We catch live sets from Benoit & Sergio and Julien Bracht who peddles some seriously heavy techno with some token live cymbal crashes over the top. Tribes’ daytime line up can’t really compete with citywide celebrations and street beers but it’s a good place to finish up and Saturday’s turn out is expectedly double that of Friday’s. We stumbled upon Golden era Hip-Hop in the Marais, a plethora of tiny bars playing deep house onto the boulevards and a 20 strong samba drum ensemble at the bottom of Montmartre. Basically for one day a year, the whole city is allowed (even encouraged) to make as much noise as possible. Saturday at The Tribes runs throughout the day but we take the time to check out what Fête de la Musique has on offer. This works very much in Tobi Nuemann’s favour whose trademark, expressive electro-house, is a huge hit. Down in the second room the sound is fuller and the feel cosier. A lot of money has clearly been ploughed into the rig and the stage but it ends up echoing down the hall and ricocheting off the glass roof. The building doesn’t do any favours to the sound either. Looking out across the crowd, the reception and the numbers aren’t bad but are dwarfed by the cavernous space. Suitably invigorated, we tuck into some overpriced vodka in the VIP and catch some of Magda who brings something way more deep and heady. ![]() Jus Ed on the main stage swiftly remedies the situation, playing a native classic in the form of Stardust’s Music Sounds Better With You followed by a bunch of feel good Balearic and Disco records. A little taken aback we head for the smaller Earth Stage. Andre Crom opens proceedings but fails to excite, delivering a cold and uninspiring performance to a sparse assembly. The main Fire Stage is a huge glass construction, comfortably big enough for a couple of jumbo jets and the VIP area alone is the size of most clubs, but then there are also enough egos around to fill it. We gave The Tribes festival’s debut year a look with nothing to go on and apart from a formidable (if a tad safe) line up of DJs and a healthy dose of joie de vivre.Īs soon as we arrive at the site it’s evident the organisers are not lacking ambition. Amongst the chaos a new techno festival was being born in the outskirts of the capital. Also the city was hosting a huge array of music as part of it’s annual Fête de la Musique. The sun shone all day and the locals were unusually chirpy – thanks, in no small part, to a certain sporting event. Last weekend was a particularly good weekend to be in Paris.
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