October Tone Parties

Night Tapes is the story of three roommates in London – Max Doohan, Sam Richards and Iiris Vesik – who transformed a jam evening into a captivating nocturnal sonic escape. Their music? An atmospheric dream pop that doesn't just caress the ear, but writes it in the present perfect tense. An assumed mix of genres, multi-fidelity recordings, and a touch of honest reflection: this is the secret recipe of this trio. They draw their inspiration from the tangible world they can touch, as well as from spiritual and metaphysical dimensions, creating an absolutely fascinating waveform.

Hermetic Delight is the constant evolution of a group that never rests on its laurels. Zeynep Kaya, powerful and expressive voice, Delphine Padilla, thumping behind the drums, and Atef Aouadhi, crucial guitarist, form a trio well known on the Strasbourg scene. Since 2010, they have been redefining the contours of hazy music, pop and avant-garde. The cornerstone of the October Tone label, Hermetic Delight performs as a quintet on stage, where each concert is both a new exploration and a reunion, always ready to surprise and make hearts vibrate.

The Franco-Brazilian trio PPJ (Páula, Povoa, Jerge) dynamites the dancefloor but also the borders between continents and musical genres with disconcerting ease. Their sonic alchemy combines baile funk and samba from Brazilian favelas with the raw energy of European club music. Imagine a frenzied cuíca riding a rumbling bass drum in "Bicha", or a bossa nova guitar delicately placed over techno rhythms straight from the UK in "Beijo". PPJ is a musical odyssey that refuses immobility and transcends clichés - and your body.

Far, far from the clichés of electro-oriental music, Keyvane Alinaghi, alias Hassan K., transcends Persian music by merging it with modern technologies. A DIY artist and fervent defender of free culture, he unashamedly mixes East and West: bellydance, surf music, swing, cybermetal, film music and harsh noise. A multi-instrumentalist, he tweaks, twists and boosts traditional oriental instruments, such as the electric setar or the robotic santoor, so as not to get stuck in the virtual. Live, he takes you into an experience as energetic as it is transcendent, where each note makes you vibrate a little harder.

Constantly oscillating between the ridiculous and the sublime, KG knows how to surprise with unhealthy and danceable electronic instrumentals, with retro-futuristic accents. His album Ein Mann ohne Feind, released by October Tone in 2022, is proof of this: a hard-hitting mix of synthwave, techno, and krautrock, all sprinkled with absurd poetry. A sound magician on one side, provocative on the other, KG constructs intriguing synthetic landscapes while attacking musical conventions. His music takes you into unexplored territories, where the sublime rubs shoulders with the grotesque, a joyous mess that recalls both the experiments of the eighties and the beats of an offbeat future.

Everybody loves Rachid Bowie.

Champion, it’s a musical punch that doesn’t bother with frills. With lyrics as sharp as razor blades and melodies that catch your attention from the first listen, the Breton musician takes us into a whirlwind where post-punk intertwines with devilishly catchy melodious pop. His pieces, oscillating between explosive vitality and dark impulses, transform pain into a cathartic release. On stage, surrounded by four musician performers, leaders of rock, Championne deploys a visceral and organic set that hits where it feels good. It's raw, it's intense, and it resonates long after the last note.

Tioklu (ex-T/O) plays with musical conventions like a cat with a ball of wool. With The Electric Soup, Théo Cloux, leading figure of the second generation of signings from the October Tone label, immerses us in a universe where lo-fi pop, krautrock, dub, and sequenced music mix to create a unique sound experience. But it is on stage that his wizardry takes on its full dimension. His joyfully hypnotic concerts transform each piece into a sensory journey, immersing the audience in his creative whirlwind. Dizzying, creamy, and always, always invigorating.

Amor Blitz, led by Emmanuel Szczygiel, goes back and forth between imagination and reality with insatiable melodic pop. As a sound alchemist well known to our services, Emmanuel weaves refined melodies which he dynamites with joyful freedom, creating a bubble where each note is a surprise. Carried by poetic writing, the harmonies flourish between psychedelic flights and orchestral arrangements. His voice, slightly detached, mixes with the guitars, evoking the elegance, subtlety, and even the familiarity of a good French film, and each piece becomes a quest towards beauty, where the imagination takes precedence over reality. . Like Hermetic Delight, their comrades in arms, Amor Blitz is one of the label's first signings and continues to delight the stage with an approach as pure as it is captivating.

BBCC (or Bangbangcockcock but Google's fault), like Joy Division evolving into New Order, has transformed into a synthetic rock opera. Their sound is a true musical kaleidoscope, where new wave, krautrock, and even waltz mix with futuristic sounds. Imagine a David Byrne from the future, transported to 1040 to compose an album with Devo: that’s the sound universe of BBCC. Their music oscillates between technological trance and great stylistic deviations, creating a deluge of sound that is both hypnotic and disconcerting. And on stage? Ah that, we don't want to make them get too big-headed but BBCC is the art of shaking up conventions, a headlong rush that leaves you speechless. And completely addicted.

Continuously expanding, the ricochets of the tangled guitars create an ocean of sound material. Enchanting and harpy, they blend into each other, encompassing the listener with the textures they spit out. In the middle of the fog, the frantic rhythms of the drums and the screams of the bass are lurking. Navigating in the middle of this gentle din, they guide those who are lost in the reflections on the surface, pulling them little by little towards the bottom. It is a slow and fatal dive, to which the song gives meaning. This infinity, which would pass for a place full of hope, is only a call to resignation, to find beauty in a desolate landscape, to welcome duality.

Photographer, filmmaker and DJ from Strasbourg, Hunay Saday began her artistic journey with film photography. It is film that allows her to express the homesickness she has experienced since her forced departure from Azerbaijan in 2011. Her journey into electronic music began when she arrived in Strasbourg. It encompasses various genres, with a particular attraction to breaks, percussive sounds and UK techno. The young DJ skillfully integrates electronic rhythms, evoking memories of the percussion heard at Azerbaijani weddings of her childhood.

For the opening of the October Tone Parties, get ready to give your all! A well-chosen selection of songs, zany hosts and a shower of glitter: everyone's invited to take to the stage, whether to sing solo, join the chorus, or simply dance and have fun. It's a giant karaoke extravaganza with plenty of surprises in store, and the perfect way to kick off the festival in a wacky, convivial atmosphere.

By digging backwards in the Italo-disco bins, they ended up going back to antiquity. Result, it sings in Latin. Not the kitchen Latin of the abominable Era, no no, the good old family Latin, which they went to extract from Erasmus, by poaching a neo-Latinist to sequence his adages properly. We asked them the question: why? “Want to remain mysterious, to pass cryptic messages, to immerse oneself in a language from another time, like the copyist monks of the Middle Ages”. They constructed long harmonic progressions, in which Angèle Chemin, a soprano experienced in contemporary barre, and Laura Etchegoyhen, a Swiss army knife of Basque origin, walk. A hypnotic sound ritual where the mystical flirts with euphoria.

In Belgium, it’s not just the sky that is foggy; Newmoon bursts onto the stage with a shoegaze that engulfs you from the first note. Imagine layers of reverb stacking like waves of sound, between the ethereal melodies of Slowdive and the raw power of Sunn 0))) or Smashing Pumpkins. Their latest album, "Temporary Light", released in March 2024, is a sonic cocktail where the abrasive meets the dreamy, an auditory trip that makes you high while shaking you. Newmoon is the art of capturing the moment while transporting you elsewhere – a sound journey as nostalgic as it is new.

Cesar Palace is Vincent Redel. Vince is the drummer of Electric Electric, a group which now only exists within La Colonie de Vacances, you know this pharaonic supergroup. On stage, he transforms his set into a sound laboratory where minimalism and trance meet. With his drums and a few effects pedals, he creates percussive soundscapes that immerse you in a world that is both hypnotic and frenetic. Its influences, ranging from contemporary music to 90s techno, combine to offer a musical experience that leaves you in awe, your heart pounding. Watch out.

Three-way noise rock. Two guitars unexpectedly interrupted by a drum set in constant reconversion, a voice trying to get through it all the way. This call for help comes to us from Strasbourg and the alert is sounded by Marlon Saquet, ex-Partout Partout. We were already warned, this music generally does not go well and that’s fine.

La Houle, a project led by Simon Sockeel, first explored noise and pop groups, notably with the album La Chute, a sinuous and introspective work released here in 2021. But today, comrade Simon ventures in calmer and more immersive waters with a captivating ambient universe. Inspired by the marine paintings of his grandfather Lionel, he composes ethereal and repetitive music, recorded on good old 4-track cassettes, which invites contemplation. Each concert becomes a dive into an ocean of sound where the magnetic spray envelops you, leading you into a timeless meditation.

Marteaux Collective is a minimalist music workshop, open to everyone, with no musical prerequisites. Inspired by Balinese Gamelan, this co-creation project explores a unique social and musical practice, where everyone finds their place in a minimalist and collective aesthetic. Florian Borojevic (100% knight, Partout Partout) built a “post-industrial gamelan” from construction site and salvaged materials, reinterpreting this ancestral tradition with a contemporary touch.

Marteaux Collective offers another look at creation, where the public is invited to participate in the artistic process. At the end of the workshops, participants will be able to join the project for a concert at Grenze and during the October Tone Parties at Molodoi.

If you would like to join the adventure, contact Florian Borojevic: florian.borojevic@gmail.com - 06 79 02 18 11.

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