It’s impossible to pigeonhole Orange Blossom, even if that box were to contain the whole world, because Orange Blossom goes far beyond “world music.”

Orange Blossom is the vision of Carlos Robles Arenas, a Mexican composer based in Nantes who has drawn inspiration from Turkish, Egyptian, Malian, Senegalese, and Cuban traditions, featuring vocals in Arabic, Persian, and Portuguese to offer the world a fourth album of contemporary music that is both crystal-clear and mysterious. As enchanting as a siren’s song, these thirteen new tracks—spanning the past ten years—take us on a journey between a wild dance floor and a meditation room without any contradiction. If beauty had a soundtrack, it would include tracks by Orange Blossom.

This program is produced with the support of the French Institute in Tunisia