Il est Vilaine

For ten years now Il Est Vilaine has been igniting dancefloors with an electro sound tinged with salacious rock that evokes more the New York of Bush Tetras or the Tokyo of YMO than the Pont Aven galettes.

It was indeed in Paris and not Saint-Malo that the two accomplices met, and from there, in the tradition of the Kill The DJ stable before them, they renew the synthesis of new wave and techno, disco and surf rock for the pleasure of those who still dance like Ian Curtis.

Since Scandale, the first maxi released on Dialect recordings, and Surf Rider on Lumière Noire, the duo has built a serious reputation.

They could have continued on this trajectory, cruising straight down the clubbing highway, but that was without counting on their free spirit and mischievous eclecticism.

With their debut album released in 2021, Les Mystères de Lorient, a luxurious synthesis of the musical culture of the two Devo-to-DAF-to-Christophe-in-his-rock-period accomplices, they proved they roam easily between genres.

After a post-pandemic period and a few appearances, Il Est Vilaine got back in the saddle in 2024 to blow out its 10 candles with Kool Menthol, a rather irresistible disco EP and a memorable concert at Sample Bagnolet.

Then, because the current digital world is full of twists and turns, "Surf Rider", the classic released 10 years ago, came back like a boomerang on the global web.

Used by choreographer Martha Nichols and driven by the intensity of her dancers, it has revived its hypnotic potential and along the way charmed filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino who made it one of the leitmotifs of La Grazia his new film unveiled at the Mostra 2025.

What good energy for the forthcoming album, announced in 2026!