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Ethnician

Ethnician is the self-titled
debut album of a band (formed by ex

Dirty District members)
which great live reputation has spread widely

since their first
concert in December’ 97. Two drummers-percussionnists

(one of them a singer),
a keyboard player and a skillfull sound engineer

(full time member
of the band) are calling the tune in an amazing flood of

percussions and electronic
sounds and set the stage on fire as can testify

those who have seen
them perform.

Discovered by the ” Printemps de Bourges ” Festival Network,

Revelation of the
Pop-Komm 98 according to the German press, the band

choose to record this
first album in an abandonned movie theater located

in the African district
of Paris. Mixing took place in Brussels, away from

the pressure and tension.

Supervised by Jean-Michel Reusser (Leonard Cohen, John Cale, Lo’Jo

Triban, The Lama’s
Chant…), the production is signed by the band and

sound engineer Gilles
Martin (Deus, Front 242, Bel Canto, Tuxedo Moon,

Hector Zazou…).
The mastering was done in London by Paul Solomons.

Fragrance from the Orient (Moussaï, Welcome To Fantasy Island),

urban breaks (Growing
Seeds, Complaint, A Test), modern transe (Medecine

Man, Dub#2), brassy
ballads (Ate Pode Aleijar), the twelve tracks of the

album are the perfect
reflections of a band whose members originated from

Russia, Portugal,
Armenia and Egypt are tuned in to the world’s

vibrations.

No electro nor ethno, their music covers a wide area ranging from

free jazz to techno,
from reggae to rock and batucadas, following the

musicians imagination
and their obvious happiness to play. Helped by some

musician friends (from
French bands Oneyed Jack and L-TNO plus Christian

Lechevretel on trumpet,
Mika de Brito on didjeridoo and Bruno Lebrises on

double-bass) the band
releases its creativity and obviously appears as the

melting pot of their
very own style.

Enriched by this first studio experience and more motivated than

they ever were, Ethnician
are getting ready to take the stage, their

avorite place on earth.