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GATHERED AROUND FLUTE PLAYER ETIENNE LECOMTE AND VRAK' TRIO (1ST PRIZE ON BARCELONA'S CONCURSO DE JAZZ 2007), THE SIX MEMBERS OF CROSSROADS PROJECT CREATE A VERY PERSONAL UNIVERSE.

COMBINING 20^TH CENTURY WRITTEN AND ORAL MUSIC, WITH THE INFLUENCES OF WORLD MUSIC, FUNK, AVANT-GARDE JAZZ, ROCK AND OTHERS, THIS ARTISTIC PROJECT SEEKS A WAY TO CROSSOVER ALL THESE CULTURAL MOVEMENTS, CREATING A NEW LANGUAGE, A COMMON EXPRESSION, IT IS NOT JUST A FUSION EXPERIMENT.

BECAUSE MUSIC GIVES BIRTH TO IMAGES AND VICEVERSA, MIA MAKELA CREATES ON THE SPOT VIDEO IMAGES, THAT WILL KEEP ON CHANGING AND BEING RE-INTERPRETATED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SHOW.

DURING THE MUSIC AND VIDEO PERFORMANCE, LITTLE WRITTEN MUSIC PIECES ARE A PRETEXT FOR CREATING NEW IMPROVISED SITUATIONS. ALTHOUGH SOME GENERAL STRUCTURES ARE DISCUSSED IN ADVANCE, THIS PROJECT IS BASED MAINLY ON IMPROVISATION AND ENCOURAGES ITS MEMBERS TO A FREE THINKING SPIRIT, A “CONSTANTLY IN MOTION” WAY OF EXPRESSION...

CROSSROADS IS A MEETING POINT FOR MUSIC, IMAGES, STYLES AND ITS DIFFERENT HISTORICAL MOMENTS.