Swell + Seb Radix + Stéphane Cuisine DJ

SWELL

Hailing from San Francisco, The Swell released their self-titled debut album in 1991, but it was with their second album, “… Well?”, followed by *41* in 1994, that the band firmly established themselves on the mid-90s music scene as an essential reference (and a defining spirit): a grey, hazy blend of folk and rock (or pop?) of unprecedented precision and balance. Songs with a sombre mood and stunning beauty, multi-layered songwriting, and hauntingly compelling vocals. Thirty years on, the appeal of this major body of work remains undiminished.

The band is set to embark on a European tour under the name ‘Members of Swell’. Originally founded by the late David Freel and Sean Kirkpatrick in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, Swell has become a cult band, renowned for its cinematic, raw and undeniably melancholic soundscape.

For this tour, founding members Sean Kirkpatrick (drums) and John Dettman-Lytle (vocals/guitar) are joined by Tim Adams (bass) and Philippe Gunst (guitar/keyboards, Fragment). Together, they revisit Swell’s repertoire with renewed energy whilst remaining true to the spirit of the original recordings.

SEB RADIX

Would Seb Radix be the missing link between Rémi Bricka noisy version and the Thugs ? We don’t really know… What is certain for this overactive multi-instrumentalist is that he navigates between punk / rock and DIY pop. Without constraint, always with this crazy relaxation proper to the “one man band”, that does not hide the fact that Seb Radix makes, above all, very good pieces of music, which is finally not so common.

STÉPHANE CUISINE DJ

“Selecta: 100 per cent unexpected (but still brilliant)”. From the sublime to the ridiculous. 30 years’ worth of vinyl collected by Stéphane Cuisine, our one-of-a-kind barman. For the occasion, he’s pulling his 7-inch gems off the shelves – as he so aptly puts it, ‘you can expect anything and everything’: electro, funk, jazz, rock, blues, soul, funk, pop, rap…