Contreo is the new project by Ollivier Leroy (Olli), founder of Olli & the Bollywood Orchestra.
In the past he delivered his very personal interpretation of popular indian music. He gave tribute to Bollywood and visited hindi rock. Now, Olli comes back to his western roots and dives into the world of head voices.
Although it could seem very far off his previous projects, Olli sees Contreo in very logical lining with his work.
All the tracks are sung in English. The music is a mix of pop and baroque music, with a dash of electronic sounds. Klaus Nomi will obviously come to mind, as well as his ?Cold Song? adapted off Henry Purcell's ?King Arthur?, or eunuch voices brought to popular knowledge by Farinelli, also composers such as Wim Mertens.
However, Olli will take you to a somewhat different place. His encounter with composer and arranger Jean-Philippe Goude will prove to be decisive for the rest of the adventure. Very excited by the project, Jean-Philippe Goude offers to write all the arrangements and to perform on stage with his Orchestra alongside Olli. Jean-Philippe Goude was first noticed for the arrangements he made for various popular artists (Dick Annegarn, Odeurs, Renaud who owes him his ?Mistral Gagnant's? theme). He wrote the theme songs for several French TV shows (Caracteres, Un siecle d?ecrivains), films soundtracks (Nos enfants cheris ? ?To our beloved children?). He also composed the music for the Barcelone Olympic Games, as well as many advertising campaigns' theme songs.
Contreo est le nouveau projet d?Ollivier Leroy (Olli), createur d?Olli & the Bollywood Orchestra. Apres avoir donne une vision tres personnelle de la musique indienne populaire, rendu hommage a Bollywood et visite l?hindi rock, Olli revient a ses racines occidentales pour se plonger dans l?univers des ? voix de tete ?.
Ce nouveau projet, qui peut paraitre radicalement different des precedents, s?inscrit, pour Olli, dans une perspective artistique somme toute assez logique.
Tous les titres qu?il a composes sont chantes en anglais, dans un style qui fusionne musique pop et musique baroque, sous-tendus de sons electroniques.
On ne manquera evidemment pas de penser a Klaus Nomi et son ? Cold song ? adapte du ? King Arthur ? d?Henry Purcell ou encore aux voix de castrats popularisees par Farinelli mais aussi a des compositeurs comme Wim Mertens. Toutefois, c?est un peu ailleurs qu?Olli vous emmenera.
La rencontre avec le compositeur et arrangeur Jean-Philippe Goude sera decisive pour la suite de l?aventure, celui-ci s?enthousiasme pour le projet et se propose d?ecrire tous les arrangements et de l?accompagner sur scene avec son Ensemble.
Jean-Philippe Goude s?est tout d?abord fait connaitre par ses arrangements pour des artistes de variete (Dick Annegarn, Odeurs, Renaud qui lui doit le theme de ? Mistral gagnant ?). Il a aussi compose plusieurs generiques d?emissions de television (Caracteres, Un siecle d?ecrivains...), des musiques de films (Nos enfants cheris...). La musique des Jeux Olympiques de Barcelone ainsi que de nombreux themes pour des campagnes publicitaires.
Sur scene Herve Cavelier et Sebastien Surel aux violons (W Sheller, Ute Lemper, Peter Kingsberry, Ben Harper, Bumcello, Lenny Kravitz, Richard Galiano...), l?altiste Camille Barsalino la violoncelliste de l?orchestre de l?Opera de Paris et de la comedie musicale ? Mozart ? Miwa Rosso, le contrebassiste Benoit Dunoyer De Segonzac (Julien Loureau, Bobby Mc Ferrin, Ute Lemper...)
- 2010
