"Pierre Bastien uses several tiny cameras to project his Meccano-driven contraptions onto a large screen. Although we can see little wheels depressing organ keys, on the screen it seems we are in some giant factory, where machines of unguessable size perform cumbersome operations to pluck at hawsers or vibrate great flapping sheets - in reality rubber bands and strips of paper. Bastien's non-synched looping machines naturally have non-human quality, like an off-kilter African drum ensemble, and this strangeness is further magnified by his carefully layered visual projections. Over the top he plays pocket trumpet phrases drawn from the earliest days of jazz, as if King Oliver is muttering in his ear. But the trumpet is often masked: somehow it plays a baseline like a tuba, or else the mute is jammed into a beaker of bubbling water. On the screen the monochrome Fritz Lang world of relentless Meccano is invaded by a beautiful fountain of blue bubbles. Like a blend of Philip Jeck's heartbreaking turntables and Max Eastley's lost-in-space musical sculptures, Bastien has created an elegant display of genuine musical surrealism. He has been refining his approach for over two decades - ten years ago Aphex Twin released Mecanoid on his Rephlex label, and this show made it clear why Richard D James was so mesmerized. Bastien wound down his mechanical mysteries after 45 minutes, but I could have happily watched for hours."
Clive Bell, The Wire - Dec. 2010
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Clive Bell, The Wire - Dec. 2010
| (CONCERTS) | ||||
| 25 05 2013 | Book Arsenal | Kiev | Ukraine | |
| 30 05 2013 | Roncq | France | ||
| Cinema Gerard Philippe | ||||
| 19 06 2013 | PB & Karel Doing | London | England | |
| cafe OTO | ||||
| 21 06 2013 | Fete de la Musique | Amsterdam | NL | |
| Institut Français | ||||
| 14 07 2013 | Les Siestes Electroniques | Paris | France | |
| Musee du Quai Branly | ||||
| 20 07 2013 | festival de Radio France | Sete | FR | |
| CRAC | ||||
(INSTALLATIONS) | ||||
| 03 05 2013 - 15 06 2013 | Un Orchestre De Papier | Arles | F | |
| Espace Pour l Art | ||||
| 06 04 2013 - 30 06 2013 | Mecanium | Lyon | F | |
| Bibliothèque Municipale | ||||
(PAST INSTALATIONS) | ||||
| 22 03 2012 - 01 04 2012 | Maubeuge | F | ||
| Via | ||||
| 29 03 2012 - 30 03 2012 | Mecanology + Paper Organs + Soul + Paper Orchestra | Bilbao | SP | |
| Alhondigabilbao | ||||
| 17 03 2012 - 18 03 2012 | Mecanology + Paper Organs + Soul | Cherbourg | F | |
| La Breche | ||||
| 08 03 2012 - 12 03 2012 | Exit | Créteil | F | |
| Maison des Arts | ||||
| 16 11 2011 - 19 11 2011 | Island Artists | Abu Dhabi | ||
| Manarat Gardens | ||||
| 06 04 2011 - 09 04 2011 | Exposcience Picardie | Abbeville | F | |
| 15 05 2010 - 03 07 2010 | Carte Blanche | Lier | B | |
| Voorkamer | ||||
(PAST CONCERTS) | ||||
| 18 04 2013 | Mecanation | Basel | CH | |
| Plattfon | ||||
| 17 04 2013 | Mecanation | Geneva | CH | |
| Cave 12 | ||||
| 16 04 2013 | Mecanation @ Sonic Protest | Paris | F | |
| salle Barbara Fleury | ||||
| 22 03 2013 | CoCArt Music Festival | Torun | Poland | |
| CoCArt | ||||
| 15 03 2013 | Playing With The Dead | Saint Etienne | France | |
| FIL | ||||
| 14 02 2013 | La Route du Rock | Rennes | France | |
| Conservatoire | ||||
| 06 02 2013 | Electric Folkways at Barents Spektakel 2013 | Kirkenes | Norway | |
| Transborder | ||||
| 21 12 2012 | SUMMA Pierre and Gat | Barcelona | Spain | |
| Antic Teatre | ||||
| 19 12 2012 | G33G anniversary | Barcelona | Spain | |
| Sidecar | ||||
| 18 12 2012 | Playing With The Dead | Montreuil | France | |
| Théâtre Berthelot | ||||
| 07 12 2012 | NEXT | Bratislava | Slovakia | |
| Electric Folkways with Espen Sommer Eide | ||||
| 24 11 2012 | Pierre Bastien + One Man Nation | Singapore | SG | |
| Arts House | ||||
| 23 11 2012 | Pierre Bastien + One Man Nation | Singapore | SG | |
| Arts House | ||||
| 18 11 2012 | Mecanation | Granada | Spain | |
| The Unifiedfield | ||||
| 16 11 2012 | Keroxen | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Spain | |
| El Tanque | ||||
| 08 11 2012 | Mecanation Pierre Bastien and One Man Nation | Nijmegen | NL | |
| Extrapool | ||||
| 03 11 2012 | iMoca | Indianapolis | USA | |
| Clowes Auditorium, Central Library | ||||
| 25 10 2012 | meta.morf | Trondheim | Norway | |
| 09 10 2012 | Soundpiece LP presentation | Rotterdam | NL | |
| Worm | ||||
| 28 09 2012 | XIV Ciclo de Música Contemporánea | Cáceres | Spain | |
| Museo Vostell Malpartida | ||||
| 15 09 2012 | Bangface | Newquay, Cornwall | UK | |
| 21 07 2012 | Schlachtfest | Sigmaringen | G | |
| Alter Schlachthof | ||||
| 20 07 2012 | Festival Grec (with Cabo San Roque) | Barcelona | SP | |
| Mercat de les Flors | ||||
| 07 07 2012 | Dancity | Foligno | It | |
| auditorium San Domenico | ||||
| 24 06 2012 | Fine Fleur 2 | Den Haag | NL | |
| 31 05 2012 | MUTEK | Montreal | CAN | |
| Monument National | ||||
| 25 05 2012 | Geraueschwelten | Muenster | D | |
| Black Box | ||||
| 20 05 2012 | Verdichten, Verdunnen | Haarlem | NL | |
| Grote Markt, Vishal | ||||
| 19 05 2012 | DEAF | Rotterdam | NL | |
| V2 Worm | ||||
| 21 04 2012 | Faq Festival | den Bosch | NL | |
| De Toonzaal | ||||
| 30 03 2012 | Bilbao | SP | ||
| Alhondigabilbao | ||||
| 18 03 2012 | Carte Blanche Jerome Thomas | Cherbourg | F | |
| La Breche | ||||
| 17 03 2012 | Playing With The Dead | Nantes | F | |
| Lieu Unique | ||||
| 06 03 2012 | live radio | France Inter | F | |
| Ouvert La Nuit | ||||
| 27 01 2012 | Radio program Atelier du Son | France | ||
| France Culture | ||||
| 11 01 2012 | Paris | F | ||
| Grand Palais | ||||
| 18 12 2011 | The Future Sound of Folk | The Hague | NL | |
| Het Paard | ||||
| 17 12 2011 | DrapArt | Barcelona | ||
| 10 12 2011 | Total Meeting | Tours | F | |
| 09 12 2011 | Lorient | F | ||
| Le Manège | ||||
| 08 12 2011 | Agen | F | ||
| Le Florida | ||||
| 03 12 2011 | "Deep Cuts ans Auditory Matters 2" | Brussels | B | |
| Wiels | ||||
| 03 11 2011 | Entomology - soundpiece presentation | Rotterdam | NL | |
| Worm | ||||
| 27 10 2011 | Locus Solus. Impresiones de Raymond Roussel | Madrid | Spain | |
| Museo Reina Sofía | ||||
| 31 03 2011 | Borderline Festival | Athens | GR | |
| with Phonophani | ||||
| 24 03 2011 | Bergen | NOR | ||
| with Phonophani | Borealis | |||
| 23 03 2011 | Oslo | NOR | ||
| with Phonophani | BLA | |||
| 19 03 2011 | Lorient | F | ||
| 12 03 2011 | Galerie Limitis | F | ||
| Michel Potage exhibition | ||||
| 19 02 2011 | Saint-Brieuc | F | ||
| La Passerelle | ||||
| 05 02 2011 | Opening of Voorkamer exhibition | Liége | B | |
| Les Brasseurs | ||||
| 22 11 2010 | Caen | F | ||
| with Phonophani | Maison des Etudiants | |||
| 19 11 2010 | Boréales Festival | Bayeux | F | |
| with Phonophani | ||||
| 14 11 2010 | Oorsmeer | Lille | F | |
| Opéra de Lille | ||||
| 06 11 2010 | Visiones Sonoras | Morelia | MEX | |
| 04 11 2010 | Puebla | MEX | ||
| 01 11 2010 | Cervantino Festival | Guanajuato | MEX | |
| 29 10 2010 | LEM Territori Sonor | Barcelona | ES | |
| 24 10 2010 | Supersonic Festiva | Birmingham | UK | |
| 23 10 2010 | Bury St Edmunds | UK | ||
| The Apex | ||||
| 22 10 2010 | Oxford | UK | ||
| North Wall | ||||
| 21 10 2010 | Bristol | UK | ||
| Arnolfini | ||||
| 20 10 2010 | Milton Keynes | UK | ||
| The Stables | ||||
| 19 10 2010 | London | UK | ||
| Bush Hall | ||||
| 13 10 2010 | Serendip Festival | Paris | F | |
| L'Archipel | ||||
| 12 10 2010 | premiére of 'Ici' by Compagnie Jérôme Thomas | Boulazac | F | |
| 09 10 2010 | Meta.Morph Biennale | Trondheim | N | |
| 07 10 2010 | Festival Russie Mon Amour | Bordeaux | F | |
| with Alexei Aigi | ||||
| 02 10 2010 | Approximation Festival | Düsseldorf | D | |
| Salon des Amateurs | ||||
| 24 09 2010 | NL | |||
| NEMO Science Center | ||||
| 18 09 2010 | Yverdon | CH | ||
| Concert for the opening of Ken Rinaldo's exhibition | L'Echandole | |||
| 10 09 2010 | Ostrale'010 Festival | Dresden | D | |
| 02 09 2010 | Hengelo | NL | ||
| Akkuh | ||||
| 26 08 2010 | Nantes | F | ||
| Lieu Unique | ||||
| 09 06 2010 | Gemeente Museum Den Haag | Den Haag | NL | |
| 04 06 2010 | Bath Music Festival | Bath | UK | |
| 29 05 2010 | Fredericton | CAN | ||
| Gallery Connexion | ||||
| 28 05 2010 | RE:FLUX | Moncton | CAN | |
| 27 05 2010 | Obey Festival | Halifax | CAN | |
| 22 05 2010 | K@Rlab#9 | Ottersum | NL | |
| Roepaen | ||||
| 30 04 2010 | Festival Interstice | Caen | F | |
| ESAN | ||||
| 24 04 2010 | Royan | F | ||
| 09 04 2010 | Strasbourg | F | ||
| Médiathéque André Malraux | ||||
| 01 04 2010 | Mécanologie & Sounds Can Dance | Pau | F | |
| La Centrifugeuse | ||||
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