Louise Et Vilmorin, Sophie Tassignon (voice) and Kevin Patton (guitar), are not only musicians; they are storytellers, adventurers, collectors of the rich tapestry of human expression. These 21st-century troubadours have curated a musical experience that spans continents, blending an eclectic mix of modern jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, Russian folk, Irish traditional, flamenco, Carnatic, and gypsy styles. With lyrics in Arabic, French, Russian, and English, they invite us on a journey—a journey across continents, through stories told and untold, offering listeners a rich, musical program that celebrates our human entanglement.

Sophie Tassignon is a Berlin-based  vocalist, pianist and composer who is active in the European Jazz, Avant-Guard, and Electroacoustic communities. She has toured worldwide and claims 11 releases as a leader on different relevant record labels, including Clean Feed Records, A-jazz, Alone Blue Records, visionofsound, RareNoise Records, Jazzwerkstatt and W.E.R.F. Records.  Sophie is also active in modern theatre and multimedia performance, notably creating music for the productions of renowned Polish director Elzbieta Bednarska. Sophie’s solo album release on RareNoise Records, Mysteries Unfold, combines a layered compositional style with vocal technique, and has been described as, “ the most tantalizing that we have encountered in recent times.” (Musica Jazz, Dec. 2020). Her latest album released on W.E.R.F. Records, Khyal, received two gold medals by the Global Music Awards!

Kevin Patton is a designer, musician, and creative technologist whose projects often include novel approaches to physical and computational interaction applied in expressive contexts. Kevin often performs his own work in both instrumental improvisation and interactive chamber music and has performed in Europe, Japan, and throughout North America. Kevin’s sound and music projects have been featured at numerous festivals around the world, most recently at Visiones Sonoras in Morelia, Mexico, the New York City Electroacoustic Improvisation Summit, and the upcoming “GuteLjaudKarte”, a series of electroacoustic concerts which happen every summer in Gotland, Sweden.

Photo: Jackie Sinclair

Photo: Jackie Sinclair