LES YEUX FERMÉS

FANTASTIC TWINS

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Les yeux fermés proposent des concerts dans l’obscurité, sans écrans ni téléphones portables, avec un dispositif d’écoute immersif pour mieux se perdre dans le son et renouer avec une expérience intime et collective.

Après des concerts à la Gaité Lyrique, au Lieu Unique (Nantes), la Fondation Beyeler (Basel) ou la SAT de Montréal, Les Yeux Fermés investissent les ondes de Rinse France pour une émission mensuelle de deux heures au cours de laquelle un(e) invité(e) aura carte blanche pour sélectionner une heure de musique à écouter dans l’obscurité, la première heure étant sélectionnée par Guillaume Sorge, le directeur artistique du projet.

Cette émission sans parole vous proposera une géographie sonore de l’intime, sélectionnée par des artistes issu(e)s d’horizons divers - pas forcément des musiciens - ayant en commun un rapport très particulier à la musique.


Fantastic Twins, the ongoing project of Julienne Dessagne, is a sonic exploration of dual characters born from one distinct perspective. A producer, songwriter and acclaimed live performer, Dessagne has spent the last decade sculpting a unique world, releasing on influential labels such as Optimo Music, supporting Bicep on tour and earning the stewardship of electronic music icons including the late, great Andrew Weatherall.

While 2023 sees the release of Fantastic Twins long-anticipated album,‘Two Is Not a Number’, Dessagne’s cultish reputation as a live act precedes itself. Prioritising a natural predisposition to experimentation alongside decades spent on the most open-minded dancefloors, Fantastic Twins’ focus on a hybrid approach, featuring synthesizers, samplers, sequencers and modular effects has enraptured audiences at some of the world’s finest nightclubs, including fabric and Robert Johnson, as well as festivals such as Houghton, Convenanza, 4GB and Mira.

Building a sonic narrative on the fringes of techno, driven by a sense of mystery and character that remains entirely her own, Fantastic Twins live performances launch minds and bodies into space with a story that evolves in each setting, waves of rave tension breaking with blissful release. Here, Dessagne’s own vocals act as an organic anchor amid a truly live set that acts as a continuation of the cultures of Kosmische, pure techno and contemporary psychedelia.

With a background in performance since a young age, Dessagne is also known for her scores for contemporary dance. Her first album, ‘Obakodomo’, was the soundtrack for a contemporary dance piece for children, a playful metaphor for how to learn to live together and share resources, composed as a subtle riposte to the notion that children’s music has to be “childish”. Dessagne is currently working on another composition for performance to be released later in 2023, furthering a back catalogue that has spanned scores for fashion shows, film and documentary features.

Following a decade of releases on labels such as Optimo Music, Hippie Dance and Kompakt, 2023 also saw the launch of House of Slessor, an imprint and label founded by Dessagne with the specific intent of releasing her own material. The label is the home of ‘Two Is Not A Number’, Dessagne’s album exploring the entwined lives and fates of Fantastic Twins, a metaphor for our own psyche, our inner conflicts, and our relationship to others and otherness.

Tracklist
  • ÉMISSION 24 Part 1 selected by LES YEUX FERMÉS
  • 01. BRIGITTE FONTAINE & ARESKI BELKACEM
    Les murailles
    Saravah
  • 02. COLLEEN
    Be without being seen movement I
    Thrill Jockey
  • 03. PMXPER
    Lavender milk
    Bandcamp
  • 04. MAXIME DENUC
    Ouverture
    Vlek
  • 05. SLAUSON MALONE
    The massage 4 museum
    Grand Closing
  • 06. MALAYEEN
    Omar
    Discrepant
  • 07. VAGUES IMAGINAIRES
    Ondées cosmiques
    Versatile
  • 08. HILARY WOODS
    Mud and stones
    Sacred Bones
  • 09. HOLDEN
    Infinite fadeout
    Border Community
  • 10. CS + KREME
    Pink mist
    The Trilogy Tapes
  • 11. EZMERALDA
    Niños flotando en el cielo
    Not on Label
  • 12. MARINA ROSENFELD
    Formal arrangement
    Room 40
  • 13. ELAINE HOWLEY
    Soso
    Touch Sensitive Records
  • 14. LAUREL HALO
    Sweat tears or the sea
    Awe
  • 15. LAUREL HALO
    Belleville
    Awe
  • ÉMISSION 24 Part 2 selected by FANTASTIC TWINS
  • 01. PHARMAKON
    Vacuum
    Sacred Bones Records
  • 02. STEFAN GOLDMAN
    Two Shelves
    Ash International
  • 03. FANTASTIC TWINS
    (Vocal)
    unreleased
  • 04. ALVIN LUCIER
    Flips (excerpt)
    Black Truffle
  • 05. COIL
    Batwings (A Limnal Hymn)
    Dais Records
  • 06. FRANCESCO GENNARI
    Preludio
    Important Records
  • 07. JAKE MUIR
    Cruising’ 87 (excerpt)
    sferic
  • 08. PAN SONIC
    Aktiivi
    Blast First / Mute
  • 09. FANTASTIC TWINS
    Land of Pleasure Hi Fi
    House of Slessor
  • 10. VALISE
    Fe n2” Side A (excerpt)
    No Rent
  • 11. LAUREL HALO
    Sick Eros
    Awe
  • 12. COIL
    An Emergency
    Dais Records reissue
  • 13. DREW MCDOWALL
    Membrane
    Dais Records
  • 14. DADAVISTIC ORCHESTRA
    Unconcerned, But Not Indifferent
    Dust Science
  • 15. BOWERY ELECTRIC
    Sounds In Motion
    Kranky
  • 16. SUZANNE LANGILLE & LOREN MAZZACANE CONNORS
    Horses Blues
    Secretly Canadian
  • 17. AMA DIVERS
    Aftermath
    No Rent
  • 18. SCANNER
    Open
    Sub Rosa
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