The music of the French company Oiseaux-TempĂȘte is all about travel. An important goal of this is to soak up the cultural influences where they settle and to integrate them into their music. For example, they recorded their well-received studio album (2017) mainly on in Beirut. Spun out post-rock mixes with Arabic sounds and geopolitical undertones. Then the group went on a world tour, of which
… the live album Tarab is a reflection. Utrecht was also visited in 2017 during the Le Guess Who festival. None other than , ex-singer of joined the group here. With strikingly beautifully proclaimed poems, this former punk singer takes his place within the musical cathedrals that Oiseaux-TempĂȘte builds up every song, brick by brick. Their post-rock with ethnic undertones flourishes on stage and makes Tarab a psychedelic and intense experience, even in the living room. (MR)more