Franz Ferdinand | Echoes with Jehnny Beth (ARTE concerts)

Belfast's own Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara and DJ Próvai perform their politically relevant tracks off their latest album "Fine Art" as they are fresh off their first feature biopic film which is Ireland's official submission for the 2025 OSCARS and as the first Irish language band to be on Jimmy Fallon. Filmed on April 16, 2024 at Yoyo, Paris.

PJ Harvey plays a typically magnetic, no-nonsense performance to a packed audience at the Paris Olympia, bringing together some of her older hits with newer material from her tenth album: I Inside the Old Year Dying.

Juggling light and shadow, the Franco-American cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton alternately reinterprets François Couperin’s *Leçons de Ténèbres* and Vivaldi’s sun-drenched compositions in a performance of rare elegance.

Master of creamy, synthetic pop Trentemøller will be presenting his new album Memoria on this edition of Echoes with Jehnny Beth.

Infusing punk rock with a spoken word sensibility, Ireland's Enola Gay bring untamed wildness to Echoes with Jehnny Beth. An explosive encounter with their first two EPs: Gransha and Casement.

Squid bring the full knotty force of their writhing rock to a willing audience in Paris for Echoes with Jehnny Beth. This English group wear their experimentation loud and proud, introducing a touch of rural weird into their sprawling sound with latest album O Monolith.

A beautifully shot documentary of Savages performing at the iconic Paris venue, La Cigale.

German-British musician Anika is the guest for this edition of Echoes With Jehnny Beth. Originally a political journalist in the UK, she gravitated towards music after recording with Portishead's Geoff Barrow, going on to front her own band Exploded View before going solo. She performs a selection of new songs from her second and latest album Change.

In 2023, the elusive Slowdive stepped out of the shadows with their magnificent album Everything is Alive, giving new and longterm fans plenty of reasons to gaze at their shoes.

A total solo. In the center of a huge space, alone on a constantly shrinking stage, Jeanne Added engages in a hand-to-hand ballet with the camera. With Both Sides, Jeanne Added has invented a pure performance by sculpting her playing space into this huge white stage, suspended in the middle of nothing. Alone, without any pomp, the artist gives herself over completely to her vocals and dancing. An allegory of the dance floor, of a space that, by shrinking, opens itself up to immensity; or the struggle of a solitary figure, who fights while dancing, as the ground moves beneath her feet. The film of this live performance is unusual: a visual confrontation, a powerful musical battle, the pared-back presentation invites the spectator to share a unique experience. Exuding a singular and unique charm, this “living UFO” gives us an unprecedented perception of Jeanne’s intense music.

Video game music is a world of its own. Its composers have drawn inspiration from great classical masters such as Beethoven and Wagner, while also echoing the styles of Erik Satie and Francis Poulenc. Why does the theme from Tetris fit its ever-accelerating gameplay so perfectly? What makes the music accompanying the dungeons in The Legend of Zelda so distinctive? Max Dozolme explores the stories, influences, and musical ideas behind some of the most iconic soundtracks in video game history.