çhâñt élečtrónïqùe
a ćùrïouš çõllèčtîvè çhâñt élečtrónïqùe is an international collective of traditional singers, electronic musicians and producers. Consisting of seven members from France, Portugal, Ireland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina the group was formed in 2019 with the idea of exploring where ancient singing traditions and electronic music meet. The group have released one album “çhâñt élečtrónïqùe vol. 1” on London-based independent label Rika Muzika and have toured throughout Europe in the UK, France, Belgium Portugal, Slovenia and Croatia. They are in the process of recording a second album (vol. 2) due to be released in 2027.
“It’s like listening to traditional choral music on the dark side of the moon...” - Songlines “...an enthralling debut album that explores international folk traditions and avant-garde beats” - The Quietus
võlúmë 1 çhâñt élečtrónïqùe vol. 1 debut album released on Rika Muzika, (London) in November 2020
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Bandcamp https://chantelectronique. bandcamp.com/album/h-t-le-tr-n-qe-vol-1
Quando Era Pequenina https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=5tusHC47dvo
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/0 qdwjned8p79n5YxxC2xX0?si=6IdcRdGSlWcZM-XSLqE1Q Youtube https://youtu.be/ DPAlPolAaAw?feature=shared
Kamen Gori https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=FStyFhdCqKg Maiz de Viracocha https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=jqhPmKWpAeA
tôurš
Portugal - October 2025 Porto Lisbon
Croatia/Slovenia - April 2026 Ljubljana Slavonski Brod Zagreb Grad Sneznik
United Kingdom - September 2024 Hull Oxford London
Switzerland - February 2026 Lucernce Saint Moritz
France/Belgium May 2024 Paris Brussels Villebon-Sur-Yvette
Croatia - August 2023 Zagreb Pazin Koprivnica Silba Knin Buje Ireland - January 2023 Dublin Galway Castlebar Manorhamilton Belmullet
Portugal - October 2022 Porto Lisbon Viseu Croatia - July 2021 Zagreb Pula Pazin Krk
lïñks {VIDEOS} Live à la Petite Halle (Paris, France) - vincent moon, çhâñt élečtrónïqùe https://youtu.be/ LGBLhXOLkNM?si=mlyOkQX_dkkqpCF4 Inti Ukana - çhâñt élečtrónïqùe official music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keccYUPNag Biograd na Moru - çhâñt élečtrónïqùe official music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnNM_ ifyJo0 Porta 253 - çhâñt élečtrónïqùe live session in Queimada, Portugal https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=KkJGqL3e74o&t=1s Ficus Films Documentary çhâñt élečtrónïqùe - a short film by Ficus Films https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=nZpWe8LvU-c
{PRESS} The Quietus - Kernels of Wisdom interview with çhâñt élečtrónïqùe https://thequietus.com/ articles/29209-chant-electroniqueinterview The Quietus - Tracks of the Year 2020 https://thequietus.com/ articles/29370-the-quietus-top-100tracks-of-the-year-2020 Songlines - çhâñt élečtrónïqùe vol.1 review https://www.songlines.co.uk/review/ chant-electronique-vol-1
{RADIO PLAY} BBC RADIO 6, FIP Radio France RTE Lyric FM, Bandcamp Weekly Radio France - Planete Ocora https://www.radiofrance.fr/ francemusique/podcasts/planeteocora/avec-chant-electroniquel-electro-revele-les-musiquestraditionnelles-6961699 Hotel Radio Paris https://www.mixcloud.com/ hotelradioparis/chantelectronique-041220/ Worldwide FM : Le guide vert çhâñt-élečtrónïqùe https://www.mixcloud.com/ worldwidefm/le-guide-vert-çhâñtélečtrónïqùe-30-12-20/ Soho Radio https://www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/ rika-muzika-27032021/
{PARALLEL PROJECTS} Soho Radio, New York - Rika Muzika Podcast series with Toro/Azor https://sohoradiolondon.com/profile/ rika-muzika/
Love Around the World - film soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpE_ TZVaa6o
Trois Voix Quatre Saisons https://www.jmfrance.org/spectacles/ trois-voix-quatre-saisons
Louise Calzada, Paris, 1991 • Musician, producer and DJ. After studying theatre and dramaturgy, she studied classical singing in the conservatoire in Paris. A member of the experimental pop electronic band Le Vasco, she now performs and produces under the name Toro/Azor. She explores connections between traditional music and electronics with çhâñt élečtrónïqùe, and with Mesclar, residencies in central France around the material collected in this region. She is co-composing an album with Hindoustani classically trained musician Sharad Joshi. She also works in social centers to coordinate traditional and electronic music and writing workshops with people from various backgrounds. Louise curates the monthly podcast Rika Muzika on London-based Soho Radio, focusing on evolving traditional sounds.
Nenad Kovačić, Zagreb, 1982 • Studied Ethnology and Sociology at the University of Zagreb. Since 1997 he has been performing mainly as a percussionist and singer and composing for film and TV. He is a member of several bands including Antenat, Sevdah Takht Damira Imamovića, Mimika Orchestra, Truth≠Tribe, çhâñt élečtrónïqùe. Through different projects such as CRIO, Živa voda, Solo for (Rahul’s) kanjira, Nenad is very active and present on the Croatian contemporary/ improvised music scene where he is always in search of new sounds and possibilities of connecting traditional percussion and analog/ digital processing.He also works as a composer/producer of theater and film music and as a percussion educator. www.nenadkovacic.com
Teresa Campos, Porto, 1988 • Since graduating from Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London), Teresa has been exploring the power of traditional music as a social and creative tool. She co-founded Sopa de Pedra, a 10 strong all-female vocal group dedicated to Portuguese traditional singing, and Collado (traditional Iberian music). She coorganized a residency with La Sonora, around Argentinian traditional music in Buenos Aires (2014-2019), and collaborates with Nenad Kovačić on the creation of soundtracks for Croatian plays and documentaries (“Mileva” 2021 and “fold ekonomija” 2022). As a vocalist, she has collaborated with Retimbrar (Portugal), Mondryaan (London) and Perotá Chingó (Argentina), alongside working in music education projects in Portugal and France.
Nils Peschanski, Paris, 1991 • A keys player and producer from Palaiseau in the suburbs of Paris. Since finishing his studies in Jazz at the conservatoire he traveled through vapor-pop with Le Vasco, combined hip-hop, rock and funk with Noflipe, mixed soul, R&B and house with Global Network. With çhâñt élečtrónïqùe he explores the potential of electronic devices and traditional music. These projects have taken him across Europe to major influential festivals ( Trans Musicales in Rennes, The Great Escape in Brighton, Eurosonic in Groningen). When not composing for TV, he teaches piano and composition, always guided by a sense of experimentation and fun.
Dunja Bahtijarević, Banja Luka, 1985 • Singer and poet from BosniaHerzegovina and Croatia. She started researching traditional music during her studies in comparative literature, English, and art history. Apart from çhâñt élečtrónïqùe, she is a member of Dunjaluk, which interprets Bosnian traditional songs (sevdah) using voice, electric guitar, and improvisation. She is a vocalist in the jazz and world music orchestra Mimika Orchestra. In Pjesme, she and Marta Kolega explore contextual and thematic connections between their poetry and traditional songs. Recently she collaborated with British musician Will Pound on his album A Day Will Come, and recorded a song for the Carnegie Hall partnership project Kolysanki Na Biegunach.
Raphael Hardy, Paris, 1991 • After jazz studies, he began an electronic journey through samplers, computing, and sound design. Playing concerts across Europe with Le Vasco (electronic/vapor/ pop - 2013/2018), his work includes generative sound installations, experimental electronic music (Biel/ Bienne festival of photography 2019), creative hacking of SMS and internet protocols. He later developed a totally opposite fascination for traditional wooden instruments, oblique flutes, their construction and their origins in different parts of the world. He now blends his interests for electronic explorations and traditional music with çhâñt élečtrónïqùe.
Darragh Quinn, Castlebar, 1987 • An Irish musician and producer based in Strasbourg, France. With a background in traditional fiddle and guitar accompaniment, he studied architecture at the University of Dundee, Scotland and electronic music production in Strasbourg. He is currently completing a master degree in Digital Media Design (online) at the University of Edinburgh where he is focusing on audiovisual design techniques. As a touring musician he has traveled across Europe with projects such as çhâñt élečtrónïqùe, a~a~r~d~e~n~t and Quinn Peaks, a solo project for violin and electronics. When not touring, he works as a music educator and workshop facilitator in Strasbourg and Paris.
as trâditioñál musicians we are interested in the potential of élečtroñics to open new doors to discover new ways for us to exist to reveal new places to meet each other in between
this is our excuse to think about çultùrè trâditioñ ïdèntity and discover new parts of ourselves
for the voices of the past we have respect to the present moment of creation we are fully committed and for the future? we are very very
čúrïouš
çhâñt élečtrónïqùe
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