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𓇼 ⋆.˚ 𓆉 𓆝 𓆡⋆.˚ 𓇼Sebastien Durand is a French-born visual and sound composer, researcher and archivist based in Canary Islands (ES).
After grewing up in North Africa and graduating in graphic art & computer animation in 2009 from ESMA Montpellier,
he traveled in Europe working on movies then settled back in Montpellier in 2013, he spent the next 10 years co-founding
experimental music and sound-related projects; Lo-fi recordings label, FM radio station, DIY societies, shows organization aswell as print and design.
Since 2022, he resides in Tenerife where he collect thoughts, historical notes and sounds as a "long term residency";
an archeo-sonic investigation project entitled "Chants of the Forgotten Stones : A Cartography of Unheard Guanche Rituals" to revisit the archipelago's soundscape as a mere re-invention of the post-colonial lost acquaintance.
He also collaborates on the triptych multimedia installation project "Exercitia Spiritualia Animae" with writer/video-artist Denise Padron Benitez.
Durand's idea is to transform image and sounds to create images or tell stories through electronic performance as an attempt to decolonize cultural artefacts.
Education
2005–2009 — Master degree in Graphic Art & Computer Animation — E.S.M.A Montpellier, France
2004–2005 — Coursework toward Bachelor of Fine Arts degree — Aix-en-Provence, France
2004 — Science high-school diploma — Lycée Gustave Flaubert, La Marsa, Tunisia
Group Exhibitions
2026
Dreaming Of Hephaestus #11 – CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Music Featured in Film, Video & Installations
2025
"Emergence" – dir. Céline C. Capellier
2022
Mobile Silva installation by Nicolas Desverronnieres
2019
"Mirage" – dir.Julie Graf
Residencies
2024 EXPANDED Spaces - Nea Livera, Greece (Aadk)
2024 Tenerife Espacio de las Artes - Vinyl Archive compilation
Editorial
2026 — Kino Insulares movie screening program, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
2018 — Wicked Witch Bi-weekly radio program @Eko des Garrigues, Montpellier, FR
2014-2017 — V.R.FM radio station, Montpellier, FR
2013-2017 — Harisska Label editorial and curatorial work, production and publishing.
Discography
📼 Cassette | 🔊 Digital (Files) | 💿 CD / CDrPerformance
2025 — Xim Sonada - EMUlation | 🔊 | Ingrown Records
2023 — T.L IV* – Astral Series Vol. 4 | 📼 C30
2023 — T.L IV* – Astral Series Vol. 2 | 📼 C30
2023 — Tenerife (ES), 08/14/2021, 10pm | 🔊 | Presque Tout
2022 — Thyme Lines – Astral Series Vol. 1 | 📼 C30 | Aural Canyon
2022 — Thyme Lines – Galactic Templates / Palm Rubber Land | 📼 | Cudighi Records
2020 — Thyme Lines – air SOND TELEPORTS | 💿
2020 — Les Echos Primitifs – Yeri | 📼 C40
2020 — Thyme Lines – Visions Imagination 2016-2019 | 📼 | Ikuisuus
2019 — Thyme Lines – Geodesists | 📼 | Constellation Tatsu
2019 — Shrine Fuchsia – Pristine Forms | 💿 | Seconds Records
2019 — Shrine Fuchsia – Translucent | 📼 | Seconds Records
2019 — Les Echos Primitifs – Les Echos Primitifs | 💿 | Bermuda Cruise
2017 — Thyme Lines – Le Cantique des Oiseaux | 💿
2017 — B.D.L.N – Discussions du Jeudi | 2x💿 | Harisska
2014 — Abou Gor Musical Ensemble – Hôtel Pimodan | 💿
2013 — vvWvv – essais 1 | 💿 | Harisska
Field-Recording
2023 — Tenerife (ES), 08/14/2021, 10pm | 🔊 |Presque Tout
Production, Publishing, Editorial
2016 — Courge – Par-Delà L'En-Deçà De L'Au-Delà De La Réalité | 📼 | Harisska
2016 — VA - Al Maghrib Archives Volume 2 | 📼 💿 | Harisska
2015 — VA– Exile - Minimalisme, Drone, Noise Archives, Ukraine 2012-2015 | 💿 | Harisska
2014 — Graphouille de Régagnas – Une Nuit Avec Un Poète | 5x 💿 | Harisska
2014 — Courge – Lucky & The Courges (reedition CD) | 💿 | Harisska
2014 — VA - Al Maghrib Archives Volume 1 | 📼 💿 | Harisska
Technical
2023 — Gélatine*, Sylvia Monnier – Performance Expanded Cinema | 📼 C40 | Seconds Records
2019 — Sylvia Monnier – Dialogues Egoïstes | 8x 📼C40 | Seconds Records
2018 — Jankomas – 16.12.2018 | 💿 | Bermuda Cruise
Group Workshops
2024–2025 Trios Discolos — Participation in monthly jam sessions with notable improvisers of Tenerife Island.
Press
2022 — The Capsule Garden Vol 1.13, April 8 — Foxy Digitalis
2020 — Deep dive into the Finnish freak scene, August — The Wire
2020 — Thyme Lines - Geodesists Review, January 20 — Answer is in the Beat
2019 — Thyme Lines - Geodesists Review, December 22 — Drifting Almost Falling
2019 — Banquet Graphique at La Tendresse, Montpellier, Dec. 3 — France Television
2019 — Constellation Tatsu releases review, Nov. 19 — Tiny Mix Tapes
2016 — Harisska's Ukraine noise artists compilation review, Oct. 6 — NEFORMAT
Grants and Honors
2025 — Festival Punto y Raya, Sofia, Bulgaria : International competition selection - Abstract Art in Motion
2024 — Culture Moves Europe Grant Fund, Goethe Institute, Germany
2009 — Animatu Festival, Portugal : First Prize
— Arte France: concours court circuit off
— SICAF, Seoul, Korea : International competition selection
— Lucania Film Festival, Italy : International competition selection
— Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia : International competition selection
— Festival Anima, Bruxelles, Belgium : International competition selection
Press
2022 — The Capsule Garden Vol 1.13, April 8 — Foxy Digitalis
2020 — Deep dive into the Finnish freak scene, August — The Wire
2020 — Thyme Lines - Geodesists Review, January 20 — Answer is in the Beat
2019 — Thyme Lines - Geodesists Review, December 22 — Drifting Almost Falling
2019 — Banquet Graphique at La Tendresse, Montpellier, Dec. 3 — France Television
2019 — Constellation Tatsu releases review, Nov. 19 — Tiny Mix Tapes
2016 — Harisska's Ukraine noise artists compilation review, Oct. 6 — NEFORMAT
Grants and Honors
2025 — Festival Punto y Raya, Sofia, Bulgaria : International competition selection - Abstract Art in Motion
2024 — Culture Moves Europe Grant Fund, Goethe Institute, Germany
2009 — Animatu Festival, Portugal : First Prize
— Arte France: concours court circuit off
— SICAF, Seoul, Korea : International competition selection
— Lucania Film Festival, Italy : International competition selection
— Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia : International competition selection
— Festival Anima, Bruxelles, Belgium : International competition selection
Shows
T.B.A: Dreaming of Hephaestus. El Sotano Analogico, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES
22.01.2026: Journaux Indiens. w. Quanta Qualia - Nonlocal Research - Equipo Para, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
21.12.2025: Xim Sonada. Let It Be club, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
04.04.2025: Rugiens Vulcanus Sudore. Equipo Para, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
17.11.2024: Xim Sonada. LaPared Audiolab – Tenerife, ES
17.05.2024: DJ Izaña. Residency restitution - Tenerife Espacio de Arte, ES
26.04.2024: Dreaming of Hephaestus. Equipo Para - Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
24.04.2024: Dreaming of Hephaestus. SanMiguel18, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES
09.03.2024: DJ Izaña. SCAPES Exhibition - El Fraile, Tenerife, ES
07.10.2023: Dreaming of Hephaestus. Salle Zen - Montpellier, FR
11.04.2020: V.R.F.M. p-node
15.04.2020: Shrine Fuchsia. Lieu Secret - Montpellier, FR
08.03.2020: Randkowski + Pavel Viry. L'Espace ou Le Poulet - Montpellier, FR
07.03.2020: Les Echos Primitifs. A404 w. Arthur Lanotte Fauré, Quentin Conrate - Marseille, FR
10.01.2020: Les Echos Primitifs. En Traits Libre - Montpellier, FR
01.12.2019: Les Echos Primitifs. La Tendresse - Montpellier, FR
30.11.2019: Randkowski. La Tendresse - Montpellier, FR
24.11.2019: Improvika w. Emilio Berne, Luca Pissavini. L'Espace ou Le Poulet - Montpellier, FR
21.11.2019: Thyme Lines. Radio Eko des Garrigues - 88.5 FM - Montpellier, FR
01.11.2019: Les Echos Primitifs release party. L'Espace - Montpellier, FR
25.10.2019: Shrine Fuchsia. Arlatina, Arles, FR
23.10.2019: Shrine Fuchsia on Saul Bass's Phase IV. Black Out, Montpellier, FR
21.09.2019: Randkowski. Rue des Multipliants - Montpellier, FR
27.06.2019: Les Echos Primitifs - 1st part Ferran Besalduch - Montpellier, FR
21.06.2019: Shrine Fuchsia w. Ayan Koko, Laurent Rodz. Delokigone - Montpellier, FR
31.12.2018: Thyme Lines. L'Espace - Montpellier, FR
20.12.2018: Nouvo. Gallerie La Jetée (Mike Diana retrospective) - Montpellier, FR
01.09.2018: Shrine Fuchsia. La Plainette, Lansargues, FR
21.06.2018: Improvika. L'Espace ou Le Poulet - Montpellier, FR
03.11.2017: Le Cantique des Oiseaux. La Boutique d'Ecriture - Montpellier, FR
21.10.2017: Thyme Lines. En Traits Libres - Montpellier, FR
21.06.2017: Thyme Lines. Rue des Multipliants - Montpellier, FR
21.10..2017: Improvika. En Traits Libres - Montpellier, FR
21.04.2017: Thyme Lines / Improvika. Utopia - Montpellier, FR
13.02.2016: DJ Sara Volta + Orateurs Libres. Gnawa Cafe, Montpellier, FR
03.12.2015: DJ Sara Volta + Orateurs Libres. Lieu secret Gambetta, Montpellier, FR
05.05.2014: Abou-Gor Quartet. Jam Sono - Paris, FR
08.05.2013: Raundd with Suka Mabuk. L'Orangerie - Lunel Viel, FR
Press
2022 — The Capsule Garden Vol 1.13, April 8 — Foxy Digitalis
2020 — Deep dive into the Finnish freak scene, August — The Wire
2020 — Thyme Lines - Geodesists Review, January 20 — Answer is in the Beat
2019 — Thyme Lines - Geodesists Review, December 22 — Drifting Almost Falling
2019 — Banquet Graphique at La Tendresse, Montpellier, Dec. 3 — France Television
2019 — Constellation Tatsu releases review, Nov. 19 — Tiny Mix Tapes
2016 — Harisska's Ukraine noise artists compilation review, Oct. 6 — NEFORMAT
Grants and Honors
2025 — Festival Punto y Raya, Sofia, Bulgaria : International competition selection - Abstract Art in Motion
2024 — Culture Moves Europe Grant Fund, Goethe Institute, Germany
2009 — Animatu Festival, Portugal : First Prize
— Arte France: concours court circuit off
— SICAF, Seoul, Korea : International competition selection
— Lucania Film Festival, Italy : International competition selection
— Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia : International competition selection
— Festival Anima, Bruxelles, Belgium : International competition selection