1 // La Fabrique Electro

Young audiences and amateurs

Writing and composing an electro-pop song.

With the rise of new technologies and the influence of the “French Touch”, electronic music is gaining popularity among young people. Every day, new French artists emerge in the lineage of Daft Punk or Justice, such as Fakear, Petit Biscuit, and Superpoze, who are achieving great success.

In this workshop, middle school students will have the opportunity to discover the secrets of beats, sound samples, and loops, thanks to the knowledge shared by Wael Koudaih during a creative process. They will become familiar with music creation, lyric writing, and issues related to copyright.

2 // Sound Notebooks

Youth, adult amateurs, detainees, minors in penal repair programs

The Sound Notebooks are workshops in writing, performance, and musical creation led by musician Waël Koudaih, structured around three main axes:

1 – Writing workshops
Participants are invited to write personal or fictional texts based on a theme proposed by Waël Koudaih. This may involve guided, automatic, or playful writing. Participants must perform their text in front of others in the language of their choice. They work on posture, diction, and voice. The aim of this workshop is to stimulate imagination, learn to speak in public, and learn to listen to others.

2 – Music workshops
By selecting one or more sounds from their personal sound archives (traditional or more contemporary music), participants are invited to create one or more narratives linked to these recordings. They are led to deconstruct, listen to, and cut up various sounds, as well as record and create new ones in order to build their own sonic universe.

3 – Musical creation of the Sound Notebooks
This is the result of the work from the two previous workshops. The texts are recorded and layered onto the musical editing to create a sonic narrative landscape. These final recordings can be uploaded online for public listening or presented as an installation.

3 // Talk-Conference: “Archives of the Arab World and Audiovisual Performances””

General audience

This meeting offers participants an immersion into the creative process of contemporary music through the perspective and work of artist Rayess Bek. Drawing on his performances, he invites the audience to explore the bridges between Arab musical heritage and contemporary music.

Starting from a “classic” piece from the 1950s, Rayess Bek guides participants through the transformation of the track into an electro and visual creation. Together, they discover the different stages of reinterpretation: understanding the original piece, notions of rhythm and harmony, an introduction to sampling, and the use of digital tools such as Ableton Live and Resolume.

This event, at the crossroads of concert, lecture, and artistic practice, allows participants to understand how contemporary creation is nourished by archives, histories, and traditions. A participatory session closes the workshop: everyone is invited to manipulate rhythms and melodies, experimenting with sound transformation and live performance energy.

4 // Hip Hop Sessions (with Joan Baz)

General audience

The Hip Hop Sessions are a series of music and video animation workshops. They aim to support vulnerable young people affected by the Beirut explosion by providing them with a platform to express themselves through hip-hop music. The explosion deeply affected Lebanese society, particularly marginalized groups such as these young people, who lacked the resources to cope with its consequences. By using hip-hop, known for its ability to empower marginalized communities and foster social change, the project seeks to help these young people heal from trauma and find a voice to express their emotions and aspirations through the work of Joan Baz.