Closer Music

The festival opens on Friday 20 February with Anastasia Coope, accompanied by drummer Moses Archuleta (Deerhunter), whose music develops a unique folk sound, both intimate and enigmatic, carried by her deep and captivating voice.
The evening continues with London-based producer Alpha Maid, accompanied by Sébastien Forrester and Oli Haylett, for a powerful set blending pop, grunge and raw electronica.
To close this first evening, the Irish project One Leg One Eye, led by Ian Lynch (co-founder of Lankum), offers a radical encounter between Irish musical traditions and contemporary forms derived from black metal, drone and noise. Amplified bagpipes, deep drones and sounds captured in the field compose a hypnotic offering.

On Saturday 21 February, the exploration continues with feeo, performing in France for the first time: his music, which blends drone, ambient and minimal electronica, explores the tension between collective energy and solitude.
The London duo Lol K, composed of CJ Calderwood and Junior XL, then offers a daring live performance that creates a dialogue, without hierarchy, between post-classical, grunge and club music. Their approach deconstructs traditional formats to bring out hybrid compositions.
The evening continues with V/Z, a project by drummer Valentina Magaletti and multi-instrumentalist producer Zongamin. Inspired by dub and post-punk, the duo deploys precise rhythmic writing, made up of loops, voices and sound fragments.
To close the festival, DJ DIE SOON offers an intense and haunting set. His performances, veritable sound rituals, evoke the density and chaos of Tokyo's metropolitan soundscape through a mix of distorted dub, noise and abrasive rhythms.

In the setting of the building designed by Rem Koolhaas, conceived to encourage encounters between audiences and artists, Closer Music unfolds over two evenings as a space for circulation, listening and shared experimentation.

Curator: Etienne Blanchot
In partnership with Libération