Biography
Born from the sulfurous union between Mother Earth and a penniless minstrel, Lazcar Volcano has just landed in the forefront of the French music scene, propelled by an explosive eruption. His mission: to save Life from the grip of artistic conformity. From his eternal mother, he has inherited the superpowers of ancestral chants and rhythms from oral traditions (Maloya, Samba, Son Cubano). His precarious father has bequeathed him the rebellious power of urban sounds (Hip Hop, Afro Beat, Funk, Ska...). In his mineral body, you will find traces of sand from the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, a piece of asphalt from the neighborhoods of 93, a handful of beaten earth from Lagos, some Caribbean pebbles, a touch of the marshy mud from Louisiana, or even a small coral pearl from Réunion...
It is through this alchemy that this half-god, half-boaster transforms endlessly during ceremonies simply called "a Lazcar Volcano concert": sometimes it's a New Orleans brass band playing Zamba, sometimes a chamber music ensemble accompanying a rapper, or an Afrobeat group performing Brazilian Choro. No more, no less, Lazcar Volcano is sophistication in simplicity, delicacy and wildness, the raw and the cooked, raw romance (without despair).
Like a hypnotic Hamelin, this hero made of lava and moonshine will captivate the common mortals, from little grasshoppers to big mothers-in-law, including mustachioed riot police and other rascals, leading them far from the beaten path, dancing, finally free.