CORAL ROJO
filmed by Vincent Moon
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in Switzerland, july 2024
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I met Julian long time ago, in between Chile (where he's from) and Peru, in between cuecas and peñas. But it's at the end of 2019, in a revolted Santiago city, that I filmed for the first time his 5 piece a cappella ensemble Coral Rojo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTLn7otuOYQ
Two years ago, we met again, this time in Berlin. Coral Rojo was touring a few shows in Europe, and one evening we recorded, late again, a fabulous rendition of 'Vuela Golondrina' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7TwPL_6ZCQ
That recording stayed with me for a long time, and I started to use it more and more in my own live cinéma performances - often to close the session, and leave the audience in that suspended, divine feeling. Of course, the first question was coming - 'who is this band...?'
Last month, am in Lausanne when my phone rang - Julian is calling, to ask about a possible project together for next year. I am surprised he calls me so early, as time difference with Chile can be pretty big. But he is not in Chile - he is with his entire band in Switzerland, rehearsing some new songs, just about 2 hours drive from where I am.
3 days later we meet on the top of a mountain, just in between. Nothing in mind apart from spending the afternoon together and recording a few songs. Julian (Herreros) is there at the center, with the 4 other members of Coral Rojo. We are accompanied by a few other close friends, to witness the simple magic of being together. They start to sing, and here comes an incredibly refined, old and new, simple and sacred music. It seems it comes down from the sky they are holding over their heads.
Enjoy this film, enjoy this music. It's been haunting me for a while, in the most delicate way - I hope it will do the same to you.
CORAL ROJO:
Julián Herreros (director)
Fernando Herreros
Silvio Rozzi
Felipe Echavarría
Julián Semler
Songs:
Nubecita (Julián Herreros/ Julián Semler)
Para Templar (Julián Herreros)
Corrientes (Julian Semler)
Chakana (Julián Herreros)
Senda Real (Julian Semler)
Congrapaniconicué (Julián Herreros)
Vuela Golondrina (Julián Herreros)
A recording made at Pas de Maimbré, in the mountains of Switzerland
Filmed & edited by Vincent Moon
Mix & Mastering by Sylvestre Nonique-Desvergnes
Produced by Petites Planètes & Coral Rojo
Thanks to Fanny Visser, Julie Henoch, Hélène Bertin, Julien Colardelle
https://www.instagram.com/coralrojo_7
https://open.spotify.com/album/07Ue0BbzXC9ya8DzQ3pMNs?si=q6CdOtgPQmmCaeprvffaRg&nd=1&dlsi=03f3bab025df4204
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTLn7otuOYQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7TwPL_6ZCQ
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About PETITES PLANÈTES
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Petites Planètes is an ongoing project comprised of films, music recordings, cinema performances, and immersive installations.
An independent production company created by french artists Priscilla Telmon and Vincent Moon, Collection Petites Planètes' aim is to explore the boundaries between cinema, music, and expanded forms of modern rituals. Our vision moves between the realms of documentary creation, ethnographic research, and filmic experimentation.
Our entire work is shared under a Creative Commons license BY-NC-SA, making it available to everybody to share and re-use, acknowledging the fact that we are only bridges between spiritual and material realities and that we are in no way creating from scratch.
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