Les Siestes Electroniques
Based in Toulouse, Southern France, Les Siestes électroniques is a summer festival dedicated to emerging artists from the field of music & digital culture. Its motley line-up mainly focuses on electronic musicians and aims at a professional audience as well as the general public. The fact that its open air concerts are free of charge makes Les Siestes électroniques a rare occurrence within the landscapes of European festivals. Les Siestes offers an opportunity to experience contemporary music though concerts, club nights, workshops and sometimes exhibitions.
The festival runs for four or five days, usually starting on a Wednesday or a Thursday in the last week of June. Next edition of the festival will be held from the 24th to the 27th of June 2010.
Les Siestes Electroniques has been an event by Rotation since 2002.
Line-Up
- 2010 : Aquaserge, Kawabata Makoto, Keiji Haino, Stanley Brinks, Pantha du Prince, Joakim, Jackson and his computer band, George Issakidis, Es, The Ruby Suns, Machine Drum, Rebolledo, Marc Démereau, Chateau Marmont, Mount Kimbie, Junior Boys
They played at Les Siestes Electroniques:
- 2009 : Alva Noto, Suicide Club, Fukkk Offf, Ariel Pink, Anoraak, The Eternals, Para One & San Serac, Lawrence, Isolée, Dj Koze, Ghostape, Etienne Jaumet, Kim Hiorthoy, Prosumer, Half a rainbow, Dominique Leone, Larytta, Hudson Mohawke
- 2008 : Atom Heart, Tenori-On, Bertrand Burgalat, Les Shades, So So Modern, Fancy, Turzi, Sebastien Tellier, Lindstrøm, Damian Lazarus, American Tourister, A Mountain of One, Milky Globe & Isan, The Emperor Machine, Mondkopf, Damon & Naomi, Dapayk & Padberg, Errorsmith
- 2007 : Para One, Superpitcher, Pascal Comelade, Sebastien Tellier, Fujiya & Miyagi, Joakim, Château Flight, Robert Henke, Appleblim, Echo, Todd Terje, Marco Passarani, Henning Specht, Pierre Bastien, Charlemagne Palestine, Xela, Angel, Anton Prize, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Pigna People
- 2006 : Juan Atkins, Modeselektor, Ada, Justus Koehncke, Legowelt, Kevin Blechdom, Taylor Savvy, Hauscka, Marion Lambert, Daniel Wang, Tellemake, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Toshiyuki Yasuda, Midi & Demix, Ensemble, Schneider TM, France Copland, Koyote & Goon, Electroluxe, Midaircondo, Krikor, Avia Gardner, Opiate, Juicy Panic
- 2005 : Thomas Fehlman, DAT Politics, Vladislav Delay, Agf, Marc Collin, Jan Jelinek, Sylvain Chauveau, Modeselektor, DJ Feadz, Bmx, Mike Dred, Rex The Dog, Dexima, Fedaden, Trapist, Brooks, Funckarma, Masha Qrella, Magnetophone, Phonem, Nôze, Daniel Meteo
- 2004 : Funkstörung, Richard Devine, Lusine ICL, Yoshihiro Hanno, Orchestre de chambre de Toulouse, Sink, Arovane, Suzywan, Dabrye, Donna Regina, Téléfax, Bernhard Fleischmann, Aoki Takamasa, Tujiko Noriko, Gangpol und Mit, Cabanne, D tekt, Vlador, benge, Jonas Bering, Won, Domotic, The Konki Duet, Softland, ARK, D/JYU
- 2003 : Sylvain Chauveau, VS Price, Hensley, Murcof, Colleen, Sogar, Box, Hermann & Kleine, Arco5, Del Wire, Braille & Angström Crew, Apparat, Aoki Takamasa, Miles Whittaker, Aurel, Bmx
Press Review
Press quotes:
- Earplug : Anyone who's ever been to Montreal's Piknic Électronik or Cologne's PollerWiesen knows that electronic music is often best experienced outdoors and in daylight. Toulouse's peerless Les Siestes Electroniques perfects the formula with evening concerts performed in front of a laidback audience sprawled on a spongy lawn.
- Pitchfork : There’s you, there’s baguettes, and there’s dancing : it’s Les Siestes Electroniques (which means "the electronic nap"), plugging in, turning on, and rocking out.
- Resident Advisor : Small yet perfectly formed, Les Siestes Electroniques (or, The Electronic Nap for those of you dozing in French class) is the self-proclaimed champion of the scaled-down festival experience.
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