For many years, Raphaël De Cock (Griff, Voxtra, Osuna, Halewyn, Zefiro torna/Balsam, ..) and Edwin Vanvinckenroye (Troissoeur, Tribe, ...) met mainly next to the stages with the intention of making music together. Last year, in 2017, they connected their voices and bows for a few intimate living room concerts. EDRA played their première in the beautiful attic of the Béguinage church at the Hide & Seek festival 2018 (Brussels, BE); immediately sold-out !
Edwin, a kind of mad scientist of the violin, with his mop of hair, impresses by the wealth of technique and emotion in his playing. A lover of folk themes from our regions, and an incredible improvizer, he mixes his voice and his assorted violins with inventive percussion played with his feet.
Raphaël is a specialist in traditional vocal techniques from around the world, mastering styles ranging from yodelling to throat singing, as well as a fine connoisseur of numerous instruments including the Jew’s harp, the gaïta, the chatkan… He draws with intelligence on his knowledge to serve up a fine and delicate music.
Together, they blend their string and wind instruments, their percussion and their voices to make you feel all the mellowness of their improvized "poetic folk" music.
Raphaël De Cock : vocals, shrutibox, flutes, gaïta
Edwin Vanvinckenroye : violin, vocals