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about Deve
◊ Deve plays guitar before anything, he also plays drums, bass.
Born in July 1973 in Castres ,his father is from French Guyana and his mother from French britanny.
At age 16, he is "stroke " by Jimi Hendrix, and throws himself, body and soul, into music.
He is interested by all musics or more precisely by all the forms that music can take according to her cultural environment.
Deve is self-taught, he did not follow any institutional way of learning, except for the year when he was a student at "Université du Maine" in 1993 where he met Olivier De Pape who was teaching jazz guitar, " it has been a wonderfull exchange, and still is today".
His approach of playing the guitar is unique and new says drummer Stéphane GALLLAND about Deve. He has also created new ways of writing and creating compositions. Institutions (University, Jazz Schools) often ask him to teach and explain his views.
Many talented musicians come to play with him, Stéphane Galland, Nelson Veras, Jean-Luc Lehr, Chander Sardjoe, Denis Guivarc'h, Maxime Zampieri, Sanne Van Hek, Olivier Carole, Paul Rogers, Seamus Blake, Tony Tixier, Scott Tixier, Gregory Cook, Alex White...
He participates into artistical projects with Tomas Gubitsch, Toups Bebey, Jean-Jacques Avenel, Magic Malik Orchestra, Dajla + Angelo Moore (Fishbone)... plays with traditionnal musicians from Gabon, Tchad, duo with Latif Khan ( indian tabla player)...
He sometimes plays with pianist Marc Cary...
Deve's musical work is axed on the combination of analysis and intuition and also the meetings of musicians and artists that influence the realisation of his works. It is also a reflexion about self-expression and about the world that he perceives...
"Analysis, reflexion, mathematics, intuitions, contemplation, emotions, assymetry, tempo, harmony, energy, in one way or the other, poly, harmolody, multikulty... Love"
A few words that give an idea of the perfume of Deve's music... ◊
