For 4 days (from May 23 to 26) and at 4 partner venues (Le Salon, Le Dojo, Le Volume, and Espace Magnan), the Festival de M.A.I., proposed by the Cluster project, will offer a wide range of these Current Improvised Musical practices such as free improvisation, noise, drone, free, electronic, etc., through an eclectic program bringing together artists from all walks of life.
Closing on the 26th at Espace Magnan with a conference by Patrick Robert, concerts, and performances…
Musical improvisation, in all its diversity, is the realm of all possibilities. It allows for the emergence of radical, innovative, and experimental music, in a form that reinvents itself at every moment.
The Festival de M.A.I., which will take place from May 23 to 26, 2012, in Nice, will offer a wide range of these Current Improvised Musical practices such as free improvisation, noise, drone, free, electronic, etc., through an eclectic program bringing together artists from all walks of life.
Wednesday, May 23 at Le Salon
18:00 Open doors to the workshops
The Collectif KTRA (Nice/Marseille) https://www.ktra.fr/
Florian Gourio (Ewi) (Nice)
Gaël Navard (Vdrum) (Nice)
Jean-François Trubert (Electronic Keyboard and iPhone) (Nice)
Thursday, May 24 at Le Dojo
21:00 Carte Blanche to Arnaud Maguet and Grautag Record
Arnaud Maguet (Nice) https://disques.rotin.free.fr/
Grautag Record (Berlin) https://www.grautagrec.com
Friday, May 25 at Le Volume 21:00
Split SUGAR PILL/ TSURU (Nice)
https://www.myspace.com/sugar-pillhttps://www.facebook.com
/the.sugar.pill1https://lllliillll.fr/https://www.myspace.com/troudexclus
FRANCE (Le Puy-en-Velay)
DENT-DE-LION (AYMERIC HAINAUX) (Here and elsewhere)
https://www.unpoisson.com
BARON OUFO (BORDEAUX) https://baronoufo.bandcamp.com
Saturday, May 26 at Espace Magnan
18:00 – Philippe Robert (Conference)
Nykto (Improvised Electronic Music)
Trans/Human (Indus/Noise)
Intermission: on-site dining, menu offered by La Zonmé
21:00 – Jean-Marc Montera
Talweg (Free Primitive Metal)
Jérôme Poret and Marcelo Aguirre (Improvisation on “Pinku Eiga”)
