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CloZee on Tour
She may have been named Best International Newcomer at the 2013 U.K. Glitch Hop Awards, but French indie-electronic composer and producer CloZee is more than a master of musical miscalculations. Her futuristic sound mixes digital and organic sources into a paradisal, boundary-dissolving audio hot tub of soothing yet unique soundscapes.
A darling of the popular "transformational" festival circuit that brings the weird and wired Burning Man aesthetic to the masses — she has performed at Electric Forest, Coachella, Lightning in a Bottle, and Camp Bisco — CloZee started as Chloe? Herry, a student of classical guitar and sound engineering in the sleepy southern France city of Toulouse. She heard "amazing" artists in electronic music hot spot Le Bikini, and her life was changed by Crying Over Pros for No Reason by Glitch Mob member edIT.
In 2012, CloZee became the go-to beat maker for French film producers OckeFilm, who released an album of her earliest compositions. Her signature style — bass meets world music, or "world bass" as she calls it — emerged more distinctively on her 2016 EP Revolution. Her music is impossible to pigeonhole, and she likes it that way. The voyage is more important than the destination, after all.
"When I listen to the music," she has said, "I want to be suspended in time, travel, meditate. Because I need to escape reality. It is this dimension that pushed me to start writing electronic music."
CloZee's musical influences include Bassnectar, Beats Antique, and Bonobo. She has her own spin-off act in the slightly more pop-inclined CloZinger, a good-vibes collaboration with producer and fellow Toulouse-ian Scarfinger.
Her 2018 debut album Evasion — as in "escaping reality" — takes CloZee's credo of musical adventurism to the next level. Sitar, guitar, violin, and instruments from China and Asia flavor tracks that, like her live performances, transport listeners into a trance state. To sample the flavor of such events, imagine fiery "flow" dancers, such as those featured in her otherworldly "Evasion" video, and neon-glowing hoopers spinning gracefully nearby as you enjoy CloZee's lush, vaguely familiar, and yet inescapably otherworldly sounds.
CloZee was great! But the venue, not so much. We were not allowed to have flow toys like poi, pixel whips, or hula hoops. Flow toys are a key part of EDM culture. I was very disappointed in Stubb's of Austin for this.
From start to finish this was a great show. Every artist brought an elevated level of intensity and Clozee was the icing on the cake! Go if you have the opportunity.
Venue was so incredibly packed that it felt unsafe at times.
Overpacked, no EMS in sight, hard to enjoy an experience when u have to be on guard about the obnoxious actions of others
Bogart's is a dumpy venue I will not attend another show there.
Absolutely mesmerizing. Plus Daily Bread opening made it even better! Truly one of the best shows I’ve seen at History.
Clozee was everything I hoped and more! The other artists also did not disappoint, and I was happy the show went on well into the night. It was a wonderful experience, and I will try to see her again any time she is in the States!
I sold my ticket didn’t get no money so I didn’t go
I saw videos of other sets by her on yt and they were all better than the one at the Ritz. I honestly think i wasted money seeing her. She doesn’t have like any vocals in her songs, and lots of wubz. There isn’t much rhythm and no headbanging either. If you don’t listen to her, i wouldn’t recomend seeing her for fun.
Never would have expected it, but Daily Bread and CloZee were the best artists I've ever seen at The Ritz. INCREDIBLE. And I've seen *a lot* of shows there. I'm already dying to see them both again, and I hope they come back to Raleigh next time!!
