FRANCK BALESTRACCI

Franck Balestracci biography


FRANCK BALESTRACCI is ethereal and cinematic. His music is bearing a signature of contemporary classical artists, and yet it sounds fresh, modern - the layers of his digital keyboards are quickly morphing from dreamy, meditative, transcendental, almost new agey semblances to the dynamic action scenery of a hi-tech thriller motion picture. His drums are providing beats from sophisticated fusion to the IDM-like mechanics. Gradations of dynamics are carefully crafted, guiding a listener into glowing, hectic and meandering plot.

The description of Balestracci's music is not surprising if we take a look at his background.

He was born in Paris in 1958. He started studying drums in his teens, as well as music theory. In the late 70's he started gaining experience with various artists, both in live performance and recording compartments. Around 1984 he started learning keyboards. Two years later, he composed to pieces of minimalist music; from the mid-late 80's to the mid-2000's he was composing music for various documentary movies and other projects in cinematography. He went solo (in discographic terms) with the album 'Existences invisibles' in 2003 and again in 2006 with 'Modified Reality'; the latter being a result of a long recording process, with the roots in his cinema works. It's worth mentioning the guest musicians on the albums, Alan Ward and Marianne Denoïa, both from UNIVERS ZERO.



Moris Mateljan, 2010.


Sources:
franck-balestracci.fr.nf
myspace.com/franckbalestracci