Disul

Ten flutes : from the hazy warmth of the wood to the implacable clarity of the silver, from the deep and almost tribal sound of the octobass (contrabass) flute to the mysterious ancient Breton scale of the little boxwood F flute, from the distinguishing and singular Breton-type phrasing of the wooden flutes to the percussive and audacious patterns of the bass or octobass. Ten flutes, from different makers and different times, made out of wood or from metal, each one with a distinct sound, a different voice... or maybe not so different after all. But we still hear a well-thought and appreciable range of sounds and musical expressions here. And yet it is only flutes and flute-playing that produce all the variety here, apart from some bells in the distance, at the end of Disul II (track 7). The repertoire Jean-Mathias and Jean-Michel transcribed, adapted and arranged has become for them a sort of common musical ground on which the particular and the universal intermingle. Flutes are strange instruments, aren't they ?