It seems everyone ends up in Paris, eventually. Aron Ottignon was raised in Auckland, New Zealand and I knew him when he was still a prodigious jazz pianist, playing professional gigs around town at an unusually young age.
Since then Aron’s played his way through the scenes in Sydney and London, released a solo album under the name Aronas, and now he’s ended up in Paris, playing with rapper Abd Al Malik.
As well as touring with Abd al Malik, Aron has appeared with the band on French TV shows such as Le Grand Journal, and earlier this year played at the Victoires de la Musique in Lille:
Aron was sneaky enough to film this very performance from his own perspective, on his iPhone…
And, if you’re quick, you can even see his iPhone in the live footage from France 4! :
