THE HATCH
WHITE SANDS
MOPCUT
REDUX
COCO
T(R)OPIC
ACAPULCO REDUX
Clash between various sound elements, deviations without brutality, electrical and dreamlike sleet and discharges, Acapulco’s vibrations created their own response, overturning the initial proposal, the one of a non-conventional guitar approach, through a radical stage lighting device, where the musician’s body is immersed in new musical densities.
Julien Desprez, Guitar, Light Device
Gregory Edelein, Scénographia, Choreography
Cécile Guigny, Light Device realisation
with the partnership of LA MUSE EN CIRCUIT, LA DYNAMO DE BANLIEUES BLEUES and ARCADI
THE HATCH
You don’t have to see them in action to know that they’re both physical players. You can feel lungs being emptied with diaphragm-bruising force, and you can also hear the moments when fist meets wood.
Julien Desprez, Guitar
Mette Rasmussen: Alto Saxophone
T(R)OPIC
Julien Desprez and Rob Mazurek met through
the transatlantic network The Bridge. Entitled “T(r)opic,” their joint project
is a multicultural statement that foregoes repetition and references to
previous work. Their music evokes images of a torrential river that
relentlessly cleaves its way forward, constantly renewing itself in the
process. In their work, they set Europe and America on a—sometimes laconic,
sometimes pointed—collision course, playfully mixing Brazilian rhythms with
improvisational and melodious interludes.
Julien Desprez: Guitar, Direction
Rob Mazurek: Horn, Direction
Mette Rasmussen: Alto Saxophone
Mauricio Takara: Percussions, Electronics
Susana Santos Silva: Trumpet
Ingebrigt Haker Flaten: Bass
Lotte Anker: Tenor/Soprano Saxophones
Gerald Cleaver: Drums
Isabel Sorling: Voice, Electronics
ABACAXI
Somewhere between late 60’s rock and sound art, ABACAXI has a a heart full of candy and a skin made of spikes.
Formed by Julien Desprez, this brand new incarnation of the classic rock line up guitar/bass/drums presents an intense electric sound sculpture, carved by the rock idiom.
The trio, with Max Andrzejewski on drums/synth and Jean François Riffaud on bass, creates an highly energetic new music full of noisy brightness and sharp edges - completed by a choreography of flashlights.
