Drum kit and various instruments recovered with bitumen,
asphalt, limestone from Jura, aluminium, steel
2020

Asphalte is a drum solo of musician Alexandre Babel, in collaboration with visual artist Florian Bach. It is an 40 minutes lenght solo performance where the only acoustic source is a drumset covered with bitumen. The drums becomes a monochromic sculptural object engaging an intense man-instrument dialogue.

Conception. Alexandre Babel & Florian Bach
Music & performance : Alexandre Babel
Drum kit, sculpture and Light design: Florian Bach
Realisation: Marcello Silvio Busato
Sound: Nadan Rojnić
Production : Festival Les Amplitudes - La Chaux de Fonds (CH)
Thanks to: Wiesen55 e.V Berlin, Art Kombinat e.V. Berlin: Jürgen Konradi & Achim Kling,
Ruth Waldeyer, Bruno Pocheron, Paul Klier

Photos: Valentin Brusteaux, Pablo Fernandez, Florian Bach