French 79 is the solo electro-pop project of Simon Henner, founded in Marseille in 2014. Henner also plays guitar in Nasser and Kid Francescoli, and French 79 is where he pushes into dark, propulsive analog synth-pop — the 2016 debut Olympic broke the project, and Billboard singled out "Hometown" for its synth groove. Deutsche Grammophon later commissioned him for an original Erik Satie rework in its Fragments series, which is a fair signal of how far outside club-EDM the project sits. Expect a live electronic show with real hardware, not a DJ booth.
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