk, men den er på sæt og vis ene-stående.

Obissa består af den franske lyriker og ordkunstner Isabelle Barat, musikeren og komponisten Laurent ”Saxi” George og forfatteren og musikeren Ole Bundgaard.