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Festival Cap Suds 2008
Didier Melon:
These are musicians I have known for a long time and which, are both active in their own universe. There is a sort of south coast Mediterranean flare within the two artists that could only mix well.
Two different worlds and two different personalities. The way Oliver encountered flamenco for example, is very interesting, even astonishing. The way he dived in the Spanish and flamenco world as if he was eating a sweet treat…Karim is a different person, more aerial and which nurses the melody to its extreme form. Oliver’s strength and Karim’s lightness intertwine with great ease.
Karim Bagilli :
What are we going to hear tonight? Compositions from Olivier Cima which I am going to play with his musicians and some of my compositions which he is going to play with my musicians. It will be a breakdown of music influenced by flamenco, Arabic music and each musician’s personality.
Oli Cima :
As for me, my father is Italian and my mother is from Belgium. I started the guitar at the age of 14. I have had an eclectic path. I fist studied classical guitar, then electric and much later flamenco. I did a lot of Rock, then jazz and finally flamenco.
My girlfriend is a flamenco dancer. I went with her in Andalucía and there, when I really encountered traditional flamenco, I realized I had to get involved in this music.
I want to say, though, that I am not really a flamenco guitarist.
Karim Bagilli :
I feel the same way about what Olivier said: I don’t pretend either to be a traditional flamenco guitarist. I use some of its technique, principally the right hand technique: And necessarily, some harmonies and rhythm. It is a music that communicates and which inevitably and gradually united us.
My father is from Jordan and my mother is Serbo-Croatian. I was born in Belgium. I started playing the electric guitar at the age of 16. The group Dire Straits participated in my falling in love with this instrument. It’s kind of funny because this musician play with his fingers although the electric guitar is mostly played with picks. It inspired me to play with fingers rather than picks.
At the age of 20, I discovered flamenco with a skilful flamenco guitarist from Belgium. I felt too crazily passionate to be told not to do this or that. I met Marc Etovelet who gave me an hour class and, which changed me forever as it provided me with two years of work.
I very much respect the sonority of the oud instrument. I incorporate it it in my compositions which may, perhaps, have a rumba rhythm or flamenco like tango.
The oud meets the flamenco rhythm but does not do flamenco.
Oli Cima :
“I think that even for someone who is not a musician, travelling, is a life formation that is clearly a source of inspiration”.
Karim Bagilli :
“To me, travelling is also an internal journey so I spend a lot of time, thinking or travelling, if you will”.