Mercredi 19 Mars 2008 à 13:7:2

Roland and Simon Playing in the Bistri im Feld in Heidelberg

Roland and simon in Klenks Weinbar Mannheim (2006)

Samedi 1 Mars 2008 à 13:49:59

What is Kal'basse

Kal'basse is the mix of two words: "Kal" that means "to say" in the Bassa language of Cameroon and Kalbasse like french word "calebasse". This is a natural gourd that is used for different purposes troughout the world. The phylosophy of Kal'basse isassociated with the image of a gourd because we never know its content, it can basically be Various. So is our music a mixing of Afro pop, Acoustic, Chanson, Jazz and RnB. Our music is the traduction of our various influences. Kal'basse members are from different countries. Cameroon, Germany, Congo.

The creation and steps

Before a concert (Jazz sous les manguiers Yaoundé 1996)

The group then followed various ways recruiting additionnal members such as the actual Guitarist and drummer of the group macase in Cameroon.

The style was totally free, it is much more honest to say that we were still looking for an identity in our music, rotating between a soft rock, various african music and Jazz. This was the period of "Rising Spirit" the second name of the group.

Although ramaining  very opened to various african rythm and  jazz, the new  Kalbasse is finally the reflection of individuals musical perceptions of the members. At this level Sarah Rothfluss has brought a totally new inspiration with compositions much more inspired from pop music. The actual Kalbasse philosophy is instrumentally oriented towards acoustic sounds, where guitars, piano and voices are the guidelines.

Kal'bass takes profit of all the jazz experience of Simon Mayer, while Nathan allows the exploitation of African rythm in a pure native way.