mondial toboggan.
Illegitimate child of Jean-Michel Jarre and Jean-Jacques Perrey, Mondial Toboggan was born at the dawn of the 2010s around a passion for obsolete synthesizers, cassette recorders and the mountains. Gauthier (clarinet, saxophone, keyboards), Quentin (keyboards, vocoder) and Vivien (percussions) meet up during informal sessions in a Bigourdan chalet, the back room of a Bordeaux wine bar and a Picardy farmhouse. They then develop an aesthetic, the music of tomorrow composed yesterday, a kind of instrumental synth-pop mixed with disco with accents of soundtrack from TV films that could have appeared in Antenna 2 programs. The project becomes more serious thanks to the collaboration of Corentin Kerdraon alias (nit) who, with his velvet paw, takes in hand the production of their first EP, Olympique (2019), on which he also provides parts for strings and keyboards.
Video by Anaïs Mak
“The flame carried by the members of Mondial Toboggan shines faintly on the way to the stadium. Within the confines of the vast building, their arrival is accompanied by a huge constellation of flashes twinkling in the night, making the ranks of spectators crackle like popcorn. Huge crowd grow impatient: an elegant discreetly Fender Rhodes interferes with the heart of the building and the anonymous clamors melt into the darkness. By the light of the simple torch waving in Mondovision among these few chords, a saxophone solo drags the audience to better lead them towards the light. The entire planet is holding its breath for fear of extinguishing the Olympia bonfire ...
There is the inevitable breath of oxygen: the Chronology of the Rendez-Vous is carefully measured. Amidst the television screens, the cauldron ignites and the nations embrace. To the rhythm of the hymns which follow one another under the fireworks, the distant flags intermingle in euphoria. From all sides, hundreds of dancers in colorful synthetic suits synchronize with warm, colorful synthetic compositions; the groove takes ground at this solemn moment and the gymnastics spread happily to the stands. Overlooking the stands, the beautiful values of sport erupt in turn in the sponsored messages that finance this brand new stadium destined to disappear soon, once the games are over.
For about twenty minutes, however, everyone believed in this borderless gathering, in this future federator, in these great performances to come that we would like to underline with encouraging comments in Esperanto.
Unfortunately, we have to face the facts. Like the decoration just offered to the Medalist standing proudly at the top of the plaster podium, Mondial Toboggan's new laser disc remains the only true memory of this beautiful utopia: it shines with many reflections that it is good to see. always celebrate. "
Text: Germain Fraïssé