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EYM Trio is a French jazz band from Lyon, composed of piano, double bass and drums. The band has a habit of integrating influences from elsewhere into their music, inspired by their tours.

Formation and compositions
Originally from Lyon, EYM Trio was born in 2011 from the meeting of pianist Elie Dufour with double bassist Yann Phayphet and drummer Marc Michel. The name of the trio thus corresponds to the first letters of the first names of the band members.

EYM Trio has been a variable-geometry concept for years, consisting of a core group of three musicians. They have collaborated with Marian Badoï (Romania), Mohamed Abozekry (Egypt), Mirande Shah (India), Gilad Hekselman (United States), Toby Hack (Australia), Quinn Oulton (United Kingdom), Anne Sila (France), Kadam and Raina Parikh (Kathak dancers, India), Sapan Anjaria (India), Ikram Khan (India).

With over 350 concerts in some twenty countries, EYM is constantly experimenting. The three musicians play with elements of the language of music from the four corners of the world and share it with their audience with as much pleasure as ever, nourished by their tours.

First performances and Genesi (2011-2015)
The band performed for the first time on the stage of the Amphithéâtre de l'Opéra de Lyon in 2011. Elie Dufour about this period says: "We played in all kinds of places, jazz clubs, pubs, theatres, festivals...wherever we could play. I think it was a good way to start our career". The band played around fifty concerts between 2011 and 2013.

EYM recorded their first album "Genesi" in 2013 at Artesuono studio, Udine, Italy. A co-production with the city of Le Havre, the Golden Jazz Trophy and the Moz'Aïque festival, led by Yann Le Boulba. They are working on this record with sound engineer Stefano Amerio (nominated 51 times at the Grammy Awards ).

The album will be released at the end of 2013 and marks the beginning of a collaboration with the Italian agency based in Venice: "Up Music", directed by Michela Parolin. Genesi is an acoustic album, according to Elie Dufour: "the album is 90% instrumental, you can hear us singing backing vocals on the track "Break Astral" ". The album is self-produced and distributed in Japan by Disk Union. Hane Tomotala of Disk Union says that Genesi is "without a doubt a masterful album” ". From this album, the song "Grand-Pas" was acclaimed by the public.

The Genesi tour opened up the borders with almost one hundred concerts in Europe between 2013 and 2015. In 2014, they were selected for a full live broadcast on France Musique, from the Upercut Jazz Club in Marseille, (Yvan Amar's Jazz Club show). In 2015, EYM trio went to England to make a series of videos at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where they made the video for one of their key pieces: "Le lours de kuala Lumpur ". That year, they received the 1st prize in the national jazz competition in La Défense, the 1st prize in the jazz competition in Saint Germain-Des-Près, and three prizes at the Gexto International jazz competition.

Khamsin (2016-2017)
In 2016, the trio returned with a new album: "Khamsin", translation of "fifty" in Arabic, also the name of a hot and dry wind coming from Egypt and going to the north of Lebanon.

The album was recorded at the Meudon studio, mixed by Clément Gariel, and released in November 2016. This is a co-production between Kollision Prod, La Défense Jazz Festival and the Hauts-de-Seine department, distributed in France by L'Autre Distribution and in Japan by Disk Union. The trio invites on this project the Egyptian oud player Mohamed Abozekry and the gypsy accordionist Marian Badoï.

The album defends a modern jazz always acoustic, coloured by the influences of the two guests. That year, they signed with the French agency Kollision Prod, directed by Julien Arnaud. "Khamsin" was selected by FIP radio in November 2016, "The members of the trio embark the listener with happiness and subtlety in their jazz where swing sails on the Nile and dances in the heart of the Carpathians", aso selected as revelation Jazz Magazine , artist of the year in The Bridge 2017, album of the day on TSF Jazz, playlist Air France, on the front page of Alex Dutilh's Open Jazz on radio France Musique , and also in Vincent Josse's recreation on France Inter. Marcus Gon from Night Groove media, declares: "Some will delight in the virtuosity of the three musicians' playing, which is no longer to be defended, while others will appreciate this music where sensations are privileged and touch the soul in a universal way". .

They will present the album Khamsin in Europe and Asia with a hundred concerts in 15 countries in 2016-2017. They will be seen on the stages of the Tokyo Jazz Festival, Calcutta Jazz Festival, La Défense Jazz Festival, Nakasu Jazz Festival ...

Sādhana and the Nomad' Sessions (2017 - present)
In 2017 they met in India the singer Mirande Shah, in Bombay, a virtuoso of Indian classical music, with whom they started a collaboration for a third album. They integrate elements of Indian music into their repertoire. That same year, EYM Trio was selected for the international Jazzahead! festival in Germany. . There they met Israeli and New York guitarist Gilad Hekselman, who was the second guest on the album to follow. At the end of 2017, they signed in publishing with Melmax Music, headed by Philippe Daniel. In 2018, EYM Trio recorded this third album, in the south of France, at Recall studio, mixed by Philippe Gaillot and mastered by multi-instrumentist Nate Wood. The album is a co-production between Kollision Prod and Melmax Music.

Sādhana was released on 21st September 2018 and for the occasion, the band performed live at Studio de l'Ermitage. The album pleases the critics, including Mezzo who will put it in their top 5 jazz albums of October 2018. An international tour begins at the same time.

The Hindu name Sādhana can be translated as 'to set the goal of learning something new every day'. » . Thus, the title of the record announces the state of mind that animated the process of creating the album. The term Sādhana also evokes the repetition of the same motif to perfection. The album assumes several influences and recalls artists such as Gogo Penguin. Mirande Shah's voice resonates from India on three tracks, Vakratunda, Namaste! and Left Alone. The album also refers to modern jazz on two compositions by drummer Marc Michel, I'm travelling Alone and Still standing, in which the trio invites New York guitarist Gilad Hekselman. The group's musical syntax also draws on other worlds. In his two compositions, Borders and Paradiso Perduto, Elie Dufour explores other compositions on the piano that one can guess come from an oriental world close to the Mediterranean.

In September 2019 they will start the 5-episode web series called Nomad' Sessions, which is a globetrotting and self-managed project of wild live music available exclusively on YouTube. The concept is to record during their world tour unique live performances in the street, in nature or in other atypical places. To do this, they leave equipped with audio and HD video equipment.

The Nomad' Sessions begin with a live performance off the coast of Venice of Wall of Sant'Andrea, a new track that is being released as a single for the event. The second episode is a version of Gingko Biloba from the album Khamsin, in the streets of Bangalore, India. The other three episodes feature tracks from Sādhana. The third is a live performance of I'm travelling alone on the Indonesian volcano Tangkuban Perahu on the island of Java while the fourth features Still Standing was played in Manhattan, New-York. For the last episode released in August 2020, the trio covered Paradiso Perduto on Pantai Ngrenehan beach in Indonesia.

Discography
Albums

2013 Genesi (EYM, Moz'Aïque)

2016 Khamsi (autoproduction)

2018 Sādhana (Kollision Prod)