The sweat of the rainforest, the hostility of the mangrove did not suit him in the end. So he left his natural environment for the tranquility of a freshwater lake. Without the constant need to battle to assert its territory, the Tiger found there the ideal place for its instrumental stories. To tell the story of those journeys that took him from Asia to Africa, from soul jazz salons to the concrete streets of hip hop, and transformed his stripes into music sheets where Thai ranges and ethio-jazz arrangements were registered.
These journeys, the feline tells them in quartet, the steps of the superpredator inspired by the tenor saxophone of Laurent Bardainne, leader / trainer in the instrument in which are reflected the great figures of free jazz.

Without splashing, bass and drums draw concentric circles on the surface of the water, as many reactions to the groove, when the Hammond organ blows over the wave as the carrier of melodies and solos. With his eyes fixed in an analog and live aesthetics, Laurent Bardainne and Tigre D’Eau Douce engrave three first tracks with claws on the label Heavenly Sweetness.

First feline attack before the album.

Trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, musician, composer, founder or co-founder of several formations, director, producer, musical Rubik’s Cube whose facets mix with each other, Laurent Bardainne collaborated with Pharrell Williams, Cassius, Philippe Katerine, Oxmo Puccino, David Murray, Daniel Darc, Thomas Pourquery Supersonic … non-exhaustive list. Also co-founded Poni Hoax (electro rock), Limousine, Lost (duet with Camélia Jordana) or more recently Sabrina & Samantha (Ed Banger records).

Tigre d’Eau Douce is his first project as a leader, a return to his first jazz love.

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