Tat2NoisAct is made up of tattooist musicians... or not... and musician tattooists... or not.
Tattooing has become a factory whereas it was once a tool; music is an industry. The underground nature and rebellion once associated with tattooing and punk rock have devolved into consumerist, aestheticized, and sexist acts.
Tat2NoisAct restores a primitive meaning to the act of marking the skin. Far from commercial tattooing and formulaic music, the band reconnects with the DIY spirit of early punk.
The sense of urgency is palpable. In an electric trance, these beings perform a ritual dance where music merges with the buzz of the machines—the sound dictates the stroke, an act through which an indelible score is written.
Tat2NoisAct has existed since 2005, coinciding with the opening of the Brussels tattoo shop "La Boucherie Moderne" by Kostek and Jef Palumbo, both founders of the shop and the band.
The group is intimately linked to an entire generation of tattoo artists such as Ian Black, Léa Nahon, Piet du Congo, and others. For 20 years, the band has toured across Europe, released several records, and more.

The Grand Master was reclining in the comfort of his New York penthouse, bored to death. He summoned the first of his servants and said to him: “Satan, there is nothing on TV anymore and I am weary of this war in Ukraine. Could you not invent some new spectacles likely to distract me?”
Satan, knowing his master's demanding tastes, thought to himself: “Mmm... A new Tsunami? Too banal... A surgical operation on speed and without anesthesia? Already been done by the Nazis... Yet another genocide? Completely outdated...”
Seeing that his master was beginning to grow impatient, Satan hastened to say: “Uh... I confess I'm drawing a bit of a blank on this subject... Why not go see *Les Filles du Feu* in concert?”
And the master smiled...

Synapses is the meeting of the Belgian flute player Line Daenen and the French artist Christophe Grout. The band started in 2017 around the work made by Rudy Romanesky and Christophe Grout on DIY “Baschet” style sound structures. These are made with metal, springs, strings, and crystal.
The duo is incorporating the wild, deep sounds of the structure into the pure tone of the flute to create a new musical universe inspired by ambient music, instant composition, and free improvisation (Brian Eno, Lustmord, Joëlle Léandre). They add analogic pedals to the set to create a hybrid, organic music made of acoustic and electronic sounds. Synapses goes from abysmal to aerial soundscapes, mixing the diverse personalities and musical backgrounds of the two musicians.
Inspired by “aleatory” cycles that you can find in nature, such as the rhythm of a river or the flow of the wind, but also more urban elements such as the flow of a crowd or the rhythm of the cars, Synapses works on an intuitive transcription of all these common elements in our daily life.