Concert - Commandant Coustou

‘From island to island, Commandant Coustou sails the South Seas and plumb the depths in search of buried musical treasures.’


In 2014, five musicians from the mainland met on a peninsula between the Rhône and Saône rivers to bring an imaginary sailor to life: Commandant Coustou.

On board his ship, they discovered the incredible musical melting pot of the Caribbean and, initially, delightedly revisited a repertoire of pre-war Trinidadian calypsos. The incredible richness of Afro-Caribbean music inspired this crew, who would soon set sail for the sounds of Cuba, Martinican biguine and Haitian twoubadou.

After ten years together, two albums and numerous concerts, the crew is heading for new imaginary shores. An alchemical archipelago where, as in the Caribbean, influences blend together to create a new Caribbean horizon.