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La Peuge in May:
Geoffroy Gesser (tenor saxophone, clarinet), Simon Henocq (electronics), Prune Bécheau (violin), Aymeric Avice (trumpet), Joel Grip (double bass), Francesco Pastacaldi (drums), Cécile Laffon (editing of the pre-recorded part)

La Peuge in May was born out of the desire to link the workers' struggles of spring 1968 with the contemporary research of improvisers and composers.
One Friday afternoon in September 2016, I decided to record a conversation with my maternal grandparents around certain episodes of their life in which I had a great interest: their childhood during the Second World War, their working conditions in as workers in Peugeot factories, their experience of strikes and union struggles.
From this spontaneous and apparently aimless interview - if not to keep a record - was born the desire to know more about the episode of May 68 in the region of Montbéliard: strikes, occupations of factories, demonstrations. I have set up a system for recording interviews with other former workers, activists or union officials, increasing the number of meetings and discussions around the spring of 68 and the Peugeot center in the country. of Montbéliard.
After a first selection of rushes, I called on the radio director Cécile Laffon to edit these voices so that I could improvise and compose music while relating the May 68 episode told by the workers.
With the musicians of La Peuge En Mai we then mixed our music with these voices.
Geoffroy Gesser

Production: Le Ton Vertical
Co-productions: Les 2 Scènes, Scène Nationale de Besançon, Collectif Coax
Support: Department of Doubs, DRAC Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, ADAMI, SPEDIDAM

ALBUM RELEASE JANUARY 29TH : 

https://collectifcoax.bandcamp.com/album/la-peuge-en-mai

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