PIERRE LORDET
Compositions, clarinet, bass clarinet and effects

Pierre Lordet is a clarinetist, composer and arranger. He created several musical projects including the NoMad collective, for which he has written a
significant part of its repertoire. With NoMad, Pierre Lordet has recorded 4 albums and performed in hundreds of concerts since 2003. (NoMad will release its fifth album in March 2018/Une​ ​autre
distribution​). Furthermore, Pierre has composed and recorded different soundtracks for theatrical shows and documentaries (L’Enfant​ ​Lune,​ ​Au​ ​Fil​ ​Des​ ​Jours,​ ​Casa​ ​de​ ​Clovni…​).In 2016, he created an opera for a children’s choir, AFORTUNADA, for which he has composed the whole partition. In parallel, he shared the writing of young DOUAR Trio’s repertoire. He founded ASYLON TERRA in 2015, a quartet for which he has composed the first album, Blind​ ​Man Running​, released in 2017. Pierre is currently composing a solo piece for the play Contre​ ​Mémoire,​ ​​by the company​ ​​Haut Les Mains. He has participated in many creations as a clarinetist, such as Compagnie​ ​Haut-les-mains​ ​/ “Contre-Mémoire”,​ ​Compagnie​ ​du​ ​Briquet​ ​/​ ​« Nour »,​ ​Arash​ ​Sarkechik​ ​/​ ​« La​ ​Conférence​ ​Des Oiseaux »,​ ​Fleur​ ​Lemercier​ ​/​ ​« Trois​ ​Petits​ ​Vieux »,​ ​Compagnie​ ​Songes,​ ​Cirques​ ​Galapiat. And as a composer and arranger in projects shared with Xavier​ ​Machault​ ​(Afortunada),​ ​Pierre​ ​Dodet (new​ ​NoMad​ ​project),​ ​CRR​ ​de​ ​Chambéry,​ ​Yoanna,​ ​Marre​ ​Mots,​ ​Léonid,​ ​Maczde​ ​Carpatt,​ ​Djemid… After studying classical music and jazz (alongside Pierre Drevet, Pierre Dubier, François Luzignant…), he continues to explore different styles with his instrument, from soft wooded sound to electric rock. He is a member of​ ​ASYLON​ ​TERRA,​ ​DOUAR​ ​TRIO,​ ​NO​ ​MAD,​ ​CONTRE-MEMOIRE​ ​et​ ​AFORTUNADA,​ ​​and is affiliated with artist’s collectives LA​ ​CURIEUSE​ ​and​ ​KING​ ​TAO. He also played alongside​ ​Guillaume​ ​Perret,​ ​Anne​ ​Quillier,​ ​Abeer​ ​Nehme​ ​​(Lebanon),​ ​François​ ​Castiello, and many other great musicians.

ANNE QUILLIER
Fender Rhodes – Moog

Pianist and composer, she trained as jazz pianist at the Conservatoire de Chambéry (notably with Pierre Drevet and Laurent Blummental) and had the opportunity to work with musicians such as Denis Leloup, Stephane Guillaume, Denis Colin, François Jeanneau, Guillaume Orti, Jean-Charles Richard … Notable for her qualities as composer, arranger and musician, in 2013 she won the 36th National Jazz Competition in La Défense with her band, the Anne Quillier 6tet. Following this concert, the producer of France Musique, Xavier Prévost invites the group to play at the Radio France Festival in Montpellier Languedoc – Roussillon on 23 July 2014  for a concert broadcast on France Musique. The band is selected in the same year for the Jazz (s) RA selection. Anne Quillier plays, composes and arranges currently in the trio Blast, the Horckmans / Quillier Duo and the Anne Quillier 6tet. She performs in the Grand Escalier orchestra conducted by Jean-Charles Richard and accompanied by Jazz (s) RA, as well as in La Substance directed by Léo Jeannet, the Agg trio, and regularly in solo. With the duo Watchdog, she became Laureate Jazz Migration 2016. She is also regularly found in various formations in the Rhône Alpes region.

LUCAS HERCBERG
Basse, effects

After playing in various “contemporary music” bands of the Rhône Alpes region, Lucas Hercberg joined the jazz curriculum (on electric bass and double bass) and classical (double bass) at ENM de Villeurbanne. In parallel and selftaught, he discovered various electronic hacks and the MAO. He works with several theater companies for whom he composes, plays and / or conducts sound. Lucas Hercberg currently plays in various and varied formations: CHROMB! (Jazz Migrations 2015), The Very Big Experimental Toubifri Orchestra, Dibouk (klezmer), 1000 francs in the throat (impro noise), The Accord Sensible (contemporary theater)…

CLEMENT BLACK
Drums

He started drums at the age of 7, joined the Department of Oriental percussion at the ENM in Villeurbanne with Alain Chaléard, then went on to teach percussion with Master Ali Alaoui (Cheb Khaled, National Orchestra of Morocco, Bijan Chemirani, etc. …) in Toulouse.  He also studied drums at the Dante Agostini school with Daniel Dumoulin. Since 2013, he regularly visits Fez in Morocco to deepen his knowledge about popular and traditional Moroccan music alongside Said Idrissi (conductor of Najat Ataabou). He currently plays in several bands: ArbaA (trance / groove music), King Tao Orchestra (Afrobeat), Art Gecko Beat (Afro-funk), Kalakuta Orchestra (Afrobeat) , Saturnes (songs in CFA Francs) and Ori Orati (jazzethnic).