Photons

Breaking through with the album La Nuit sans l'ennui, critically acclaimed and released on the komos records label, the group PHOTONS continues its luminous trajectory at the crossroads of jazz and electronic music. PHOTONS has the air of a supergroup: Gauthier Toux (piano, keyboards, machines) steers this high-flying line-up, with Giani Caserotto (guitar), Samuel F'Hima (double bass) and Julien Loutelier (drums).

In concert, their music unleashes a rare intensity, as shown by their striking appearances this summer at Jazz à Vienne and as support act for Herbie Hancock at Jazz à la Défense. Their concert at the Nuits Sonores, captured by arteconcert and FIP, confirmed what many had sensed: PHOTONS has become one of the most vibrant forces on the current hybrid scene. Drawing as much on club culture as on jazz, the group fuses electronic textures and organic techno. Improvisation remains at the heart of the process, running through the structures, provoking the overflows and guiding the intensities. Nothing is fixed; everything is under tension.

In autumn 2025, the group will unveil a new chapter with the EP PLIER. More frontal and more assertive, this short format marks a shift towards a sound resolutely built for nights of trance, still driven by the rigour of the playing and the exhilaration of live performance. With PLIER, PHOTONS bends the codes: it twists them with precision, to make room for the essential - the dance.