On June 2nd,Pierre Bastien will perform his recent work ‘Quiet Motors’ at Rewire x Korzo. Earlier this year, Secretthirteen had an interview with the French experimental maestro.

Pierre Bastien’s art balances on the verge of simplicity and sophisticated experimentalism, where surreal “Meccano” contraptions play strange, yet elegant sounds ranging from hazy jazz melodies to poppy instrumentals or even more abstract atmospheric musical forms such as ambient or droney soundscapes. However, this diverse sonic pallette has this unifying Frenchy touch reminding us the subtlety of this nation’s pop sensibilities as well as its surrealist heritage and traces of futurism. Pierre’s self-made strange constructions built from “Meccano” sets also hint at the simplicity of music and some nostalgic childhood memories as he created an entire orchestra from the tool he has been using since he was a kid literary building it from metal plates and screws. The precision of chords, rhythms and tones create a monotonous, hypnotic and cozy mechanical repetitions with a very strong humane feel as these robots also have some warmth and colorful playfulness.

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