"A childhood passed in the theatre amongst actors, musicians and craftsmen gave Ivan Tirtiaux his first taste of music. Sung in his deep, supple voice in his native french he has created a unique kind of 'folk nouveau' drawing equally on chanson française, folk, blues and latin music. Both chiselled and organic, poetic and precise, whole spectrums of truth are refracted through his sparse narratives. In october 2014 Ivan Tirtiaux presents "l'Envol", a new album of worldy and other-worldly reflections: the slow-ripening fruit of several years of grace and errance, distilled into 11 shots of knowing tenderness, light and shade. His voice of brandy and torn velvet stands comparison with John Martyn, his melodic sophistication and harmonic depth with Jeff Buckley. The whole is imbued with Tirtiaux's meticulous lyrical vision and feline grace, and laced with delicate orchestrations that shimmer like ice palaces in the sun". Dan Barbenel aka Mr Diagonal (& the Black Light Orchestra)