On April 18th, we partner with Rouge Mécanique to present an evening of interactive sculptures by Jeanne Briand, live acoustics performed in 4DSOUND by Romain Azzaro & Guests as well as DJ sets that will accompany you into the morning.
The evening will feature:
Gamete Glass installation by Jeanne Briand:
Blown Glass Sculptures amplified in 4DSOUND
Jeanne Briand’s work plunges the viewer into a world of blown glass shapes that emit a delicate soundtrack created from a studio recording of the artist’s breathing, occasionally mingling with the sound of water and gentle percussion. These ‘gametes’ propose a new form of life, and the origin of the sounds they emit serves to raise questions in the viewer’s mind about the artifice or real existence of the animated forms.
Perpendicular floor-to-ceiling steel bars punctuate these future bodies, presenting a radical and inflexible vision of a world yet to be discovered.
Waisted Echoes:
Acoustic performance in 4DSOUND
Sacha Hladiy (Upright Piano), Paul Benham (Electric Guitar) and Romain Azzaro (Classical Guitar) will present an acoustic live performance especially written for our 4DSOUND system.
The three musicians will travel between Classical, Jazz, Neo-Soul and experiment harmonies through acoustics and sound cohesion.
Aftershow:
From 23:30 the Monom bar will open for the aftershow with guest DJs till 4am.
TICKETS & SCHEDULE
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20:00 - MONOM Bar and Exhibition Open
22:00: Acoustic Live Performance with Upright classic Piano ( Sacha Hladiy), Electric Guitar ( Paul Benham , Classic Guitar + microphone (Romain Azzaro)
23:30 - Aftershow with DJs TBA
ROMAIN AZZARO / ROUGE MECANIQUE
Armed with a Telecaster and dreams of a deserted city, The Rouge Mécanique, born Romain Azzaro, sauntered onto the runway in 2013 with the highly acclaimed Rekids EP, ‘Witches," a record memorably packaged in hand-stitched leather--as brutal and elegant as the sound inside.
Since this debut, many have witnessed the cinematic style of his rhythmic-strut-5am-blues-party productions--elemental and perpetually mobile, a fresh cut in the groove of sassed-out disco and rock-n-roll that also pays homage to the digital pulse of dance music.
Raised between France and Italy, The Mécanique found his wave playing guitar and drums in punk, coldwave, and psychedelic bands through his teenage years, all the while informed by his prior piano background at the Conservatory of Paris and his abiding interest in the collision of fashion and film alike.
All of these influences are metabolized in his upcoming releases and his increasingly legendary live shows which maneuver effortlessly between the acid-house modulations of his Roland JP 8080 and the lysergic searching of his vocals and guitar. The result is a live experience that seeks to break out of the dazed loop of ketamine infused minimalism while returning to the spirit of proto/future punk. Here we have, finally, a post-apocalyptic metallic sunset sound that recalls the best of Neu! and their motorik 70s chug laced with angular guitar deviance, a perfect antidote to the sclerosis of the current dance scene.
SASHA HLADIY (PIANIST)
Sacha was born in Paris. Being a son of a family of dancers/artists, he started playing piano at the age of eight, later he learned dancing at his parent's dance school. As a teenager he started playing jazz with others musicians. At twenty-one, he studied in Paris for four years at the Bill Evans Piano Academy, which was directed by Bernard Maury, a good friend of Michel Petrucciani and Bill Evans, this school reinvented the way to approach, learn and play jazz. Having recorded albums for Thatum and Sul'Shab who got know for their appearances on the french radio station F.I.P. in the early 2000s. He moved to Berlin in 2008 and focused then on piano solo.
His music is inspired by french composers like Satie, Debussy, and Ravel, but although inspired by Chopin and Philipp Glass.
Sacha's compositions and improvisations are a mix from neoclassical, impressionism and worldwide grooves. The middle way between Ludovico Einaudi and Keith Jarrett. The sweet and deep harmonies are an invitation of dreaming and letting go. The simplicity and melancholy of the melodies open the heart, arise your soul. Listening to his music will make your life drifting into a movie, flying through space and time.
PAUL BENHAM (GUITAR)
Self-taught guitarist, Paul draws his inspiration from Psychedelic Rock, Jazz and the ‘Musique Savante’ of the 20th century. He graduates in sound engineering at ESRA - ISTS Paris in 2013, where he specialized in Sound Design for films and Electro-acoustic composition. His first radio piece for Libération received the 1st price at the APAJ contest organised by France Inter and France culture.
Attracted by the endless possibilities offered by electronic music, he moved to Berlin where he explored the many ways of playing instruments together with analog machines live. With his duo Lou, he performed in some of the most iconic clubs of the city : Berghain’s Kantine, Sisyphos, Kater Blau, Loftus Hall, Griessmühele, Fusion Festival…
Paul frequently works on Sound Design for movies and also created sound installations for special events like in 2015 for the fashion designer Iris Von Arnim in Hamburg, or the recently sound immersion project and movie project “Hubris” from the director Marie Polo. He is currently finalising his first 30min-long acousmatic piece, in order to prepare a Multi Sensorial Opera in the coming years.
