Nout (duo) + Mélanie Virot

PROGRAMME CHANGE — For reasons beyond our control, NOUT will perform as a duo instead of the originally announced trio format. The duo will consist of Delphine Joussein (flutes, effects) and Blanche Lafuente (drums). We are also adding Mélanie Virot as an opening act.

NOUT

Missing link between Nirvana and Sun Ra, the collaboration between Delphine Joussein, Rafaëlle Rinaudo and Blanche Lafuente aims at pushing their instruments beyond their limits, with the enthusiasm of a mad scientist in front of his vials. Flute, harp, drums: a rare combination that this trio turns upside down. In the wake of John Zorn’s experiences on the borders of jazz and noise, Nout imagines its music as a scenario with surprising twists: we believe to be Ellen Ripley in Alien but we find ourselves in Indiana Jones; we start with our eyes shut on the red seat of a movie theater and we end up rocking in a moshpit.

MÉLANIE VIROT

Mélanie Virot is a Lyon-based harpist whose commitment to classical and contemporary music is fed by solo experimentation and dialogue with other artistic disciplines: dance with the Passaross and Uzuneri companies, and video with the collective Regards Des Lieux. She is also co-founder of the group L’étrangleuse with Maël Salètes, at the crossroads of minimalist rock and free-form chanson, tinged with African influences. Her work is rooted in a constant exploration of the harp’s timbres, pushing the boundaries of her instrument and venturing into incisive, abrasive and dissonant sounds — far from the traditional clichés associated with it. She teaches at the École Nationale de Musique de Villeurbanne.