Alban Darche

Le Gros Cube 2 Alban Darche

Le Gros Cube #2, new album from Alban Darche's big band: an American format, from familiar to puzzling. Interview Alban Darche / Thierry Mallevaës, 2020 Le Gros Cube, number 2? Number two, because there was a number one. In the wake of the Le Cube trio, in the early 2000s, I created a large ensemble, Le Gros Cube (14

musicians). A first album "La Martipontine" was released in 2005, followed by "Polar Mood", "Le Pax", with Philippe Katerine and "Queen Bishop" with a greater Gros Cube (piano, second drums, three singers). It lasted about ten years. From 2012, I continued in a somewhat reduced format with the Orphicube (9 musicians). With

this lighter orchestra, I was able to explore the field of chamber music.