Experimental oriental orchestral rock
The seemingly minimal duo Pili Coït are on the verge of fulfilling a crazy dream: to go maximal. With the 2 of them not at all bored, they’ve been criss-crossing Europe and even the States (via China) for 10 years now, and were keen to invite some good friends along to create a tailor-made set that would blow their larynxes and rub their heartstrings. And so, Pili Coït et les Exocrines was born.
Violin, viola, cello, kaval, bass clarinet and tuba land right in the middle of the guitar/percussion duo, blending their slinky-squeaky-cintillating sounds with their polyrhythmic arpeggios, which have so far been fairly quiet, if a little off-putting already.
Driven by this obsession with love in all its guises, the band tackles an Old Testament opuscule, the Song of Songs, a veritable erotic hymn, where the smells, curves and tastes of fantasized bodies melt into a feverish, trembling alchemy.
Sung in Aramaic, the Middle Eastern accent spices up the lyricism of the text, reactivating the taste buds of ancient melodies and giving the chamber rock ensemble a taste of a thousand and one nights.
Quarter tones and other maqâms permeate Pili Coït’s rock’n’Xperimental grammar, which a contemporary orchestration sublimates with its Spielbergian effects, uniting in the same bed a György Ligeti with an Oum Kalthoum who would listen to a Portishead album while sipping lemon-ginger juice.
In this way, the music of Pili Coït and his Exocrines will linger on regions of the body and the secretions it releases, with the sole aim of thrilling, exciting and surrendering to the ecstasy of becoming one with the cosmos. In all modesty. Pleasure.
Jessica Martin Maresco | vocals, finger drum, synths, percussion.
Guilhem Meier | vocals, guitar.
Léa Maquart | kaval, nev.
Pierre Horckmans | clarinets.
Estelle Huet | cello.
Stéphane Giner | violin.
Alice Perret | viola.
Grégory Julliard | tuba.
Judicaël Brun | sound.
Past gigs
2023
21.10 Rubber Gloves- No Coast Fest (DENTON)
21.10 Farmer’s Market (SAN MARCOS)
20.10 The Porch (SAN MARCOS)
19.10 All Ways Lounge (NEW ORLEANS)
18.10 The Music Box (MOBILE)
17.10 South Bend Commons (ATLANTA)
15.10 Northside Tavern (CINCINNATI – USA)
14.10 Platypus (St LOUIS – USA)
13.10 The Burlington (CHICAGO – USA)
07.05 – Immerhin (WÜRZBURG – DE)
06.05 – Ausland (BERLIN – DE)
05.05 – Cafe v Lese (PRAGUE – CZ)
04.05 – Horst Klub (KREUZLINGEN – CH)
17.03 Les Steppes (ANNECY – FR)
16.03 Au Perchoir (CROLLES – FR)
20.01 Rien Faire + Pili Coït – Kraspek (LYON – FR)
2022
29.10 Raymond Bar (CLERMONT-FERRAND – FR)
28.07 Barge Rock Tour (GENELARD -FR)
26.07 Barge Rock Tour – Villa Pérusson (ECUISSES – FR)
23.07 Lieu Secret (SAINT-ROMAIN-DE-POPEY – FR)
22.07 Barge Rock Tour (SAINT BERAIN – FR)
20.07 Barge Rock Tour (MONTCEAU LES MINES – FR)
18.07 Barge Rock Tour (DIGOIN – FR)
18.06 Secret Place (BORDEAUX – FR)
17.06 Le Kiviv (ANGERS – FR)
16.06 Le Pti Bar Perdu (MARRAY – FR)
15.06 La Ferme De Belêtre (LOCHES – FR)
28.05 La Petite Maison Rouge (FELLETIN – FR)
27.05 Pili Coït + Odessey & Oracle – La Péniche (CHALON-SUR-SAONE – FR)
25.05 Ni + Pili Coït – L’Antonnoir (BESANÇON – FR)
15.04 Pili Coït + Ultra Zook – Raymond Bar (CLERMONT-FERRAND – FR)
2021
21.11 Saint Antoine (MACON – FR)
20.11 La Coutellerie (FRIBOURG – CH)
19.11 Espace Noir (SAINT IMIER – CH)
18.11 La Méandre (CHALON-SUR-SAONE – FR)
17.11 Le Périscope (LYON – FR)
13.11 648 Café (MARCELLAZ – FR)
12.11 Bar Au Gorille (GAP – FR)
10.11 Secret Place (69 – FR)
06.11 Secret Place (LIVRADOIS-FOREZ – FR)
05.11 Conseil Général (TULLE – FR)
04.11 Celtic Pub (TARBES – FR)
03.11 L’Anthropo (PERPIGNAN – FR)
02.10 La Baie Des Singes (COURNON – FR) – Pili Coït + PoiL Ueda + Gwyn Wurst
2020
28.11 ANNULÉ Lieu privé (ST BONNET DE JOUX – FR) – Pili Coït + Ultra Zook
27.11 ANNULÉ La Méandre (CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE – FR) – Pili Coït + Ultra Zook
26.11 ANNULÉ Espace Noir (SAINT-IMIER – CH) – Pili Coït + Ultra Zook
25.11 ANNULÉ Café Littéraire (BIENNE – CH) – Pili Coït + Ultra Zook
2019
25.05 Lieu Secret (BOURGOGNE – FR)
29.03 La gare de coustellet (MAUBEC – FR)
23.03 Sonic (LYON – FR)
22.03 Chez Matthieu (BLOIS – FR)
21.03 Château des Fougis (THIONNE – FR)
20.03 Concert en appart (LIMOGES – FR)
07.02 Le Fil (SAINT-ETIENNE – FR)
2019
25.05 Lieu Secret (BOURGOGNE – FR)
29.03 La gare de coustellet (MAUBEC – FR)
23.03 Sonic (LYON – FR)
22.03 Chez Matthieu (BLOIS – FR)
21.03 Château des Fougis (THIONNE – FR)
20.03 Concert en appart (LIMOGES – FR)
07.02 Le Fil (SAINT-ETIENNE – FR)
2018
07.04 La Péniche (CHALON S/ SAONE – FR)
31.03 Les Transversales (CREST – FR) – Pili Coït + Pierre Pierre
2017
08.12 Raymond Bar (CLERMONT – FR)
07.12 Des lendemains qui chantent (TULLE – FR)
04.11 Pixie (LANNION – FR)
28.10 Périscope (LYON – FR)
20.10 Alimentation générale (PARIS – FR)
19.10 Cirque électrique (PARIS – FR)
13.10 Guingois (MARCILLAC-VALLON – FR)
12.10 Gran café français (AUBENAS – FR)
06.07 Espace B (PARIS – FR)
05.05 Quircky Festival (LYON – FR)
30.04 La Meduze (LYON – FR)
01.04 La Tannerie (BOURG-EN-BRESSE)
31.03 NTH8 (LYON – FR)
10.02 Mix’art Myrys (TOULOUSE – FR) – Délicieux Amours w/ Pili Coït, Chromb!, Saint Sadrill
09.02 Raymond Bar (CLERMONT SA†AN – FR) – Délicieux Amours w/ Pili Coït, Chromb!, Saint Sadrill
2016
01.12 St Antoine (MACON – FR)
12.03 Phil Grobi (CLERMONT SA†AN – FR) – Pili Coït + Grand Sbam
19.02 La Tannerie (BOURG-EN-BROUSSE – FR) – Délicieux Amours : PinioL + Pili Coït
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