The Band
Musicians and long standing friends, Simon Jodlowski and Loïc Deschamps create a new band early 2023, Parallel Agency. It's a question of a fictional travel agency which will board audience members into different imaginary universes. They compose together, starting from fantasy stories or inspiring actual society themes. Parallel Agency is firstly a sound-research and improvisation lab, because of their jazz roots. Long listening sessions and active researches about broached themes enabled them to simulate the duo's creativity. To build a show where music interact with space stage was indeed a priority.
"STELLAR CASTAWAYS" Show
The two musician's common ground and large bond makes them conceive the STELLAR CASTAWAYS show, first offer from the "agency". This show must be considered as a work in it's own right, every tracks are keep going on as individual acts from a big play. The band purposes a fictionnal travel, where the spectator find himself lost inside cosmos. As the show goes by, we learn more out places and different characters. These last ones are considered as main characters rom an original account make our senses awakening. This concert is a way to express some thoughts about social debates. Themes as AI, spatial conquest, or ecology and pollution are broached all along the show.
Lights show and a strong visual identity are making the show. Loïc is full blue-turquoise dressed, hope and life personnification. Simon is full orange dressed, presenting evolution and development. Lights gives off on stage are respecting the color-code all along the show. Face to face, the two musicians are forming a coherent whole.
© Pierre DIAZ
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© Pierre DIAZ
Scenography
OFFICIAL TEASER
2024
Recorded at Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt
Mix : Sound class of the Conservatoire
About the plan
LIVE SESSION
"Mr Président & 2001"
Recorded at Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt
Mix : Sound class of the Conservatoire
NONO
2:42
Recorded at Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt
Mix : Sound class of the Conservatoire
STARS
4:27
Recorded at Conservatoire de Paris
Mix : Loïc DESCHAMPS
Goal of the show is to purpose an harmonious balance between hearing and visual perceptions. This concert is a question of a multidisciplinary project, during a little bit more one hour including live music, video and stage play. The band purposes around ten original tracks rendered on stage. STELLAR CASTAWAYS is a non-conventional expression ground for jazzmen, border to several musical styles (electro, pop, jazz..) Every track played is supported by animated pictures screening and short films, and some parts of the storyline is transcribed on screen so the outline of events can be clarified.
Here's below some picture examples from the show.
About the show
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