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See also: Malicorne

Malicorne is a group of music Folk of the Années 1970.

The group was formed at the origin of Gabriel Yacoub which is the founder with Marie Yacoub, Hughes de Courson and Laurent Vercambre. Their first album is Pierre of Grenoble , published under the name of Gabriel and Marie Yacoub.

Gabriel Yacoub formed before part of the group of Alan Stivell, but, according to its clean dires, decided that he preferred to sing songs resulting from the French-speaking inheritance that to sing only into Breton or Gaelic, and left Stivell to found Malicorne.

Their influence in the folk wave of the Années 1970 in France was important, beside more traditional groups like the Rattan and the Celtic Musique of Alan Stivell. The group was characterized by employment at the same time folk instruments and electroacoustics. Their arrangements were an illustration of the style progressive Folk-rock'n'roll. For the texts, they called as much folk upon the funds as with personal compositions. Ground-Gil, celebrates lyric writer, contributed his share to Balançoires on fire . This originality enabled them to survive a little more than of others end of the mode Folk at the beginning of the Années 1980, while with the wire of the evolution of the group, certain members undertook careers solo.

Discography

1974 Colin
1975 the English Marriage
1976 Almanach
1977 We are singers of twaddles
1977 Quintessence (compilation)
1978 the Extraordinary Tour de France of Adélard Rousseau, known as Nivernais the key of the hearts, Compagnon carpenter of the duty
1979 In public in Montreal
1979 the Bestiary
1981 Balançoire on fire
1986 the Cathedrals of industry
1989 Legend, 2nd time
1996 Vox (compilation of vocal songs)
2005 Marie de Malicorne (compilations of songs interpreted by Marie Sauvet-Yacoub)

Song

The work of the voice is one of the pillars of this innovative group, which made songs and laments has cappella its speciality, in particular with titles like the White Hind , the Orange Prince or Marions the pinks . Arrangements are complex and very required and thus confer on their repertory a recognizable signature between all. One can find all their songs has cappella on the compilation Vox left in 1996.

Music

Electric guitar with mandoloncelle while passing by the Cromorne or the Violin, the group knew to marry traditional and electric instruments thanks to a scientist proportioning. The melodies result generally from the folklore but very often of the original compositions introduce or finish traditional topics.

The group also works on innovative sounds and sound effects (which create a particular environment) and goes until creating new instruments such as the famous organ with voice which one can amongst other things hear on the title the White Hind . Are also used less known instruments such as the Dulcimer, the virginal, the Vielle with wheel, the Nyckelharpa, the viola d'amore, the elka and well of others still such as the Glockenspiel.

The musical influences of the group are mainly the traditional Musique French and sometimes Québécois, the music of the Middle Ages, the Celtic Musique but also the Rock or the Jazz.

Topics

With the image of the traditional songs, the majority of the titles of Malicorne cover dark subjects such as the loves disappointed, the war, the poverty or of sad stories of terror as in the bloody inn . Very often the magic and the curses in any kind also hold an important place in their albums: the titles of the album the Bestiary are the perfect illustration. Parallel to the texts, the music also has a mystical, strange dimension and is used for wonder the most tragic stories and laments. However one also regularly finds lighter songs and melodies to see even comic such as Couché late raised morning or the girl with cress .

Others

celebrates It Breton guitarist daN Ar Braz made its beginnings on the album Pierre of Grenoble , first disc of the group.
Gabriel Yacoub, the pillar of the group, played sides of Alan Stivell and is reproduced on several albums of the Breton musician.
the small pockets of the various albums were always richly illustrated and often comprised a booklet with the words of the songs, of the texts of presentation for each title as well as drawings or photographs.
Certains discs had a general topic or a discussion thread: traditional festivals with Almanac , the Trade-guild with the Extraordinary Tour de France of Adélard Rousseau or the mythology of the animals with the Bestiary .
the album the Cathedrals of Industry was normally to be the second album solo of Gabriel Yacoub but at the time the recording company decided some differently probably for trade names.
the disc Almanach to date remains still the album more sold by the group.

External bonds

the discography of Malicorne on the site of Gabriel Yacoub
a page criticizes
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