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Sofiane KRIFAH
Lucas Garnier is economical with words, and patient with those who aren’t.
The more people want to make their voices—or their instruments—heard, the sharper his patience becomes… In the end, from behind his mixing desk, he’s the one balancing it all, and everyone’s glad it works out that way.
Like many musicians of his generation, he earned the degrees that some of his elders missed out on, and has remained professionally loyal to many of his peers from music school.
Whether as an orchestral musician, arranger, composer, or sound engineer, he thrives in a multifaceted musical landscape where different ecosystems don’t always overlap: symphonic orchestras, electronic music, chanson, collective projects (Grolektif), contemporary circus companies, Colombian music and more, music for image and screen—you name it.
He draws a distinction, however, between his early career as an instrumentalist and his (now much-in-demand) work in sound design, where creativity depends so much on the inspiration... of others. In short: you either choose to stand on the acoustic frontline or stay within the walls of sound—the stage or the hall. Or perhaps, if we’re speaking in nautical terms, it’s about sailing twin hulls in the same direction...
Skilled in every field he ventures into, he moves through a kind of existential oscillation—like the perpetual swing of an old metronome sitting atop a grand piano.
Except his tools are the trumpet and electronics. Still, it makes sense to him—until the next round trip. We’ll be waiting.
His ARFI projects as sound engineer:
- La Marmite Infernale
- Lozen
- La Nuit des Morts-Vivants