François Staal

Since I started writing La Brûlure, the project has been built in three parts. The first is about awareness. We look at the world, the fires, global warming, the violence, and something eventually affects us personally... we start to envision something else.

With Revolution, it's no longer just about looking. The characters resist, revolt, or simply try not to give in. It's a more direct album, but where love and tenderness remain essential forces. The third part talks about what comes after.

About what we save, what we rebuild, and what can start again after La Brûlure. On March 21, 2027, I will bring these three parts together for the first time at Le Trianon.

I want this concert to give the work its complete form, which is why we will be ten musicians on stage to play this poetic rock music, with electric guitars, piano, synths, drums, backing vocals, and percussion, all united to create atmospheres of tension, imbalance, and energy, which might remind me of Bashung, Nick Cave, or Radiohead...

well, clearly those of the "La Brulure" LPs. There will be the songs, of course, but also images, videos, and light design. My work as a film composer has always been part of my music; this time, I want everything to come together.

This date is exactly twenty-eight days before the first round of the presidential election. This is not insignificant. I am concerned about the possibility of far-right forces coming to power. I also know how fragile independent cultural venues, associations, and projects are.

I don't want to hide this concern or turn this concert into a political rally. I want to do what I know how to do: Write. Sing. Bring people together around my songs. Because we will need to come together. To share what this period does to us. And perhaps fill us with d