Yvan Le Gall: beautiful nu fusion



News:
22-12-2007:
Yvan Le Gall remains one of my favourite finds in 2007. A subtle blend of nu fusion and raga, delivering a potent mix of guitar driven music. Yvan contacted me to let me know what he's doing in 2008. Currently he's working night, day, and sleeping when he can find the time!



Normally, he's not producing instrumental music , rather working with vocalists. Check out Bablues56.com for some of his other work, playing solos on "Where did we go wrong".

When talking about his own instrumental music he explains that he's taking the time to compose... compose... compose... real songs and not only shred or guitar tunes!

I talked to Yvan about the guitar seen in France, Yvan said:

I've also realized myspacing that instrumental guitar is more appreciated through UK and USA (Italia too) than in France, that I've guessed before.


His current plans are to move to India and immerse him self in the musical culture of that continent.

A reminder then to check out the excellent music on his MySpace and that you can buy Mp3's 256 kbps encoding quality track for only 0.99 euros using PAYPAL. Currently 5 songs now available:
Durga Puja
Nuit bleue
Jungle
Prise d'eau
Sweet

Just send Yvan Le Gall a message on MySpace giving a valid email id for full details.


06-11-2007:
Yvan Le Gall has just posted a new track on his myspace: http://www.myspace.com/yvanlegall and also a few pix of his gear.

18-05-2007:
Cool news, Yvan Le Gall has set up 4 of his compositions so they are now available for sale using paypal secured payment system:

"Jungle", "Nuit bleue" , "Prise d'eau" & "Sweet" in Mp3 format (256 Kbps encoding quality) for only 0.99 euros each.

Yvan says:
"If you're interested in my music, please send me message giving a valid email address and the name of titles you wish to buy. I'll send you a link for PAYPAL payment and as soon as it is registered, I'll send you an email containing the MP3 songs to you email address used for PAYPAL. Each tune is about 8mb in size so one mail per song is required. Other formats like Wma or Aiff are also available on demand."


06-05-2007:
A big thanks to Yvan Le Gall for letting me know about his music. Check out his MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/yvanlegall and listen to his tracks, which are a mix of Indian, Holdsworthian, Beckian fusion...nice!

Background:
Yvan Le Gall is from Pays de la Loire in France. He has been a guitarist since 1993,playing in different bands from rock to jazz-rock, studio sessions and also a lot of duet gigs with some singers from his home town.

Yvan Le Gall spent several months in India last year, travelling and above all meeting musicians, learning, sharing and understanding basis of raga and the use of the numerous indian modes melakartas and thaats. Yvan Le Gall set his heart on Mumbai (Bombay) where traditional music is often mixed with western style. Listening to his sample mp3's you certainly get this feel.

The demo tracks, 6 in all, include 2 covers: "Beautiful Strange", a song composed by Andy Timmons and "Above and Below" composed by The Brecker Bros.

Influences include: Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, Shawn Lane, Ram Narayan, Phil Manzanera, Jean-Marie Ecay, Jens Johansson, Larry Carlton, Corrado Rustici, Brett Garsed, Greg Howe, Michel Cusson, Eric Johnson, Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford, Yngwie Malmsteen, Scott Henderson, Chick Corea, Bulgarian Voices, Egberto Gismonti, Vicente Amigo, Jaco Pastorius, Trilok Gurtu, Robert Le Gall.