San Salvador
FRANCE | Polyphony with the impact of trance and punk.
Polyphony with the impact of trance and punk.
Six voices, two drums, twelve hands, and a tambourine; that’s all the instruments employed by the French group San Salvador. It doesn’t sound very rock and roll, but just wait until you see this sextet live at work.
San Salvador – founded in the commune Saint-Salvadour in the Massif Central – offers an imaginary “Polyphonie Corrézienne,” but they’re grounded in the Occitan a cappella (folk) tradition, and the concomitant language, spoken in South West France and parts of Spain and Italy.
These progressive troubadours turn language and vocals into rhythmic instruments with the power of (tribal) trance and techno, and even “math rock” and punk. The result is one big cluster of joyful energy that’ll make the whole room jump and swing. Their performance, “La Grande Folie,” questions the myth of immutable “heritage.” This is their first time in the Netherlands!
Formation
Gabriel Durif – vocals, tambourine
Eva Durif – vocals, hands
Thibault Chaumeil – vocals, standing tom
Marion Lherbeil – vocals, standing tom
Laure Nonique Desvergnes – vocals, hands
Sylvestre Nonique Desvergnes – vocals, cymbals, bass drum
