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Titi Robin

From France

Titi Robin believes in the universality of music, wanting his own songs to be heard "by those in love on a balcony of a council highrise or at the terrace of a bar on a Sunday morning". There's no reason it shouldn't be. Playing a variety of stringed instruments and influenced in equal measure by artists like flamenco icon Camaron and Iraqi oud maestro Munir Bachir, inspiration is drawn from far and wide - Andalusia, North Africa, the Middle East, India and anywhere there's a strong tradition of gypsy song. Ambivalent to the machinations of the music industry and its self-imposed classifications, Titi is happy to stay at the fringes, well away from the world music scene and the next flavour of the month. This approach means he can write, record and tour at his leisure, working to no-one else's beck and call. It also means his music can take him wherever it chooses, riding the air currents in search of new inspiration. More a timeless soul than a man out of time, Titi Robin is the free spirit we'd all like to be.

In a few words… Unblinkered, free-thinking French guitarist

Titi Robin

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