Polo & Pan · Cercle · 2018

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Live video · Electronic · 2010s

Polo & Pan — Serre Monumentale, Paris (Cercle), 2018

Why this recording

Produced by Cercle in partnership with evian, the video credits dedicated plant and tree work by Luc Beauquesne, on top of the Serre Monumentale's glass roof. Two singers, Victoria and Corine, appear in the credits alongside the duo; Corine is also the artist behind “Pluie Fine”, remixed by Polo & Pan and played at 16:30. The film was directed by Pol Souchier with three directors of photography. After “Canopée” at 59:30, an interview with the pair fills the end of the video from 1:06:20.

Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Filmed live set by French electronic duo Polo & Pan for Cercle, on 9 May 2018, under the glass roof of the Serre Monumentale in Paris’s Parc André Citroën. This session shot for YouTube places Paul Armand-Delille and Alexandre Grynszpan in the leafy, luminous setting typical of Cercle’s captures. The live set blends the duo’s tropical-pop productions — « Canopée », « Aqualand », « Coeur d’artichaut », « Nana » — with samples and edits drawn from Vladimir Cosma and Barbatuques, in a continuous mix that is both danceable and melodic. Published in 2018 and later issued as a live album on streaming platforms, this performance captures the Polo & Pan signature: colourful, exotic, pop-leaning electro built for the screen. The greenhouse backdrop, with its plants and shifting light, has since made this one of Cercle’s most-watched early sets. An ideal document for discovering the new-generation French touch in a carefully framed visual setting, somewhere between DJ set and filmed concert.

Setlist

  1. Sirba (Vladimir Cosma)
  2. Baião Destemperado (Barbatuques)
  3. Zoom Zoom
  4. Lorenzo in Sicilia (Banda Ionica)
  5. Coeur d'artichaut
  6. Pili Pili
  7. Pluie Fine (Corine — Polo & Pan Remix)
  8. Aqualand
  9. Bakara
  10. Dorothy
  11. Kirghiz
  12. Jacquadi
  13. Mexicali
  14. Rivolta
  15. Nana
  16. Plage isolée
  17. Canopée

Personnel & credits

  • Paul Armand-Delille — Polo
  • Alexandre Grynszpan — Pan