Cabaret Contemporain arefive independent and avant garde French musicians; comprising of composers, improvisers, producers and a sound engineer. Cabaret Contemporain look to create an ever-evolving sound from disparate elements; such as game modes and prepared piano. The sound the band creates veers from out and out improvisation, minimal-techno, elements of the Krautrock canon and neo-classical. Cabaret Contemporain have recently worked on projects honouring John Cage and Terry Riley and (alongside Swedish singers Linda Olah and Isabel Sörling) Moondog. In the winter of 2014-15, the band will take upresidency at La Maison de La Musique de Nanterre, L’Odéon de Tremblay-en-France and at L’Arsenal de Metz to create a new project; “The Man Machine: Cabaret Contemporain plays Kraftwerk with Linda Olah”.

At RewireCabaret Contemporain will be joined by Etienne Jaumet, of Flop, the Married Monk and the acclaimedZombie Zombie (a project between Jaumet and Herman Dune’s drummer, Neman). Jaumet is something of a musical pied piper; not caring for questions of genre or stylistic etiquette, he has collaborated with the likes ofThe Moldy Peaches, Richard Pinhas, Daniel Johnston, Lou Barlow, Adam Green and Herman Dune.