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BIOGRAPHY MODE-F are a team of sound illustrators, composers, producers and DJs who specialize in creating intricate bespoke soundtracks for fashion runway shows in Paris, Milan, London and New York, and for VIP events. The team consists of Laurent Ballot, Alexander Maxwell, and Nano de Clausel, three dynamic and varied talents representing the highest possible ability in technology, creativity and sound design. The three men first met while studying at S.A.E., one of the world s most prestigious institutions for audio technology and design. It was here that they developed their unique style of sound illustration. Since graduating they have been in constant demand among the world s top fashion designers, event producers and directors. Unique in the industry they create soundtracks which creatively illustrate the performance they accompany, creating a powerful match between the moment and the music. Their fashion week soundtracks have become some of the most distinctive in the world. For nearly 10 years, they have worked with some of the world s most iconic brands - creating soundtracks for couture and ready-to-wear collections. Between projects, they can be found performing secret gigs to test new material, deliver new kinds of audio experiences, for the love of performing live, and to enjoy seeing people dance.
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REVUE DE PRESSE VANITY FAIRE - février 2015 - Le son de la mode Qui fait la musique des défilés? Par Sophie Rosemont Mode-F, c est un trio : Nano de Clausel, Laurent Ballot et Alexander Maxwell. Ils se sont rencontrés à l école parisienne S.A.E, spécialisée en technique du son et de l image. Très vite, ils ont monté leur petite structure et, tout aussi vite, ont été appelés par les plus grands noms de la mode. À leur actif : Dior Homme, Givenchy, Kenzo, Kris Van Assche, Leonard, Rochas, Schiaparelli, Louis Vuitton, Carven, Jean-Paul Gaultier La liste donne le tournis. En une dizaine d année, MODE-F a imposé un petit vent d air frais sur les défilés. La force de ces trois mousquetaires? Une compréhension aiguisée de la mode et un sens des tendances musicales tout aussi éveillé. De Peter Doherty à Barbara en passant par Sébastien Tellier, leur play-list nous fait souvent écouter ce dont on a envie à cet instant précis.
NEW YORK TIMES - 21 novembre 2014 - In a New Performance Piece, Tilda Swinton Turns Fashion Into Art By Sarah Moroz Tilda Swinton's performance in "Cloakroom Vestiaire Obligatoire," which opens Saturday in Paris, incorporates outerwear belonging to audience members. [...] This year, the two have produced a piece called Cloakroom - Vestiaire Obligatoire, which opens tomorrow and runs for a week at the Palais Galliera. The preview performance today was a veritable Paris Who s Who; Alber Elbaz, Haider Ackermann, Martine Sitbon, Charlotte Rampling, Stella Tennant and Pierre Bergé were in attendance. Swinton took on the personae of the audience members by way of their outerwear: Spectators relinquished their coats and jackets to the actress, tentatively making their way to the wooden table that served as the stage threshold. Swinton laid each garment out, held it up, smoothed it out and contemplated it, sometimes crouching or lying atop it. Periods of silence alternated with ambient sounds by the music stylists MODE-F. [...]
EURONEWS Portugal - Octobre 10th 2014 - Jean Paul Gaultier: Uma carreira às riscas Patricia Tavares Jornalista de Moda A mariniére, pronta a vestir, de Jean Paul Gaultier conta com 38 riscas, desenhadas numa passerelle horizontal. Com a icónica camisola à marinheiro, o estilista deixou um aviso à navegação. Depois de 38 anos a acenar no final dos desfiles chegou a altura de dizer adeus, ao prêt-à-porter. Uma despedida sentida, em Paris, na apresentação das coleções primavera/verão 2015. O estilista abre a cortina do cinema Le Grand Rex e deixa cair o pano, por cima das manequins [...] A tripla MODE-F concebe bandas sonoras para desfiles de moda em Paris, Milão, Londres e Nova Iorque. Playlist do desfile, pelos estilistas do som, Nano de Clausel, Laurent Ballot e Alexander Maxwell
ID Italia - Octobre 1st 2014 - La Playlist del designer Alexis Martial
La Depeche - September 25th 2014 - In the mood of Sharon Wauchob In the mood of Sharon Wauchob : "J'ai puisé mon inspiration dans les années 60 et 70" A l occasion des défilés de prêt-à-porter (23 septembre-1er octobre) à Paris, Relaxnews est parti à la rencontre de la créatrice Sharon Wauchob, qui présente sa collection printemps-été 2015 le 25 septembre à 14h. L'occasion de découvrir les fashion coups de cœur et les sources d'inspiration de la styliste. Quelle est la pièce maîtresse de cette collection? Pourquoi? Les pièces maîtresses sont les robes coupées en biais, nouvelles pour moi, qui sont pourtant assez traditionnelles. Quelle ambiance musicale avez-vous choisi pour accompagner cette collection? Avec mon partenaire Joshua et mode F, qui collabore avec nous, nous avons puisé notre inspiration dans la fin des années 60 et le début des années 70.
The Wall Street Journal - September 17th 2014 - Models Never Talk The Very Model of Insight, Wit and Art A theatricalized and somewhat skewed take on couture's défilé. By Robert Greskovic [ ] On Sept. 8, the eighth installment of Crossing the Line, an interdisciplinary arts festival presented in New York by the French Institute Alliance Française, kicked off with "Models Never Talk," Olivier Saillard's specially theatricalized and somewhat skewed take on couture's défilé. The 50-minute presentation, on the eighth floor of Milk Studios in Chelsea, was performed by seven veteran female models Christine Bergstrom, Axelle Doué, Charlotte Flossaut, Claudia Huidobro, Anne Rohart, Violeta Sanchez and Amalia Vairelli all formerly favorites of name designers working in Paris. Overall, however, words and actions managed to enhance each other gracefully, making for a show-and-tell presentation of insight, wit and art. For a score "Models" had accompaniment that ranged from sonar-styled echoing pings to Satie-like piano music; Laurent Ballot, Alexander Maxwell and Mode-F were credited as "sound designers." [ ]
La Depeche - July 11th 2014 - Paris Haute Couture Les meilleures Bande-sons des défilés Voici notre sélection des meilleurs morceaux diffusés lors des défilés haute couture automne-hiver 2014/2015 qui ont eu lieu dans la capitale française. 1) Zuhair Murad Sur la bande-son du défilé du couturier libanais figurait le magnifique "Easy" de Son Lux. Plus connu sous le nom de Ryan Lott, Son Lux est une sensation musicale qui nous vient de New York et qui mélange hip-hop alternatif et postrock. Le titre constituait l'équivalent idéal aux tissus très travaillés de la collection. 2) Jean Paul Gaultier La reprise par Marilyn Manson de la chanson d'eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" est présente sur le mix composé par MODE-F (Alexander Maxwell, Laurent Ballot, Nano de Clausel) pour le défilé Jean Paul Gauthier. Vous pouvez l'écoutez dans son intégralité sur Soundcloud.
Madame Figaro - January 19th 2014 - Ils font le son de la mode
The Daily Beats - November 21th 2013 - Eternity Dress Tilda Swinton and Oliver Saillard Perform the Creation of Fashion in Eternity Dress By Sarah Moroz A new, ballet-like performance at Paris s eminent fashion museum explores the meticulous process of creating a beautiful garment, using actress Tilda Swinton as mannequin. [ ] Once pinned, Swinton was left alone, and she sewed the front of the dress herself with needle and thread. The music - a voiceless soundtrack by MODE-F, the music stylists responsible for many high-fashion runway shows - ceased, and Swinton sewed in silence. The entire room was still except for the careful, repeated motion of the thread going in and out of the fabric. [ ] What does one take away from such a performance? For one, the kind of patience and meticulousness required to make something beautiful. It was quiet, careful, slow work, which, even in the scrupulous step-by-step of the performance, was, of course, an accelerated version of the real act. Fashion is no democracy: most things are not made with this care. But to watch the process is to honor it, to think about the magic of all those accumulated gestures that go into the designs that cloak our bodies.
France Inter - November 2013 - Eternity Dress with Tilda SWINTON Une performance conçue par Olivier Saillard, directeur du Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris Avec Tilda Swinton, Musique MODE-F En partenariat avec le festival d'automne [ ] Eternity Dress est une performance qui repose sur la création d une robe, une seule. Ce sont toutes les étapes de sa création qui sont consacrées de manière à ralentir, à «s éterniser» sur chaque geste qui conduit à la fabrication du vêtement. La séance de prise de mesures par laquelle débute toute réflexion se révèle une mathématique du corps pleine de poésie et de mystère. Centimètre après centimètre, c est un cadastre de la silhouette qui émerge, une académie de l habit. Tour de taille, tour de hanches, tour de petites hanches, longueur milieu dos/ pointe sein, tour de bras, largeur coude plié, etc sont les mesures et les relevés sérieux qui mèneront au vêtement frivole. [ ] Eternity dress est l ombre de toutes les robes du XXe siècle, un pictogramme qui condense toute l histoire de la mode, celle qui fuit et qui revient à grands pas. Elle appartient à tous. Chaque soir, la robe se fait et se défait dans le tumulte de l atelier mis en scène.
WAD Magazine - July 2013 - La musique et la Mode
20 MINUTES - July 5 2013 - Au rythmes des couturiers du son
PORT Magazine - June 28 2013 - Wooyoungmi Soundtrack The Paris-based Korean brand gave us their MODE-F produced soundtrack from their SS14 show Fashion shows are an expensive way of showcasing the fashions of seasons to come; for months staff plan the event and, of course, work on getting the collection done on time. But with half a fortune invested in 10 minutes, it s important that the experience is right from greeting buyers and press at the gate to the much-discussed seating plan. But the one element of a show that can make or break the atmosphere of the event except for the actual clothes is the music. Good shows become great and poor collections can become bearable with a decent soundtrack. Wooyoungmi managed to get them both right with their Parisian Spring Summer 2014 collection. Staged in a gallery space close to the Bastille, the Korean-born designer sent out her model army to the stomping sound of a MODE-F produced beat exclusively premiered on Port today. Using denim on the catwalk for the first time, the collection focused on a blue, beige and green colour palette. Panelling, colour blocking and all-over prints dominated the visual aesthetic and an impressive array of shirts in different shapes, colours and forms perhaps heralded the introduction of a new Wooyoungmi signature piece? The inspiration wasn t one particular thing or person. The collection idea came when I walked through a snowy Paris last winter. It was dreadful weather and I just wanted to be in a warmer climate so the collection is about an aspiration to go to the desert! So this season we followed that man to the desert, it s a journey through that terrain. But he isn t just into the landscape, he carefully inspects every living organism. He s interested in the terracota, blue sky, cactus and the beige sand that s where the colour palette came from. The denim we used isn t casual or rough, I wanted to use sophisticated and chic denim I wanted it to help create an elegant look, Wooyoungmi said after the show. By David Hellqvist
Liberation NEXT magasine - March 21 2013 - Les Couturiers du Son LES COUTURIERS du SON Par ELVIRE VON BARDELEBEN Pas de défilé de mode sans une bande-son créée pour l occasion. Mais qui s en charge??comment s opère l alchimie entre l univers du designer sonore et celui du créateur??explications avec quelques maîtres qui donnent le «la» à Paris, New York ou Milan. [ ] Kris Van Assche a également des idées bien arrêtées. «Quand on travaillait pour Kris, il nous disait souvent je veux ce titre, à vous de le rendre intéressant pour la collection», dit Nano de MODE-F. [ ] MODE-F les coupe [les chansons] pour qu ils ne durent jamais plus de deux minutes trente, ôte le chant, change les arrangements, superpose plusieurs pistes. [ ] Nano de MODE-F se souvient d expériences ardues : «Quand le D.A. demande une musique puissante, que comprendre? Du hardcore, de l opéra? Le plus difficile a été une collection pour Mugler au début des années 2000. On nous avait demandé le vide et le son du soleil.» Afin d éviter les dérapages théoriques sur les couleurs ou les impressions creuses (bleu, hypnotique, ouvert ), Nano de MODE-F arrive aux rendez-vous avec son ordinateur, et visualise concrètement les spectres sonores avec le couturier. [ ]
VOGUE US - February 5 2013 - My favorit soundtrack Unexpected sound tracks. My favorites last season were The Beach Boys at Rochas and Elvis Presley s Do the Clam at Isabel Marant. EH It s that time of year when runway shows, review writing, after-party attending, and more industry-related activities take over our daily lives. During the next four weeks, we ll sprint through four cities on little-to-no sleep. The sheer volume of events and appointments might sound daunting to some, but to us there s a lot to look forward to during the marathon that we now call fashion month. From fresh faces on the street-style circuit to the hot spot everyone will be hitting to the collections we re dying to see, here are the people, places, and pomp our editors are excited about this season.
ATELIER Wooyoungmi - December 2012 The Music Makers And what would a runway show be without a soundtrack? Alexander Maxwell, Nano De Clausel and Laurent Ballot are Mode-F and they have the task of telling the story of the season in music. From the waiting music that welcomes the press and buyers to the finalé track that sends out a troop of boys on their last march it s 10 minutes of music that makes all the difference to creating a great show. Alexander paid us a visit today with the final mix for tomorrow s show. Stay tuned for the playlist.
CRASH Magazine - December 2012 - The sound of Fashion PARIS HAUTE COUTURE - Automne Hiver 2013 DIOR HOMME Koudlam : Love Song - Original remix by Mode-F QASIMI Before the Bridge : Future Islands - Raw Umber / Twilight : Walls - Balance : Future Islands - Swept Inside : Future Islands PARIS HAUTE COUTURE - Automne Hiver 2011 JEAN PAUL GAULTIER CONFESSION D UN ENFANT DU SIECLE : DOUCE IVRESSE bal oriental - SEBASTIEN TELLIER : New Beat In Buenos Aires_A Sebastien Tellier And Romain Turzi Remix - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA : Ocean Breakup King of the Unive - BO CONFESSION D UN ENFANT DU SIECLE : OCTAVE prègènèrique - SEBASTIEN TELLIER : Fingers of Steel_Hypnolove Remix - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA : Believe Me Now - SEBASTIEN TELLIER : Kilometer_Strangelets Remix - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA : Standin' In the Rain - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA : The Quick and the Draft - FREDDIE MERCURY Love Kills MODE-F remix STEPHANE ROLLAND RYAN TEAGUE : Introit - MARTYN : Bauplan L Vis 1900 Bok Bok Remix - Bonobo : 1414 - Black Sands (Duke Dumont's 'Grains Of Sand' Reconstruction Edit) - MARSEN JULES TRIO : Oeillet Parfait - LODEN : Hordeloop - Cliff Martinez : My Name On a Car - ANDY STOTT : Dark Details - RYAN TEAGUE : Cadastral Survey LLS - ANDY STOTT : Tell Me Anything - MOBY : Pale Horses (Apparat Dub)
VOGUE - october 2 2012 - "The Impossible Wardrobe" avec Tilda Swinton Haute Solo: Tilda Swinton in "The Impossible Wardrobe" by Emily Holt [ ] Also though this is not very likely if Swinton and curator Olivier Saillard s collaboration didn t provide convincing proof that clothes can transform, a portion of the sound track helped to reinforce the idea. Today s an important occasion, she thinks. She must wear the right clothes, the right combination of clothes, a voice spoke, as Swinton made yet another stride down the runway stage. They ll make her lucky.
ELLE.com - October 2012 Now that Paris Fashion Week has wrapped up, find out what sounded on the catwalks in The City of Light. New York Fashion Week provided a slew of great jams, and Paris continued the stream of old and new artists including hits from iconic names like Nina Simone, Paul McCartney, and The Beach Boys, to of-the-moment favorite Azealia Banks. The music was eclectic not just in genre, but approach as well. Saint Laurent designer Hedi Slimane teamed up with Daft Punk, Karl Lagerfeld brought the Chromatics to play a live set during Chanel, and Miu Miu took the mash-up approach to a runway soundtrack. Here, ELLE.com has narrowed down the top 10 tracks from Paris Fashion Week Spring 2013. Have a listen. [,,,] 9. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys at Rochas Despite being first and foremost a French fashion house, designer Marco Zanini wasn t afraid to look beyond the borders of France for music that would serve as an appropriate counterpart to a collection with some serious '60s vibes. Who better than The Beach Boys for notes of nostalgia and an overall feel-good atmosphere?
EDUN - Septembre 2012 Fashion Show Q&A: Alexander Maxwell of MODE-F Spring/Summer 2013 will be the 5th season France-based music stylists MODE-F create the soundtrack to EDUN s runway show. The experimented sound designers work closely with EDUN to create a unique experience that helps bring the collection to life. Alexander Maxwell, one of the three producers behind MODE-F, talks to us about the inspiration and process behind creating the soundtrack. What is the process of creating music for the show? First we sit down with Sharon [Wauchob] and Joshua Neville, the Creative Director for the show, and discuss the general mood and theme of the collection. Then we make a large selection of different tracks, from which we end up with three. We rework, rearrange and remix the tracks completely to make them fit and work for the show. We add a lot of elements and rhythmic patterns to make the whole soundtrack more interesting and unique. After that, we have several listening sessions where we strip out the parts we think could confuse the story we re telling. The collaborative process and the inputs from Sharon, Josh, Ali and Bono, are what gives us a great and personal soundtrack. How do you incorporate Africa in the music? Africa is a big part of Edun, but so is the concept of Beautiful Rebel. We try to mix a bit of both worlds sound-wise. The Africa bit will be the main rhythm and all the hand percussions, shakers and other traditional instruments. The idea is to get a touch of Africa without being too obvious. It has to remain modern and fresh. What inspires you when creating music for a fashion show? The collection is a great guideline when it comes to creating a soundtrack for a show. But we have to always keep in mind the core of the brand and what it represents. It s the collaboration with the designer and the exchange of ideas that really what makes it interesting each time.
VOGUE.com - July 2012 Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2012 Couture by Hamish Bowles To a sound track of Pete Doherty declaiming words after Alfred de Musset, the Romantic early-nineteenth-century French writer, Jean Paul Gaultier sent out a playful couture collection for men and women that toyed with the notion of dandyism, from de Musset s age to the Weimar Republic, and named some of the models for characters out of Proust, Colette, and Oscar Wilde. There was Gaultier s take on the round-hipped New Look jacket silhouette of Christian Dior; a tailcoat cinched with a corset; a late-nineteenth-century jet-trimmed velvet cape with a collar of goat fronds resembling monkey fur; and a dramatic floor-length black opera coat spliced with panels from a precious kimono and that was just the menswear. [,,,] Gaultier s bride romped back to the swaggering dandy theme, in her back-to-front ivory tailcoat worn over crinolined organdy skirts. July 05, 2012 4:11p.m.
L EXPRESS.fr - 03 Mars 2012 Jean Paul GAULTIER prêt à Porter Automne Hiver 2013 Jean Paul Gaultier inspiré par le graffiti et la brillance du métal Jean Paul Gaultier a présenté samedi soir une collection pour l'hiver prochain riche en couleurs et en cuivres scintillants, inspirée par les graffiti new-yorkais des années 1980, sur une bande son du Velvet Underground. "J'ai joué sur le graffiti sur un mode plutôt couture et élégant", a expliqué en coulisses l'énergique couturier qui fêtera ses 60 ans en avril, après avoir salué ses admiratrices dont la cinéaste Tonie Marshall ou les actrices espagnoles Victoria Abril, qui a adoré "les couleurs, oh la la, et les petits perfectos" et Rossy de Palma. Côté matières, il a travaillé des jacquards de soie et du fil lurex pour la brillance métallique, des cuirs souples et des velours, mais aussi des tissus "compressés, comme ratatinés sous du tulle ou du voile" permettant de créer "de nouveaux drapés". Parmi les fourrures, il a souvent assemblé, sur un même manteau, du renard, du vison rasé ou brut, de l'agneau de Mongolie, de la chèvre, "n'en déplaise à PETA", l'association de défense des animaux qui milite contre la fourrure, a-t-il indiqué. Il propose aussi un étonnant manteau orange vif en mohair avec des manches en fourrure de la même couleur, et des vestes en fourrure rose ou bleu vif. Quelques ensembles en python jouent sur plusieurs teintes de vert. De petits blousons en cuir se portent sur de la maille large ou de la soie fluide, et des godillots punk ou compensées hautes. Les robes ou jupes en cuirs sont boutonnées, et en partie déboutonnées pour le défilé, dans le dos. Jean Paul Gaultier joue sur le trompe-l'oeil avec une robe en maille comme un pull dont les manches, parties des hanches, se nouent sur le ventre. Ou cette robe bustier en velours rouge-noir qui se prolonge derrière la cheville en cape-étole anthracite qui se ramène autour des épaules
HALLOW S END - Décembre 2011 Music Stylists, an Interview with MODE-F by Andreea A few weeks back we were doing research for this music related article and stumbled upon MODE-F. MODE-F is a music design studio based in Paris that does runway show soundtracks for fashion brands such as Dior, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier, Lanvin, Givenchy. The people behind Mode-F are 3 sound illustrators Nano de Clausel, Laurent Ballot and Alexander Maxwell, who were kind enough to answer some of our questions (see below). Some of their music can be found on Soundcloud and if you like what you hear, let them know it on their Facebook page. All Hollow: Tell us about your background. What were you doing before making fashion music? MODE-F: It all started at the S.A.E. [School of Audio Engineering] where we were all studying to become sound engineers. We were working on several school projects together and with time we developed MODE-F which in the beginning was for us a way to create soundtracks and compose music. We all have different music backgrounds but it seems that is our strength. And when we combine the three, it sounds quite original. AH: Would you say your calling was more towards fashion or music? If you had to choose, which would you give up? MF: We always we re interested in music to start with, but fashion showed us different perspective in music that we would have never experienced if we were just musicians. AH: How did MODE-F get to be MODE-F? How did you get to finally doing fashion music? MF: We were always fascinated by the Haute couture, it demands such a dedication and talent that we were immediately attracted by that passion designers put in their close. They could for example spend hours and hand paint the inside of a jacket, spend more than 400 hours on one dress. Naturally we wanted to illustrate their story in music. We see it as a short movie,.
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TETU MAGAZINE - July 2011 DEFILE Jean Paul GAULTIER Haute Couture Automne Hiver 2012 Mylène Farmer: La mariée était en noir au défilé Jean Paul Gaultier Par Luc Biecq La rumeur courait depuis hier: la chanteuse rousse allait faire une apparition au défilé de Jean Paul Gaultier. Promesse tenue: elle a revêtu la robe de mariée du créateur, dont le nom s'inspire d'une de ses plus célèbres chansons. Tutu en volants noirs rehaussé de plumes, blouson de cuir et crinière rousse, Mylène Farmer a clôturé sous les bravos le défilé de la collection couture Automne-Hiver de Jean Paul Gaultier, présentée aujourd'hui dans son atelier de la rue Saint-Martin. Dès le lancement de la bande son du show, l'esprit de Mylène a régné sur les lieux, puisque MODE-F, qui assurait la partie musicale, n'a cessé de diffuser de courts extraits du tube Libertine. Le modèle présenté par la star porte d'ailleurs le nom, très sur-mesure, de Libertine Swan. Ce n'est donc plus nue que notre libertine apprend la vertu!
DEALER DE LUXE - Hiver 2010 MODE-F Texte et photo Clément Schneider Derrière ce nom qui évoque la science fiction, la création et la technologique unis et indissociable comme le yin et le yang, on trouve trois enchanteurs qui se prénomment Alexander, laurent, Nano. Des amis qui se sont rencontrés lors de leurs études dans l une des plus prestigieuses école de son du monde et qui en huit ans de travail en commun sont devenu dans le milieu du luxe les designers sonores incontournables. Leurs collaborations avec les meilleurs maisons de couture et de prêt-à-porter se passe toujours autour d une complicité, un travail minutieux et sur mesure, Dior, Dior Homme, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier, Lanvin, Givenchy, Kris Van Assche entre autre ont sollicité leur impressionnante culture musicale associée à une expertise technique et technologique sans faille pour créer la bande son de leurs défilés comme on construit la musique d un film. Avec un peu de chance, vous pourrez les croiser aux quatre coins de la planète pour un DJ set dont eux seul ont le secret... Trois garçons débordant d idées et de projets, une équipe qui donne une nouvelle dimension à l expression «sans limites».
CRASH MAGAZINE - Hiver 2010 The sound of fashion PARIS DÉFILÉS HOMME - Printemps été 2011 DIOR Shigeru Umebayashi - 2046 Main Theme (With Percussion) Shigeru Umebayashi - Interlude (Instrumental) Peer Raben-Dark Chariot (Instrumental) Shigeru Umebayashi - 2046 Main Theme (With Percussion~Train Remix, Instrumental) Arranged by Laurent Ballot, Nano de Clausel and Alexander Maxwell JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Led Zepplin - In the light Shacketon - El Din part II Pink Floyd Dramatic Theme Alain Chamfort - Majorelles Jerry de Sario - Hammam U-Cef & Mirror System - Hilal Chalf Hassan - Solo Derbuka Naguila - Hammam The Rolling Stones Let s spend the night together Khalliouni The Egyptian Orchestra KRIS VAN ASSCHE Trentemoller - Silver surfer ghost rider go Tom Waits - Potter's field Original remix by Mode-F WOOYOUNGMI FOUR TET - Givers LUCKY DRAGONS - Desert rose LORN - What's the use PANTHA DU PRINCE Stick to my Side Four Tet version HOT CHIP JESSE ROSE - Forget my name feat Hot Chip CARIBOU Odessa PARIS HAUTE COUTURE - Automne Hiver 2011 JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Robert Spano -Rainbow Body Alexandre Desplat - The Queen - People's Princess Juliette Gréco - Si tu t'imagines Barbara - Hop-là Cora Vaucaire - Trois petites notes de musique Catherine Sauvage - Le cirque Michael Galasso - Scene VIII Nana Mouskouri - Ne me quitte pas Barbara - Au bois de Saint-Amand Juliette Gréco - Strip-tease Telefon Tel Aviv - Stolen Moments (Telefon Tel Aviv Remix) London Philharmonic Orchestra Kashmir, The Symphonic Led Zeppelin - When the levee breaks La marche nuptial by Yue Zhang (exclusive recording for the show) Juliette Gréco - Jolie môme All lead violins by Yue Zhang recorded by Mode-F for the show Original mix by Mode-F STEPHANE ROLLAND Ludovico Einaudi - Lady labyrinth Pantha Du Prince - Lay in a shimmer Steve Reich- Music for 18 Musicians II. Secti Anthony Collins Reeves False Fed On youth Dominik Eulberg Die rotbauchunken vom tegernsee Robag wruhme s bombina bum remix Ludovico Einaudi - Nightbook London Metropolitan Orchestra -The Soda To Rococo Rot Forwardness traversable wormhole remix
LONDOND EVENING STANDARD - 17 septembre 2010 London Fashion Week: Model Music London Fashion Week: Model Music David Smyth - 17 Sep 2010 While the fashion world has always looked to musicians for inspiration my local butcher sold out of sausage necklaces just hours after Lady Gaga revealed her all-meat dress the transaction works the other way as well. You can look to London Fashion Week, which kicks off today, for more than just the next big thing in cardigans. Pop's future stars will be there too, wafting across catwalks on soundtracks to the runway shows. When they aren't playing live, as Lily Allen and Cat Power have done at Chanel productions, their songs will appear on mixes put together by self-proclaimed music stylists who offer another sensory brand extension to go with that latest fragrance. There is the odd name that might be recognised by those of us who dress more like Paul McCartney than Stella. Steve Mackey, former bassist with Pulp and now husband of powerful stylist Katie Grand, selects the music for Topshop's catwalk shows. Topshop is known for wanting to show its hip music taste to the world and in the past, Mackey has given before-they-were-famous airings to the likes of Little Boots and Ladyhawke at Fashion Week. This year, however, he's straying from the cutting edge. Fashionistas visiting Waterloo's old Eurostar terminal for the Topshop Unique show tomorrow afternoon will hear William Orbit's ambient reworking of Aquarium, from the French Romantic composer Saint-Saëns's 1886 work Carnival of the Animals, as well as Barry White's Let the Music Play. Celestica, by Toronto electronica duo Crystal Castles, is more up-to-the-minute but as the clothes are apparently intergalactic and grunge-fused, something fusing Spacemen 3 and Nirvana might have been a cosier fit. New York-based DJ trio The Misshapes (named after a Pulp song) are even better suited to fashion soundtracks, featuring a model among their number in the striking Leigh Lezark. They have toured with The Killers, Scissor Sisters and Courtney Love and will be at Henry Holland's House of Holland show tomorrow. This time the London designer says he's inspired by Seventies glamour, disco and New York nightlife, though at a recent Holland show it was all about hip hop the music featured fast-rising female rappers Nicki Minaj and Kid Sister. French trio Nano de Clausel, Alexander Maxwell and Laurent Ballot take things further as Mode-F. They've composed original, semiclassical electronic music for A-list names including Louis Vuitton and Givenchy. For something more accessible, look to Burberry. The British label has been courting an array of posh blokes with guitars to model in its adverts (Gwilym Gold, of Golden Silvers, and Samuel Fry, from Life in Film, feature in the current campaign), provide music for its catwalk shows (The Maccabees, One Night Only, Razorlight) and record exclusive videos of live performances for its Burberry Acoustic web channel (facebook.com/burberry). It's risky looking at the top 40 over the past year, indie bands seem to be unfashionable right now. But it's more important to Burberry that they're British, skinny and look good in an expensive shirt. Even more off-trend is a new album, also called Burberry Acoustic The Collection for London Fashion Week. It's available in the itunes store from Monday as well as the clothing stores Browns, Cruise, Matches and START. Compiled by the brand's chief creative officer, Christopher Bailey, it features tracks by more Burberry-affiliated young bands including Patch William, Good Shoes and Ramona, as well as less well known numbers by David Bowie and Elton John. But what's this? Status Quo? Admittedly it's the unrecognisable ballad Everything but how unhip can you get? Could ponytails and white socks be making a comeback? I wouldn't put it past the only industry more fickle than pop. London Fashion Week runs until September 22.
STILETTO - Septembre 2010 Sélection d albums Leurs cultures musicale complémentaires, leurs sensibilité, engendrent des bandes son particulières, en total fusion avec les créateurs de mode : ils mélangent, recréent, composent parfois, absorbent une collection pour révéler l essence d une histoire ou d une étoffe, transcender une vision, celle de Kris Van Assche ou jean Paul Gaultier, de Dior Homme [...] «L ouïe est l un de sens les plus développes, il appelle tous les autres, aimentils répéter. Lors d un défilé, notre but est d apporter une émotion, une âme. De créer une bulle sensorielle qui raconte une histoire» [...]
AFP - Juillet 2010 Jean Paul GAULTIER Haute Couture fashion show - F/W 2011 collection Gaultier embauche l'effeuilleuse Dita Von Teese Par Gersende RAMBOURG - 7 juillet 2010 Paris Le public frissonne et retrouve, défilé après défilé, un Jean Paul Gaultier intensément vivant. Parmi ses velours noirs, cuirs et fourrures, il ne peut s'empêcher de faire exploser des couleurs vives et saturées qui célèbrent des femmes en parfaite maîtrise de leur séduction. Simple intermède dans un défilé de près de 50 silhouettes, la célèbre effeuilleuse Dita Von Teese arrive en noir de la tête au pied, retirant ici une manche, là un bout de mousseline, sous le regard attendri de son compagnon Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, au premier rang aux côtés de son père couturier. En corset rose poudré recouvert d'armatures noires, comme une cage soulignant les os du squelette, elle présente ses fesses rebondies et son immense sourire rouge poudré au public, conquis et déchaîné. "C'est presque un prétexte", s'amuse Jean Paul Gaultier en coulisses après le spectacle, "en fait, Dita aime se déshabiller pour mieux s'habiller". "J'ai joué sur des effets de carrure", explique-t-il, estimant être revenu à une certaine "sobriété" et en tout cas à "quelque chose de plus rigoureux, de moins explosé, moins baroque". Au premier rang, Catherine Deneuve en satin anis, mais aussi Inès de la Fressange ou le ministre de la Culture Frédéric Mitterrand admirent les silhouettes aux turbans années 1940, construits à partir d'un anneau de feutre de différentes couleurs. Sur des airs de Barbara, "le Bois de Saint Amand", et de Juliette Gréco, "si tu t'imagines" et autres "j'suis toute nue sous mon pull", défile beaucoup de noir pour cette collection automne-hiver. Sur des airs de Barbara, "le Bois de Saint Amand", et de Juliette Gréco, "si tu t'imagines" et autres "j'suis toute nue sous mon pull", défile beaucoup de noir pour cette collection automne-hiver. [...] Quelques notes comme pour s'échauffer et elle se lance dans la marche nuptiale, mimant le mouvement sur une bande son puissante. Premiers applaudissement spontanés pour une jupe longue en tweed brodée de plumes d'autruche noires et blanches, aérienne malgré l'épaisseur du tissu. Comme pour la première explosion de couleur, cette robe en satin-cuir vert éclatant dénudant les épaules et sa pelisse assortie, doublée de fourrure. Enfin la mariée. En robe-trench ivoire, elle traverse les rideaux de velours noir un violon sur l'épaule. Quelques notes comme pour s'échauffer et elle se lance dans la marche nuptiale, mimant le mouvement sur une bande son puissante. "C'est peut-être une prétention", prévient Gaultier. Mais "la couture est censée être comme un Stradivarius: un peu agressif, un peu rebelle mais virtuose".
VOGUE JAPON - Juin 2010 Playlist «un mariage au Japon».
PURETREND.fr - Janvier 2010 Jean Paul GAULTIER Haute Couture fashion show - S/S 2010 collection...on était bien à Mexico, comme le vocalisait simultanément Luis Mariano. Sa voisine péruvienne, Yma Sumac est aussi venue charmer les oreilles de l'assistance dans la bande-son réalisée par l'équipe de MODE-F.
ABLOGCURATEDBY.com - Janvier 2010 Défilé DIOR Homme - Collection automne hiver 2011. DIOR HOMME COAL FALL WINTER 2010 POSTED BY : Dan the Scout, 25. January 2010 The Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy was transformed into a blacked out amphitheatre for the Dior Homme show on Saturday afternoon, its floor a gravel pit encircled and intersected by an inlaid wooden runway. A harsh contrast to last season s bright, airy setting in the Carreau du Temple, the Fall Winter 2010 presentation was blanketed in a bleak darkness, with an industrial halo of Thierry Dreyfus s lighting rigs looming above the arena. Entitled Coal, the show was an inspired study of the monochrome, and Kris Van Assche worked in total looks of black, ecru, grey marle and charcoal. On a base of crisp collared shirting and cuffed trousers in either pleated volumes or straight legs, Kris showed an extensive range of luxurious jackets and coats in many different shapes but unified in their cashmere, leather and wool fabrications with a languid fluidity. Peak collared trenches and pea coats ended with unexpectedly pointed hems, blazers wrapped around the chest and continued into scarves, and a dinner jacket was given a third lapel in contrasting fabric. Self-striped silks and cottons created a textural highlight in more formal pieces, and flashes of silver came stitched into shoulder seams, on tie stripes and from long zippers on hooded coats and blousons. Almost bare of accessories, the looks were worn with a low dress shoe, sometimes laced with a monkstrap over, and several floor-length coats swept aside at the waist to reveal a leather bag hooked to a belt loop (seemingly keeping a Bible safe). Choosing Parisian technicians MODE-F to develop his soundtrack for both the Dior and Kris Van Assche shows this season, Kris was able to engage personally in the process through their intuitive methods, to create the pulsing power beats of both his shows Choosing Parisian technicians Mode F to develop his soundtrack for both the Dior and Kris Van Assche shows this season, Kris was able to engage personally in the process through their intuitive methods, to create the pulsing power beats of both his shows. Odile Gilbert gave the models messy, textured hair adding a boyish charm to the heavy, masculine collection and Aaron de Mey delivered with clean, simple Dior makeup. Taking the helm in the wake of a revolution at Dior, Kris has proven himself creating the world of an intelligent and contemporary gentleman a modern traveler. The slick production was a testament to the house and to Kris s ongoing realization of their vision, subverting their classic codes to redeliver fashionable, elegant garments in unexpected, luxurious ways.
FASHION WIRE DALY.com - Janvier 2010 Défilé DIOR Homme - Collection automne hiver 2011. Dior Homme: From Tango to Tatar Godfrey Deeny January 23rd, 2010 Paris They say men s fashion is all about the details, but that certainly was not the case at Dior Homme Saturday afternoon, Jan. 23, in Paris, where it was all about the silhouette. Floating, almost A-line and well away from the body, the whole profile was much different from the shapes most men are wearing today. This is what made the Fall 2010 collection by Dior Homme s creative director Kris Van Assche so special. Throughout, there was a faintly military air, enhanced by the shoulder loops, officer s high collars and arty campaign boots. Staged in the boxing arena Marcel Cerdan - nicknamed the "Casablanca Clouter," the world middleweight boxing champion and lover of Edith Piaf - the models strutted around the circular catwalk, their coats flowing behind them. Van Assche used drier but light fabrics, so the wrinkle-free clothes kept a pretty stiff shape, yet were still able to hover that little bit, adding an adventurous authority. On the soundtrack boomed out a suitably romantic ballad, a remix of Temple of Love by English '80s Goth rock band Sisters of Mercy. I thought the collection was very fresh. And I love to see the '80s interpreted by people who didn t actually live them, joked Karl Lagerfeld in a busy backstage where paparazzi fought for shots of him with Kanye West, a ubiquitous presence at Paris men s collections this season. On the soundtrack boomed out a suitably romantic ballad, a remix of Temple of Love by English '80s Goth rock band Sisters of Mercy. The new tougher Dior attitude was summed up by the choice of a more brooding model, which was also a central element in this show. Van Assche and his design team organized model castings in Moscow, Kiev and Riga, giving the show a much more rugged feel. It helps keep my eye fresh, presenting a new sort of guy, said Van Assche, noting that his foreign castings previously ranged to Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires. People used to think that I went to Latin America on holidays. With these new guys I think they might finally get that I actually travel for work. So, this season at Dior Homme we ve gone from well-groomed Tango dancer to Tatar tough guy.
ABLOGCURATEDBY.com - Janvier 2010 Défilé Kris Van ASSCHE - Collection automne hiver 2011. Kris Van Assche Menswear Fall Winter 2010 POSTED BY : Dan the Scout, 24. January 2010 Kris Van Assche presented his Fall Winter 2010 presentation in Paris on Friday, under the vaulted ceilings of the Couvent des Cordeliers on the left bank of the Seine. Imagined as a dark traveller in the night, the relaxed collection was built on a layered base of a loose fit trouser and classic shirting in a sombre palette of charcoal, midnight blue and black. Kris s favourite South American boys carried the looks with a reserved masculinity, their heads covered with long knitted hats that gave a rogue air to a collection that stepped away from his African influences of seasons past and grounded itself firmly in a Northern Hemisphere winter. Labelled Resistance, the presentation had a distinctly teenage vibe of sportswear layering with checked shirts, bomber jackets, sweatpants and plaid blazers all working together, suffused with a downbeat, boyish romance. There was a sense of urgency and aggression to the presentation, thanks to a thumping soundtrack of crashing drums and power guitars by Paris-based sound stylists MODE-F. The breathtaking surrounds of the convent were artfully lit by the master Thierry Dreyfus, who has collaborated with Kris at Dior. thanks to a thumping soundtrack of crashing drums and power guitars by Paris-based sound stylists MODE-F.
L EXPRESS.fr - Novembre 2009 Exposition Photo de Vincent LAPPARTIENT "Vestiaires" Les Vestiaires de Vincent le 6 novembre 2009 par Guillaume Crouzet C'était le vernissage ce jeudi soir... Vingt et une images. A priori, ce n'est pas beaucoup, mais cela suffit, si elles sont bien choisies, à faire une expo photo. Celle-ci s'intitule "Vestiaires" et a été réalisée par le photographe Vincent Lappartient. Depuis plus de six ans, le jeune homme (qui fut par ailleurs coordinateur de la semaine de la mode de Shangai et commissaire de l'exposition Show-time au musée Galliera) promène son objectif dans les coulisses des défilés. La matière est spectaculaire me direz-vous. Soit! Mais j'aime beaucoup certains des petits moments magiques qu'il arrive à voler dans ces instants. Son travail, régulièrement publié dans les magazines a déjà fait l'objet d'une dizaine d'expos à travers le monde, depuis le Canada jusqu'à Trinidad et Tobago... le top-model Magdalena dans les coulisses du dernier défilé Jean-Paul Gaultier Pour accompagner ces belles images, le photographe a fait réaliser par le studio de création sonore MODE-F "Plutôt que de parler de "backstage", j'ai choisi d'intituler cette petite exposition "Vestiaires" parce que j'aime le double, voire le triple sens de ce mot, raconte Vincent. D'abord les vestiaires, ce sont les coulisses, mais au singulier c'est aussi le synonyme de placard, de garde-robe pour une femme. Enfin, dans vestiaires il y a une connotation sportive : on se prépare pour un match, pour un round. Tout à fait l'ambiance d'un défilé." Pour accompagner ces belles images, le photographe a fait réaliser par le studio de création sonore MODE-F, une bande son d'une heure qui passe en boucle dans le concept store, Métal Flaque, où se tient l'exposition. Perso, j'aime beaucoup ce cliché du défilé Stéphane Rolland, pris depuis les cintres du Palais de la Découverte. Elle a d'ailleurs faillit ne pas se faire. Un pompier avait surpris Vincent sur la passerelle en surplomb du show et s'obstinait à le faire redescendre. Il a juste obtenu de lui deux minutes de délais de grâce... Et voici ce qu'il en a fait!
PARIS MATCH - 11 juin 2009 Exposition Timothy MARTIN Une douce musique vous accueille au fil d une déambulation sereine.
10 MEN - summer 2009 Prêt-à-porter Homme - Collection Automne Hiver 2010 WOOYOUNGMI It s geat! It s our new obsession. There should de pictures here, if the art lot have done their job properly. LURRRRRRVELY jackets, really well cut and a bit mad. You ll want one, promise. And Russian hats, which work again, as do knitted shrugs. And the music at the show was great - they get gold medal for the best music. It all came together and it s one to watch. Mark these words.
A NOUS PARIS - mars 2009 L Illustration Sonore pour les défilés.
LE FIGARO madame - 3 octobre 2008 Prêt-à-porter - Collection printemps été 2009 Beaucoup plus intime, le défilé Kris Van Assche révèle une banse son musclée...
VOGUE.COM - 2 octobre 2008 Prêt-à-porter - Collection printemps été 2009 Les Gun s n Roses en fond sonore appellent d abord des muses sombres au tailoring mini...
PAGESMODE.COM - juillet 2008 Prêt-à-porter homme - Collection automne hiver 2009 Insouciance et joie de vivre d une impeccable «upper class» dansant sur les rythmes endiablés du charleston ou du black-bottom, entre cocktail et champagne rosé.
AUFEMININ.COM - juillet 2007 Haute Couture - Collection automne hiver 2008 Résonance allemande pour l incroyable bande son, qui marque le tempo du défilé, on est proche de l Ange bleu et de Cabaret.
LIBERATION - 6 octobre 2005 Prêt-à-porter - Collection printemps été 2006 On se sent voyeur sommé d observer ce rituel sexuel et glacé, sur une musique (excellent set signé MODE-F) où se croisent un remix de Chris Isaak et un morceau ralenti de Blue-bob, le groupe de David Lynch.
VOGUE.COM - janvier 2005 Haute Couture - Collection printemps été 2006 Les silhouettes graphiques en noir et blanc prirent des airs plus tribaux à l instar de la musique qui enflamma l espace...
CRASH MAGAZINE - sounds of fashion Louis VUITTON / Kris Van ASSCHE Homme - automne hiver 2010 / Stephane ROLLAND Haute Couture - printemps été 2009 Kris Van ASSCHE PRET à PORTER - printemps été 2009 Kris Van ASSCHE Homme - printemps été 2009
DIOR / Kris van ASSCHE / Louis VUITTON Homme - printemps été 2008 Louis VUITTON Homme - automne hiver 2008 GIVENCHY PRET à PORTER - automne hiver 2007
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