We are excited to announce that Martin Dupont will be touring Europe and the US for the first time ever, in May 2023. The French band is known for making beautiful, heady electronic, with striking poetic vocals. A hard-to-classify group from Marseille with a cult following, Martin Dupont has inspired some of the luminaries of the contemporary music scene crossing many genres from trip-hop to electro to techno. Tricky, MadLib, Mick Wills, Marcel Dettman, and Theophilus London are just a few of the artists who’ve been touched by the beauty that is Martin Dupont.

Martin Dupont originally formed in 1980 and consisted of Alain Seghir, Brigitte Balian, Beverley Jane Crew, and Catherine Loy. They were immensely talented with a rare dynamic between them that was likely inspired by a combination of their magnetic personalities, creative vision, and the home studio where they recorded. The music they made was colorful, enthusiastic, and delicate, but also melancholy and mysterious. A mixture of hot and cold, light and dark. They made electronic music that incorporated guitars and clarinets and is described by many as New Wave yet they truly transcended genres. They had mainstream success finding themselves opening for legendary bands like The Lotus Eaters, The Lounge Lizards, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, without any intention of ever being a commercial enterprise. In Beverley Jane Crew’s words, “the songs just tumbled out in a completely organic and spontaneous way and as soon as they were recorded on the four-track, they were shared with friends on tapes, openly and excitedly.” By 1987, they disbanded but left behind three cult albums: Just Because, Sleep Is A Luxury, and Hot Paradox, one cassette entitled Inédits 1981-1983, and one 7” single entitled Your Passion. Martin Dupont remained under the radar for over thirty years, but since achieving unexpected success in the US, championed by the New York label Minimal Wave, first with the 2008 release Lost and Late and more recently with The Complete Collection 5LP box set, the band is now making a comeback. They will perform live again supported by additional musicians Sandy Casado and Thierry Sintoni, of the band Girls Like You, along with Ollivier Leroy. They will be returning to the very stages that hosted their first gigs, bolstered by their ever-increasing fan base. They will then embark on a major international tour in 2023.

A new album by Martin Dupont called Kintsugi is now out digitally. The album features lush re-works of their old songs, and will be available on CD via Infrastition, vinyl, and cassette via Meidosem, and digitally via Minimal Wave. Pre-order the LP here, and the limited edition Martin Dupont long sleeve t-shirts here.

EU

3/10/2023
Barcelona, ES
LAUT
https://entradium.com/es/events/martin-dupont-spanish-tour-2023_barcelona-barcelona

3/11/2023
Madrid, ES
Sala BarCo
https://entradium.com/es/events/martin-dupont-spanish-tour-2023_madrid

3/12/2023
Valencia, ES
16 Toneladas
https://entradium.com/es/events/martin-dupont-spanish-tour-2023_valencia

US

5/18/2023
San Francisco, CA
Great American Music Hall
https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Martin-Dupont/520341?afflky=GreatAmericanMusicHall

5/19/2023
Los Angeles, CA
The Globe Theater
https://restlessnites.com/events/martindupont/?pk=5689bf81360e1eae5bab86b013a41558c695aad00134f0613f1f9c57e2e200cf

5/20/2023
Las Vegas, NV
Area 15
https://area15.com/events/martin-dupont/

5/23/2023
Denver, CO
Hi-Dive
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-dupont-with-guests-tba-tickets-477616643237

5/25/2023
Chicago, IL
Metro
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/5844613/martin-dupont-chicago-metrochicagoil

5/27/2023
Montreal, QC
Theatre Fairmount
http://blueskiesturnblack.com/show/2857

5/28/2023
Brooklyn, NY
The Brooklyn Monarch
https://link.dice.fm/qfc6bc684178

 

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