Res Turner is a rapper, improviser, slammer, graffiti artist, but also an activist.
He also works in the school environment to lead writing workshops but also to hold “citizen debates shows” where discussions emanate from concerts with young people.
The artist has also produced a documentary series where he meets activists in order to “provide content related to his album and continue to make people think”.
Arrived in rap by graffiti, Res Turner, Lionel Bordas of his real name, is a lover of the scene. In ten years, he was, among other things, double world champion of the rap competition “End of the weak”, finalist of
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, champion of France of the battle “Redbull last word”. He has toured the country and the planet but for three and a half years, it is in Saint-Jeannet, in the Alpes-Maritimes, that he has settled and where he finds his peace.
"I needed to get closer to nature", slips the artist when he evokes the richness of the landscape of the Côte d'Azur.
The environment is one of the subjects he tackles in a committed manner in his third album
Resist
.
He is aware of being "the opposite of conventional and what is currently being done in the field".
Whether in substance or in form, because his disc contains seventeen titles which are far from “traditional three-minute formats”.
An active artist
If the artist has had to cut entire passages to fit his texts into an 80-minute CD, it is because for the past ten years, he has been informing himself "on a bunch of subjects" and he has "a lot. things to say ”.
In this way, in addition to the messages to convey, he attaches himself to the structure of the text and works his words minutely, in particular by using figures of speech such as assonances.
But Res Turner doesn't just rap, he uses his art for the causes he defends.
Sexism, school bullying, refugees or even speciesism.
Themes generally little covered in the field.
“In rap, we sorely lack real commitments,” he says.
It's a shame because for me, it's inseparable.
Actions must follow the words spoken.
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He then wants to reach the public, to lead to debate and reflection.
Sometimes "a little violent", his music can "shock" but also "take action".
The artist dares to take risks and is aware of the consequences by engaging in this way.
“People will stop coming to see me and listen to my music, but it's impossible for me not to talk about these topics.
I have to write about these stories, especially if no one else is.
A man of his word
He speaks and he gives it too.
For
Resist
, he invited local artists directly concerned by the subjects he tackles such as Fanny Polly, Yass Sogo, Mas Kit and Meura.
And this word, it also propagates it during interventions in school environment.
For the past five years, Res Turner has offered “shows followed by citizen debates” to discuss with students after listening to its texts. Indeed, for him, music is "the best awareness tool". It was with these young people that he realized “how much power she could have”. As soon as the restrictive measures end, he will put these projects back in place. "It's more productive than concerts to convey the messages that I carry in my texts," admits the artist. It is very important for these audiences to go beyond the simple transmission of information. "
And content, Res Turner provides.
In parallel with the release of
Resist
, it will broadcast a documentary series in the form of interviews.
Always to make the link with his album, he went to meet activists specializing in the cause they defend.
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At 38 years old and three albums, he will not stop there, he has already embarked on another project, still in his values: "By combining several ways of acting, we can achieve a result that will have even more impacts.
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