MINO CINÉLU & NILS PETTER MOLVÆR „SulaMadiana“ France-Norway

Percussionist Mino Cinélu and trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær create sparkling musical conversations across disparate cultural backgrounds, weaving the references to Miles Davis, Afrobeat and more into a complete and entrancing whole. Cinélu says: “We both know each other’s cultures, we find bridges and crossings, and when we walk these paths they lead in the same direction.” The first collaboration between Cinélu and Molvær, „SulaMadiana“ is like eavesdropping on an evolving multilingual conversation, but one with an invite open to all.

Norwegian trumpeter, composer and producer Nils Petter Molvær, who has collaborated with Bill Laswell, Moritz von Oswald and Sly & Robbie, takes multiple music styles and effortlessly reshapes them into unique and dramatic soundscapes. French composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer percussionist Mino Cinélu, whose CV ranges from Miles Davis and Weather Report to Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, has rightfully earned a reputation as a “master-of-all-trades.” Whether playing percussion, drums, guitar, keyboards or singing, he brings his infectious personality full of warmth and joie de vivre, coupled with decades of intense study in a wide variety of international styles.