BICEP
Tournée
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19/052017Yoyo Palais de Tokyo @Fireworks FestivalParis
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03/112017Le Petit SalonLyon
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04/112017Pitchfork Music Festival ParisParis
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11/052018Festival Nuits SonoresLyon
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16/062018Festival MarsatacMarseille
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17/062018La Magnifique SocietyReims
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30/062018Festival GarorockMarmande
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26/082018Festival Rock en SeineParis
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26/102018ConcreteParis
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05/072019Festival The Peacock SocietyParis
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24/042020L’Elysée MontmartreParis
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22/052020Festival Nuits SonoresLyon
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06/062020Festival We Love GreenParis
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18/092020L’Elysée MontmartreParisComplet
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18/022021Le TrianonParis
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05/062021Festival We Love GreenParis
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31/102021L’Elysée MontmartreParis
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28/052022Festival Nuits SonoresLyon
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05/062022Festival We Love GreenParis
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30/062022Festival les EurockéennesBelfort
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27/102022Zénith Paris – La VilletteParisComplet
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09/122023PhantomParisComplet
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28/052025Festival Nuits SonoresLyon
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06/062025Festival Le Bon AirMarseille
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08/062025Festival We Love GreenParis
BICEP – le duo de Matt McBriar et Andy Ferguson de Belfast, désormais installé à Londres – a le plaisir d’annoncer son premier album éponyme, un disque qui raconte l’histoire de ces deux artistes et leur passion pour la musique et la culture club depuis leur première publication en 2010. L’album Bicep est sorti en septembre 2017 chez Ninja Tune, leur second opus en janvier 2021 .
BICEP sont tout d’abord et avant tout des amoureux de musique qui ont une connaissance et une passion profondes pour tous les genres. Ils ont découvert la musique électronique grâce à Aphex Twin et Laurent Garnier, par exemple, puis ont commencé à creuser davantage dans l’lDM, l’italo, la techno, l’électro, la jungle et tout ce qui tourne autour. Pendant leurs dix années de carrière, ils ont célébré la musique qui les inspire dans leur blog Feelmybicep – au départ un moyen d’assouvir et désormais un facteur qui contribue à leur habitude de collectionner les enregistrements. Il a fait sortir le duo hors des frontières anglaises pour le propulser sur la scène internationale via des DJ sets d’un éclectisme à l’image de leur blog.
En 2016, Andy et Matt ont conçu et testé un spectacle live incroyable – un contraste saisissant par rapport à leurs DJ sets si appréciés, mais qui met en lumière l’étendue et la précision de la discographie BICEP, sa production talentueuse et ses idées ingénieuses, tout en renforçant son sens profond du détail.
L’album Bicep résume à la perfection la carrière du duo jusqu’à ce jour – une tournée acoustique qui raconte une histoire touchant les fondements de la culture club underground.
English
As producers, DJs, label founders and avid record collectors, the Londonbased / Belfast born duo Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson (aka BICEP) have become two of the most trusted curators of electronic music in the past decade. Newly signed to Ninja Tune, 2017 sees them poised to make their most concise, articulate and daring musical statement yet, with the release of their debut selftitled album.
Belfast-born, London-based duo Bicep (Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson) release their hotly anticipated second album, “Isles”, on 22 January 2021 via Ninja Tune.
Two years in the making, “Isles” expands on the artful energy of their 2018 debut “Bicep”, while digging deeper into the sounds, experiences and emotions that have influenced their lives and work, from early days in Belfast to their move to London a decade ago. “We have strong mixed emotions, connected to growing up on an island” they say, “wanting to leave, wanting to return”. “Isles” is, in part, a meditation on these contradictions, the struggle between the expansive and the introspective, isolation and euphoria.
The breadth of music they’ve been exposed to in London during this time informs “Isles’” massive sonic palette; both cite the joy of discovering Hindi vocals overheard from distant rooftops, snatches of Bulgarian choirs drifting from passing cars, hitting Shazam in a kebab house in the vain hopes of identifying a Turkish pop song. But time away from home has also made the pair more reflective about the move between islands which led them here.
For two natives of Belfast, any talk of islands, communities and identities will also have other, more domestic connotations. Before this project, it was an aspect of their lives they’d been reluctant to talk about.
This globe-trotting sound was forged as their own rapid ascent through the musical ranks began. After starting their legendary FeelMyBicep blog in 2008, its humble trove of Italo, house and disco deep cuts grew into a runaway success, regularly chalking up over 100,000 visitors a month. Once the blog had spawned a record label and club night, the duo were propelled on to the international stage via sought-after DJ sets that reflected the eclecticism of their online curations.