1001 Other Albums14h ago

Self-Titled Saturday | Brama (2024, France)

For our next STS 2.0 spotlight, we’re going to take a look at number 0y on The List, submitted by riff. This is the fantastic debut LP of a psychedelic/folk rock power trio that has lyrics in the Occitan language and uses "the hurdy-gurdy as a liturgical organ, the guitar/bass as an exorcised subject and the shamanic voice, mistress of worship."

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/06/13/self-titled-saturday-brama-2024-france/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the  : https://bramamusic.bandcamp.com/album/brama

Happy listening!

#Brama #PsychedelicRock #FolkRock #IndieRock #Occitan #music #1001OtherAlbums

Self-Titled Saturday | Brama (2024, France)

A spotlight on the debut LP from Occitan psychedelic rock group, Brama.

1001 Other Albums
1001 Other Albums1d ago

Self-Titled Saturday | Brama (2024, France)

For our next STS 2.0 spotlight, we’re going to take a look at number 0y[1] on The List, submitted by riff. Here’s a quick rundown:

  • Point of origin(s): This group began in 2019 as a psychedelic power trio with Simon Guy (lead vocals, guitar), Paolo Gauthier (drums, vocals), and Baptiste Lherbeil (hurdy-gurdy, vocals). Yes, hurdy-gurdy. The album we look at here is Brama’s debut LP, following their 2022 EP La Glane. Their lyrics are in the Occitan language – continuing their partnership seen on the EP with Dominique Decomps, a professor/translator of Occitan, Decomps wrote or co-wrote the lyrics for nearly all the songs, with the final track using a traditional text.
  • Tasting notes: Translated from their Bandcamp: “Brama’s music draws as much from the violin music of the Massif Central, as from the Pakistani Qawali, the guitar from Mali, the German krautrock and the ritualistic rock riff full of fuzz. Always sunny and hypnotic, Brama invites you into a ceremony at the crossroads of a tarantella and a psychedelic rock’n’roll mass. The hurdy-gurdy as a liturgical organ, the guitar/bass as an exorcised subject and the shamanic voice, mistress of worship.” The Quietus review of this album compared them to Mdou Moctar “in the way they revitalise hoary rock tropes through a combination of local flair, blistering musicianship and infectious enthusiasm”,[2] and I’d have to agree.
  • Standout track: “S’enraija”, but, also, all of them rock.
  • Where are they now?: Brama is now a quartet, with Amandine Pauvert at the hurdy-gurdy helm and Antony Miranda on bass.
  • Websites: Bandcamp, Discogs (has links to their socials)

Happy listening!

  • We use 0 followed by a letter to denote albums on The List that weren’t in Discogs at the time of adding (or at least I couldn’t find them). I’ve since found this one on Discogs, but the entry is currently separate from the already established page for the group. ↩︎
  • https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/quietus-international/french-music-reviews-jac-berrocal-aluk-todolo-brama/ ↩︎
    • #Brama #folkRock #hurdygurdy #indieRock #Occitan #psychedelicRock
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