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Artist
Mólo Sâyat
4+ albums
jazzfolkmale vocalistsethnicworld fusion
about
It all began when the soon to be jazz saxophonist Mathieu Najean heard a beautiful but strange melody escaping from the bathroom. There was this guy singing pretty loudly in the shower. “Where’s that music coming from?” asked Mathieu to the smiling hairy dude coming out of the steam… This is how Pôl Seif, who had recently arrived in Brussels to study cinematography, introduced his housemate to one of his passions, singing Mediterranean songs. By the end of 2010, round a warm dinner table; they had started jamming regularly: Pôl, Mathieu and another friend from their cinema school, Paul Gautier. Two French guitarists and a Lebanese singer having fun without any clue of what was about to happen ! They soon met Frederic Safin (double bass) and Olivier Faber (percussions, trumpet, violin). Together they learned the Rrom anthem, some Lebanese lullabies, a few Greek hit songs. It all began to look like a real band… So they played in front of people and it felt good. After a while the line-up was completed with Alexis Van Doosselaere (percussions) and Anthony Dupriez (guitar). It looked more and more like a real band but there was still something missing… A real band needs a proper name ! Which is hard to find… While musing about their identity, the ensemble re-arranged traditional Mediterranean songs that Pôl would propose… Greek, Italian, Gypsy, Lebanese and Egyptian songs. They added a large dose of swing, mixed genres and started shouting happily choruses in strange languages –
