Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 36 minutes ago
In 2022, elie zoé opened for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. The Swiss artist took the Auditorium Stravinski by storm with raw guitar riffs, a powerful voice and an electrifying presence. You can now experience the full 1-hour performance, captured on film under the direction of Yann Orhan.
elie zoé Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2022
elie zoé
Fred Bürki
A film Directed by Yann Orhan
Nick Bonard – Executive Producer
Thibaud Megevand – Executive Producer
Produced by Montreux Media Ventures
elie zoé Crew
Vincent Sudan - Production manager & front of house engineer
Louis Jucker - Live Production
Killian Frangeul - Tour manager & backline technician
Fabian Tharin - Backline technician
Logan Duc - Lighting director
John-Michael Schaub - Lighting designer
Emilie Pellissier - Merchandising
X Personnes - Live Jacket
elie zoé Management
Aurelia Jaquier
Louis Jucker
Jonathan Nido
Special Thanks to
Sebastien Vuignier
Michel Blanc
Montreux Media Ventures
Nick Bonard – CEO
Thibaud Mégevand – Audio-Visual Production Manager
Yann Orhan – Director
Ludovic Matthey – Director of Photography
Aurélie Ullrich – Producer
Fabien Deljehier – Live Director
Maureen Forde – Rights & Clearances
Camera Crew
Marc Ismail
Helder Moreira
Benjamin Radice
Sebastien Naudion
Nicolas Veuthey
Laura Morales
Marc Zumbach
Nicolas Adalbert
Dorian N’Guyen
Montreux Jazz Festival
Mathieu Jaton - CEO
Michaela Maiterth – Booking
David Torreblanca - COO
Rémi Bruggmann – Head of Production
Marco Güntensperger - Production Manager
Vincent Villard - Stage Manager
Martin Reich - FOH / Audio Coordinator
Stefano Pavoni - Monitors
Emmanuel Chifolleau - Stage and System Engineer
Etienne Honet - Stage Patch
Laura Cassan - Sound assistant
Eneas Mackintosh - Lightning Director
Samuel Maclaren - Lightning Operator
Tom Young - Lightning Operator
Carol Sauge - Follow Spots
Stéphanie Cuany - Follow Spots
Audiovisual Production Supplier
RTS – Radio Télévision Suisse
Davide Angieri - Engineer in Charge
Christophe Croze - Camera and RF Specialist
Loic Lebouteiller - Visual Effect Supervisor
Christophe Menteur - Master Shader / Vision Engineer
Sandra Mastelli - Vision Engineer
Jérôme Darioli - Record Supervisor
Yves-Alain Schneider - Audio Supervisor
Fabrice Mossuz - Audio & Communication in Charge
Julien Ecuyer - Production Manager
Yannick Dumartineix - Head of Production Unit
Post Production – Video
Yann Orhan – Editor
Ludovic Matthey – Color grader
Post Production - Audio
Johann Meyer - Silver Cord Studio, New York - Sound Engineer - Mixing & Mastering
Published by Humus Records
Parents’ House
Apollo
I Saw Everything
Hello Future Me
Liar
The Barren Land
Tidal Waves
Volcan
Roses on Fire
Castle
© Fondation du Festival de Jazz de Montreux, 2022
FOLLOW ELIE ZOE
Website - eliezoe.com
Bandcamp - eliezoe.bandcamp.com
Instagram - instagram.com/eliezoemusic
Spotify - open.spotify.com/intl-fr/artist/2t7zzvR3tKMctlLIUkTvjc?si=ryxEwpk6SDKqSlNAM_TZgQ
Facebook - facebook.com/eliezoemusic
Bands in town - bandsintown.com/a/2125120
FOLLOW HUMUS RECORDS
Website/shop - humus-records.com
bandcamp - bit.ly/2RORTbW
instagram - bit.ly/3b4KGMc - @humusrecords
facebook - bit.ly/36Qe4m9
In 2022, elie zoé opened for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. The Swiss artist took the Auditorium Stravinski by storm with raw guitar riffs, a powerful voice and an electrifying presence. You can now experience the full 1-hour performance, captured on film under the direction of Yann Orhan.
elie zoé Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2022
elie zoé
Fred Bürki
A film Directed by Yann Orhan
Nick Bonard – Executive Producer
Thibaud Megevand – Executive Producer
Produced by Montreux Media Ventures
elie zoé Crew
Vincent Sudan - Production manager & front of house engineer
Louis Jucker - Live Production
Killian Frangeul - Tour manager & backline technician
Fabian Tharin - Backline technician
Logan Duc - Lighting director
John-Michael Schaub - Lighting designer
Emilie Pellissier - Merchandising
X Personnes - Live Jacket
elie zoé Management
Aurelia Jaquier
Louis Jucker
Jonathan Nido
Special Thanks to
Sebastien Vuignier
Michel Blanc
Montreux Media Ventures
Nick Bonard – CEO
Thibaud Mégevand – Audio-Visual Production Manager
Yann Orhan – Director
Ludovic Matthey – Director of Photography
Aurélie Ullrich – Producer
Fabien Deljehier – Live Director
Maureen Forde – Rights & Clearances
Camera Crew
Marc Ismail
Helder Moreira
Benjamin Radice
Sebastien Naudion
Nicolas Veuthey
Laura Morales
Marc Zumbach
Nicolas Adalbert
Dorian N’Guyen
Montreux Jazz Festival
Mathieu Jaton - CEO
Michaela Maiterth – Booking
David Torreblanca - COO
Rémi Bruggmann – Head of Production
Marco Güntensperger - Production Manager
Vincent Villard - Stage Manager
Martin Reich - FOH / Audio Coordinator
Stefano Pavoni - Monitors
Emmanuel Chifolleau - Stage and System Engineer
Etienne Honet - Stage Patch
Laura Cassan - Sound assistant
Eneas Mackintosh - Lightning Director
Samuel Maclaren - Lightning Operator
Tom Young - Lightning Operator
Carol Sauge - Follow Spots
Stéphanie Cuany - Follow Spots
Audiovisual Production Supplier
RTS – Radio Télévision Suisse
Davide Angieri - Engineer in Charge
Christophe Croze - Camera and RF Specialist
Loic Lebouteiller - Visual Effect Supervisor
Christophe Menteur - Master Shader / Vision Engineer
Sandra Mastelli - Vision Engineer
Jérôme Darioli - Record Supervisor
Yves-Alain Schneider - Audio Supervisor
Fabrice Mossuz - Audio & Communication in Charge
Julien Ecuyer - Production Manager
Yannick Dumartineix - Head of Production Unit
Post Production – Video
Yann Orhan – Editor
Ludovic Matthey – Color grader
Post Production - Audio
Johann Meyer - Silver Cord Studio, New York - Sound Engineer - Mixing & Mastering
Published by Humus Records
Parents’ House
Apollo
I Saw Everything
Hello Future Me
Liar
The Barren Land
Tidal Waves
Volcan
Roses on Fire
Castle
© Fondation du Festival de Jazz de Montreux, 2022
FOLLOW ELIE ZOE
Website - eliezoe.com
Bandcamp - eliezoe.bandcamp.com
Instagram - instagram.com/eliezoemusic
Spotify - open.spotify.com/intl-fr/artist/2t7zzvR3tKMctlLIUkTvjc?si=ryxEwpk6SDKqSlNAM_TZgQ
Facebook - facebook.com/eliezoemusic
Bands in town - bandsintown.com/a/2125120
FOLLOW HUMUS RECORDS
Website/shop - humus-records.com
bandcamp - bit.ly/2RORTbW
instagram - bit.ly/3b4KGMc - @humusrecords
facebook - bit.ly/36Qe4m9
![Knut - Aim at the Sun - [DIY EP - remaster 2023] (Official Audio)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GHIe2w_Jfeo/mqdefault.jpg "Knut - Aim at the Sun - [DIY EP - remaster 2023] (Official Audio)
Taken from Knuts remastered album Challenger + DIY EP - [Remaster 2023] out Apr. 19th 2024 on Hummus Records
free album download (from release date) - www.hummus-records.com
LP, CD and apparel - www.hummus-records.com
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Didier Séverins sudden departure from Earth in March 2022 left a gaping hole. But he left us a considerable legacy, including Challenger, released in March 2002 on Hydra Head Records (USA). A cathartic album, the point of combustion in an upward trajectory which began eight years earlier when Didier Severin (vocals), Philippe Hess (guitar), Roderic Mounir (drums) and Thierry van Osselt (bass) – later replaced by Jeremy Tavernier – embarked on the Knut adventure. At the time, Geneva, along with Copenhagen, was one of the European capitals of squat culture and a crossroads for international tours. Community and DIY ideals deeply infused Knuts modus operandi, their ability to create a network and a label, Snuff Records contributing to the rise of the local scene (Nostromo, Brazen, Shora, Fragment, Grace).
After a self-released mini-album (Leftovers, 1997) and a first full-length (Bastardiser, 1998), Knuts singularity established itself at the turn of the millennium, attracting the attention of a label whose activism was making waves across the Atlantic: Hydra Head Records was releasing records by Cave In, Botch, Converge, Isis, Keelhaul, Craw, Discordance Axis, Khanate, Dälek, Jesu, Oxbow and many others, bridging the gap between extreme music inspired by hardcore/metal, and noise-rock, experimental music, ambient and more. Free and adventurous spirits were to meet across oceans. In 2000, Knut tied their destiny to Hydra Head Records and set course for their most ambitious recording, which would put the band firmly in orbit.
On Challenger, an album simultaneously wild and cerebral, where chaotic vehemence rubbed shoulders with reflective, almost psychedelically repetitive tracks, Didier found his voice, delivering through his cryptic lyrics his share of chaos and his quest for transcendence. What did he have in mind when he titled this album Challenger? Was it an ironic comment on Knuts status in the post-hardcore-metal-noise galaxy – a path traced by Neurosis, Today is the Day, Converge, Bloodlet, Botch, Coalesce, Breach, to which Knut added more or less obscure influences (Godflesh, Zeni Geva, Eisenvater, Dazzling Killmen, Merzbow)? Undoubtedly, with his own sense of irony, he was also alluding to the fatal ascent of the eponymous Nasa shuttle, which burned at second 58.788, giving its title to one of the albums instrumental tracks.
Challenger marked a breakthrough, an affirmation and an existential cry whose echoes have continued to reverberate ever since. In the summer of 2001, Knut embarked on a three-week tour of the United States with Isis. In 2002, British top extreme magazine Terrorizer ranked Challenger 17th among the 40 best albums of the year, alongside Isis, Mastodon, Opeth, Napalm Death, Meshuggah, Queens of the Stone Age, High on Fire, Satyricon...
After a previous reissue in 2010 on Division Records, Challenger now comes in a Deluxe edition on double LP Gatefold 180 grams thanks to Humus Records. The tracks have been remastered by Serge Morattel himself. And there’s more: the fourth side features three tracks originally released in 1999 on a DIY CD, igniting a long-term collaboration between Serge Morattel and Knut. These three tracks, also remastered, showcase Knuts musical evolution towards Challenger. Hydra Head had previously assembled them on an Untitled CDEP in 2001, but this is the first time theyve been brought together on the same vinyl.
Artwork is adapted from Aaron Turners original work, with photos by Jason Hellmann.
Challenger 2024 is the opportunity to (re)discover this masterpiece and, above all, to celebrate the memory of Didier Séverin. His vibrant, thunderous presence will forever leave its mark.
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FOLLOW HUMUS RECORDS
Website - http://www.humus-records.com
Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/2UvnIbV
Facebook - https://bit.ly/2ZfDbz2
Instagram - https://bit.ly/2ZcmVuI @humusrecords
Youtube - https://bit.ly/2TKaQLW
Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/31PxhCd")
![Knut - March - [remaster 2023] (Official Audio)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IJzvx0CPP6Y/mqdefault.jpg "Knut - March - [remaster 2023] (Official Audio)
Taken from Knuts remastered album Challenger + DIY EP - [Remaster 2023] out Apr. 19th 2024 on Hummus Records
free album download (from release date) - www.hummus-records.com
LP, CD and apparel - www.hummus-records.com
-
Didier Séverins sudden departure from Earth in March 2022 left a gaping hole. But he left us a considerable legacy, including Challenger, released in March 2002 on Hydra Head Records (USA). A cathartic album, the point of combustion in an upward trajectory which began eight years earlier when Didier Severin (vocals), Philippe Hess (guitar), Roderic Mounir (drums) and Thierry van Osselt (bass) – later replaced by Jeremy Tavernier – embarked on the Knut adventure. At the time, Geneva, along with Copenhagen, was one of the European capitals of squat culture and a crossroads for international tours. Community and DIY ideals deeply infused Knuts modus operandi, their ability to create a network and a label, Snuff Records contributing to the rise of the local scene (Nostromo, Brazen, Shora, Fragment, Grace).
After a self-released mini-album (Leftovers, 1997) and a first full-length (Bastardiser, 1998), Knuts singularity established itself at the turn of the millennium, attracting the attention of a label whose activism was making waves across the Atlantic: Hydra Head Records was releasing records by Cave In, Botch, Converge, Isis, Keelhaul, Craw, Discordance Axis, Khanate, Dälek, Jesu, Oxbow and many others, bridging the gap between extreme music inspired by hardcore/metal, and noise-rock, experimental music, ambient and more. Free and adventurous spirits were to meet across oceans. In 2000, Knut tied their destiny to Hydra Head Records and set course for their most ambitious recording, which would put the band firmly in orbit.
On Challenger, an album simultaneously wild and cerebral, where chaotic vehemence rubbed shoulders with reflective, almost psychedelically repetitive tracks, Didier found his voice, delivering through his cryptic lyrics his share of chaos and his quest for transcendence. What did he have in mind when he titled this album Challenger? Was it an ironic comment on Knuts status in the post-hardcore-metal-noise galaxy – a path traced by Neurosis, Today is the Day, Converge, Bloodlet, Botch, Coalesce, Breach, to which Knut added more or less obscure influences (Godflesh, Zeni Geva, Eisenvater, Dazzling Killmen, Merzbow)? Undoubtedly, with his own sense of irony, he was also alluding to the fatal ascent of the eponymous Nasa shuttle, which burned at second 58.788, giving its title to one of the albums instrumental tracks.
Challenger marked a breakthrough, an affirmation and an existential cry whose echoes have continued to reverberate ever since. In the summer of 2001, Knut embarked on a three-week tour of the United States with Isis. In 2002, British top extreme magazine Terrorizer ranked Challenger 17th among the 40 best albums of the year, alongside Isis, Mastodon, Opeth, Napalm Death, Meshuggah, Queens of the Stone Age, High on Fire, Satyricon...
After a previous reissue in 2010 on Division Records, Challenger now comes in a Deluxe edition on double LP Gatefold 180 grams thanks to Humus Records. The tracks have been remastered by Serge Morattel himself. And there’s more: the fourth side features three tracks originally released in 1999 on a DIY CD, igniting a long-term collaboration between Serge Morattel and Knut. These three tracks, also remastered, showcase Knuts musical evolution towards Challenger. Hydra Head had previously assembled them on an Untitled CDEP in 2001, but this is the first time theyve been brought together on the same vinyl.
Artwork is adapted from Aaron Turners original work, with photos by Jason Hellmann.
Challenger 2024 is the opportunity to (re)discover this masterpiece and, above all, to celebrate the memory of Didier Séverin. His vibrant, thunderous presence will forever leave its mark.
-
FOLLOW HUMUS RECORDS
Website - http://www.humus-records.com
Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/2UvnIbV
Facebook - https://bit.ly/2ZfDbz2
Instagram - https://bit.ly/2ZcmVuI @humusrecords
Youtube - https://bit.ly/2TKaQLW
Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/31PxhCd")
