Julien and Claire operate at the edge of techno, noise, and sound art. Their music traces a shifting line between free pulses and sonic fractures - a fragile, tense dance suspended between brilliance and disappearance.
Claire Gapenne (FR) has been performing since 2012. Her music is a radical and spontaneous electronic sound, somewhere between no-techno and surgical noise. Originally from Amiens (France), she was formerly an active member of the industrial rock band Headwar, and is now involved with Jazzoux (with Amédée de Murcia) as well as an improvisation duo with Julien Desprez (Julien Claire). In 2018, she conducted the Orchestre Inharmonique de Nice. She is currently working with poet and visual artist Amandine Testu on an art brut puppet theatre piece. Her work has been released on numerous labels such as No Lagos, Tanzprocesz, Bruit Direct, and Third Type Tape, and she has performed at many venues and festivals including Instants Chavirés, Cave 12, Cafe OTO, Ateliers Claus, Schiev, UH Fest, and LUFF. Terrine stands for free, uncompromising music without labels.
“Coming from the fertile Amiens underground, Claire Gapenne creates music that only resembles her, between industrial swing and introverted derision. She impresses on stage as well as on her already 8th album.” Libération
At first listen, without seeing him, it’s not immediately obvious that Julien Desprez (FR) is playing the electric guitar. The quintessential instrument of rock’n’roll is here diverted with a refreshing spontaneity, transformed by a constellation of internal and external modifications that radically shift the way it is used. In a fully embodied performance, the effect pedals become a true dance floor, struck like electrified tap shoes. The musical gesture is inseparable from movement; sound emerges from the friction between body, matter, and intensity. Voice, electricity, rhythm, contrasts, tenderness, and fury collide in his performances to bring forth a sonic world that is sensitive, raw, and deeply emotional. This friction draws spectators into an inner trance, bringing them closer to their own emotional and passionate intensity.
“This guitar solo (Acapulco Redux, Julien Desprez) mixes sonic but also visual and choreographic elements. The virtuoso musician is placed at the heart of a device in which he plays the guitar, activates light pedals and gets moving.” Télérama
