The series of "Papiers Ouverts" by Jean Degottex (1918-1978) created in 1974 and poems by Maurice Benhamou fed the improvisations of the two musicians. Ghosts, ruins, stars, rubble ... punctuate this work recorded in Belgium, Monos gallery.
Benjamin Bondonneau : Bb clarinet, drums, objects, voice, paintings.
Michel Doneda : soprano and sopranino saxophones, radio, voices, texts.
Benjamin Bondonneau (born in 1975 in Sarlat) is a French artist and clarinetist active on the free improvisation scene. He has collaborated with
Daunik Lazro,
Michel Doneda, Barre Phillips,
Lê Quan Ninh, Raymond Boni,
David Chiesa, Benjamin Maumus,
Sébastien Cirotteau, François Rossé,
Fabrice Charles, Géraldine Keller,
Raphaël Saint-Remy...
Michel Doneda (born in 1954 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France) is a soprano saxophonist of improvised music. He multiplies the meetings and the collaborations since the beginning of the years 1980: Didier Masmalet, Steve Robins,
Beñat Achiary,
Fred van Hove,
John Zorn,
Lol Coxhill, Raymond Boni, Phil Wachsmann, Ravi Prasard,
Joëlle Léandre,
Daunik Lazro,
Lê Quan Ninh, Alain Joule, Barre Phillips, Martine Altenburger, Dominique Regef, Elvin Jones, Elliot Sharp, Jin Hi Kim, Mats Gustafsson,
Sonic Youth,
Camel Zekri, Keith Rowe, Tetsu Saitoh, Kazue Sawai, Gunter Muller,
Fabrice Charles, Gérard Fabbiani, Bhob Rainey,
Bertrand Gauguet,
Giuseppe Ielasi,
Stéphane Garin,
Jérôme Noetinger,
Alfredo Costa Monteiro,
eRikm,
Serge Pey, Masaki Iwana, Valérie Metivier, Yukiko Nakamura...
