Off track #101

Off track

Here comes Summer time, the new season is doing its best to put the brakes on, amidst the joyful squeaking and the golden dust of a more or less controlled sideslip by our sonic speedsters NO&RD and GLOYW.

They will stop, all steaming, in Rennes at the Ateliers du Vent on the 6th, for filling the tank during a banging release party where we invite Marc Anthony – the hurdy-gurdy player, Mirabelle Gilis – the violin player, Daniel Paboeuf – the saxophonist, and the gold and fire voices of Laetitia Shériff and Mona Soyoc.

The day after, on the 7th, heading North towards sea spray, where we’ll do it again at the cool Café Théodore in Trédrez-Locquémeau.

A month later, heading South towards Payzac (Dordogne) on the 11th and 12th of July, for the Festival Transfiguration And another month later, on the 13th of August, will you be wandering in Northwestern Italy, in the little town of Bobbio, we’ll be there for electrifying the John Greaves repertoire.

Exprosion Improsion is celebrating its 2 years and, as I only write one book every 15 years, I’ll go on annoying you with this one, hoping that its words may reach you, if they haven’t already done so. Thus, on the 19th of June, we’ll be in Rennes at the Théâtre de la Parcheminerie, with Claire ingrid Cottanceau, to dive again into the lines during a concert-reading organized by the amazing bookshop Comment dire where you may book your ticket while slipping this mirror-book in your Summer literary shopping, to have the more reflective of all hammock fellows. May also be caught here.

On the 21st of June at 3.00pm, I’ll meet Melaine Dalibert in Paris to put the Saint-Eustache Church into orbit and change its nave into an interstellar vessel propelled by the reactors of the great organ, for a concert time of  After us for the 36h de Saint-Eustache.

It might happen that the stardust remains suspended into the stained-glass light and makes iridescent the coming after concert of our friend Kyrie Kristmanson. Come and have a look!

In Paris, L’Hôtel du Libre-Échange of Feydeau, directed by Stanislas Nordey, is enlivening the Odéon till the 13th of June.

In Lyon, Core by Adrien M & Claire B is dazzling the Contemporary Art Museum till the 13th of July.

Here it is for the news. They’ll remain silent till the next season that is resolutely waiting for us, and already
full with little and big surprises that I look forward to telling you.

By then, have a nice Summer time.

Olivier Mellano