"Music composer, film director, multimedia author, sound designer, writer, Jean-Jacques Birgé considers music essentially in the audio-visual relationship, or at least in its confrontation with other forms of artistic expression.

Founder of Disques GRRR, he was one of the first synthesists in France in 1973, and with Un Drame Musical Instantané the precursor of the return to the cine-concert in 1976. If his first electronic work dates from 1965, he composes as well for symphonic orchestras that he improvises freely with musicians from the most diverse backgrounds. For his "radiophonic" creations and his multimedia shows (live zapping on the big screen, fireworks, choreographies...), improvisation and preliminary writing merge, the original electroacoustic treatments are integrated with traditional instruments to create evocative musical fictions that he calls musique à propos.

From 1995, he became one of the most popular sound designers in multimedia and a specialist in interactive musical composition, seeking to deepen the effects of meaning and develop an ever-wider range of emotions. As part of his work on major exhibitions, he recently worked at the Louvre Museum, the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, the Grand Palais, the Panthéon, the Palais de Tokyo, the ZKM...

Alongside around fifty vinyls and CDs, his website drame.org offers 105 unreleased albums (191 hours!) for free listening and downloading.

He has been running a daily, activist and supportive blog for 20 years and gives conferences on the relationship between sound and image."

"Bernard Vitet (26 May 1934 - 3 July 2013) was a French trumpeter, multi-instrumentist and composer, co-founder of the first free jazz band in France (1964) together with François Tusques, Michel Portal Unit (1972) and Un Drame Musical Instantané with Jean-Jacques Birgé and Francis Gorgé in 1976.

Born in Paris, France, Vitet was involved in the early fusion of jazz and contemporary music with Bernard Parmegiani and Jean-Louis Chautemps. In the 1960s, he accompanied singers such as Serge Gainsbourg, Barbara, Yves Montand, Claude François, Brigitte Bardot, Marianne Faithfull, Colette Magny, and Brigitte Fontaine. He played with jazz musicians such as Lester Young, Archie Shepp, Anthony Braxton, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Steve Lacy, Gato Barbieri, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Martial Solal. In his early years, he performed with Django Reinhardt, Gus Viseur, Eric Dolphy, and Albert Ayler.

Under his own name he recorded Surprise-partie avec Bernard Vitet (on trombone!), La Guêpe on texts by Francis Ponge, Mehr Licht!, and about 200 other records with the aforementioned, plus Jean-Claude Fohrenbach, Georges Arvanitas, Sunny Murray, Michel Pascal, Alan Silva, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Hubert Rostaing, Alix Combelle, Ivan Jullien, Christian Chevalier, Jef Gilson, Jack Diéval, Jac Berrocal, Hélène Sage and 17 albums with Un drame musical instantané. In 1995, he co-signs the songs of Carton with Birgé, with whom he collaborates on music for films, exhibitions, and CD-Roms.

Vitet invented instruments such as a reed trumpet, a multiphonic French horn, a variable tension double-bass, the dragoon which is a giant balafon with frying pans and flower pots keyboard, a clever system of modal clocks, and astonishing musical objects for Georges Aperghis, Tamia, and Françoise Achard. Besides trumpet, he sang and played flugelhorn, piano and violin.

He composed theatre music for Jean-Marie Serrault, and for the films (Les coeurs verts by Édouard Luntz, L'ombre de la pomme by Robert Lapoujade with Jean-Louis Chautemps, Bof by Claude Faraldo in collaboration with Jean Guérin, and La femme-bourreau by Jean-Denis Bonan.

From 1976 to 2008, he devoted himself primarily to Un Drame Musical Instantané with Jean-Jacques Birgé, improvising and composing hundreds of pieces together, experimental essays as well as symphonic pieces, songs as well as music for films. Un D.M.I., as a trio or with their 15-piece orchestra, presented multimedia shows involving cinema, video, literature, dance and new technologies."

Francis Gorgé, aka Frank Bugs, is a French composer and virtuoso guitarist, born 1953 in Paris. He is known for his work with Jean-Jacques Birgé on the GRRR and Souffle Continu labels.

Hervé Legeay is a versatile French guitarist whose career has spanned rock, jazz, chanson, and theatrical music. Initially self-taught, he later studied classical guitar at the conservatories of Tours and Angers while singing in the choirs of the Théâtre Musical d'Angers. His early years were steeped in rock and roll, serving as lead guitarist and vocalist for bands like Les Nights and Stepping Stones. During this time, he toured extensively across Europe and the United States, opening for legendary artists such as Iggy Pop, the Ramones, and David Bowie.

After a decade in rock, Legeay immersed himself in the world of jazz manouche, becoming one of the first instructors of Gypsy jazz at the Atla school. His deep interest in the style led him to create French Guitare, a journal dedicated to Gypsy music and the sounds of New Orleans. His expertise in jazz manouche naturally guided him toward French chanson, notably accompanying Sanseverino for 15 years and contributing to recordings for artists like Francis Lemarque, Pierre Barouh, Patricia Kaas, and Les Têtes Raides. More recently, he has focused on composing for theater, collaborating with the Comédie-Française on productions such as Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie and Cabaret Boris Vian.

Beyond performance, Legeay is a dedicated educator at Cours Florent Musique, where he bridges the worlds of music and theater, encouraging students to explore the intersection of rock, jazz, and stage performance. He emphasizes creative expression over technical precision, guiding students to infuse their music with theatricality, imagination, and poetic depth. His approach reflects his own musical philosophy-balancing structure with wildness, precision with spontaneity-making him a unique and influential figure in contemporary French music.

"One of the finest players to have come out of Alan Silva's IACP school, cellist Didier Petit has been active on the French free improvisation scene since the mid-'80s. His playing style relies mostly on double-string arco technique. He is also often heard vocalizing on top of his instrument. He performs regularly with Parisian improvisers like Michel Doneda, Daunik Lazro, and Denis Colin, and has performed with Sakis Papadimitriou, Roger Turner, Marilyn Crispell, and Carlos Zingaro. His best-known group is the quartet NOHC, from the late '90s. He is the founder of the new music label In Situ.

Petit was born in a musical family. He started on cello at age six and attended the conservatory until age 15. At this point he turned his back on his classical upbringing. Hearing Sun Ra & His Arkestra and Alan Silva's Celestrial Communication Orchestra had the power of a revelation and soon the cellist embarked on the avant-garde jazz train. He enrolled in the bassist's IACP. For the next ten years or so he studied there, then taught and performed administrative tasks, all the while playing in the CCO. During this period, he met saxophonist Michel Lobko who introduced him to the European scene of free improvisers. With him and Christine Janvier, he organized the first Décades de Musiques Improvisées in 1985, a first exercise in musical activism and networking. In 1990 he founded In Situ, a label he has pampered for 12 years before leaving Théo Jarrier in charge in 2002.

1990 is also the year Petit released his first solo album, Sorcier, on the British label Leo Records. A number of collaborations followed, including the avant-musical theater troupe Un Drame Musical Instantané. He developed a particularly strong relationship with bass clarinetist Denis Colin, playing in his trio since 1994. In turn he invited Colin to take part with saxophonist Daunik Lazro and drummer Michael Nick to his own quartet NOHC, the idea of which sparked in 1990. A first album came out in 1998 on In Situ, followed by NOHC on the Road on Leo two years later. A second solo album, Déviation, appeared in 2000 on La Nuit Transfigurée."-François Couture

"Born in 1958, Yves Robert studied flute and trombone at the Vichy Conservatory for 9 years. He feels very quickly attracted by jazz, his energy, and the feeling of spirited freedom that he provides. To celebrate and dream of being, he decides to be virtuoso and works with multiple sound techniques (multiphonies, slaps, continuous breath, aspiration,) History to be unmatched adaptable and appreciated.

After, comes the time of the conquests: In 1981, he joined the ARFI (Association for the Research of an Imaginary Folklore) in Lyon, and the GRIM in Marseille in 1983 and organizes musical meetings, concerts, festivals, educational workshops. Talented improviser, he became a reference trombonist of contemporary jazz and played on the biggest stages of Europe with among others Bernard Lubat, Chris Mc Gregor, National Jazz Orchestra 1986, and 1997/2000, Daniel Humair, Gérard Marais, Derek Bailey, Michel Portal, Marc Ducret, Joelle Leandre, Louis Sclavis, Francois Corneloup, Jacques Pellen, tour with "Prohibition", with "Bumcello" ....

So it's not bad and it's going well but it's not just jazz in his world, and his obvious scenic ease brings him to collaborate on different musical shows.

"La Baraque Rouge" Gérard Marais' jazz opera, "Futurities" Steve Lacy's music and dance, "Silences" Joëlle Léandre's musical theater, "L'Opéra des Pékins" by Antoine Hervé, "Double number" Duo dance music Yves Robert / Georges Appaix, "Peppermint Soda" Spectacle dance music with Anna Rodriguez, Alvaro Morell, "Oder die Glücklose Landung" by Heiner Goebbels, "The the sound" musical show young audience with J.Marie Maddeddu, "The most clear of my time "multimedia theater ...

He also composes several documentary film and dance shows, including the soundtrack of "A Specialist" (1999 Real: Eyal Sivan, Rony Brauman) on the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem."