This is the big festival of December. The Rennes Transmusical Meetings take place this year over five days and once again feature a magnificent program of folk, pop and electro artists… “L’Obs” has selected ten artists to discover.
Mowdee
No more rennais, you die. Originally from the Villejean district, in Rennes, the 31-year-old rapper himself defines his music as “gansthouse”, a mixture of rap and electronic music. A unique style that he accompanies with explosive clips like that of “I’m bothering you”.
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Rodin
Rodín is Franco-German, he has lived all over the world and one day he settled down in Marseille. Falling in love with Marseille and its language, Occitan, the rapper decided to devote his musical career to this forgotten dialect. Strongly inspired by groups like Massilia, the lyricist delivers chiseled and hard-hitting prose.
Zaho of Sagazan
This is THE star of this edition of Transmusicales. While she has officially released only three songs on the platforms and an album is coming in 2023, the young Nazairian is invited five evenings in a row for an original creation. Tragic texts on electro music, halfway between Stromae and Brel, Zaho de Sagazan is only at the beginning of a long artistic path that we wish him paved with success.
Baby Volcano
A French Rosalía. Baby Volcano, alias Lorena Stadelmann mixes rap, electro music and Latin songs. Trained as a dancer, the Jurassienne offers a unique sound inspired by her Guatemalan roots and her love of sounds that move crowds.
Koboykex
Two cowboys from the Faroe Islands invent their music: the “countronica”. A mix of country and electronic music, the songs of Kóboykex make you want to go horseback riding on the beach while partying. Nostalgic and futuristic, the Danish group promises a unique performance.
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Rocio Marquez – Bronquio
Rocío Márquez is a flamenco singer who has already been praised many times for her work. Bronquio is a DJ and producer. In “Tercer Cielo”, the album they released this year and which they will perform at Transmusicales, the two artists explore the frontiers of their musical landscape and show an unexpected encounter between flamenco and electronic music. A successful marriage.
Kid Kapichi
Angry rock that shakes and committed lyrics, that’s Kid Kapichi’s recipe. The British group, heir to Slurs or Oasis, recently signed with Universal for its second album “Here’s what you could have won” released this year. With them, a wind of revolt will blow over Rennes.
Grace Cummings
Deep, powerful, almost mystical, the voice of Australian singer Grace Cummings always surprises. Turned towards a sentimental folk, she welcomes us in her musical universe serious and soft at the same time, between darkness and light, that Joni Mitchell or Janis Joplin would not have denied.
Puuluup
Originally from Estonia, Ramo Teder and Marko Veisson are passionate about talharpa (bowed hurdy-gurdy) and introduce this little-known instrument into their wacky compositions. Amateurs of nude folk, the two friends delight us as much musically as in their deliriously aesthetic clips.
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Nana Benz from Togo
Inspired by the Nana Benz of the 1950s, at the origin of the wax and loincloths of Togo, the Nana Benz of Togo trigger a musical, feminist and mystical revolution. Led by three Togolese singers and priestesses, the group makes us live an enchanted experience, between traditional songs and electronic music.
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None Sounds
Created by two brothers from the Uyghur community in 2015, None Sounds delivers futuristic and experimental music. Claiming analog techno, the duo takes us on a hypnotic ballad.
