« An elegant meeting between the classical cellist, mischievous Kathy Adam, and the expressive and unlimited diatonic player Didier Laloy. Great art without artifice. »
LA SCENE, spring (FR)
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« The feeling is that of an enhancement to the folklore forms of improvisation, like a try to lift it further towards a more contemporary classical music level. It is the space of improvisation between the duo, adding harmonies, rhythmic stimulations or varieties in improvisation is perhaps the most sophisticated part of that, showing the best of their talents. »
PSYCHEDELICFOLK (UK)
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« It’s the mad dog that meets the nobility »
LARSEN (BE)
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« Dynamic, moving, haunting, footprints of great sweetness: these are real stories that are being told, over subtle dialogues, melancholic embraces and pursuits, the diatonic accordion of Didier Laloy and the cello of Kathy Adam. »
LA LIBRE (BE)
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» We have heard wonderful music by many talented accordionists. … We have names for each style, for each region, for each kind of music. But one was still missing, one outside all categories, and this one appeared in the person of Didier Laloy. But he does not play accordion, he plays Laloy. «
Etienne Bours, RTBF ( BE)
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» Belem, a small bead of sound and atmosphere, to whom we listen with great pleasure – and then we listen again with even more attention and greater pleasure. […] The sound of the album is superb. The cello is said to be the instrument that is closest to the human voice. And Didier Laloy brings in the voice of the accordion, so much so that the instrument itself breathes.”
The MAD EVENING (BE)
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« …The one who by his like is called the innovator of diatonic accordion flies from one project to the next and juggles with music. »
S. Gerard, Brussels
« Didier Laloy est depuis plusieurs années considéré comme l’un des représentants les plus actifs du renouveau de l’accordéon diatonique en Europe. Son aisance sur scène, son aptitude à aborder tous les genres musicaux, son jeu subtil, ses qualités humaines ont fait de lui un musicien très demandé et largement apprécié.
….Beaucoup d’accordéonistes de talent nous ont joué d’exceptionnelles musiques. Beaucoup nous ont appris à aimer l’instrument sous toutes ses formes. Nous ne manquons pas de noms pour illustrer chaque style, chaque région, chaque musique. Mais s’il en manquait un, un seul, un inclassable, un hors catégorie, nous l’avons en la personne de Didier Laloy. Mais il ne joue pas d’accordéon, il joue du Laloy ! »
E.Bours
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