David Bausseron

It is difficult to fit David Bausseron into ready-made categories. A guitarist, performer, and manipulator of objects and waste materials, he displays a particular taste for noise, spectacular concerts, and the staging of himself—always with a certain sense of distance and humor. He has been devoted to improvisation since the late 1990s and has been a member of the Lille-based collective Muzzix since 1998.

Today, he regularly performs within several groups and projects: RON-PON (experimental rock trio with Thierry Dupont, actor with Compagnie l’Oiseau Mouche), Metallikwa, Video Kill Guitar (with Lionel Palun), Peau d’Ours (a young-audience show), Roue de Secours (free jazz), Tranchées (free rock), and Canal Poussière (song-based music).

David Bausseron also develops numerous solo projects: [murmur] (participatory sound exhibition), murmur meta orchestra (participatory concert), Subspace (a noise sonata for birdcage), O.U.R.S. (participatory noise performance), and Abstract Bloody Blues (solo guitar). In duo with his brother Sébastien Bausseron, he created a cine-concert, Les Bausseron de Nanteuil-sur-Aisne, based on family films from the 1940s–1970s shot on 9.5 mm film.
He has collaborated with numerous artists—musicians, visual artists, performers, choreographers, stage directors, and theater companies.

As a member of the Lille-based collective Muzzix, this versatile musician leads workshops for all kinds of audiences: elderly people, school groups, families, and more. Creative and highly adaptable, the workshops David Bausseron offers are wide-ranging: object manipulation, sound discovery and practice, prepared guitars, guided improvisation, participatory orchestras, and more.

Finally, sensitive to issues surrounding mental health, David Bausseron has for many years carried out specific experimental creative work with the late group Humming Dogs, as well as with RonPon and Metallikwa.

Beyond its concerts, RonPon is also developing a staged creative project entitled Je sais pas j’ai rien du tout (“I Don’t Know, I’ve Got Nothing at All”), a form of sound theater / rock opera.