Finally !
After a year of deprivation, they will be able to take out the bass drums, sound the riffs of their guitars, sing at the top of their lungs in front of an audience.
And this even if this 39th edition of the Fête de la Musique will not be quite like the others: no question of squatting a piece of the sidewalk, a mask required for gatherings and a reduced gauge for indoor concerts.
But whatever, the pleasure of playing will be there.
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At the Cabaret Sauvage, artists will take turns on stage from 5.30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The set of the label Cracki Records, the inhabited texts of Dirtsa, the melodies at the same time pop and trap of Poupie, the electronic scents of Hôtel Radio Paris and their surprise guest… This year again, the Pernod Ricard Live Music reserves an eclectic program composed of young talents and established artists with multiple influences.
“We choose them because their musical universe sticks to the identity and values of popular music that we want to transmit,” says Maxence Rosset, artistic director of the event.
"Last year we were 15, this year we will be 600"
If the sanitary conditions have caused multiple organizational constraints, the teams are delighted with the latest government announcements. Six per table with an obligatory entry before 6 p.m., respecting the sanitary rules but without mask and without curfew! “A few years ago, we were 20,000, last year we were 15, this year we will be 600, the organization is different but it's stimulating, it allows us to rethink our events and be more creative », Continues Maxence Rosset. Optimal conditions for celebrating music and a return to normal life!
Dirtsa, the winner of the Société Pernod Ricard France Live Music award this year, is headlining.
Cradled by multiple influences ranging from 2000s hip-hop to traditional Cameroonian music, including the barefoot Diva Cesaria Evora, this 23-year-old artist will be keen to do what she can do best: sing.
“I can't wait to perform on stage.
It's a space where I can get away from it all and where I can take great pleasure, no matter how apprehensive, I expect a lot from this human exchange that we have missed so much, ”she concludes.
"Despite everything, it's cool to be able to do something"
In Cergy (Val-d'Oise), we also reduced the sails, but the pleasure will be there.
Those in charge of the La Ruche association had to resign themselves to giving up the Major Axis, where they usually welcome around 1,500 spectators, at the foot of the twelve columns.
Health crisis obliges, they organize their traditional “Cergy Warm up” of the Fête de la Musique in the courtyard of the Lanterne school, with a reduced number of people, from 6 pm.
“It's not the same thing at all, blows Hugues Bellego, director of La Ruche.
We are unfortunately preparing to refuse people.
But we've been living like this all over the world for a year and a half.
Still, it's cool to be able to do something.
We are very happy.
Our last event was an open stage in October.
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What does not change is the eclectic programming, including DJs, a springboard dedicated to high school students, rappers Vova and Discré, or the funk fanfare FunkyMuppets.
And the pleasure of meeting up, embodied in particular by the eight musicians of FunkyMuppets.
“We are super happy to do something again together, relishes Bertrand Thébault, one of the members of the band.
The Fête de la musique is the essential time of the year for a passionate musician.
This is THE rendezvous.
We have fun.
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And the event has a particular taste for these friends, who have been deprived of a concert since last September.
“All the events were canceled one after the other,” says Bertrand.
During the confinement, everyone played a little in their corner.
We no longer had access to the rehearsal rooms.
For six months, we didn't see each other at all.
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"What drives us is the vibration, the smile… We love to play together"
Digital platforms have made it possible to set up rehearsals at a distance, but the emotion is not the same.
“We did two experiments, just to have fun and keep the link, but it's a little sluggish, blows the saxophonist.
What we like is live music.
What drives us is the vibration, the smile… We love to play together.
"
Since the deconfinement, these musicians with communicative energy have been able to meet to rehearse outdoors, masked and from a distance. This Thursday, the fanfare accustomed to covers of funk standards was even able to return to the studios of Mains d'euvres, in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), where it usually rehearses the standards of Kool and the Gang, Stevie Wonder or Maceo Parker. While waiting to find the public. “We are there to create smiles, to move the pools, to make people enjoy themselves,” summarizes Bertrand. What we like is sharing. "
Open air at Cabaret Sauvage, 59, boulevard Macdonald (19th century), from 5:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Online ticketing
. “Cergy Warm up”, free but online reservation required:
https://www.weezevent.com/cergy-warm-up-by-la-ruche-fete-de-la-musique-2021
