Cabaret Contemporain

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Cabaret Contemporain is a group of musicians, both composers and The individual technical virtuosity is never the goal of Cabaret. They are improvisers, whose approach is mixing styles and musical genres. Af- aiming for a virtuosity of orchestration, a virtuosity of mix, fusion of each ter having individually explored different musical “worlds”, they are now musician’s proposition, to generate a new sound entity where individual reuniting as Cabaret Contemporain, and working on a an extraordinary voices become impossible to distinguish. approach and music. Musical genres, composer/player relationship, acoustic and electronic music are becoming obsolete concepts. They are The projects of Cabaret, all starting from pre-existing musical mate- working on the creation of a true language and vocabulary of sounds, rials, are characterised by the same originality. Cabaret Contemporain is way of playing and musical codes, allowing them to go up to each mu- trying to answer a variety of questions, including how to bring a material sical material in an original way. to unexplored territories, how to transform it through the encounter of Cabaret Contemporain’s sound, how to push these hidden elements to Sound research is in the heart of their work: each musician of Cabaret extremes and make a true metamorphosis possible. By reinventing new Contemporain develops a radical approach to their instruments, with player/composer, written music/improvised music relationships, Cabaret techniques, preparations, and original ways of playing. Sounds that nor- Contemporain’s musicians are creating eclectic and independent music, mally belong to the electronic music field are produced by completely able to address the general public thanks to its diversity of influences acoustic means. and languages. Terry Riley Revisited, John Cage Revisited, Cabaret Dancefl oor feat. Chateau Flight (I:Cube et Gilb’r) with Étienne Jaumet Cité de la musique (paris), le 6b (pantin), le Lux (valence), Les Nuits d’été (metz), palais universitaire (strasbourg), la Ferme du buisson (marne-la-vallée), Louvre (Lens), La Gaîté Lyrique (paris), le Lieu Unique (Nantes), le brise-Glace (Annecy), le Grim (marseille), Cité de L’Arsenal (metz), Le Lieu Unique (Nantes), scène nationale La machine du moulin rouge (paris), maison de la la musique (paris), le Lieu Unique (Nantes), la Ferme d’Évry, the michael schimmel Center for the Arts (New-York) musique (Nanterre)la Ferme du buisson (marne-la-vallée) du buisson (marne-la-vallée), Centre pompidou (metz) Giani Caserotto, electric guitar / Fabrizio Rat, prepared piano Giani Caserotto, electric guitar / Fabrizio Rat, prepared piano Giani Caserotto, guitar / Fabrizio Rat, piano / Ronan Courty, double bass Julien Loutelier, drums / Ronan Courty, double bass Julien Loutelier, drums / Ronan Courty, double bass Julien Loutelier, drums / Étienne Jaumet, synthetiser Simon Drappier, double bass Simon Drappier, double bass

Here, we opted for a group of instruments willingly “electric”, in order to Starting from acoustic instruments, Cabaret Contemporain’s Just like our “John Cage Revisited” with Etienne Jaumet creation, Cabaret produce something different from the usual pieces’ production (rather musicians imagined a concert Contemporain’s musicians draw their inspiration from Terry Riley’s works, rarely played, in fact). Musicians worked on the extension of the idea of electronic music. The idea is to offer a true instrumental live adapting them and giving them acurrent connotation, at the border of of preparation of the piano, Cage’s major inovation, to a smaller group concert where sounds different musical genres. (prepared piano, prepared guitar, prepared double bass and prepared question visual perceptions and musical first impressions. Together with Dj’s Gilb’r and I:Cube’s, Cabaret Contemporain’s musicians drums). freely adapt Riley’s electric guitar, double bass, prepared piano and drums Original music by Cabaret Contemporain pieces. Musicians draw their inspiration one another from their sound The musicians prepared their instruments adding objects to them, materials to create a sound at the border of different musical genres. misusing the instrumental gesture, and working on the transformation brOADCAstING DAtes and fi ltering of the sound, in order to renew the instrumental vocabulary, september 25, 2012 Festival Musica, Strasbourg t. riley, A rainbow in curved air, Eastern man, In the summer, just like Cage did for prepared piano. Etienne Jaumet, emblematic fi gure October 7, 2012 Le 6b, St-Denis (within the framework Desert of ice, Persian surgery dervishes of French electronic music, associates with Cabaret Contemporain and of Maad’in 93 festival) brings a new colour to the American composer’s music. November 16, 2012 Le Lux, Valence brOADCAstING DAtes January 25, 2013 La Ferme du Buisson, Marne-la-Vallée February 23, 2013 La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris Adaptations of J. Cage’s pieces: Constructions in Metal, January 31, 2013 Studio 105 FIP Radio, Paris February 24, 2013 Le Lieu Unique, Nantes In a landscape, Suite for Toy piano, Third Construction, April 5, 2013 Cirque électrique, Paris may 2, 2013 La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris Living Room Music June 13, 2013 L’Internationale, Paris January 31, 2014 La Ferme du Buisson, Marne la Vallée June 16, 2013 The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, New-York Cabaret Dancefl oor February 7, 2014 Maison de la Musique, Nanterre brOADCAstING DAtes september 26, 2013 Lieu Unique, Nantes January 26, 2012 Espace culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris september 27, 2013 L’Arsenal, Metz April 6, 2012 Maison de la Culture, Grenoble (within the framework Moondog Tribute of the festival “Les détours de Babel”)! september 28, 2013 La Dynamo, Pantin may 18, 2012 Les Nuits sonores, Lyon February 20, 2014 Louvre, Lens Le Bal Contemporain march 19, 2014 L’Arsenal, Metz Le Lieu Unique (Nantes), maison de la musique september 25, 2012 Palais universitaire, Strasbourg Théâtre de l’Agora, Évry (Nanterre), Les Dominicains de haute-Alsace (within the framework of “Musica”) may 23-24, 2014 Giani Caserotto, electric guitar / Fabrizio Rat, prepared piano (Guebwiller), Arsenal (metz) November 30, 2012 Le Brise-Glace, Annecy June 14-15, 2014 Calgary (Canada) Julien Loutelier, drums / Ronan Courty, double bass (supporting Zombie Zombie) June 21, 2014 National orchestra’s Hall, Lille Simon Drappier, double bass Giani Caserotto, electric guitar / Fabrizio Rat, prepared piano December 13, 2012 Le Grim, Marseille (within the framework Julien Loutelier, drums / Ronan Courty, double bass of the festival “Nuits d’hiver”) Cabaret Contemporain’s musicians invite you to a ball led by their Simon Drappier, double bass December 16, 2012 La Cité de la Musique, Paris Music for Airports, original music. (supporting Marc Ribot) December 19, 2012 Le Lieu Unique, Nantes by Brian Eno More than just an excuse to another tribute, Moondog’s music Creation on November 15th, 2013 at Odéon, January 19, 2013 Musée d’art contemporain, Fribourg (Suisse) explores notions such as pulsation, counterpoint, repetition, invented tremblay-en-France instruments with unique tones, oral transmission, modes, which January 25, 2013 La Ferme du Buisson, Marne-la-Vallée Collège des bernardins (paris), piscine de metz (supporting Zombie Zombie) Cabaret Contemporain is very sensitive to. brOADCAstING DAtes march 28, 2013 Centre Pompidou, Metz Giani Caserotto, electric guitar / Fabrizio Rat, prepared piano February 27, 2014 Le Lux, Valence October 17, 2013 Centre culturel, Thourotte Julien Loutelier, drums / Ronan Courty, double bass Cabaret Contemporain decided to associate on this project with two march 23, 2014 Lieu Unique, Nantes (artist residency) Swedish singers, who have a wide experience of gateways between Simon Drappier, double bass may 4, 2014 La Bellevilloise, Paris musical genres: Linda Ola and Isabel Sorling, Goteborg-born, and Terry Riley Revisited feat. Chateau Flight capable of moving from one register to another: vocal/instrumental, June 28, 2014 La Bellevilloise, Paris mainstream/experimental. Originally composed to be broadcated in airports in order to help passengers relax before their fl ight, Music for Airports draws its inspiration Creation in November 2013 at maison de la musique in from minimalist composers such as Terry Riley or Steve Reich. Cabaret Nanterre, in january 2014 at Lieu Unique in Nantes. Contemporain offers an interpretation of Brian Eno’s little known piece, allowing it to be heard in a pleasant atmosphere. brOADCAstING DAtes January 14, 2014 Le Lieu Unique, Nantes brOADCAstING DAtes January 24 and 25, 2014 Maison de la Musique, Nanterre October 5, 2013 Collège des Bernardins, Paris January 29, L’Arsenal, Metz (within the framework of la Nuit Blanche) January 30, 2014 Les Dominicains de Haute-Alsace, Guebwiller October 6, 2013 Piscine, Metz (within the framework of la Nuit Blanche) 2013/2014 UPCOMING SHOWS “In another, untitled performance, Cabaret september 2013 February 2014 Contemporain, a five- member group from France, September 26, 2013 February 4, 2014 “From recital to show, and Le Lieu unique, Nantes Le Lieu unique, Nantes created a deeply rhythmic Cabaret dancefloor and Bang On a Can All-Stars Moondog Tribute the particularly creative evening and texturally intricate of Cabaret Contemporain, - which September 27, 2013 February 7, 2014 sound that might best be L’Arsenal, Metz Maison de la Musique, Nanterre illustrates the vitality of this new Cabaret dancefloor and Bang On a Can All-Stars Terry Riley Revisited feat. Chateau Flight generation of French artists - characterized as improvised acoustic techno. September 28, 2013 February 20, 2014 the Festival will honour by the ” La Dynamo, Pantin Louvre, Lens choice of diversity, and evocative New-York times, juin 2013 Cabaret dancefloor and Bang On a Can All-Stars Cabaret Dancefloor strengh of creation.” February 27, 2014 Lux, Valence Brochure Musica, by Ms. Aurélie Filippeti, october / November 2013 Le Bal contemporain Minister of Culture, September 2012 October 5, 2013 Collège des Bernardins, Paris march 2014 Music for Airport and Cabaret Dancefloor October 6, 2013 March 19, 2014 “Far from considering classical Piscine, Metz L’Arsenal, Metz Music for Airport and Cabaret Dancefloor Cabaret Dancefloor contemporary music as a cultural privilege, reserved for specific places October 17, 2013 March 23, 2014 and audience, Cabaret Contemporain Centre culturel, Thourotte Le Lieu unique, Nantes Listening to contemporary music in John Cage Revisited with Étienne Jaumet Le Bal contemporain “ endeavours to make it sound in the a cabaret atmosphere is the concept most unexpected contexts” November 15, 2013 that enterprising Laurent Jacquier wants L’Odéon, Tremblay-en-France to develop for his concert at Cabaret Mouvement, May 2012 Cabaret Dancefloor may 2014 Contemporain. And if it’s not forbidden to drink while listening, it is around a drink May 4, 2014 that the evenings start and end. It’s a nice JANUARY 2014 La Bellevilloise, Paris ritual, in the lovely variable-geometry space Le Bal contemporain that is the Studio de l’Ermitage, with its tiered galerie, which allows the artists January 16, 2014 May 23 and 24, 2014 to imagine different playing situations RER stations on line A It’s been a while since Musica festival Scène nationale, Évry close to the audience’s look and listening.” “ Cabaret Dancefloor Cabaret Dancefloor did not renew with this festive spirit, Resmusica, February 4th, 2011 January 24 and 25, 2014 dance collective, which blew the winds Maison de la Musique, Nanterre of freedom, danse and why not, trance. Moondog Tribute june 2014 Entrusting a dancefloor night to January 29, 2014 the contemporary music troublemakers, L’Arsenal, Metz June 14 and 15, 2014 the highly gifted Cabaret Contemporains, Moondog Tribute Calgary (Canada) Cabaret Dancefloor ears were offered sound hallucinations January 30, 2014 and exaltation of bodies.” Les Dominicains de Haute-Alsace, Guebwiller June 21, 2014 Moondog Tribute Auditorium, Lille Dernières nouvelles d’Alsace, September 2012 Cabaret Dancefloor January 31, 2014 La Ferme du Buisson, Marne-la-Vallée June 28, 2014 press book Terry Riley Revisited feat. Chateau Flight La Bellevilloise, Paris Le Bal contemporain Financial partners

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Cabaret Contemporain is supported within its concert season by DRAS Ile-de- France, Ile-de-France Region, Town Hall of Paris, Arte Cultural Actions, Town Hall of Paris’s 19th arrondissement and “Musique Nouvelle en Liberté”. On the other hand, the Sacem Equity Fund supports Cabaret Contemporain within a program of orders to young composers. Finally, Town Hall of the 20th arrondissement supports the educational activities of Cabaret Contemporain.

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