Writing electronic music is one thing. Presenting it in public is another thing. Renegade of the post-punk scene with his group Clair Obscur which was one of the first groups in the 80s in France which made links between music, visual arts, dance and theatre, Christophe Demarthe aka Cocoon asks (himself) the question of the presentation of music in public, and more particularly of laptop music. Because for Cocoon this presentation does not go without saying. For Cocoon nothing goes without saying.
Much more than a mere sound object based on an album concept, Cocoon can be read as a global artistic project. Cocoon's show "We need a volunteer" first looks like a classic concert of electronic music (with table, computer and video) before it becomes - through a succession of changes - a show close to a performance, asking for an active participation of the public, banishing the passive listening of laptopers. The stage disposition creates a real contrast with the characteristic immobility of electronic music concerts, and definitively places itself at the crossing point of image, sound and live show, for a moving transdisciplinarity.
Since its creation in 2004, Cocoon has been invited to perform in various artistic events such as festival Nowa Fabryka (Bytom, Poland), festival Emergences/Villette Numérique (Paris), festival Emo-Son (Bourges), Salon des Editeurs Light (Paris), Qwartz Awards (Paris), Le Cube (Issy), festival Ososphère (Strasbourg), Le Nouveau Festival du Centre Pompidou (Paris)... With his sound and video work he has been invited to participate to the exhibitions Nuit Blanche (Paris), Comunismo da Forma (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Pierre Beloüin's "Str Crsh" (festival Ososphère, Strasbourg), Ultralab's "L'île de Paradis" (Jeu de Paume, Paris)... His work has been criticized in Libération, on Arte.tv, in the magazines Mouvement, Télérama, The Wire, on the national radios France Culture, France Musique... His second album, "More Violent Days Are To Come" (Optical Sound), has been nominated for the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards 2007.
+ infos : http://cocoonmusic.free.fr
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