RABIH BEAINI (Lbn/Ger) & VINCENT MOON (Fra)

MATHIEU MOON SAURA aka VINCENT MOON (Fra)

Mathieu ‘Moon’ Saura, otherwise known as ‘Vincent Moon’, is an independent filmmaker and sound explorer from Paris. Since 2009 he has been traveling the world making ethnographic-experimental films, recording traditional and sacred music, filming religious and shamanic rituals under the label Petites Planètes. His work now explores transcendent states using images and sounds, as well as the ritualistic aspects of societies and communities.

Moon rose to prominence in the mid 2000s as the main director of La Blogothèque’s Take Away Shows. The web-based project of recording musicians and bands performing their work in unexpected locations led Moon to be dubbed ‘the re-inventor of the music video’ by the New York Times.

Throughout his career, he has been strongly connected to musicians from all backgrounds and walks of life. He has documented everything from stadium rock music to a capella village songs, from experimentations in electronics to trance rituals. He makes all his work – films and sound recordings – accessible to everybody on the internet, under open source licenses.

www.vincentmoon.com

RABIH BEAINI (Lbn/Ger)

The Lebanon born DJ and producer Rabih Beaini has appeared twice at Sajeta. This year as co-curator. After the solo performance at the anniversary edition of Sajeta he will, be appearing in a duet with the French filmmaker and visual artist Vincent Moon, but he is also appearing as a co-trustee of this year’s Sajeta programme. Beaini’s music is quite unique in the electronic scene as a mixture of techno and house with craut-rock, avant-jazz, dark wave and new wave. The major twist comes with the interaction with Lebanese roots, spiced up with Middle Eastern melodies, African humour, the cosmic character of free jazz and (neo) folk deviations. Having improvisational tendencies, he has been doing a lot of research in the field of indigenous sounds and melodies in the last few years. At events and journeys around the world he has been exploring the infinity of the world’s soundscapes which serve as an inspiration with the creation of new compositions and release new ideas. All of these come to life at provocative performances and through his label Morphine as well as in collaborations with other artists such as the French filmmaker Vincent Moon, the Indonesian duo  Tarawangsawelas and Lebanese colleagues Mazen Kerbaj and Raed Yassin.

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/rabihbeaini/

RABIH BEAINI + VINCENT MOON

https://www.morphinerecords.com/

Sajeta 2021