{"id":60323,"date":"2020-09-23T11:52:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T09:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=60323"},"modified":"2020-09-23T11:53:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T09:53:26","slug":"gratien-midonet-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-1979%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8b1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/gratien-midonet-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-1979%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8b1989\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creole poetry of Gratien Midonet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>A Cosmic Poet From Martinique 1979\u200b-\u200b1989<\/em> features tracks \u2014 recorded between the late 70s and 80s \u2014 from the first four albums of Martinique poet and singer Gratien Midonet.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Gratien Midonet is the shaman of Martinique: \u201c<em>I always broke free from the rules, from codes being too narrow (&#8230;) I have always had this sense of peaceful knowledge that there is no separation between genres, beings and universal things<\/em>,\u201d says the poet. His music is spiritual and popular. A self-taught guitarist and composer, Gratien Midonet is inspired by his childhood memories like the traditional Martinican rhythms of the biguine and the b\u00e9l\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet nothing presaged him becoming a musician. Studying philosophy and psychopedagogy in France, it was his fascination with pan-Africanism and animism which fuelled the transcendent energy of his music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Mari Rhont Ouve La Pot\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ki3JujA_os?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>\u00ab Mari Rhont Ouve La Pot \u00bb &#8211; Gratien Midonet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Midonet honed his sound in France, the four albums he released during the late 70s and 80s were heavily inspired by diasporic nostalgia, or what he describes as the \u201c<em>smells and colours\u2026 subliminal noises\u2026 fruity notes, the memories of funeral wakes, the bombastic organ of the cathedral and the gasps of the drums<\/em>\u201d of his childhood home on the Caribbean island of Martinique. This Creole lyricism became the essence of Gratien Midonet&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now based on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia, Midonet and his message of musical unity are ready to resonate once more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Cosmic Poet From Martinique 1979\u200b-\u200b1989<\/em> will be released on October 30 \u2014 pre-order now via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Time Capsule (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/time-capsule.space\/portfolios\/a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-1979-1989\/\" target=\"_blank\">Time Capsule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/73ab9d23-a-cosmic-poet-from-martinique.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><em> A Cosmic Poet From Martinique 1979\u200b-\u200b1989<\/em>  &#8211; Gratien Minodet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cosmic Poet From Martinique 1979\u200b-\u200b1989 features tracks \u2014 recorded between the late 70s and 80s \u2014 from the first four albums of Martinique poet and singer Gratien Midonet. 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