Techno Party in Lille - [INTERVIEW] with Baton Blanc
Hello! Can you introduce yourselves? What is Baton Blanc and when was it created?
Baton Blanc is first and foremost a group of friends from the north of France, passionate about electronic music of all genres. We also have the habit of going to see artists in cities like Brussels, Gand, Paris, and London (when the budget allows).
It’s really from this spirit that we created the association in January 2014. In Lille there is really only one club with consistently great music, so we wanted to organize electronic music events and propose a new offer, deconstructing the current structures to create a new dynamic in the region of Lille.
Tell us a bit about the music at your events, techno is a rather large world, are you more specialized?
We listen to all types of techno music and we absolutely do not want to stay with one precise style, each member of the association has a style unique to him with a knowledge of his domain, that’s what makes the experience so rich.
The style of the association is more techno, techno house, dub techno, and industrial techno. We can give you a few representative artists like: Ben Sims, Head Nigh, Nx1, Jonas Kopp, Karenn, Gary Beck, Marcel Dettmann.
For more details you can check out our Whyd page, or find us on Facebook.
Your next event is this weekend in Lille. What’s the ambiance of the venue, and what are your guests expecting?
The event will be held in a venue called Waz Factory, in the middle of Wazemmes, a neighborhood that’s well known among the Lillois for its convivial and warm feeling.
The guests are hoping for some great artistic discoveries while having a great time, meeting cool people, and simply dancing to great music!
We have Charles Fenckler, a young French producer of 21 who is signed to Soma Records, he has released two EPs and his tracks have already been played by the biggest DJs.
It’s with pleasure that we are expecting you October 18th in Lille to share a nice moment together!
Do you have plans for the future? 2015 and beyond?
We want to keep with this direction, to show off new talents and electronic music that the public doesn’t always have the habit of listening to, above all in the north of France.
Our goals are to bring in foreign artists to play live, and then to go deeper into house music (with influences like Mr. G, MCDE, Leon Vynehall, and Anthony Naples.)