Bordeaux Open Air | Un véritable souffle musical pour accompagner l'été bordelais

A musical breeze to blow through Bordeaux’s summer.

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"Succès. Un concert de musique électronique a rassemblé 10 000 personnes cet été dans le Jardin Public. Et sans débordements…"

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« Regardless what kind of music you fancy, you will be sure to find a concert to go to»

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« Le festival (...) multi-générationnel et estampillé « French touch », propose cette année un tour du Monde en musique tous les dimanches de l’été. »

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« Tous les dimanches, la capitale girondine fait entrer l’été dans ses lieux publics à travers une série d’événements gratuits autour de la musique électronique. »

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« Dimanche dernier, l’association a battu son record de fréquentation, avec selon elle, donc, près de 10 000 personnes présentes au Jardin public. Bordeaux Open Air ne se contente pas d’organiser des après-midi dansants en plein air. Elle organise des conférences sur la musique et des événements intergénérationnels. »

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« Bordeaux Open Air : le réveil de la belle endormie continue ! »

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"Il y a un socle de valeurs communes entre le rugby et la musique électronique"

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"Placée sous le signe du "made in France", la programmation musicale était cette année enrichie de talents nationaux avec les passages de Chloé, Djedjotronic ou encore Real J, ainsi que plusieurs artistes locaux en devenir."

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"Convier le tout public à des concerts gratuits, en plein air, dans un cadre naturel"

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« Bordeaux Open Air va faire voyager sur du son electro. »

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"Make Bordeaux great again !"

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"...le Bordeaux Open Air donne une nouvelle série de rendez-vous, avec de nouveaux lieux et une programmation plus dense, tout en promettant de soutenir plus fortement encore l'écosystème bordelais et régional."

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Why BOA ?

Thought as a social link generator through electronic music, our festival gather around free Sunday afternoon events, attracting between 3000 and 10000 people, over which are meeting and discovering activities for children and grown-ups, any public and artists “from here and there"

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2018 Season Line Up

Dobao
Parc Palmer - 24/06/18

Dobao is a Dj, producer and radio host from Buenos Aires. Also part of the duo Wild Safari and co-founder of High Life, he surely is one of the ambassadors of house music back in his country. Always digging in every record shop he may found, his vinyls sets are always composed with 70’s and 80’s gems from around the world.

Ariel Harari
Parc Palmer - 24/06/18

Ariel Harari is a Dj based in Buenos Aires. He started Djing in 2010 after feeling the imperious need to share the music he had always loved. Since then, Ariel has played in numerous venues in his country including bars, parties and clubs in his hometown, other provinces, and alsoabroad. He surely has proved to his audience that his sounds were right, always exploring genres that surround House music, including Disco, Soul, Jazz, African music and sometimes Acid, most of it in vinyl.

Pabels
Parc Palmer - 24/06/18

Pabels, AKA Pablo Cortés is the DJ behind some of the most exclusive summer mix around soundcloud. With his Day Mixes, released on la Tropicál Records with more than 1 million plays, he continues spreading the love for summer lifestyle since the start of his career. These mixes blend the best of funk, hip hop, soul, disco and balearic music into an unpaired identity. He worked with brands such as Corona, Jack Daniels, Jagermeister, Absolutvodka and many more.

Dionne
Jardin Public - 22/07/18

Besides from running the smallville record store in St Pauli, Hambourg together, Julius Steinhoff & Just Von Ahlefeld aka Dionne form a duo named smallpeople. As you could expect from people working in a record store, the dj-sets they perform explore various universes and genres, but always with a warm and eclectic balance.

Jacques Bon
Jardin Public - 22/07/18

Between Hamburg & Paris, DJ, musician and boss of the record shop Smallville Records in Paris, Jacques Bon is one of the few people that can be considered as an ambassador of house music in France. He will clearly create a bridge between Hambourg and Bordeaux, and between Germany and France through his eclectic set.

Julius Steinhoff
Jardin Public - 22/07/18

Die Vögel
Jardin Public - 22/07/18

Jakobus Durstewitz and Mense Reents are both accomplished musicians that formed Die Vögel. Despite the success of their recordings, what really makes Die Vögel so unique is their live performance: They take the stage with an arsenal of real instruments, such as tuba, trombone, flute, trumpet and percussion, always combined with a propulsive bassline.

Janeb
Parc Palmer - 12/08/18

Born in Casablanca, Janeb is walking around Bordeaux and music festivals with his Canon camera when he is not DJing. Well known in the local scene, he plays rich and melodic house in his sets and explores a large variety of influences : blues, jazz, soul, gospel, ...

Adil Hiani
Parc Palmer - 12/08/18

- Dj Producer & Cosmo records label owner -  There only is a few artists attempting to bridge cultures through the power of music with quite the same impact as Adil Hiani. The Moroccan artist has been on a mission to unite Western and Eastern cultures through electronic music. Is he the best person we could invite to explore and illustrate our vision of social bonding/cultural discoveries ? He might be.

Yes'In
Parc Palmer - 12/08/18

Born in Casablanca, it's there that Yassine Hafdane (Yes'in) had his first experiences in the music world at a very early age. The morrocan quickly became interested in Djing in the begining of the last decade after playing and experimenting all percussion and rhythm instruments. It's there that he was drawn to electronic music and clearly established his artistic identity after building up his own collection of vinyls.

Mafalda
Jardin Public - 19/08/18

Mafalda is one of those DJs you stumble across and instantly fall in love with. Originally from Portugal and based in London where she runs Melodies international with Sam Shepherd (also known as the one and only Floating Points) she plays with a rich and fine selection of gems from jazz and soul to disco and Brazilian house. In 2017 she appeared in various European venues and festivals such as Dimensions or Sunfall.

Alexander Nut
Jardin Public - 19/08/18

Alexander Nut has made a name for himself as one of the UK’s most diverse and influential Dj’s. Cofounder of Eglo Records alongside Floating Points, he is responsible for releases from Henry Wu, Fatima, Funkineven and other experienced artists. He played to some of the finest dance floors around the world and his sets draws influences from jazz, afro-beat, house, soul and hip-hop without any clear boundary.

Secretsundaze
Jardin Public - 19/08/18

Besides Djing and running a label, this london duo can be considered as the ambassadors of daytime clubbing in the UK. Used to extra long and eclectic sets and with their 16 years old experience, they will bring their unique way of partying on a sunday afternoon in Bordeaux.

Mike Stellar
Jardin Public - 26/08/18

Looking for the perfect beat, this is how you can define Mike Stellar's mission. Without confining to any particular style you can hear on his sets an explosive mix of bass, nu-jazz, breakbeat, deep-house, detroit techno, afrobeat and funk. What unites all this is Groove. Since 1996 he's been one the driving forces on the quality music scene in Portugal. First as a promoter, and later caught in the addiction of vinyl

MR. Herbert Quain
Jardin Public - 26/08/18

Mr. Herbert Quain employs aged sounds and samples to take his songs somewhere older and innovative, nostalgic and forward looking, bizarre and familiar. His live-acts exports these vectors to shape a space where strong beats coexist with textures, slow-tempo knows unexpected accelerations and the images lead the narrative.

Tiago
Jardin Public - 26/08/18

Hailing from Lisbon where he is a weekly resident at Club Lux, Tiago has a laid back intensity that is reflected in the expansive and inquisitive nature of his sets. Raised on good music in his home, turned on to drumming by his older brother, he came to Dj'ing via live music. He has been at it for close to twenty years, and in the last decade added production work to his resume.

G'Boï et Jean Mi
Square Dom Bedos - 02/09/18

Members of « La Chinerie », a record store/label runned by what we could call the young minds of french electronic music, G Boï et Jean-Mi are two of the finest french chineurs (diggers in french). They clearly made their name as a reference in the Lyon electronic scene and having them represent that scene on the square Dom Bedos seemed like an evidence for us.

LB aka Labat
Square Dom Bedos - 02/09/18

Producing non-stop, running a label, playing around France, releasing records on some of the best french labels… All of this makes Lb aka Labat one of the most active and forward-thinking artists on the french electronic scene. He will bring with him the Lyon-style of making music and turning crowds into madness.

Pablo Valentino
Square Dom Bedos - 02/09/18

You know that moment when a set feels like a non-stop peak time ? Well, that is what creates Pablo Valentino when he brings his selector’s experience on the DJ booth. Insatiable digger, co-founder of MCDE recordings alsongside Motor City Drum Ensemble and resident in the finest french clubs, Pablo is like an explorer of electronic music. Being one of the fathers of french electronic music, he knows no boundary and explores musical styles with a remarkable finesse.

Moniker
Jardin Public - 16/09/18

New Delhi isn’t the first city that comes into your mind when you think of electronic music. However, a few artists are making that movement alive in the city and Moniker surely is one of them : he co-founded the famous Magnetic Fields Indian festival and Wild City, a magazine and music label. Oscillating between hip-hop, house, techno, garage and grime, he creates furiously balanced sets and brings british influences to his Indian roots.

Film
Jardin Public - 16/09/18

Producing with a wide range of genres – from dance to ambiant and abstract sounds – and influenced by hip-hop, pop music and jungle (pretty contradictory, right ?) FILM is one of the major electronic artists of India. He played alongside some of the biggest acts in the electronic scene and will bring his diverse universe as much as his experience to the Jardin Public of Bordeaux.

Rummy Sharma
Jardin Public - 16/09/18

Native from New Delhi and now living in Bordeaux, Rummy is one of the major underground artists of India and has played around his homeland but also France and Germany. Currently coming back to what he does best – playing music - in underground electronic « institutions » (BT59 and Redgate) in Bordeaux, it is a pleasure for us to spotlight his universe on the Jardin Public.

Maft Sai
Square Dom Bedos - 23/09/18

MaftSai is the man behind the Zudrangma record label and a record store, which opened in 2007, specialized in Thai Funk, Luk Thung and Molam music and other Asian musics. With 12 years of experience as a DJ, Maft Sai collects and plays Asian, European and African vinyl gems and has brought those to major festivals (Glastonbury, Fusion) and radios (Worldwide FM, NTS).

Chris Menist
Square Dom Bedos - 23/09/18

Writer, musician and DJ for over 17 years, Chris Menist is the host of "paradise Bangkok" events which he co-created with Maftsai. The pair runs the label and record store together and plays in The Paradise Bangkok live band when they are not spinning world music vinyls.

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2018 Season Line Up

DobaoParc Palmer - 24/06/18

Ariel HarariParc Palmer - 24/06/18

PabelsParc Palmer - 24/06/18

DionneJardin Public - 22/07/18

Jacques BonJardin Public - 22/07/18

Julius SteinhoffJardin Public - 22/07/18

Die VögelJardin Public - 22/07/18

JanebParc Palmer - 12/08/18

Adil HianiParc Palmer - 12/08/18

Yes'InParc Palmer - 12/08/18

MafaldaJardin Public - 19/08/18

Alexander NutJardin Public - 19/08/18

SecretsundazeJardin Public - 19/08/18

Mike StellarJardin Public - 26/08/18

MR. Herbert QuainJardin Public - 26/08/18

TiagoJardin Public - 26/08/18

G'Boï et Jean MiSquare Dom Bedos - 02/09/18

LB aka LabatSquare Dom Bedos - 02/09/18

Pablo ValentinoSquare Dom Bedos - 02/09/18

MonikerJardin Public - 16/09/18

FilmJardin Public - 16/09/18

Rummy SharmaJardin Public - 16/09/18

Maft SaiSquare Dom Bedos - 23/09/18

Chris MenistSquare Dom Bedos - 23/09/18

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