MEDI1TV Afrique : #Chronique_culture du 27/03/2025 - 27/03/2025
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00:00Welcome to Medihan TV, it is music and more precisely guitar that is the question in this
00:27chronicle.
00:28With a breathtaking technique and millions of views on social networks, this young
00:3324-year-old Polish redefined the art of acoustic guitar.
00:38Marcin Patraszalek, a virtuoso guitarist from Poland, is not content to play
00:45the guitar.
00:46He transforms it into an entire orchestra, mixing percussion, melody and harmony with
00:52a dexterity that often leaves his audience stunned.
00:55At only 24, this young artist, often compared to Timothée Chalamet for his look, has already
01:02conquered millions of viewers around the world, in particular thanks to his viral performances
01:08on Instagram.
01:09I suggest you listen to him.
01:11I don't come from a family of musicians, some people are surprised by this, but none of
01:21my parents.
01:22My grandfather was very talented musically and he played many instruments, he played
01:28trumpet, he sang, he also played guitar, but he was never a professional musician.
01:34In fact, before the 90s in Poland, the situation was very difficult because of communism.
01:40No one really made music, it was just a simple hobby.
01:44It was a great honor for me, a very, very great honor, to learn flamenco.
01:49I learned the technique of the right hand, all the compasses and all the rhythms, well,
01:55maybe not all of them, but I tried to learn as much as possible.
01:59And later, I didn't want to imitate anyone, I didn't want to look like anyone else.
02:04So I tried to do something unique.
02:06His unique technique consists in playing the flamenco in a way that is very similar to
02:15the flamenco of the 90s.
02:17His unique technique consists in using his acoustic guitar as a versatile instrument.
02:23The sound box of the guitar becomes a drum hit with the palm of his hand or tapped
02:29with his nails, while his fingers travel the neck at a dizzying speed to reproduce
02:35bass lines, chords and complex rhythms.
02:39This approach, which he developed to stand out, allows him to revisit Chopin's classics,
02:45Nirvana's tubes or Stevie Wonder's pieces with an originality that is disconcerting.
02:53I suggest you listen to the virtuoso guitarist Marcin.
03:01One of the most popular videos I posted this year is the one where I was playing
03:05a Stromae dance.
03:07I was playing it in Korea and a fan made a video.
03:10And what I do on stage proves that it is not false.
03:13I prove to everyone that I can superimpose sounds, that I can speak at the same time,
03:17make a bass line and then play everything together.
03:20It's a different music.
03:22So I don't really worry at this stage.
03:25For many people, showing their technique is a good way to impress, it's the truth.
03:30It's as if you were scrolling on your phone or browsing Spotify or others
03:35and you heard something that made you say, wow, how is this possible?
03:40And of course you want to know more.
03:42But the problem is that it ends up becoming super repetitive.
03:45We don't want everything to be super fast and technical.
03:51On social networks, these videos regularly exceed a million views.
03:55Some even reach astronomical figures.
03:57His percussive cover of L'amour est un oiseau rebelle by Carmen
04:03has been viewed nearly 27 million times,
04:07as well as his performance at the midterm of an NBA game in 2024.
04:11It's a tutorial where he explains that his technique to stars like Will Smith
04:16has also been a huge success.
04:18The latter has also collaborated with him on his latest track First Love
04:23where Marcin continues to captivate his audience,
04:26whether with classical pieces like Chopin's Nocturnes
04:30or Nirvana's rock covers.
04:33Let's listen to Marcin again.
04:40On my album, Dragon in Harmony, it's much deeper.
04:44Yes, there is a lot more music and melody.
04:48And there are slow songs and it's more, how to say,
04:51there is more harmony in the music.
04:53So I suggest that if someone sees me on Instagram or on TikTok
04:57and thinks it's just a crazy game,
05:00they should listen to the album and listen to the songs
05:03that are not as famous, as popular.
05:06These are my own compositions
05:08and they will then see that there is not only technique.
05:17A bit crazy, right?
05:32Like this.
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