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Emile Parisien: saxophone
Leila Martial: voice
Tony Paeleman: keyboards
Anne Paceo: drums
Adrien Soleiman (guest): saxophone and keyboards
Her fourth album, full of energy and electric influences, is a mix of songs and instrumental escapades, telluric rhythms and free-spirited whirlwinds. The organic groove of Circles is at once poetic and inspired. Anne Paceo is accompanied by Leila Martial (voice), Emile Parisien (sax) and Tony Paeleman (keyboards); the band she leads is emblematic of a new generation of inventive and uninhibited musicians.
“Circles is the product of a slow metamorphosis which brewed over the last four years, the birthing of an entirely new approach to how I conceive my music. This album focusses on the notion of circles, loops, the cyclic aspects of time, and the changes that occur between death and rebirth. Circles is a series of tableaus that go from light to dark, from spare to abundant, expressing both inner turmoil and moments of peaceful plenitude.”
“With Circles Anne Paceo invites us on a journey where cosmic rock meets soulful prayer, where cold steel funk can lead to strange extraterrestrial drifts, leading us step by step to another, unknown and fascinating territory” – Les Inrocks
“Anne Paceo exalts the heartbeat, the sublimity of inner song” – L’Humanité
“Captivating” – Madame Figaro
“With Circles, Anne Paceo has established herself as one of the leading creators capable of combining the art of songwriting with the suggestive force of improvisation” – Jazzmag