Paris (AFP)

Mentioned in a playlist of the Obama couple, asked by Bob Dylan for a remix: The Avener, French signature of the world electro, has a beautiful CV, enriched by a second album released Friday, "Heaven" ("Paradis").

A title that sums up the success story of Tristan Casara, his name in the city, since the release in 2015 of his first opus "The wanderings of the Avener". "Yes, the first album, with its success, brought me a lot: self-confidence, comfort of life, concerts, wonderful memories of life", confides the Niçois - of origin and residence even today - to the AFP.

"I was able to buy gear and make a second, more personal album." While the first album was based on remixes of existing tracks, the second album is full of original songs.

In this tasty blend, he keeps his "paw, a little funk, dancefloor, a little soul", but as he says, it is "especially a album of voices, with Ayo (known with" Down on my knees ") , Josef Salvat, Australian, and Tywayo a Frenchman who wonders why he is not better known ". "These are artists I met on the road, at a festival," continues the thirty-something who came to music on the classical piano.

- "Happy for a week!" -

"He did the Nice conservatory, it shows in his composition work", comments for AFP Antoine Baduel, CEO of FG radio, at the forefront of house and techno. "For 10-15 years, he was also a DJ in the small clubs, bars of his city, he knows how to hold an audience".

His music therefore reached the ears of the couple Barack and Michelle Obama, who put it in their playlist for the summer of 2019. "Knowing that I was listened to in the Obama lounge - this presidential couple who marked the story - or while jogging, frankly, I was happy for a week! "

Another US figure: On "Heaven", we find "Masters of war" by Dylan, remixed at the request of the great Bob. "He asked his publisher to find me. I received an email - + Bob listened to your album, he would like you to rework songs to him + - I didn't believe it! I called my mother (laughs) ). "

The DJ / producer then sends a "first demo" of the chosen title, but has no news for two months. He says to himself "it's screwed up". But the recovery comes and comes the conclusion. "+ Bob Dylan liked the final version +, so I ask + can I put it in my album? +. They answer, + with pleasure, and when you come to Los Angeles, come and have a coffee +" ... "C is one of the last giants. That's the story. "

- Squeaky fork -

Crazy like his journey. Because when he falls into electro around 14-15 years old via "Aphex Twin, Amon Tobin", he starts with the experimental. "By sending demos, I saw that it was not going to please everyone, I sampled forks which creaked on the plate (laughs)". "Then, discovering Laurent Garnier, Daft Punk, I saw that electro could have a message, be understandable, danceable. Then I saw Carl Cox who was mixing with four turntables and off we went."

His best concert memory? He is linked to one of the worst in his life. "It was at the Vieilles Charrues, the day after the Nice attacks, people knew that I was from Nice. And some had seen on social networks that I was looking for someone the night of the drama. My first sweetheart and her mother are I played the original version of + Imagine + by John Lennon ... I felt massive support ... 60,000 people who turned on their phones, it was really special ... "

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