& TERRITOIRE SONORE
present
A series of 10 short films showing the history and origins of musical trends.
Travel on ROADS TO MUSIC and vibrate with the flow of the music !
Sounds and cultures blend and new musical styles appear.
Local stories – the source of universal music.
REGGAE
Inspired by the Black Power movement, the Rasta movement delivers a spiritual message over a rhythmical background …
FÉLIBRIGE
The troubadour’s ‘fin’amor’ gradually turned into the music of the fabulous South of France …
BOSSA NOVA
At the end of the 50’s, young rich Brasilians sang about the local legends in smooth textured music with a feeling intimacy …
CUMBIA
A ritual carried out in candlelight between a man and his woman, dancing in a whirlpool, her skirt surfs the waves …
TANGO
Couples from the Rio de La Plata estuary improvised a dance so sublime that it travelled as far as Paris …
AFROBEAT
The anti corruption voice of the 1960’s is played with a wild, free tempo, from the traditional rhythms …
TARANTELLA
Based on the cult of Dionysus, this unbridled dance is used as a therapeutic tool as well as a way to free one’s mind …
CALYPSO
Stories about the ancestors and life seen “en rose” are told in songs and narratives with a double tempo …
SALSA
With raging rhythm, this spicy sauce travelled from Cuba to New York City, passing through Porto Rico and the Venezuelan coast …