Ekome - that's the name of my new band. The word Ekome means "together" in the Ga language.
The members of the band are (from left to right):
Fredrick Addo (Ghana) - gome drum, African flute, vocal, dance
Irene Orleansky (Israel) - Stick, NS-Stick, vocal
Emelia Odai (Ghana) - vocal, dance, percussion
Joshua Anang (Ghana) - kpanlogo drums, djembe, percussion, vocal
We are currently working on recording our first album. In recording there are also participating guest artists from Israel, Africa and other parts of the world.
Keep tuned!
Virginia and I have finished our first European tour, and we'd like to thank our friend and manager Roger Salem for making it possible, SR Technology for providing us with their amazing amplification system, Massimo Martinaglia and Paolo Siconolfi for their helping us all through the tour, all the club owners who welcomed us at their wonderful places, Emanuele in Casaprota, Peppa at Tumbler Pub in Rome, Fabio in Cittaducale, Franco at Cantina Mediterranea in Frosinone, Max at Fictio in Chieti, Alberto and Augusto at Ittolittos in Milan, Stephan at Culturium in Basel, Steve at Sophie Hot Launge in Agno, Alfred at Club Cinq in Vevey, and special thanks to Walter at Cantina Canetti in Locarno! And last but not the least HUGE THANKS to all the great people who came to listen to our music (some even from other cities and countries)!!
Here are some pictures from the tour. More pictures coming soon.
Babà Records present:
"From The Valley Of Sharon"
Irene&Virginia at Tumbler Pub, Rome, 21 November 2007
Irene: Chapman Stick, vocal
Virginia: Makassar fretless bass
"Flamingoes" Irene&Virginia at Tumbler Pub, Rome, 21 November 2007
Irene: NS/Stick
Virginia: Stick
"Rain Lullaby"
Irene&Virginia at Tumbler Pub, Rome, 21 November 2007
Irene: oud
Virginia: acoustic guitar
I have just received a new half-fretless NS/Stick designed especially for me by Emmett Chapman in collaboration with Ned Steinberger and Steve Mosher. I've never held such a wonderful instrument in my hands before. THANK YOU, EMMETT!!! Thanks Ned, Steve, Don, everyone at Stick Enterprises!
Animation clip on the song Meditation by the animation artist Maria Savelieva (Ukrain) and the photography artist Stas Korolov (Israel)
Irene Orleansky and Virginia Splendore are currently working on recording their album and preparing for the tour in a duo around Europe in October/November 2007. Check the tour dates above.
A home recording of the rehearsal at Virginia's place in Casaprota, Italy. Terrible sound, but REALLY funny:
Cides-Orleansky-Marotta tour, July 2007:
View the photo report of the tour:
An amazing combination of music and dance: the dance troop of Samah Gaed and the trio Cides/Marotta/Orleansky performing in Tesserette, Switzerland. Photography by Hans Wendland.
This is a video clip of the instrumental piece "Meditation" performed on the Chapman Stick, made in Moscow, Russia:
Studio time with Kirill Malahov:
Miscellaneous:
Sooo. who is this wonderful singer singing on some of my tracks? I'm happy to introduce you the owner of the sweetest and sexiest male voice I've ever encountered Kirill Malahov. Listen to the track "Deep Within My Soul" and enjoy his gift. I promise to post more tracks where Kirill features soon.
And here we are, Kirill and I together:
