Cory Seznec

Seznec Bros “Jagged Land” is released

Cory — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:24:04 +0000

The Seznec Bros have released their new album Jagged Land (see entry below).
It is available via bandcamp, cdbaby, and shortly on iTunes, amazon and more!

Seznec Bros are releasing new album

Cory — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:54:31 +0000

My brother Yann and I are releasing our new album Jagged Land sometime over the next two weeks. It features eight originals and three traditional numbers, and a host of awesome musician friends of ours on different tracks: Thomas Bailey on fiddle, Stephen Harrison on upright bass, Pedro Kouyaté on kamelngoni, Renaud Ollivier on percussion, and Peter Vilk on drums (and even a little bit of percussion from fellow Groanboxer Paul Clifford on one track!).
It’ll be up on iTunes, cdbaby, and other media soon. Stay tuned…

Autumn Tour with Groanbox

Cory — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:43:14 +0000

Groanbox is back on the road in England and Wales from October 28-November 13 in support of our new upcoming album Guts, Lungs & Bones. Here are the dates:

28/10/11 King’s Place, London
29/10/11 The Manor Ballroom, Ipswich
30/10/11 Redhouse, Sheffield
31/10/11 The Bell, Bath
01/11/11 No 1 Harbourside, Bristol
02/11/11 The Canteen, Bristol
03/11/11 Wine Bar, Yeovil, Dorset
04/11/11 The Windjammer, Dartmouth, Devon
05/11/11 Loyton Lodge, Tiverton, Dartmouth, Devon
06/11/11 The Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, Wales
07/11/11 Bom-Bane’s, Brighton
08/11/11 Harefield Hospital, Middlesex
09/11/11 Royal Brompton Hospital, London
10/11/11 The Astor Theatre, Deal, Kent
11/11/11 The Lyric Theatre Bridport, Dorset
12/11/11 The Square and Compass Worth Matravers, Dorset
13/11/11 The Square and Compass Worth Matravers, Dorset

We are also playing four “secret” warm-up shows in the greater London area prior to our show at King’s Place on October 28…

A year of recording

Cory — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:31:03 +0000

2011 marks a fruitful year for me on the recording front – my bro and I are in the midst of finalizing an album that we are hoping to release in the next couple of months.
On a whim, Pedro Kouyaté, Renaud Ollivier and I went into a studio in March and recorded four Malian inspired tunes with kamelngoni and banjo, two guitars, and calabash.
You can listen to samples and some full-length jams of the Seznec bros project and Tempo Sapiens (Kouyaté, Ollivier, Seznec) on the music page.
Finally, my trio, Groanbox, is going to be recording our fifth album in August in a cottage in Scotland.

Some Samples

Cory — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:19:03 +0000

Check out some un-mixed, un-mastered, rough samples of some new recordings on my music page.
On tour with Groanbox in April!

What’s next

Cory — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:53:25 +0000

New recording project in the works with my brother in March and May, a Groanbox tour of the UK and northern France coming up in April (bandmate Michael is on a one gig a day for a year marathon, check out gig365), more gigs/busking/recording with Pedro Kouyaté and his band, and other miscellaneous (mis)adventures coming up…
-c

Péniche Demoiselle with Adam McBride-Smith and Paris Sheiks, March 10, 2011

Cory — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:34:33 +0000

Rapaces

Cory — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:21:23 +0000

Photo de Simon Lourié

A few theater performances lined up for this weekend. I am doing the sound design for Fabrice Macaux’s play “Rapaces”, which features actress Laurence Mayor and circus artist Mikaël Vessereau. As there are very few words in the play, my role is to provide the sonic response to what takes place on stage. My little world of strings is thus fully exploited – from spooky feedback from resonator guitar, to gourd banjo, to ngoni, to delayed charango, to distorted open-backed banjo, to fingerstyle guitar…all pumped through my little Vox DA5 amp!
At some point I’m going to try and get a decent recording of the whole thing. In the meantime, here are a couple of samples from “charango theme”…

Rapaces (charango theme 1) – C. Seznec
Rapaces (charango theme 2) – C. Seznec

Happy New Year

Cory — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:43:45 +0000

Phew…back from the States (photo of me running with dog at dusk taken by Emily Bosch), and now preparing a batch of recordings with my brother Yann, doing a new series of theatre dates with Corpus’ Rapaces, and have a UK tour in April with Groanbox.

Parisian Performance

Cory — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:26:28 +0000

Just a little missive to broadcast a gig I’m doing with Adam McBride-Smith, and Pedro Kouyaté and Renaud Ollivier on a barge on the canal here in the 19th arrondissement of Paris on Thursday, December 2nd. Info here.
Other than that, I’ll be doing some recording with my brother over the next few months…more on that later…