Crimi

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Crimi is all about the soul that flows, the kind of groove that oozes the sticky funk of New Orleans and the influences of Algerian raï, not forgetting the less upbeat, more melancholic passages.
Crimi is above all a personal story: that of a kid growing up in Lyon whose Sicilian grandmother hummed tunes from times gone by. This is how the saxophonist and singer Julien Lesuisse fertilises found his groove, which he likes to call Sicilian soul. It is also unsurprising to hear oriental styles here, a lyricism in full bloom that references Lesuissefertilises’ trips to Oran with Mazalda.
Crimi is a desire to revive tradition through original songs, strong melodies carried by a collective sound that resists the confines of labeling. The result is a trad-modern soundtrack, which is both very structured and very free at the same time.
Right now, Crimi is Luci e guai, the first album to be released by Airfono in April 2021. The track, ‘Light and confusion’, has a procedural quality and seems to say that nothing is ever as simple as it seems, in language as well as in music. In other words, this song is the perfect way to weave together all the threads that make up the complexity of a personality, from jazz to song, from the day before yesterday to tomorrow, from here to elsewhere.
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08
Mano d'oro
Crimi
Luci e Guai
03:09
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
01
Chi ci talia ?
Crimi
Chi ci talia ?
04:50
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
04
Quetzalcoatl
Crimi
Luci e Guai
04:57
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse

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Albums
Airfono
28-04-2023
Scuru Cauru
01
'Nta l'Auto
Crimi
Scuru Cauru
00:27
Composers: Julien Lesuisse
02
Stiddi !
Crimi
Scuru Cauru
06:28
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
03
'A Sira
Crimi
Scuru Cauru
03:48
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
04
Lu Mumentu
Crimi
Scuru Cauru
06:07
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
05
Notti Ruffiana
Crimi
Scuru Cauru
04:06
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
06
Luci Darré
Crimi
Scuru Cauru
05:15
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
07
Limbo
Crimi
Scuru Cauru
03:38
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
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AIRFONO
02-04-2021
Luci e Guai
01
La Vicaria
Crimi
Luci e Guai
04:07
Writer: Giuseppe Ganduscio / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
02
Chi ci talia ?
Crimi
Luci e Guai
04:50
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
03
Lo nilo
Crimi
Luci e Guai
03:58
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
04
Quetzalcoatl
Crimi
Luci e Guai
04:57
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
05
Conca d'oro
Crimi
Luci e Guai
05:21
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
06
Ciatu di lu margiu
Crimi
Luci e Guai
04:21
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
07
La Virrinedda
Crimi
Luci e Guai
04:22
Writer: Luigi Capuana / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
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Singles
℗ 2024 Airfono
11-06-2024
Cammara Sigreta
01
Cammara Sigreta
Crimi
Cammara Sigreta
03:50
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
Airfono
29-03-2023
'A Sira
01
'A Sira
Crimi
'A Sira
03:48
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
Airfono
08-03-2023
Notti Ruffiana
01
Notti Ruffiana
Crimi
Notti Ruffiana
04:06
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
AIRFONO
12-03-2021
Chi ci talia ?
01
Chi ci talia ?
Crimi
Chi ci talia ?
04:50
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
AIRFONO
05-02-2021
Quetzalcoatl
01
Quetzalcoatl
Crimi
Quetzalcoatl
04:57
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse
AIRFONO
08-01-2021
Mano d'oro
01
Mano d'oro
Crimi
Mano d'oro
03:09
Writer: Julien Lesuisse / Composers: Julien Lesuisse