Peemaï
WORLD ETHNIC GROOVE
Peemaï draws its roots in the music of Asia, from Laos to Indonesia, as well as in the urban culture of its 4 artists. The result? A music without borders in which hypnotic rhythms and haunting melodies are mixed with joy with reinvented traditional songs. A unique and generous musical set, which they share with a jovial complicity, a communicative energy carried by a powerful groove and improvisations both sensitive and virtuoso.
Peemaï was formed in 2016 at the National Stage of Sète, before doing their first concert at the Vientiane Jazz Festival in Laos and then touring South East Asia. Today, after about fifty concerts in France and abroad, Peemaï is constantly reinventing itself, as part of a process of exchange with musicians from South East Asia and sharing. Peemaï’s music offers a joyful musical journey, where the smile of its performers spreads among their audience, in a ritual of shared happiness.
Distribution
- Hugues Mayot : saxophones
- Gilles Coronado : guitar
- Alfred Vilayleck : bass
- Franck Vaillant : drums
Projects
Gaga Gundul
The Gaga Gundul project is an artistic collaboration between the French group Peemaï and the Javanese collective Gayam 16 around Javanese music.
Peemaï
Peemaï was formed in 2016 at the Scène Nationale de Sète, before doing their first concert at the Vientiane Jazz Festival in Laos and then touring South East Asia.
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In the newspaper
RADIO PAYS D’HERAULT – JULY 2021
« To dive into a PEEMAÏ album is to get lost in a jungle of iconic sounds, soaring jazz coupled with drum & bass percussions on crazy psychedelic and voltaic guitar riffs, all transporting us to the lands of Asia, from Indonesia to Laos, through generous and jovial gamelan and javanese songs that make you want to take a plane to the volcanic island of Java and abandon yourself to the elements […] ! »
Samuel Heyndrickx
TELERAMA – JANUARY 2018
” […] the inventive groove constantly takes us by surprise, whether it’s with a soaring brassy drop, gnawa karkabous or raging trip-hop rap. “
Anne Berthod
JAZZNEWS MAG – DECEMBER 2017
” […] and their first album a real energizing candy with almost infinite flavors. “
Mathieu Durand
OPEN JAZZ/FRANCE MUSIQUE – APRIL 2017
” To experience a Peemaï concert is to make your ears travel where they don’t expect to. […] The miracle is a collective sound. Very unusual and nicely insolent. “
Alex Dutilh
