Luazó

Luazó is a project by French composer and guitarist Robin Gentien, written as a farewell and a tribute to Latino America. It was recorded in Buenos Aires a week before leaving the continent, after years of exile and travel. The name Luazo is the phonetic sound of the french word “L’oiseau”, that means the bird.

Robin Gentien was born in 1993. He learned guitar and quickly started to dive into music in the afro jazz scene in Paris, before leaving for Italy in 2012, where he joins the internationally famous theater company the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards. With the company, he learns call and answer song as well as scenic presence, and presents performances all around the world ( Brazil, Europe, USA, Canada). There he meets Alejandro Tomas Rodriguez (Argentina), with who he creates the band Engine. In 2015 they leave the company and move to Buenos Aires. They record a first EP “ Un dia mas sobre la Tierra”, and start to tour, mainly in Brasil, Argentina, France, and quickly in New Mexico (USA), where they record their first LP “Si Viene la Muerte”. Robin Gentien is now back in Paris. He has crossed path and shared stage, jam or studio session with high class musician such as Vieux Farka Touré, Chongo de Colombia or Trio da Kali. He also composes for theater companies, like the Compagnie Hippocampe.