“This one should be listening to… uh…Religiously? It’s not a “Mystical Crisis” of any sort. Just a seasonal inspiration, and a humble prayer to the Creator of all things, whatever His name is.”
L’heure d’ailleurs
L’heure d’ailleurs is on a camel by now, in the Sahara, Negev, and Gobi deserts. Music, stars, camels, black tea and interesting nomad people.
“Be prepared, it’s my heart and soul, like when I was sixteen and reading avidly Science-Fiction Novels. Unfortunately, Science is Business these days, and Fiction is not Fiction anymore, but Non-Fiction. So I made my own Movie Soundtrack, and this is the first…
“With due respect to Bob, Bunny, Peter, among others. “King of Kings” is not your average Reggae Mix, but a trip from Ethiopia to Jamaica, back and forth. Move your hips and shake your soul. That’s what The Emperor Haile Selassie, God and…
“Shalom Aleichem means mainly “May Peace Be Upon You”. Sure, but as you will see in the artwork – and listen in the mix – the reality is a bit more complex than that. The mixtune is about Music first and not a…
With its magic powers, L’heure d’ailleurs can make you travel from a continent to another, from a country to another, from a noisy town to a calm remote village. If a balloon is needed to go somewhere… no hesitation: there’s always room for…
Miles Davis covering Cindy Lauper? Brad Meldhau covering Radiohead? Discover pop marvelous covers by great jazzers! “I was on the beach this morning, and when I saw all those pebbles, I told myself “that’s what musicians do. They let a pebble for another…
An average of 15% of all Africans who made the voyage from Africa to the Americas died from brutal treatment and inadequate care – not to mention those who revolted, refused to eat or committed suicide. This is a “L’heure d’ailleurs” humble hommage.
Let’s sail with L’heure d’ailleurs to South America in a contemporary mixtune to honor our native ancestors and living roots. All aboard!
Dominique Prud’homme, a.k.a L’heure d’ailleurs, invites us to reflect on a mixtape – soundtrack about our ethnic and geographic origin on this planet where finally we are all one.