Pixvae [Release Party] + TRUCS

TRUCS – 8 p.m.

Alexis Toussaint & Romain Colautti explore herd bells, cultural and heritage objects, in a setup combining two drum kits, string tambourines and sets of bells, placed on the ground and suspended like an ‘aerial herd’.

The whole thing is transformed by electronics to create soundscapes with Pyrenean harmonic colours, interspersed with rhythms from Gascon dance music.

PIXVAE – 9 p.m.

Hurricane Pixvae returns to shake up our perceptions with a release party that lives up to its reputation! Their new album, De lado a lado (to be released on 10 April 2026), deepens the Franco-Colombian combo’s footprint in the ever-exploring territories of neo-traditional music… These masters of hybridisation continue to inject explosive substances into the currulao that catalysed their meeting.

Pixvae’s compact and powerful sound has become a trademark since the phenomenon was born in a shared imagination, somewhere above the currents of the Pacific… Their music is both rooted in the depths of tradition and supercharged by the stylistic freedom of the contemporary underground. With ‘De lado a lado’, the group has reached a new level in the intertwining of Afro-Colombian rhythms and noise rock. The formula is all the more effective after two intense years of touring in the original sextet line-up.

The founding French trio, long united around the explosive Romain Dugelay, has gradually been joined by another trio from the Pacific coast of Colombia, the birthplace of currulao. Léo Dumont’s enhanced drums and Damien Cluzel’s transcendent guitar continue their insatiable communion with the composer’s saxophones and keyboards, accompanied on this album by Juan Carlos Arrechea and Israel Quinones… The former continues his work of transmitting, across eras and cultures, the central instrument of currulao: the chonta marimba. The latter contributes percussion and vocals, with another extraordinary voice, that of Jennifer ‘Xiomora’ Torres. By intensifying its presence in France, the Colombian team has further optimised the fusion aspect of this collective adventure… Pixvae is a gathering of paths traced from different points on the horizon on the map of an imaginary continent!

If you like: La Mòssa, BCUC, Pambélé, Meridian Brothers, Vaudou Game, Valentina Magaletti, Ensemble Nist-Nah.