Cyril Secq (1973) : guitars, piano, Fender Rhodes, analog synths, harmonium, sound objects.
Yvan Ros (1969) : drums, percussions, harmonium, Fender Rhodes, double-bass.
Vanina Andréani (1974) : violin, Fender Rhodes, harmonium, kalimba.
Guillaume Wickel (1977) : clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, Fender Rhodes, harmonium
All recordings and mixings by Cyril Secq
Created in 1997 around Cyril Secq and Yvan Ros, as a guitar/drums duo, astrïd expanded and settled with successive arrivals of the violin player Vanina Andreani (1998) followed by the clarinet player Guillaume Wickel (2005).
astrïd’s music is inspired by improvised music, folk and jazz from the seventies, as well as by classical and contemporary composers, from Ravel to Arvo Pärt.
Since 2007, the group lives and works between Nantes and Marseille (France).
astrïd has performed in concert, often in atypical venues (theatres, dance stages, churches, café Oto/London, Whitechapel Gallery/London, Ingleby Gallery/Edinburgh…), and has shared the stage with Rachel’s, Balmorhea, Gregor Samsa, and others.
The group has worked with video creators, choreographers and has created music for a trilogy of short movies called NYC3 by Guillaume Paturel .
Astrïd has also created different projects of collaborations with other artists, in particular with French composer, singer and instrumentalist Sylvain Chauveau (Butterfly in the Snowfall) and with American composer and pianist Rachel Grimes (Rachel’s).
“Pieces and Parts” appear to be a full band ensemble, joining Astrïd, Rachel Grimes and Sylvain Chauveau, as a live project.
discography
Music for, LP/CD, Arbouse Recordings, 2004.
&, 2xLP/2xCD, Arbouse Recordings, 2008.
High blues, CD, Rune Grammofon, 2012
Butterfly in the snowfall, cd, Home Normal, 2014
Compilations
Bucolique vol. 2, Arbouse Recordings, 2003.
Le Chant des batailles (in link with the book « La Révocation de la pensée »), Arbouse Recordings, 2007.
Musique pour statues menhirs, Arbouse Recordings, 2009.
Erik Satie et les nouveaux jeunes, Arbouse Recordings, 2011.
Elements (1-5), Home Normal, 2014
Members of Astrïd appear on :
Orla Wren, home normal (Secq/Andréani)
Charrier (Secq/Wickel)
That summer (Secq)
Oiseaux-tempête, subrosa (Secq)