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Basile3

Basile3 announces debut album with first single ‘In The Clouds’

Basile3 share the first single of his debut album ’43°C’ to be released on May 31th → Listen

43°C, the debut LP by French electronic producer Basile3, is the result of a decade of cultivating a musical identity that focuses on hybridization, sonic recycling, and playfulness. The enigmatic title “43°C” signifies a haze of bliss (4+3=7, the producer’s lucky number) backdropped by the ecological state of a world that’s grown slightly but surely warmer. In this anticipation fiction, Basile3 offers a soundtrack that is an exploration of urban electronic music, minimalist techno and lofi house. The French producer warmly invites listeners to his state of mind, blooming with genre-bending floating soundscapes.

“In The Clouds” by Basile3 is a groundbreaking track that seamlessly blends Breakbeat, Drum & Bass, and Abstract IDM Leftfield into a dynamic and immersive sonic experience. With its rich tapestry of percussive rhythms, engaging synth melodies, and deep bass lines. The track pulses with energy, driven by relentless percussion and enriched by synths that deliver groovy, impulsive themes, captivating listeners with their intoxicating allure. The robust bass underscores the music’s potency, enhancing its commanding aura.

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UTO

New video: UTO ‘2MOONS’ x Bilou Dricot

French duo UTO unveils a new extract from their upcoming album ‘When all you want to do is be the fire part of fire’ with new music video directed by Bilou Dricot → Watch 

Can a planet have two moons? Can a star have two rings? Can we want one thing and its opposite?  In astronomy, a large space object whose trajectory passes close enough to the Earth and which represents a threat of collision is called a potentially dangerous object. ‘2MOONS’ is a song about living with the danger of this collision, between what we have and what we lack. 

‘2MOONS’ by UTO echoes the sounds of late ‘90s teenage bedrooms with its melancholy indie-pop atmosphere tinged with grunge notes. UTO masterfully combines the rough naivety of golden era indie music with washed-out grunge guitars and shoegaze buildups to create what is ultimately a pop song. Neysa and Emile’s lyrics illustrate the seduction of comfort versus the fiery desire of the unknown.”It seems you want both, the safe life, the chaos, the long run, the sparkle…”

The duo masterfully captures the delicate balance between our inner desires and the external world we navigate. 2MOONS’ engaging, almost familiar, arrangements and shy melodies recalls the intimate atmosphere of groups like bar italia or artist Florence Sinclair. Ultimately, ‘2MOONS’ exemplifies UTO’s talent at always finding a way to create vulnerable genre-leaping music that infiltrates the emotions of the listener and lingers in their head.

New album out April 12, 2024 → Pre-order LP / CD / Merch

ON TOUR
22.03 – Santeria – Milan (IT)
23.03 – M4Music – Zurich (CH)
06.04- Tallinn Music Week (EST)
13.04 – Westway LAB – Guimarães (PT)
17.04 – Release party / Petit Bain – Paris (FR)
26.04 – C/o Pop Festival – Köln (DE)
03.05 – Europavox Festival – Vilnius (LT)
04.05 – Paradiso – Amsterdam (NL)
07.05 – Gretchen – Berlin (DE)
10.05 – The Lanes – Bristol (UK)
11.05 – The Shacklewell Arms – London (UK)
12.05 – Hyde Park Book Club – Leeds (UK)
14.05 – Yes Basement – Manchester (UK)
16.05 – The Great Escape – Brighton (UK)
22.05 -Le Tetris – Le Havre (FR)
& more to come

Infiné

Club InFiné: UTO + Laryssa Kim + Toh Imago

InFiné invites you to the latest editions of our international label night. Join us on April 17 for a showcase of avant-garde music that defies genres, diverse emerging talents, and all things InFiné → Tickets

UTO

UTO is back and on fire with their latest album “When all you want to do is be the fire part of fire…” Hidden away in the forest region outside Paris is UTO, agents of chaos who’ve always lived on the periphery of reality, in twilights and dreamstates. Coming off the heels of their lauded 2022 debut Touch The Lock, which Pitchfork praised for its “prismatic synth pop”, the duo embarked on countless UK/European tour dates. Their new album brings them back to their fiery molten core.

Laryssa Kim

Laryssa Kim, the Brussels-based Italian Congolese singer and composer, is a rare type. An artist who has seized the precious ability to synthesise divergent sounds and practices into a wondrous and coherent whole, her rousing articulation of music’s most sensuous modes straddles both the academic and worldly as deftly as she scales ethereal heights. Pitchfork lauded her latest release Contezza, with this delicious description, “Her skin-prickling compositions are an unsettling frame for vocals that, when they come, startle with their operatic grace. Chthonic instrumentals give way to eerie ballads incorporating chamber-pop and R&B, her voice rising from the ether like a spirit from a cursed cave.”

Toh Imago

Toh Imago is a paradoxical producer. On the one hand, his records are constructed from “concrete” samples of nature, a siderurgical site, oceans or childhood VHS tapes, the very places they are meant to emulate. On the other hand, he fashions an imaginary place into which his creator and his listeners can transport themselves. 

Petit Bain – 7 Port de la Gare
75013 PARIS

Sabrina Bellaouel

Sabrina Bellaouel announces new remixes EP with new video for ‘Period Point Blank’

Sabrina Bellaouel shares a new video for her captivating ‘Period Point Blank’ to celebrate the anniversary of her debut album ‘Al Hadr → Listen 

French-Algerian artist Sabrina Bellaouel celebrates the first anniversary of her debut album Al Hadr with a single backed by an official video marking the return of the ‘Amazigh Princess’ to the forefront of modern dancefloors. Period Point Blank: the story of a romance of fiery beats, disturbing eye contact and shooting stars, as much as the framework for global House anthem revisited on this EP by Bernardette and Karen Nyame.  

The edit version of “Period Point Blank” offers a dazzling fusion between the sensuality of R&B and the bodily energy of house, and the power of a monstrous, penetrating bass. For the official video directed by the French duet Augure Augure, Sabrina dons a wooden ‘Amazigh princess’ armor crafted by the Marseille based designer Amaury Darras , meticulously selecting her warrior artefacts against a backdrop of mystical caves and vast sandy expanses. 

Period Point Blank is a poetic and political statement. It’s a self-fictional film about a state of grace on the eve of a war that we can only assume will be bloody.

Against whom/what?
There are stories that are not told by the victors. A world of details selected by other voices with or without pity. The intuition of this Amazigh woman, timeless but reminiscent of the Diyah Queen of the Aurès, who, like Joan of Arc, was the cause of a great change. The impact of an individual story on collective history. Tomorrow, nothing will ever be the same.

10.05.24 – LYON – Nuits Sonores
27.06.24 – PARIS – Festival Days Off (Philharmonie de Paris)

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Lucie Antunes

Lucie Antunes: Amazing Carnaval out now

Lucie Antunes releases 5 bonus tracks on ‘Amazing Carnaval’ deluxe version → Stream

Lucie Antunes and her AMAZING CARNAVAL have set their sights on an auspicious start to the new year, with five new tracks that explore the pop codes of contemporary music: erudite, complex, constantly seeking a balance between the most arduous rhythmic theory and the need to get people dancing, between the cerebral and the body that moves, taps and strikes. 

These new tracks round off the CARNAVAL album, released in April 2023, and form a new ‘Antunes cycle’: Lucie, a true band leader, has brought together the radical Swiss-Guatemalan artist Baby Volcano, the psychedelic poet François Atlas, French actress Anna Mouglalis and the young up-and-comer Superette to give voice to her music. The results are astonishing. 

It’s amazing, isn’t it ?

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Basile3

Basile3 shares new single ‘Crush’ on Paradoxe Club

Basile3 unveils new single ‘Crush’ on Paradoxe Club → Listen

While finishing his debut album, Brussels-based French producer & DJ Basile3 shares a new track via Paradoxe Club. “Crush” is an appetizer of the new gems Basile is about to unveil this Spring on InFiné…Meanwhile, find out more about his inspirations with his new playlist ‘Basile3 Stimulus’ available on Deezer, Soptify & Apple Music.

Stream the playlist ‘Basile3 Stimulus’
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CINDY POOCH

Cindy Pooch – New EP ‘Le Feu’ out now!

Cindy Pooch unveils two reinterpretations of her album’s key tracks → Listen

A few months after the release of her acclaimed and FIP-selected debut album In Nomine Corpus (2023) on InFiné, Cindy Pooch returns on February 20th with a new EP: Le Feu, reinterpreting two of her album’s key tracks. This EP arises from a desire to re-explore two tracks from the album, moving ever more towards the sensitive, via minimalism. To achieve this, Cindy Pooch decided to invite five musicians she respects and admires: singer and multi-instrumentalist Claudine Pauly, pianist, multi-instrumentalist and singer Ariel Tintar, protean singer Célia Kameni, ubiquitous singer Agyei Osei and violinist Sylvain Rabourdin and his nomadic improvisations.

“The meeting for this session was almost improvisational, with everyone expressing themselves from their own place, with a great porosity to discovery and wonder. The recordings highlight an intuitive synergy in which each of the musicians put his or her own sensibility at the service of the music and texts, approaching the musical material in a physiological, organic way.” – Cindy Pooch

This results in two brand-new versions of ‘Le Feu’ and ‘Tout ou Rien’, revealing the strength and singularity of Cindy Pooch’s voice and further enhancing the warmth and sensitivity of the tracks. ‘Le Feu’ is reiterated and reinvented, fanned by new flames, revealing once again the plurality of its sources and the ambivalence of the emotions it generates. ‘Tout ou Rien’ – sublimated by choirs, violin improvisations and subtle piano touches – makes its message explicit, transporting us to profound reflections.

“Tout ou Rien expresses the attempt to resist the serenity that numbs and annihilates vitality, from the destructive instinct as an escape route not to be borrowed, to possible alchemies that lie at the subtle boundary that separates everything from nothing.” – Cindy Pooch

This unique session – recorded under live conditions thanks to the delicacy and experience of François Baurin of Hinterland Lab, his warm studio and the vibrant setting for this recording experience – allows us to rediscover these two tracks in even more direct and accessible versions than the album versions. Cindy Pooch will be in concert at La Maroquinerie on March 6 with several guests, and on tour throughout France in the spring.

06.03.24 – PARIS – La Maroquinerie Tickets
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Rone

Rone live @ Barbican, London

French electronic music producer Rone performs the UK premiere of his latest album L(oo)ping alongside the London Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Robert Ames. → Tickets

It took less than a decade for Rone (Erwan Castex) to establish himself as one of the main artists of the French electronic music scene. Always crossing the boundaries of electronic music – he has released several studio albums on the Parisian label InFiné and has collaborated with the likes of The National, Étienne Daho, Jean-Michel Jarre, Michel Gondry, François Atlas and Alain Damasio.

It was when working with Romain Allender (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Shape of Water) that Rone’s electronic world bridged with that of the orchestra. Selecting tracks in Rone’s repertoire that would lend themselves to symphonic reinterpretations, L(oo)ping took shape in June 2021 as an electro-classical concert in France – receiving a rapturous response from audiences and wide critical acclaim – with a live recording that followed in 2023.

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Deena Abdelwahed

Deena Abdelwahed gets remixed by DJ Plead, EHUA & 33EMYBW

Following the release of her album ‘Jbal Rrsas’ release, Deena Abdelwahed returns with a collection of remixes by 3 artists who are shaking up the codes of Club Music → Stream

In 2023, Deena Abdelwahed’s album Jbal Rsas earned its place in the year-end charts of influential platforms like Pitchfork, The Guardian, DJ Mag, and The Quietus. As we approach February 16, 2024, excitement builds for the release of three highly anticipated remixes by DJ Plead, 33EMYBW, and Ehua, showcasing the collaborative and borderless spirit that transcends Deena’s new album.

Deena has personally committed herself to this selection of artists who are shaking up the codes. «These are three artists whose tracks I often play during my DJ sets. I know their sounds well, and I particularly appreciate their sense of innovation when it comes to club music,» explains Deena.

Lebanese Australian DJ Plead’s style has been adopted by labels such as Nervous Horizon, AD 93, and Livity Sound. He brings his unique groove to ‘Violence for Free’, injecting the remix with sampled percussion and jarring synth notes that fuse deep and minimal house into something equally laid-back and bouncy.

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Bruce Brubaker

Bruce Brubaker live @ National Sawdust

American pianist Bruce Brubaker will take the stage on February 23th at National Sawdust ! → Tickets

(646) – 779 – 8455
80 NORTH 6TH ST
BROOKLYN, NY 11249

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UTO

UTO announces new album with first single ‘Art & Life’

French electronic duo UTO announces their second album release with new single ‘Art&Life’ → Stream

Artworks by Bilou M. Dricot

New album ‘When all you want to do is be the fire part of fire’ to be released on April 12, 2024 on InFiné

When all you want to do is be the fire part of fire… say it to yourself and then say it again. Repeat it like a mantra. It’s what UTO did.

Anyone familiar with the UTO’s lauded 2022 debut Touch The Lock, which Pitchfork praised for its “prismatic synth pop”, will be aware of the variegated nature of what they do. This album is just as colourful, with Neysa’s vocalwork sparking similarities to Kim Gordon’s off-kilter vocals, which they both ceremoniously jets through a post-electronica blender mixing stylized indie sleaze productions with 90s breakbeats.

While they might appear as a singular entity to others, UTO wrote large sections of this album apart, converging by the fireside to discuss the day’s work before coming together to hone and finish the songs. 2023 was, by their own admission, a difficult year, and that’s reflected in the Dantean themes expressed in songs such as the lead single ‘Zombie’, which arrived at the end of November as a taster for the new record; the latter’s dark heart is belied by the skittering beats, glitchy electronics and pummeling sequencers that elevate it from the void.

From fire, early man’s discovery, to AI, humanity’s next great adventure – with all of the wonders and complexities of human relationships in between – When all you want to do is be the fire part of fire really is about life, the universe and everything. Just remember, be the flame, not the moth.

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Tour dates

08.02.24 – Le Botanique – Bruxelles (BE)
22.02.24 – MENT – Ljubijana (SI)
22.03.24 – Santeria – Milan (IT)
23.03.24 – M4Music – Zurich (CH)
26.04.24 – C/O Pop Festival – Koln (DE)
03.05.24 – Europavox Festival – Vilnius (LT)
04.05.24 – Paradiso – Amsterdam (NL)
10.05.24 – The Lanes – Bristol (UK)
11.05.24 – Shacklewell Arms – London (UK)
22.05.24 – Le Tetris – Le Havre (FR)

Lucie Antunes

New video: Lucie Antunes feat. Baby Volcano x Jamie Harley

Listen to the first extract from Lucie Antunes’ Amazing Carnaval, the deluxe version of her latest album, featuring Baby Volcano, François Atlas, Anna Mouglalis, Superette → Stream

 

Lucie Antunes and her AMAZING CARNAVAL have set their sights on an auspicious start to the new year, with five new tracks that explore the pop codes of contemporary music: erudite, complex, constantly seeking a balance between the most arduous rhythmic theory and the need to get people dancing, between the cerebral and the body that moves, taps and strikes. 

These new tracks round off the CARNAVAL album, released in April 2023, and form a new ‘Antunes cycle’: Lucie, a true band leader, has brought together the radical Swiss-Guatemalan artist Baby Volcano, the psychedelic poet François Atlas, French actress Anna Mouglalis and the young up-and-comer Superette to give voice to her music. The results are astonishing. 

First up is LUCHADORA with Baby Volcano, which sounds like a PMA between Peaches and Soulwax, a frenetic anthem combining club music, hip hop, trap and unifying pop mixed by Ammar 808, a leading producer on the new Maghreb electronic scene alongside Deena Abdelwahed.

LA CHAIR with French actress Anna Mouglalis is one of those tracks that makes you dance for a lifetime and breaks your heart, vibrant poetry for the dancefloor. Anna Mouglalis’ voice and lyrics carry Lucie’s music loud and clear, mixed with a firm hand in a velvet glove by Yuksek.

PARTIR À L’ENVERS is an upheaval, a piece of imbalance both rhythmically and vocally… you wobble, you stumble, you take things by the end to find the beginning again. It’s a symbiosis between the poetry of François Atlas (François and the Atlas Mountains), who sings in a calm, lascivious voice, lyrics that have no chorus or chorus. The music and lyrics respond to each other in an astonishing way, creating an exquisite corpse that drives you into a trance.

C’EST PAS GRAVE is a mantra-like song that’s an invitation to get moving: to get over everything, to gain height, to carry on living without collapsing. This deeply topical ritornello summons the ghost of Arvo Part, Brigitte Fontaine & Areski for its poetry and very post-situationist incantations. Performed by the Well Quartet and mixed by our friend Fred Soulard (Maestro / Limousine), whom we met on Lucie’s first album (SERGEÏ, released in 2018).

Finally, T’AS TOUT TON TEMPS, a surprising, sunny and totally conquering track. It’s epic R&B in the noblest sense of the word, featuring the bass and the exquisite flow of Louise Botbol aka Superette, who was poached by Lucie while she was still a student at the Conservatoire National Supérieur to take part in the Carnaval tour. 

It’s amazing, isn’t it ?

27.02 – Amazing Carnaval live @ Centquatre-Paris / Les Inrocks festival with Baby Volcano, Anna Mouglalis, François Atlas, Superette 

→ Tickets 

Rone

New soundtrack by Rone for Canal+ series ‘D’argent & de sang’ by Xavier Giannoli

 

 

Rone scores the soundtrack of CANAL+ most anticipated series of the year, “D’Argent & de sang” → Stream / Buy

“D’Argent & de Sang” is the latest creation from French producer Erwan Castex, known as Rone, famous for acclaimed albums such as “Room with a View” and “Tohu Bohu”, who won a César for his first soundtrack for Frédéric Farrucci’s film “La Nuit Venue” in 2021 and the award for best soundtrack at the Cannes Film Festival for Jacques Audiard’s “Les Olympiades”.

Initially entitled “Tikkoun”, the next CANAL+ original series “D’Argent & De Sang” is produced by Curiosa Films and directed by multi-César winner Xavier Giannoli (with “Lost Ilusions in 2021), with whom the composer worked closely to develop a subtle blend of electronic and classical sounds, a field in which Rone’s reputation is well established. “By mixing classical orchestral textures with modern electronic elements, I wanted to symbolise the heterogeneity of the worlds that intersect in this story”.

The first part of the series, which features among many others Vincent Lindon, Niels Schneider and Ramzy Bedia, is broadcast in France on Canal + from 16 October 2023.

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Blick Bassy

Blick Bassy live @ La Cigale

 

 

Catch Blick Bassy live in Paris on January 24th @ La Cigale! → Tickets

La Cigale
120 boulevard Marguerite de Rochechouart
Métro Pigalle (ligne 12) & Métro Anvers (ligne 2)

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MUSIC ACTIVISTS

InFiné albums of the year – 25% off

 

Artwork: Motoplastic

Get 25% off on all InFiné releases by using the code infine2023Order now!

We’ve decided to offer you a 25% discount on all our catalog until December, 8th.  It’s a chance to take a closer look at InFiné’s ‘albums of the year’ – the ones you’ve loved and might consider giving as gifts, the ones you’ve missed and are discovering in a new light.

Leonie Pernet

Ziggy Stardust by Léonie Pernet

Léonie Pernet presents new EP ‘Ziggy Stardust’ on InFiné & CryBaby → Listen

A key figure on the French indie-pop scene and proud representative of the collaboration between the InFiné & Crybaby labels, Léonie Pernet breaks with her usual habits to present two previously unreleased reinterpretations of «It Ain’t Easy» and «Rock’N’Roll Suicide» from David Bowie’s cult album, «The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars».

«2033, humanity has only five years to live. Léonie Stardust, a non-binary extraterrestrial, has taken refuge in Niger, while Africa is now a celestial body orbiting the sun. But they return with a final message of hope. ».

This is the scenario imagined by the artist, who reappropriated the album when it was commissioned by the Printemps de Bourges and Avignon Festivals. From these unanimously acclaimed first concerts comes a 2-track EP recorded live, offering a retro-futuristic, even afro-futuristic reinterpretation, skilfully blending percussion, synthesizers, bass and violin.

«Being practically a virgin to Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust myth, I approached the album rather insolently», the artist confided to Les Inrockuptibles.

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Blick Bassy

Blick Bassy gets remixed by CLARAGUILAR

Blick Bassy returns with a new remix from ‘Bengue’, taken from his previous album ‘Madiba’ released on InFiné → Stream/Buy

CLARAGUILAR, Barcelona-based producer and composer signed on the renowned LAPSUS label, unveils her transformative remix of Blick Bassy’s ‘Bengue,’ and takes us on a transcendental musical experience. In this ethereal and ambient journey, CLARAGUILAR breathes new life into the original, reimagining it with an innovative twist.

CLARAGUILAR’s interpretation of ‘Bengue’ is a captivating fusion of pop-chamber arrangements, delicately produced with brooding synths and subtle vocal manipulations. As the track progresses, it seamlessly transitions into a dynamic soundscape with a hint of drum and bass, adding an exciting edge to the experience. This climactic shift is intensified by glitching, pitch-perfect vocal loops. In the last minute of the remix, the ambiance shifts into breakbeat with a slight drum and bass edge, layered with glitching pitched vocals looping hypnotically

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→ Listen to Bengue – remixed

UTO

UTO is back with new single ‘Zombie’


InFiné’s enfants terribles are back with mysterious new single ‘Zombie’ → Stream / Buy

 

Zombie’ by the French band UTO is a captivating blend of electronic rock in 2023, drawing inspiration from Sonic Youth, Stereolab, and The Chemical Brothers. It’s a haunting journey into love, desire, and the supernatural. 

The lyrics tell a cursed love story between a human and a monster, offering a seductive yet ominous allure. UTO masterfully combines electronic elements, synthesizers, and computer-generated sounds to create a contemporary yet ‘90s-reminiscent sonic landscape. 

With ‘Zombie’, you’ll be swept away by dark romance and electrifying danger. Brace yourself for a mesmerizing odyssey that’s both desirable and dangerous. Beware in 2024…

Next gig: 02.12 – Creil – La Grange À Musique

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Murcof / Twin Color

Murcof/Simon Geilfus present Twin Color live @ IRCAM (.Electro-Odyssée)

Thu 30 November 2023, + Fri 1 December 2023, 8 p.m. @ Ircam – Espace de projection → Infos & Tickets

Under the name Murcof, Fernando Corona has released a series of landmark albums, including MartesUtopia, and Cosmos.. minimalist, micro-polyphonic, soaring music. Now known as Twin Color, Murcof and visual artist Simon Geilfus fuse video and electronics, futuristic sound design and the nostalgia of pop electronics with analog synthesis.

Inserting video game codes into a contemplative world, Twin Color also offers viewers the chance to explore a virtual world, the same environment generating both music and video. A universe permeated by the ghosts of Caspar David Friedrich and the photographer and painter Beksinski.

Pierre Carré – IRCAM Computer music designer
Fernando Corona (aka Murcof)/Simon Geilfus – Twin Color – Premiere 2023

LABELLE

Labelle release party @ Le Centquatre-Paris on November 30

Don’t miss electronic maloya composer Labelle’s release party in Paris on November 30th at Centquatre → Get Tickets!

 

An adventurous composer brilliantly navigating the confluence of diverse musical sources, Labelle celebrates the release of his new album, NOIR ANIMA, entirely irrigated by a desire for dance and trance.

At the end of a multi-stage creative process initiated in 2018, NOIR ANIMA was finalized in 2023. A vibrant blend of electro and maloya – the emblematic music of La Réunion – it reflects a feverish quest to liberate the body through music, and vice versa. “To feel the moment, to be, to marvel at being, to melt into the present”, says Labelle.

With this fifth album, released like the previous ones by the excellent InFiné label, the musician – as forward-looking as ever, ten years after emerging – enriches with intense new nuances his fundamentally hybrid language oscillating between the West and the Indian Ocean. Developed in part during residencies at CENTQUATRE-PARIS, the live album accompanying NOIR ANIMA is unveiled here for the first time, in the immediate wake of the album’s release.

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