actuum

© Do Hamot
Benjamin Dousteyssier
saxophone.
Louis Laurain
trumpet.
Ronan Courty
double-bass.
drums, percussions.
Julien Loutelier
2011
presentation
kit
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bio
« ACTUUM
is distopia.
A chaotic soundscape loosely organized by
unstable laws, we exist in
a permanent climate of INSECURITY.
Fierce
attacks/blitzkrieg govern our sound-politico structures, where
sonic alliances soon disintegrate into betrayal but reverse once again.
With
this,
our
MUSIC
commands
a
heightened
state
of
action/reaction, compelling listeners towards a rare sense of purpose,
direction, and
feeling. »
ACTUUM belongs to COAX collective.
ACTUUM is supported by the 2012’s edition of Jazz Migration
(AFIJMA).
ACTUUM won the European Keep an Eye Jazz Award 2010 (« best
band & best composition»).
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musiciens
BENJAMIN DOUSTEYSSIER : Saxophones
Benjamin starts at the conservatory of
Toulouse where he studies jazz, classical
saxophone,
and
electroacoustic
composition.
In 2005 he moves to the
Superior Conservatory in Paris
to study jazz and improvisation
with Riccardo Del Fra, Glenn
Ferris and Francois Théberge.
Besides
his
instrumental
activities he writes music for
different bands (from trio to
symphonic orchestra). His approach is
influenced by contemporary music, jazz
and electric music (pop, rock, metal).
He plays with different bands in france
such as Trio DDJ, Benjamin Dousteyssier
septet, Nux, Apax, Paul Lay « into the
lines » trio, « Au cœur », Benjamin
Dousteyssier quartet, Actuum.
He received many prizes as a
saxophone player and composer :
« La Défense jazz competition » with
DDJ and Paul Lay trio, « the keep an
eye jazz award » in Amserdam with
Actuum and a 4th soloist prize at the
international competition in Friburg .
More infos on :
www.myspace.com/benjamindousteyssier
JULIEN LOUTELIER : Drums
Obsession with manner of playing music,
craving for sounds, search for instantaneity
and movement lead Julien Loutelier to
embrace
all
genres
and
aesthetics, with an open mind.
Contemporary music, jazz, rock,
free
improvisation
deeply
colored his way of playing the
drums. He can be found both
in the french and american jazz
scene (Riccardo Del Fra, Glenn
Ferris, Jim Mc Neely) and in free
improvisation (Dousteyssier /
Loutelier
duo,
Kris
Davis,
Benjamin Duboc), in organised
free jazz (COAX collective,
Actuum, Osmauve, Khoom), in
revisited contemporary music
(Cabaret contemporain, Tierkreis project
(Stockhausen), Vingt Regards autour d’Olivier
Messiaen) or alternativ rock (Burno, Loreleï,
AUM grand-ensemble, Léanne)... In constant
personal research, he is particularly interested
in acoustic and electronic "filtering" and also
likes to meet aesthetics and modes of
genres in his projects and compositions
(symphonic piece Axeleration - 2010).
Since 2007, he has confronted himself with
other forms of arts in their process of
creation, such as dance, or visual arts that he
has
been
practising
since
2009
(performances in Paris Museum of
Modern
Art,
the
Louvre
gallery
Artegalore, La Defense), but also in
cinema (ciné-concerts Federico Fellini,
Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Mervyn
Leroy) or video (Zeitlinie, Innovatoires
2011) ...
Julian has already played in many
festivals, clubs and places in France
(Europa Jazz Festival, La Villette Jazz
Festival, Cité de la Musique, Théâtre
National du Chatelet, la Grande Halle,
Centre Georges Pompidou, le Louvre,
Sunset/Sunside, Musée d'Orsay) and
also in Europe (Belgium : Jazz Station,
Sounds, Music Village, MIM ; Germany (Spizz)
; Sweden : Fylkingen, Glenn Miller Café)
; Netherlands) and in International (Panama
(Théâtre national, ATLAPA)) ...
More infos on :
www.myspace.com/julienloutelier
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LOUIS LAURAIN : Trumpet
Born in 1984, he taught himself to play
the trumpet and then studied jazz and
improvisation
at
the
conservatories of Lyon (CNR)
and Paris (CNSMDP). While
developing his own personal and
original
language
on
his
instrument,
he
researched,
through different collaborations,
an intuitive and spontaneous
approach to music. His interest
is essentially in different forms
of improvised music for various
formations,ranging from solo to
orchestral.
and sound effects in relation to the space
in which they are produced. Secondly
work on the amplification of
instruments (“close miking”) with
the aim of creating the illusion of
an electric or electronic “machine
instrument”.
He played in Paris, Los Angeles,
Stockholm, Berlin, London, Lisboa,
St Petersburg, San Fransisco,
Geneva, Mali, Marocco, Poland...
More infos on
http://louislaurain.blogspot.com
His work is focussed principally on two
topics. Firstly an accoustic approach to
instruments through research on sounds
RONAN COURTY : Double-bass
Ronan starts his musical studies at
the national conservatory in
Nantes where he received four
first prizes in piano, analysis,
composition and conducting. In
the same time he is playing in
jazz band as a double-bass
player.
In 2004, he enters the jazz
program
at
the
Paris
Conservatory where he starts to
develop a personal language on his
instrument. He is currently working
with different projects including jazz
(Chloé Cailleton trio,Fiona Monbet
quartet), free jazz (Actuum),
rock
(Pipeline,
Vérupan,
Lunamaze) and contemporary
music (Jukebox).
He played in several festivals
such
as
« Montreux
Jazz
Festival», « Les rendez-vous de
l’Erdre », « Jazz in Marciac »...
He is also teaching at the
National
Conservatory
in
Nantes.
More infos on :
www.myspace.com/ronancourty
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photos
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press (fr)
CONCERT du 29 octobre 2010 au
Bistrot Lili (Paris)
Actuum,
c’est
l’association
d’un
saxophoniste (Benjamin Dousteyssier),
d’un trompettiste (Louis Laurain), d’un
contrebassiste (Ronan Courty) et d’un
batteur (Julien Loutelier). La formation a
décidé d’exploser dimanche 31 octobre
2010 à la Miroiterie à Ménilmontant.
Cette explosion, c’est leur musique, ce
« Free Jazz d’aujourd’hui, une énergie
particulière, constante… Un flow ».
L’un dit vouloir « créer une matière
sonore un peu homogène ». L’autre
complète : « Une matière sonore qu’on
prend à la musique contemporaine, au
jazz aussi, c’est un mix de pleins de
musiques. Une matière de groupe aussi,
on fonctionne beaucoup ensemble. » A
l’image de leur musique, ils rebondissent
les uns sur le discours des autres.
Impossible de ne pas évoquer, dans ce
joyeux bordel, la part d’improvisation :
« Y’a souvent un leader, dit Julien, mais il
y a toujours une interaction possible
entre le leader et ce qui se passe
CONCERT du 30 octobre 2010 au
Périscope (Lyon), 1ère partie du groupe
KARTET.
Agapes revient et ça fait du bruit !
Un drôle de mix énergisant en guise
d'entrée pour ces Agapes "newlook" au
Périscope. Une bande d'excités du
CNSMDP (le "sup" de Paris) compose le
premier quartet de la soirée. Devant,
deux soufflants qui ne manquent pas d'air
:
Louis
Laurain
(trompette)
et
Benjamin Dousteyssier (saxophone
alto). Derrière un batteur presque sage
Julien Loutelier et un contrebassiste
derrière ». « Il y a des passages avec
plus d’un soliste, ajoute Louis. Et lorsqu’il
n’y a pas de soliste, pas de leader, alors
c’est un espèce de flow qui circule, on
essaie
de
créer
des
flows,
des
dynamiques, des reliefs… »
Un engagement physique
Les termes, comme la musique, sont
techniques. Qu’est-ce alors que le « free
jazz d’aujourd’hui » ? « Une énergie un
peu punk qui vient du lâcher-prise, du
punk jazz. On n’est pas dans une maîtrise
totale, c’est plus le geste qui compte, qui
va produire un son » explique Louis.
Les sons explosent à la face du public, les
musiciens
semblent
en
transe
et
constamment sur la brèche. Fatalement,
le néophyte risque de ne pas comprendre
la musique d’Actuum et y voir un amas
disgracieux de sons. Mais après tout,
comme l’écrivait Sophocle : « Tout est
bruit pour qui a peur. »
Lucas Malterre
bien allumé Ronan Courty qui nous en
met plein les mirettes.
Le set est court , trente minutes, mais
dense. Cette formation ne joue ensemble
que depuis six mois mais les quatre sont
déjà bien en phase. Les composition de
ce jazz très moderne nous sortent de
notre torpeur automnale, loin des
"feuilles mortes" même si c'est de saison,
et on se demande combien de temps ils
vont pouvoir jouer à ce rythme.
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Pascal Derathé
contacts
Louis Laurain
Julien Loutelier
06 81 90 76 91
06 33 69 12 35
6 place de Valois
75001 – Paris
[email protected]
11 allée des Eiders
75019 – Paris
[email protected]
More infos (gigs calendar, photos, etc...) on our website :
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technical rider
Instruments :
bass amp, model Gallien Krueger 750MB / Acoustic-image
hi-stool for the bass player
2 percussion tables or little tables
full drum kit, model SONOR Hi-Lite, with white heads on the top (REMO Ambassador), new
or in a very good condition.
BD 18' closed.
AT : 12’
FT : 14’
3 cymbals stands
Drums throne
Charleston stand with tilter
Bass drum pedal
Wooden snare drum
Monitors :
The band rather play acoustic on stage and without monitors. However, if the general volume
is very loud in the PA, some monitors could be useful (one for the trumpet and saxophone,
one for the double bass, one for the drums with independants mixs).
Stage plan :
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