Mathias Delplanque (born in 1973 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) is a sound artist. After classical music studies, he graduated at the Ecole Nationale d’Arts de Cergy Pontoise and also holds a master’s degree in aesthetics (Paris 1 University). His work as a composer takes on several main lines and develops through different identities. As Lena, he composes electronic music strongly influenced by Jamaican Dub. With this project (two albums produced by the Belgian label Quatermass, so far), he shared the stage with some celebrities from contemporary dub music (Adrian Sherwood, Pole, Tikiman, Aba Shanti), and was greeted by the Press as “the most interesting actor of the French dub scene”. His other project Bidlo (first album produced by the English label Harmsonic) explores the outer limits of a hybrid and melodic electronica. As Mathias Delplanque, he creates sound installations and concrete or ambient pieces (the series “Ma chambre Quand Je N’y Suis pas”, “La Plinthe”, “L’Inondation”). His work was presented several times in galleries such as La Belle de Mai in Marseille, VKS in Toulouse, Oboro or La Fonderie Darling in Montreal, or Mercer Union in Toronto. In 2004, Mathias Delplanque won the grant Les Inclassables, sponsored by the AFAA (Association Française d’Action Artistique) and went for a six-month residence in the Studio Cormier, in Montreal. Mathias Delplanque is also one of the founding members (along with Black Sifichi and Charlie O) of AAA Men, a trio of vocal and electronic improvisation. A strong believer in art and music collaboration, he worked with many great visual artists (Dove Allouche, Jean-Pierre Aubé) and musicians (Steve Arguelles, Man, Charlélie Couture, Rob Mazurek, Black Sifichi, Daniel Givens…).
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