ONCEIM (Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations et Improvisations Musicales) is a French new music ensemble, established in 2012 by pianist Frédéric Blondy, and comprising over 30 European improvisers and members of prominent jazz, free jazz, free improv and contemporary classical groups. Through the in-depth exploration of improvisational practices, the Onceim musicians have developed a rich and unique panel of know-how. It’s as if each musician were one tool within a toolbox, all at the service of the project being undertaken. Without necessarily knowing where we are going, we go, we meet each other, we overlap, we manufacture, we shape, we listen, we listen to each other and we produce, together. The potential for serendipity is also ever-present and we aim to seize it and extract all its radiance. These discoveries only go to enrich the Onceim sound and sensory palette.
Onceim
Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations et Improvisations Musicales
Artistic Director - Frédéric Blondy
Violin - Patricia Bosshard, Prune Bécheau
Viola - Cyprien Busolini, Elodie Gaudet, Julia Robert
Cello - Félicie Bazelaire, Anaïs Moreau, Deborah Walker
Double bass - Sébastien Beliah, Benjamin Duboc, Frédéric Marty
Guitar - Giani Caserotto, Jean-Sébastien Mariage
Clarinet - Xavier Charles, Jean Dousteyssier, Jean-Brice Godet, Joris
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Saxophone - Pierre-Antoine Badaroux, Bertrand Denzler, Benjamin
Dousteyssier, Stéphane Rives
Trumpet - Louis Laurain, Franz Hautzinger
Trombone - Alexis Persigan
Saxhorn - Jean Daufresne, Vianney Desplantes
Piano - Alvise Sinivia
Accordion - Pierre Cussac
Drums and percussion - Rémi Durupt, Antonin Gerbal, Julien Loutelier
Electronics - Arnaud Rivière, Diemo Schwarz
Track 1, recorded live by Stéphane Rives and Frédéric Blondy at Eglise Saint-Merry, Paris, on October 29, 2020
Track 2, recorded by Camille Lezer at La Muse en Circuit, Alfortville, on January 17, 2020
Track 3, recorded live by Stéphane Rives and Frédéric Blondy at Eglise Saint-Merry, Paris, on April 27, 2018
Mixed and mastered by Pierre Etchandy
Cover art by Jacques Perconte
Graphic design by sPl@T!
