L’Orchestre du Mont-Plaisant
Wednesday 15 July
Doors 7pm / starts 8pm
£10 + 50p bf* advance / £12 on the door
£10 + * 50p bf in advance from Bridport TIC or Bridport Electric Palace. £10 + £1 bf in advance from seetickets.com
https://www.seetickets.com/event/l-orchestre-du-mont-plaisant/the-electric-palace/881168
Baroque supergroup L’Orchestre du Mont-Plaisant bring their world rhythms to Bridport Electric Palace on Wednesday 15 July.
Tickets costs £10 + 50p booking fee in advance from the box office or Bridport TIC or £12 on the door. Tickets are also available online from Seetickets.com
Based in London since 2011, ODMP brings together world rhythms and moody cinematic moments playing blues and dance pieces, with notable influences from Congolese soukous, African highlife, Ethiopian jazz, cumbia and a whiff of Middle-East and Turkish psychedelia.
They have recorded sessions for Cerys Matthews on Radio 6 and were featured on Fiona Talkington’s Late Junction on Radio 3, Gideon Coe’s Radio 6 show, Tom Ravencroft on Radio 6 and Jo Whiley on Radio 2. They are regulars on Resonance Fm, SOAS radio and have been featured in French music and culture magazine Gonzai.
They toured extensively throughout England, Germany, France, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia, Spain, Holland, Belgium. They shared stages with the likes of Kuabata Makoto, Hype Williams, Imperial Tiger Orchestra, The Experimental Tropic Blues Band and Talibam! among others.
They recently worked as artists in residence in Germany making music for theatre and collaborating with local musicians as part of New Hamburg Festival, commissioned by Deutsches ShauspielHaus.
Their new album Orchestre Du Mont-Plaisant II came out on May 29 on Polychrome Sounds.
”I put the music on and it blew me away!” Cerys Matthews – BBC Radio 6
”I absolutely adore it!” Tom Ravenscroft – BBC Radio 6
“An imaginary super group, an uplifting gem of coalescent enterprise.” 113 Dalston lane
“Sounding like a carni-folk version of The Doors meeting Django Reinhart” Spoonfed
“Global rhythms and dramatic cinematic scores… Highly recommended.” Movimientos
“Hints of African High Life, Guiro-led percussion, organ playing Arabic sounds I couldn’t quite place and a fabulously swinging Latin rhythm section. Magical!” Home Spun Show
“ODMP produces incredible dance numbers with startlingly forward momentum and otherworldly moods.” Sinemacity
