Percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, improviser and composer, Sylvain Darrifourcq (born in 1979) began his career as a classical percussionist, but later switched to drums and discovered rock, jazz and improvised music. A recognised figure of this generation of improvisers curious about borders, he is a musician in great demand. He has collaborated with personalities such as Joëlle Léandre, Tony Malaby, Michel Portal, Louis Sclavis, Marc Ducret, Andrea Parkins, Akosh S, Kit Downes. With the Emile Parisien Quartet, of which he was the drummer for over 10 years, he won a "Victoire du Jazz". Fascinated by temporality, space and rupture in music, he now creates a very personal language, built around the notions of "poly-speed", "physicality" and the mechanisation of the sound gesture. Eventually he gave birth to the eco-system FIXIN - a set of projects ranging from sound installation to performance - featuring digitally controlled motors in a minimalist and immersive light scenography.
The newest coup: a book in interview form about being an artist in the French cultural scene: 20,000 words.