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Let's
French has been the
Alliance Française Dublin's
flagship music festival
since 2006. The festival
aims to promote French
cultural heritage as well as
innovation with its
carefully chosen and
exciting line-ups. Every
year the festival welcomes
French and Irish artists
for concerts in various
venues in Dublin City.
Over the years, the festival
has featured many artists in
different genres: the
unclassifiable genius of
Sébastien Tellier,
hip-hop artists
extraordinaire (TTC),
world-class DJs (Birdy
Nam Nam, Ed Banger's
DSL, Soulsquare),
rock acts à la française
(Housse de Racket,
Les Plastiscines),
folklore experimentalists (Thee,
Stranded Horse), world
music ensembles (Ba
Cissoko), and
traditional
singer-songwriters from
France and Ireland, often
united by shared influences
(the Waterboys' Steve
Wickham & Cali’s
shared billing was a
particular highlight).
This year
sees a particular attention
to electropop - in which
France has excelled in the
past 20 years – and the
festival is delighted to
welcome two of the best new
Irish acts to emerge in the
past few years: Le
Galaxie & Daithi.
Other guests include
Fakear (France),
Lasertom (Ireland),
Da Sexuality (France)
and Classroom Battles
(France-Ireland).
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Le Galaxie
DJ Set (Dance -
Ireland) |
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Who hasn’t heard about Le
Galaxie? Meshing pounding techno
rhythms, shimmering cyber-synths
and cascading dream-streams of
sonic guitar-wizardry, the
4-piece has stamped their 'grid
vs. guitars' live dance frenzy
on Ireland, UK, France, Sweden
and Germany. The Irish Times:
“Over the past two years, Le
Galaxie have transformed
themselves into a juggernaut of
a party band, jack knifing into
crowds who are only too happy to
take the hit. Without question,
one of the best sets of the
weekend.” |
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Daithí
(Experimental - Ireland) |
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Here’s Daithí. A fiddle-playing,
house music-making, loopstation-tweaking,
button-pushing, hair-flicking
bundle of energy. Blissfully
nerdy in his approach, Daithí
uses loopstations, kaoss pads,
synthesizers and drum machines
to create a unique and
exceptional sound all centered
around one instrument: the
fiddle. Some people call it post
trad, others say it's indie
traditional electro math rock
looped with a twist, whatever
the genre the end result is
energetic, loud and a damn good
time. Come and join! |
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Fakear
(Electro - France) |
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A multi-talented artist, Fakear
has been producing dense and
exotic electronic music for the
past two years. He pulls his
audience into his dark and
poetic universe with samples
drawn from all over the world.
Addicted to live mixing, his
energetic performances bring
home the originality of his
work. After opening for Wax
Tailor and Fauve, he’ll be
returning to the studio to keep
refining his craft there, as
well as on stage. Fakear is
genuinely transforming what used
to be called “electro”. |
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Lasertom
(Electro/Rock - Ireland) |
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Lasertom is Simon Cullen's most
recent incarnation as a solo
musician/producer. June 2013 saw
the release of his first single,
“Call”, which was released by
Nang records and followed in
October by the full-length
“Drift”, a softly psychedelic
slow-mo cosmic disco roller
coaster. Since then Cullen has
been developing a solo live show
that brings songs from the album
beyond their studio iterations
into a deeper, darker part of
space, with bass guitar and Korg
MS20 synthesizer in tow. |
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Classroom Battles
(Electro/Pop -
Ireland/France) |
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Classroom Battles are an
Irish/French electronic quartet
based in Dublin, formed in 2012.
Spearheaded by twenty-one year
old lead singer Tigrane
Minassian and veteran
producer/writer Martin Clancy,
the group's debut EP "This
Week's Question" was released on
29th October 2013. The group’s
gripping electropop has made
people sit up and take notice,
including significant CMJ
College Radio across the U.S,
Stefen Olsdal (Placebo) and
numerous critics (Jim Carroll,
Heather Traficano, Mikey
Gallagher). The band is
currently recording in Dublin on
their follow up EP "Farewell
Herschel" (slated for release in
April 2014). |
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Da
Sexuality
(Electro/Pop -
France) |
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The annals of electro abound
with talented double acts such
as Air and Digitalism, not to
mention Underworld and Daft
Punk, and in many respects, Da
Sexuality are following in the
footsteps of these musicians.
Drawing their influences from a
diverse cultural and musical
melting pot, the duo’s style is
characterised by full, deep
vocals and powerful synth sounds
– Kavinsky style – both of which
hark back to the New Wave, but
EXX’s refined lyrics and
ARCH’R’s fastidiously designed
beats distinguish Da Sexuality
from their predecessors |
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