Jazz, world

Nesrine Belmokh: lead vocal, cello, composition
Matthieu Saglio: cello, sampler, composition
David Gadea: percussion

Between jazz, soul and world music, in english, french or arabic, NES blurs out the frontiers between styles and languages to give birth to songs full of soul, switching from intimacy to lyric or explosions.
Their first album ‘Ahlam’ has been released by the prestigious German label ACT in 2018, unanimously welcome and acclaimed by international critics, he has reached more than 3 million streams on Spotify.

“One of the albums of the year.” The London Times (GB), “The time of NES has come.” Deutschlandfunk (DE), “An immediate charmfull album” Le Monde (FR), “Of extraordinary generosity (…) simplicity, complicity and pleasure.” RTS (SW).

VIDEOS
Ahlam 2017
NES live in Zürich – Allouane 2019
NES live in Zürich – The World is Blue 2019

The fieriness of flamenco, the freedom of jazz, the elegance of classical music

Ricardo Esteve: flamenco guitar, composition
Matthieu Saglio: cello, composition
Jesús Gimeno: drums, cajón

After 2 decades, more than 500 concerts in 25 countries and 5 albums, Jerez-Texas have imposed themselves as one of the major references of modern flamenco.

“Jerez-Texas’ music is a small miracle, or a big one, depending on how you see it. It’s the type of music you would listen to all your life. (…) Jerez-Texas’ music isn’t flamenco, or jazz, or even flamenco-jazz, but rather something else that is difficult to describe, as there are no words that successfully manage to describe a dream.” El País – Chema García Martínez

VÍDEOS
Un Americano en Motril – Live in Valencia 2012
Vapores del Sudán – Live in Sagunto 2016
clip Jerez-Texas San Javier 2006

Cool afro-jazz

Abdoulaye N’diaye: kora, lead vocal, composition
Matthieu Saglio: cello, composition
Alfie Copovi: keyboard
Carlos Sanchis: accordion, armonica
David Gadea: percussion

“Grass never grows on the road where people walk by”, says an African proverb. That is probably why the musicians of Diouke, rather than following the beaten tracks, let their sensibility flow free, giving birth to a clearly contemporary style of music but nevertheless anchored into European and African traditions.

“Fabulous album, (…) which gives sense to the term “Global Music”. I wish all the music born under the alibi of fusion would have such a laid-back approach.” – Carlos Pérez de Ziriza

VIDEOS
Clip Rambleta 2012
Samba – Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Valencia, 2016

Eight strings above the Mediterranean

Fathi Ben Yakoub: violin, composition
Matthieu Saglio: cello, composition

The music which is composed by Saglio and Ben Yakoub feeds on their classic western repertoires and the Arab-Andalusian music which forms its own proper language and establishes a dialogue based on emotion and virtuosity.

“Beyond instrumental and interpretive virtuosity-both musicians showed complete mastery in their respective string instruments- in aesthetic and stylistic virtuosity. Yakoub and Saglio have achieved this fusion, this mix of oriental and western, of North and South, hanging a silver bridge across the Mediterranean in which both musical expressions have found themselves and joined together to become one voice, one pulse, in a unique way of expressing emotions, feelings, happiness, daydreams and most definitely, sensuality.” Diaro Levante – Josep Lluís Galiana

VIDEOS

Danza del Sacromonte – Palau de la Música de Valencia 2010
Diálogos – Palau de la Música de Valencia 2010