‘Rencontres Trans Musicales de Rennes’, or short Trans Musicales Festival, was born in 1979. Within a short time the festival expanded its audience and reached music professionals too. Trans Musicales is known for ignoring borders, whether they separate countries, continents or musical genres.
The festival has been growing steadily, watching out for grunge, alternative rock, britpop, trip hop, rap, and electronic music. Over the years Trans Musicales welcomed acts like ETIENNE DAHO (1980), NOIR DÉSIR (1986), LA MANO NEGRA (1988), LENNY KRAVITZ (1989), NIRVANA (1991), BEN HARPER (1993), BJÖRK (1993), PORTISHEAD (1994), DAFT PUNKDAFT PUNK (1995), AMADOU & MARIAM (1998), LCD SOUNDSYSTEM (2002), JUSTICE (2006), RODRIGUEZ (2009), STROMAE (2010), LONDON GRAMMAR (2013). At the same time Trans Musicales makes sure that people discover fringe but equally fascinating artists such as MORPHINE, UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE, YARGO, TEST DEPARTMENT or ZERO 7.
With its rich and innovative programming, the festival from Rennes (France) imposed itself as an essential event for all the musical programmers in search of a panorama of today’s and tomorrow’s music. A festival to find out about the musical zeitgeist. But for all that, it hasn’t forgotten its first commitment to emerging artists as links with concert venues of Western France has been tightened. This way, the festival has reached an ideal size that allows it to fulfill its mission.
This year’s Trans Musicales Festival takes place from December 3-6 in Rennes, France. NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION presents the festival, will head to Rennes to find out about musical discoveries from the probably most interesting festival on the European mainland.
Line-up features:
A-WA, ALPHAAT, ALSARAH & THE NUBATONES, ANDRE BRATTEN, ANIMAL CHUKI, AWESOME TAPES FROM AFRICA, BANTAM LYONS, BARNT + AGUAYO, BIG BUDDHA, BISON BISOU, BLACK COMMANDO, BLUTCH, BORIS BREJCHA, CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO FT MIRIAM GARCÍA, CIE 6ÈME DIMENSION, CIE RÊVOLUTION, CLAP! CLAP!, CLARENS, COMPACT DISK DUMMIES, COSMO SHELDRAKE, COSTELLO, COURTNEY BARNETT, COURTSHIP RITUAL, CURTIS HARDING, DAD ROCKS!, DARJEELING SPEECH, DBFC, DEAD OBIES, DEN SORTE SKOLE, DOLLKRAUT, EAGLES GIFT, F.E.M, FAWL, FITNESS, FOREVER PAVOT, FRAGMENTS, FRANK MCWEENY, FRIEND WITHIN, FUMAÇA PRETA, FUZETA, GANDI LAKE, GRAND BLANC, I ME MINE, ISLAM CHIPSY, JAMBINAI, JEANNE ADDED, JOY SQUANDER, JOYCE MUNIZ, JUNGLE BY NIGHT, KATE TEMPEST, KOSMO PILOT, LA FINE EQUIPE, LA MVERTE, LE ZOOO, LIZZO, LORD PARAMOUR, MAC L’ARNAQUE, MARCO BAROTTI, MAX JURY, METÁ METÁ, MOLOTOV JUKEBOX, MONEY FOR ROPE, MONTREAL SEX MACHINE, MOSES SUMNEY, MY SUMMER BEE, N’TO, NAKED (ON DRUGS), NEGATIVE SUPPLY, NEW JACKSON, NINOS DU BRASIL, OSO LEONE, PABLO NOUVELLE, PIERRE KWENDERS, PRESIDENT BONGO, PUTS MARIE, RAURY, RICH AUCOIN & ENCORE!, RONE, SABINA, SALT CATHEDRAL, SAX MACHINE FEAT RACECAR, SEKUOIA, SHAMIR, SMOOVE & TURRELL, SOFT LIT, SONGHOY BLUES, SUPERETS SOUND SYSTEM, TEN WALLS, THE AVENER, THE HACKER LIVE, THE RINGO JETS, THE SLOW SLIDERS, THYLACINE, TOO MANY ZOOZ, TUMI MOGOROSI, VAUDOU GAME, VERVEINE, VIKING, VILIFY, WIFE, WILKIMIX
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