CONCERT LE 11 NOVEMBRE 2010

Jeudi 11 Novembre 2010
20h00 > 00h au Réservoir
Le Réservoir, 16 rue de la Forge royale 75011 Paris

MODDI (Oslo / Norvège)
My name is Pål Moddi Knutsen, twenty-three years old as I write this. I come from an island called Senja in the far north of Norway. I have borrowed my mother's accordion, stolen a Russian display mandolin and own a worn-down ocean blue guitar with two broken frets, with which I make music that's always larger in my head than what ends up on tape. That's probably a good thing, but the music has also grown a little with time, like any child would. I have always been writing in the middle of the night, often without even seeing my own hands. The first songs came to life in the school dormitory's showers, the only place I could hide away after everyone else had gone to sleep. When I was 18, I found my mother's accordion standing unused and forgotten in the cellar at home. I brought it with me, and fourteen days later, I held my first real concert. The music I make lives a life of its own. Sometimes, you can find it as a huge band session, with noise and loudness, and sometimes you'll find it so fragile and discreet that you might want to sing along in order to help it continue. And as I said, the songs grow a little with every winter that passes by. Whoever you are, and whatever reason you have for listening: thank you for lending me your time!
www.myspace.com/moddimusikk
Note de la programmation : merci à l'ambassade de la Norvège pour nous avoir permis de faire venir cet artiste exeptionnel !