1.Igor in the sky - prelude 03:03
2.Le Tsapis volant 04:30
3.Το μαγικό χαλί (Manos Hatzidakis-Akos Daskalopoulos)04:52
4.Sultan-i yegâh(traditional) 05:46
5.Victor Challita (lyrics :Lynn Adib) 04:20
6.Le vent vient de loin... (lyrics : Maki Nakano) 02:08
7.Abdallah Kamanja 06:27
8.Neblina(lyrics : Valentina Añez Rothman) 04:40
9.Le sapeur de Panama 04:42
10.Sabahin seher vaktinde(Gülay Hacer Toruk) 02:51
11.Yagmur yagar (traditional) 04:32
12.Τα παιδιά της γειτονιά σου (traditional) 04:06
13.Igor in the sky 05:45
« I often dream that I am flying over cities, mountains, seas and oceans in a state of plenitude, with the full force of the wind freely flowing over my face, and a deep sense of well-being at floating freely. I am often described as absent-minded, lost in thought, mesmerised by interior journeys and their escapist landscapes which carry me, safe and sound, far from reality and its pedestrian, humdrum, nitty gritty nature. And yet there it was, right under my feet, the magic carpet that weaves my name in French, my Tsapis tapis; all I had to do to fly away was hop on it!
I met Zeina Abirached a decade ago, when she designed
a magnificent sleeve for the Mataroa project of the Kaïmaki band.
As a Franco-Greek, I was instantly seduced by the graphic style and great emotional sensitivity reflected in the work of that Lebanese lady, fresh out of Beyrouth. I remember my enthusiam when her graphic novel, The Oriental Piano, came out in 2015, describing the cross-links between her personal path and that of her great-grand-father Abdallah Chahine's fabulous creation. That story truly inspired me.
Zeina invited me to take part in a concert designed around the Oriental Piano. The show was first performed at Stains in 2016, and again in 2017 at La Ferme du Buisson during the Pulp festival. Luc-André Deplasse walked onstage with a piano practically identical to the Oriental Piano designed by Abdallah Chahine. The show is based on the graphic novel and blends music, story-telling, shadow play and drawing. We were privileged to perform it many times in France and abroad. I even had the great honour of playing on Abdallah Chahine's original piano in Lebanon during our March 2019 tour.
From that came a project for a solo album based on the pieces composed for the show, which begat the wish to arrange the music for orchestra: The Oriental Piano morphed into "Tsapis Volant", The Magic Tsapis, a French pun on my Tsapis patronym and its homonym, a tapis volant, a flying carpet.
"Le Piano Oriental" is a solo album(Vinyl, CD-Comics), whereas "Le Tsapis Volant" features the female voice.
This new project makes me want to travel and seek out new horizons with my trio from the last album and various guest stars from different backgrounds. We shall therefore fly away on my magic 'Tsapis Volant' with a rythm section that includes
Marc Buronfosse on bass, Arnaud Biscay on drums, the great percussionist Neset Kutas, and a whole gamut of female voices performing on a large scale of varying tones and languages: I have named the singers Gülay Hacer Toruk, Lynn Adib, Cybèle Castoriadis, Valentina and Juanita Añez and Maki Nakano, encountered in Paris or during the course of my musical travels. My compositions will be heard in different languages; the voices will sometimes blend and merge, or vanish in a puff.
The 'Tsapis Volant' will be a musical meeting of our common purpose, rising above differences to swoop in on the
heart of the matter. »
Stéphane Tsapis
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Cybèle Castoriadis, voice
Stéphane Tsapis, oriental piano
Marc Buronfosse, double bass
Neset Kutas, percussions
Arnaud Biscay, drums
lyrics
3.Το μαγικό χαλί
Στο μεταξωτό μου το μαντήλι
βρήκα τα φιλιά που μου `χεις στείλει,
τα μετρώ και κάνω το σταυρό μου
να σε δω κι απόψε στ’ όνειρό μου.
Στο μαγικό χαλί σου
πετώ κι εγώ μαζί σου
σε πολιτείες και χωριά,
στην Πάφο, στ’ Αϊδίνι,
στη Χίο, στη Μυτιλήνη,
κι ως μες στην Αλεξάνδρεια.
Στον ουρανό κρυφοί μπαξέδες
και γύρω γύρω καφενέδες,
και γύρω γύρω καφενέδες.
Στο μαγικό χαλί σου
πετώ κι εγώ μαζί σου
και σβάρνα παίρνω το ντουνιά,
το Νείλο, τον Ευφράτη,
την Προύσα, τη Βαγδάτη,
τη Δαμασκό, τη Μπαρμπαριά.
Στο μεταξωτό σου το μαντήλι
κρύψε τα φιλιά που σου `χω στείλει,
μέτρα τα και κάνε το σταυρό μου
να με δεις κι εσύ μες στ’ όνειρό σου.
Dans mon mouchoir de soie,
j’ai trouvé les baisers que tu m’as envoyés,
Je les compte et je prie
Pour te voir ce soir dans mes rêves
Sur mon tapis magique
Je vole avec toi
Au-dessus des villes et des villages
Vers Paphos, Aidini,
Vers Chios et Mytilini
Et jusqu’à Alexandrie
Dans le ciel,
Des jardins secrets,
Et, tout autour,
Des petits cafés (bis)
Sur mon tapis magique
Je vole avec toi
Et j’emporte avec moi
Le monde entier
Le Nil, l’Euphrate,
Bursa, Bagdad
Damas, le Maghreb
Sur ton mouchoir de soie
Cache les baisers que je t’ai envoyé
Compte-les et prie
Pour me voir toi aussi dans tes rêves
In my silk handkerchief,
I found the kisses you sent me,
I am counting them and I pray
I shall see you in my dreams
On my magic carpet
I fly with you
Over cities and villages
Toward Paphos, Aidini,
To Chios and Mytilini
As far as Alexandria
In the sky,
Secret gardens,
And all around
Small cafés (bis)
On my magic carpet
I fly with you
And with me I take
The whole world
The Nile, Euphrates,
Bursa, Baghdad
Damascus, the Maghreb
In your silk handkerchief
Hide the kisses I sent you
Count them, and pray
That I too might appear in your dreams
credits
from LE TSAPIS VOLANT,
released August 11, 2019
Composition Manos Hadjidakis, arrangement Stéphane Tsapis
Stéphane Tsapis is a composer, pianist and producer living in Paris.
2019 - Le Piano Oriental, Le Tsapis
Volant, Cristal records/Sony Music Entertainment
2016 - Border Lines, Stéphane Tsapis trio, cristal records/PIAS
2014 - Charlie and Edna, Stéphane Tsapis trio, cloud/Boundee
2012 - Mataroa, Kaïmaki, autoproduction
2011- Musique pour 4 mains et une bouche, open music...more
Released in conjunction with her M-Unit ensemble's tenth anniversary, the composer's new concept album is a boundless, jazzy dispatch. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 11, 2023
