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Carte Blanche to Dizonord (guests by Martha Kirszenbaum)
For his Carte Blanche at the Art Explora Festival, Vincent Privat conceived an evening dedicated to Mediterranean music, featuring artists and members of the Dizonord network, with a transcultural and intergenerational aim. By inviting various artists, media outlets, and performers—all connected to Mediterranean sound and musical cultures in their popular, traditional, and underground forms—they collectively created the soundtrack for the museum ship's voyage, echoing the different Mediterranean ports of call.
Dates and times
Saturday, June 15, 8:00 pm to midnight
Address
Vieux-Port - Quai de la Fraternité, Marseille, France
Additional Information
No reservation required, subject to availability.
20:00 - 21:00: Algerian Vinyl / Mounira Zerkine
Mounira Zerkine is a French-Algerian teacher, music lover and vinyl record collector. She spent part of her life in Oran, where, largely influenced by the raï of the 80s and 90s, she nurtured her interest in other musical styles from the country. Today she shares her passion and her collection under the name Algerian Vinyl on Instagram, highlighting the diversity of Algeria's musical heritage.
21:00 - 22:00: Live by Benzine
Benzine draws its inspiration from Algeria's Bedouin poetry, which it transforms into a fissile synth-rai that smells of exhaust fumes from the streets of Sidi Bel Abbes. Formed by Farid Belayat and Samir Mohellebi, the duo deploys sounds embroidered with synthesizer, drum machine, bass, guitar and a bowl of West Algerian instruments (sampled for the occasion) to plunge you into a rendering as frenetic as driving an Oranese cab at rush hour: tense, trance-like and danceable. Their debut album "Nawri" (bourgeonne in French) was released on March 21 on the La Navette label.
Farid Belayat: vocals, bass, machines
Samir Mohellebi: vocals, guitar, machines
22:00 - 00:00 DJ set Hadj Sameer
Hadj Sameer, medical researcher on the one hand, and documentary filmmaker, archivist, lecturer and DJ on the other, is one of the world's leading collectors and specialists in Raï, with some of the rarest vinyls and cassettes of Raï and Algerian music in general in his collection. Co-author and co-director of the "Raï is not dead" series released a year ago on Arte, he will be concocting a unique vinyl selection to get Marseilles, the "59th wilaya", dancing to heady rhythms accompanied by nostalgia-filled classics.
Marpessa Sigue
Dizonord
Dizonord is an independent record shop founded in 2018 by Vincent Privat and located in the 18th arrondissement in Paris and the Reformés district in Marseille. The store has become a quintessential underground haunt, offering a handpicked selection of rare books, stylish photo prints, cutting-edge vinyl, history flyers - making parties and highly prized vintage magazines.
Hadj Sameer
