Intentions

“It’s about everything and nothing.”

In a broad sense, it questions identity. To be a little more precise, it talks about rhythmic identity. About what makes us want to move. About the way our body translates a pulse. So I’m going to look for “the sounds for the dirty kids”, which have made me feel good. From the 90s to today. From hip-hop to techno, through break, acid or jungle. I start from my journey, “my crossing of the desert”. I do not invent anything. I modify and transform. It speaks about samples, Amen Break, BPM, kicks, basslines, sound system, 808. The movement bugs, speeds up, slows down, repeats itself…

Said like that, it could seem boring, but it grooves. I also think it’s about pleasure. I’m almost sure of it. It’s about loneliness, isolation, the middle of the night, the desire to synchronize with others on the same beat. It’s about memory, trace. It dreams of the past, it moves in the present. It’s a state of affairs, a kind of strange self-portrait. Except that it doesn’t talk, it dances.

— Tom Grand Mourcel