Alexis Valet • Growl! • Time Is Color [ Afters Jazz à la Villette #08]

Vibraphonist Alexis Valet opens the evening with The Cypher, a finely crafted quintet where contemporary jazz, hip-hop, soul, groove, and electronic textures intertwine.

Inspired by the cypher – a circle of expression and improvisation inherent to hip-hop culture – the group navigates between composition and spontaneity, advancing beatmaking, urban energy, and jazz sophistication in a single movement.

v=PWQi8b7a48Q Born from a jam session at Studio Pigalle, GROWL!

is an explosive supergroup bringing together Hervé Salters from General Elektriks, Cyril Atef from Bumcello and Papatef, Leeroy from Saïan Supa Crew, and Californian rapper Lateef the Truthspeaker, co-founder of Quannum Projects alongside DJ Shadow and members of Blackalicious.

Blending funk, trance, hip-hop, and electronica, the collective uses improvisation as fuel for dance. Keyboards, percussion, vocals, and athletic rhymes collide in a physical, free, and unpredictable music.

com/general_elektriks/ Finally, Time Is Color, the project of pianist and composer Cédric Hanriot – collaborator of Herbie Hancock and Dianne Reeves – brings together contemporary jazz, hip-hop, neo-soul, and electronic textures.

Carried by Nunny's voice, oscillating between rap, spoken word, and soulful melodies, the quartet blurs the lines between urban grooves, cinematic soundscapes, and live virtuosity.

With their latest album A Luminous World, Time Is Color continues to explore music that is both organic and electronic, deeply rooted in jazz but resolutely oriented towards today's pulsations. v=GcTYSFZIMf8