The Final Chapter... New Beginning...
Play and be heard by the whole forrest
Communicate with all lifeforms
The only movements worth doing are the one which liberates...
In the long journey to recover from focal dystonia, I found out that freeing the musical experience lead to amazing breakthroughs. Sounds with no judgment, the exploration of rhythms, notes sequences... complete relaxation, meditation through playing, becoming aware of the whole body to find the tensions and parasitic movements.
Playing more and more in an atonal and arhythmic manner was the first big change. Then the exploration of new patterns, scales, enclosures, multiphonics, displacements, singing all the lines being played, developing rhythm in all the limbs, symmetry, body position, breathing patterns, circular breathing, long tones, sound shaping...
The first album to reflect on re-acquiring "control" of the instrument was Short Excerpts from Lesko
Then I created this series of videos, Musical Meditation in an amazing room with natural echo.
I feel now rejuvenated and motivated to play live again, and to collaborate with other artists who are also into the freer realm of expression. Musicians, Singers, Dancers, Painters, Writers, Visual artists...
YVES Sept 22nd 2023, Lesco
My new website dedicated to musician focal dystonia recovery is now online at:
YVES Oct 21st 2023, Lesco
New album is out
Jan. 2024