Press kit
Intro
Couvre x Chefs – ou CxC – est un collectif de curation live et digitale spécialisé dans les musiques club émergentes et alternatives.
Notre média, nos soirées, nos DJ sets et notre label nous permettent de témoigner en temps réel de l’évolution de scènes musicales nichées aux quatre coins de la planète.
Nous couvrons ainsi une large variété de genres dont l’association est souvent résumée aux appellations telles que club music, global club, hybrid club ou encore post club : baile funk, batida, dancehall, dembow, dubstep, footwork, gqom, grime, guaracha, hard drum, hardcore continuum, Jersey club, reggaeton, UK funky…
Média
Actif depuis 2011 en tant que blog, source de digging régulière pour certain·e·s, première vitrine d’exposition pour d’autres, Couvre x Chefs s’est positionné en tant que plateforme de curation de référence pour la scène club globale.
La ligne éditoriale met en lumière des artistes et labels qui façonnent la multiplicité des scènes (post) club undergrounds, de l’avant-garde jusqu’aux plus populaires.
Indépendants depuis toujours, nous nous efforçons, en tant que média, d’offrir un espace aux propositions musicales les plus novatrices sans porter de regard sur la notoriété des artistes et labels que nous mettons en avant.
Premieres
Diffusion de plus de 350 titres en exclusivité depuis 2017.
Playlists
Curation bimensuelle de playlists sur Spotify, Deezer et Bandcamp.
Mixes
Programmation de plus de 40 émissions de radio et 90 mix invités.
Articles
Publication de plus de 600 articles : interviews, chroniques...
Premieres
Les artistes et labels suivants nous ont fait confiance pour la diffusion de titres en tant que premieres :
[re]sources, Agva Records, Amazondotcom, Amor Satyr, Basile3, Besançon Rythmique Club, Boukan Records, Brodinksi, Caballito Netlabel, Caïn و Muchi, Cairo Liberation Front, Cardozo, Chancha Vía Circuito, Cheb Runner, Chico Sonido, Chinabot, Classical Trax, Comic Sans Records, Crookers, CRRDR, Daisy Mortem, Deena Abdelwahed, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Discos Pegaos, Eastern Margins, Egregore, Even The Strong, HiedraH Club de Baile, Hotel Radio Paris, HTS, Hyas, Infinite Machine, InFiné, Kaval, Kebrada, Kelman Duran, King Doudou, Knightwerk, Kowtow Records, Lamento, Lazy Flow, Le Motel, Lowers, Lowup, Majía, Maloca, María y José, Mawimbi, Metanol FM, Monstart, Météo, NAAFI, Neana, Ola Radio, Onelight, Pelican Fly, Polaar, Promesses, PSSNGR, Pura Pura, Putivuelta, Rabit, Sabrina Bellaouel, Salviatek, Subreal, Sueuga, Siete Catorce, Teklife, Tony Quattro, TraTraTrax, XXIII, Ziúr, Zutzut...
Soirées
Pensées comme un espace temps sûr et fédérateur où nous retrouvons IRL notre communauté, les soirées Couvre x Chefs ont été lancées en 2015. Depuis mi 2018 nous organisons environ une soirée par mois à Paris, en alternant clubs intimistes et plus grosses structures.
Actuellement en résidence pour plusieurs dates à Petit Bain (Paris), nous avons produit une quarantaine d’événements jusqu’alors dans des lieux tels que La Java, L’International, L’Alimentation Générale, à la folie (Paris), Le Chinois, La Marbrerie (Montreuil), mais aussi à Nancy, Metz, Marseille ou Genève.
Nous avons invité plus d’une cinquantaine d’artistes issu·e·s des scènes club avant-gardistes du monde entier, dont pour certain·e·s, leur première date en France * :
Ahadadream (UK)*
Amazondotcom (Subreal, US) *
Amor Satyr (Wajang, France)
anyoneID (France)
Banga (fka Petit Piment, France)
Bianca Oblivion (Club Aerobics/NTS, US)*
De Schuurman (Nyege Nyege, Netherlands)
DJ Babatr (The Raptor Records, Venezuela)*
DJ Marfox (Príncipe, Portugal)
DJ Lycox (Príncipe, France)
DJ Rankng (Hypersonics, Mexico)*
El Plvybxy (Agva Records, Argentina)
Emily Dust (BBC Radio 1/BaileLDN, London)*
Gustavo Elsas (fka Marginal Men, Brazil)*
HMXGOD (Night Slugs ∞ Fade to Mind, USA)*
Ikonika (Hyperdub, Night Slugs, UK)
Imaabs (NAAFI, Chile)
King Doudou (Man Recordings/Mixpak, France)
Lao (NAAFI, Mexico)
Lechuga Zafiro (NAAFI/HiedraH, Uruguay)*
Le Motel (Maloca, Belgium)*
Leonce (Morph, US)*
Max le Daron (Lowup, Belgium)
Mina (Earth Kicks, UK)
Ms Nina (Mixpak, Argentina)*
Mystique (France)
Nadia Rose (UK)
NKC (Even The Strong, UK)*
Paul Marmota (La Vendición, Chile/Mexico)
Rosa Pistola (Colombia/Mexico)*
Rolv.K (Mango Juice, Switzerland)*
SD9 (Brazil)*
Sébastien Forrester (France)
Sharda (aka Murlo, Swing Ting, UK)*
Siete Catorce (Subreal, Mexico)*
Stranacorpus (Switzerland)*
Sylvère (Monkeytown Records/La Créole, France)
Tatyana Jane (France)
Tomasa Del Real (Neoperreo, Chile)*
Yayoyanoh (Bala Club, UK)
Zutzut (NAAFI/Club Viral, Mexico)*
Ahadadream (UK)*
Amazondotcom (Subreal, US) *
Amor Satyr (Wajang, France)
anyoneID (France)
Banga (fka Petit Piment, France)
Bianca Oblivion (Club Aerobics/NTS, US)*
De Schuurman (Nyege Nyege, Netherlands)
DJ Babatr (The Raptor Records, Venezuela)*
DJ Marfox (Príncipe, Portugal)
DJ Lycox (Príncipe, France)
DJ Rankng (Hypersonics, Mexico)*
El Plvybxy (Agva Records, Argentina)
Emily Dust (BBC Radio 1/BaileLDN, London)*
Gustavo Elsas (fka Marginal Men, Brazil)*
HMXGOD (Night Slugs ∞ Fade to Mind, USA)*
Ikonika (Hyperdub, Night Slugs, UK)
Imaabs (NAAFI, Chile)
King Doudou (Man Recordings/Mixpak, France)
Lao (NAAFI, Mexico)
Lechuga Zafiro (NAAFI/HiedraH, Uruguay)*
Le Motel (Maloca, Belgium)*
Leonce (Morph, US)*
Max le Daron (Lowup, Belgium)
Ms Nina (Mixpak, Argentina)*
Mystique (France)
Nadia Rose (UK)
NKC (Even The Strong, UK)*
Paul Marmota (La Vendición, Chile/Mexico)
Rosa Pistola (Colombia/Mexico)*
Rolv.K (Mango Juice, Switzerland)*
SD9 (Brazil)*
Sébastien Forrester (France)
Sharda (aka Murlo, Swing Ting, UK)*
Siete Catorce (Subreal, Mexico)*
Stranacorpus (Switzerland)*
Sylvère (Monkeytown Records/La Créole, France)
Tomasa Del Real (Neoperreo, Chile)*
Yayoyanoh (Bala Club, UK)
Zutzut (NAAFI/Club Viral, Mexico)*
Roster
La plupart des membres de CxC étant avant tout DJs et / ou producteur·rice·s, c’est principalement derrière les platines que nous exprimons au mieux notre passion pour les musiques club en mixant nos dernières découvertes et productions musicales personnelles.
Fort·e·s de carrières individuelles composées de releases, mixes et bookings internationaux, les membres du collectif créent ainsi un véritable roster d’artistes labellisé·e·s CxC. Leurs visions artistiques complémentaires confèrent au projet sa richesse et sa diversité.
En novembre 2018, CxC fut invité à Boiler Room aux côtés des labels Boukan Records, [re]sources et Promesses. Quatre membres du roster ont représenté Couvre x Chefs lors de sets en B2B2B2B avec des membres des autres crews.
BJF
French DJ and producer BJF is a key member of the Couvre x Chefs musical curation collective. His productions and DJ sets blur the lines between grime, dancehall, baile funk, dembow, UK Funky and other percussive styles. His productions and remixes are played worldwide in clubs, festivals and on platforms like Boiler Room, BBC Radio 1, NTS Radio, Rinse and others. He’s released music on labels such as Couvre x Chefs, NAAFI, Egregore, XXIII, Love In The Endz and Nehza Records. As a DJ he has performed in iconic venues across Europe (Razzmatazz, La Machine du Moulin Rouge...) sharing the stage with the likes of King Doudou, Greg, Sylvere, Bianca Oblivion, DJ Babatr...
Instagram · SoundCloud · Spotify · Bandcamp · RA
Selected releases & mixes
Main gigs
22.09.23: Razzmatazz, Barcelona (Es)
10.03.23: La Créole, Paris
10.12.22: Petit Bain, Paris
21.06.22: La Créole FDLM w/ Diplo, Paris
11.06.22: BaileLDN, London (UK)
Philou CxC
Philou CxC is a Paris-based DJ, at the head of the music diffusion platform Couvre x Chefs, where he is in turn editor-in-chief, party promoter and label consultant. Particularly fascinated by the Latin Club movement, of which he was one of the first promoters in France, his DJ sets, soaked in Global and Deconstructed Club Music, bring together Reggaeton, Dembow, Guaracha, Tribal Guarachero, Dancehall, Shatta, Jersey Club... without ever losing sight of the main objective: to turn the dancefloor upside down. He has performed on leading platforms (Boiler Room, NTS, Rinse France, Thump/Vice...), and at festivals and major clubs in France, Mexico or Switzerland, alongside key artists of the scene (King Doudou, Yung Beef, Tomasa del Real, Ms Nina, Zutzut, DJ Lycox, Nídia...).
Instagram · SoundCloud · Spotify · RA
Selected mixes
Main gigs
14.07.23: La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris
01.07.22: Delta Festival, Marseille
02.08.19: La Gravière, Geneva (Ch)
Philou CxC
Philou CxC is a Paris-based DJ, at the head of the music diffusion platform Couvre x Chefs, where he is in turn editor-in-chief, party promoter and label consultant. Particularly fascinated by the Latin Club movement, of which he was one of the first promoters in France, his DJ sets, soaked in Global and Deconstructed Club Music, bring together Reggaeton, Dembow, Guaracha, Tribal Guarachero, Dancehall, Shatta, Jersey Club... without ever losing sight of the main objective: to turn the dancefloor upside down. He has performed on leading platforms (Boiler Room, NTS, Rinse France, Thump/Vice...), and at festivals and major clubs in France, Mexico or Switzerland, alongside key artists of the scene (King Doudou, Yung Beef, Tomasa del Real, Ms Nina, Zutzut, DJ Lycox, Nídia...).
Instagram · SoundCloud · Spotify · RA
Selected mixes
Main gigs
14.07.23: La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris
01.07.22: Delta Festival, Marseille
02.08.19: La Gravière, Geneva (Ch)
Tim Karbon
Timothé Defives AKA Tim Karbon is a producer / DJ and multi-instrumentalist from Montreuil (93). A drummer and percussionist in the bands TNHCH (Art Rock/Post Punk), MAÂT (Fourth World/Jazz/Ambient) and Design Default Ensemble (Dub/Jazz/Bass Music), his solo work explores the multiple hybridisations of the international club scene, His solo work explores the many hybrids of the international club scene, particularly those that bring together timbres derived from traditional Black Atlantic music such as Brazilian Baile Funk, Caribbean Reggaeton and Senegalese Sabar, with those of a sound heritage rooted in the UK Hardcore Continuum (UK Funky/Jungle/Deviant Dancehall/Dubstep... ). Tim Karbon also imagined the militant and charitable collective QSS (Quarantine Sonic Squad) in 2020.
Instagram · SoundCloud · Spotify · Bandcamp
Selected releases & mixes
Main gigs
17.05.23: Nuits Sonores, Lyon
10.12.22: Petit Bain, Paris
30.07.22: La Station - Garde des Mines, Paris
19.02.22: Le Sucre, Lyon
Bile Noire
The Mexican illustrator and artist, based in Paris for several years now, transmits in her DJ sets her eclectic taste for racy and referenced club sounds.
With a solid repertoire of 80's underground music (EBM, cold wave, synth pop, post punk, new wave...) built up in the essential clubs of the genre in the Mexican capital, Bile Noire also embellishes her sets with nuggets drawn from styles she knows inside out: tribal, classic reggaeton right up to the most experimental.
Selected mixes
Radio Raheem (first half-hour)
Internet Public Radio (mix starting at 32mn)
Main gigs
25.02.23: Petit Bain, Paris
01.07.22: Delta Festival, Marseille
17.10.19: NJP Festival, Nancy
Bile Noire
The Mexican illustrator and artist, based in Paris for several years now, transmits in her DJ sets her eclectic taste for racy and referenced club sounds.
With a solid repertoire of 80's underground music (EBM, cold wave, synth pop, post punk, new wave...) built up in the essential clubs of the genre in the Mexican capital, Bile Noire also embellishes her sets with nuggets drawn from the Caribbean styles she knows inside out: rocksteady, cumbia, merengue house or classic reggaeton right up to the most experimental.
Selected mixes
Internet Public Radio (mix starting at 32mn)
Main gigs
25.02.23: Petit Bain, Paris
01.07.22: Delta Festival, Marseille
17.10.19: NJP Festival, Nancy
Næja
Raised on Drum & Bass from an early age, Næja has spent the last 15 years navigating his way through Bass Music, Club Music and Hardcore Punk.
His DJ sets on vinyl and CDJs are tinged with a wide range of BPMs and influences, but it's in dubstep music that he feels most at home.
He has been curator and editorialist for Couvre x Chefs since 2019.
Selected releases & mixes
Main gigs
10.21.23: Petit Bain, Paris
28.01.23: Gambetta Club, Paris
12.03.22: Le Chinois, Montreuil
18.11.22: L'Alimentation Générale, Paris
Tévéa
The square and powerful style of Tévéa is one of the most marked of CxC. Definitely influenced by the drum tracks of the Night Slugs label or the hard drum of NKC, Tévéa's sets are rock solid. Tévéa is also a member of the Liège label Lait De Coco, one of the "collectives that moves Belgium after midnight", according to Vice, and with whom he released his first productions.
Selected releases & mixes
Main gigs
01.07.22: Delta Festival, Marseille
12.03.22: Le Chinois, Montreuil
27.05.19: Les Trinitaires, Metz
01.06.18: Festival Le Jardin du Michel, Toul
Tévéa
The square and powerful style of Tévéa is one of the most marked of CxC. Definitely influenced by the drum tracks of the Night Slugs label or the hard drum of NKC, Tévéa's sets are rock solid. Tévéa is also a member of the Liège label Lait De Coco, one of the "collectives that moves Belgium after midnight", according to Vice, and with whom he released his first productions.
Selected releases & mixes
Main gigs
01.07.22: Delta Festival, Marseille
12.03.22: Le Chinois, Montreuil
27.05.19: Les Trinitaires, Metz
01.06.18: Festival Le Jardin du Michel, Toul
Scarlett
Scarlett is a composer, DJ, and member of the media collective & record label Couvre x Chefs. After crafting the soundtracks for fashion shows by the likes of Richard Quinn, Clara Daguin and Roisin Pierce, she now turns her sharp gaze to club music. Her DJ sets offer a wide view of what club music means in 2023 while displaying the rigour that Couvre x Chefs is known for.
With Thin Ice (2020) and Signs (2021) Scarlett played with pop avant-garde through live music. She now returns to the DJ set format with the explosivity and vitality of her expansive musical interests.
Scarlett's achievements involve collaborations with reggaeton living legend Rosa Pistola, Argentine hyperpop singer O.L.I.V.I.A, and NAAFI's protégé Lila Tirando a Violeta. She has been remixed by some of the strongest names in the game such as Imaabs, Galtier, Syn, Sébastien Forrester or Pura Pura.
Instagram · SoundCloud · Spotify · Bandcamp · RA
Selected releases & mixes
Main gigs
03.03.23: L'Alimentation Générale, Paris (live)
16.10.21: Oestrogen II, à la folie, Paris (live)
17.10.19: NJP Festival, Nancy
17.04.19: CCN Ballet de Lorraine, Nancy
Label
Lancé en 2019, le label intégré et éponyme de Couvre x Chefs alterne entre EPs solos d’artistes du collectif, ou proches, et compilations (CxC Vol. 1, Vol. 2). Ces dernières – en plus de présenter des titres inédits d’artistes de notre roster – sont l’occasion d’inviter des guests en cohérence avec notre direction musicale, souvent aussi passé·e·s par nos soirées ou notre média : Bianca Oblivion, Deltatron, King Doudou, Lao, Le Motel, Rosa Pistola…
Les titres du label ont été joués de multiples fois sur des plateformes de références comme BBC 6 Music, Boiler Room, danceXL Radio (Apple Music), Hör, Rinse ou NTS. Ils ont aussi été ajoutés en playlists éditoriales Spotify, Deezer, ou encore Napster. Enfin, certains des morceaux ont été playlistés ou relayés par des médias internationaux comme Dazed, DMY, Nova, PAM, Remezcla, The Face, Trax…
Les compilations CxC Vol. 1 et CxC Vol. 2 comptabilisent à elles seules plus de 100k streams sur les plateformes légales et plus de 800 téléchargements sur Bandcamp.
Press
Références
à la folie, Alliance Artem, Boiler Room, Bon Esprit, Bruzz, Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) - Ballet de Lorraine, Chill Up Festival, Cité musicale-Metz, Delta Festival, Egregore Radio, Hello Birds Festival, Hotel Radio Paris, Kiosk Radio, L'Alimentation Générale, L'Autre Canal, L'International, La Gravière, La Java, La Machine du Moulin Rouge, La Marbrerie, La Rotonde Stalingrad, Le 9b, Le Chinois, Le Gambetta Club, Le Jardin du Michel, Le Zorba, Nancy Jazz Pulsations, Nique - La radio, NTS, Ola Radio, Petit Bain, Radio Nova, Reprezent Radio, Rinse France, The Orchard, Théâtre de la Manufacture - CDN Nancy Lorraine, Thump en Español, Ville de Nancy...
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