A Cover with Class, a piano salute to electro
The last few years has seen a plethora of acoustic cover projects – Nouvelle Vagues’s reinterpretations of an eclectic new wave and post punk and Acoustica’s rendering Aphex Twin – all have twisted the originals in unique ways.
A native of Besançon, the Swiss border in the east of France, Maxence Cyrin spent his childhood behind a piano studying classical music. He went on and studied at music academy, giving him the perfect classic musical background.
For the last two years, Maxence has come full circle and is listening again to new wave and techno whilst having fun reinterpreting classics from both genres on the piano. The covers work brilliantly and several notable live performances have ensued (Pompidou Centre, Tapis Rouge, Japan Sonar festival…) as well as a first recording for the Megasoft Office 2005 compilation where he revisited the legendary Laurent Garnier tune ‘Acid Eiffel’.
He has spent the best part of his life honing his skills on the ivories and has recently released a solo piano covers album featuring his interpretations of tracks from LFO, Aphex Twins, Depeche Mode, Carl Craig, Massive Attack, even Britney Spears and Daft Punk to name a few. Those were re-rendered in an introspective, lilting and just surreal!
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