"Temporality takes root everywhere: in our words, our feelings, everyday objects. It is all around us when we pay attention to it. Many people think time is our enemy, because we give it too much importance.
I would have preferred not to give this creation a name, but I decided to call it “Hors temps” (out of time). This mix aims to move us away from the grip of time, to feel a new mental space and to question our achievements. Music is a fundamental tool to experience different states to come: meditative state, auditory trance, space of escape… so many names, so many forms.
Since my first experience ‘out of time', I tirelessly try to come back to it. I still remember in high school listening to “I Wonder” by Kanye West in my bedroom and being propelled into a whirlwind of totally unknown emotions. Was it a second, a minute or maybe an hour? Then again with “Getting There” by Flying Lotus, photography by Khalil Joseph, movements by Storyboard P, voice by Niki Randa. How is it possible ? The last work that propelled me out of time was the movie “Elephant still sitting”. Incredible experience of more than 4 hours carried out by Ho Bu, student of Béla Tarr, another director who tries to erase temporality. The intertwined destinies and complex links between different characters that are developed there, are themes that are also found in my work. This podcast is dedicated to Ho Bu"
Aho Ssan is Niamké Désiré’s artist name, based in Paris. After studying graphic design and cinema, he began to compose electronic music and create his own digital instruments. Shortly after, he won the France Foundation Television Prize for his soundtrack for the film De Ingha Mago in 2015.
In 2020, Aho Ssan released his first album Simulacrum. Based on the concepts developed by Jean Baudrillard, he navigates through the notions of inclusivity and equality in society, in relation to his own experience of growing up black in France. In 2022, he released a collaborative album Limen with the artist KMRU and joined the SHAPE+ artist platform. Aho Ssan will release his next solo album Rhizomes on Nicolas Jaar's Other People label.
He has also worked on several IRCAM-related projects and has been performed in various institutions across Europe and the United States such as the Lincoln Center (New York), La Maison de la Radio (Paris), CTM (Berlin), MACBA (Barcelona), Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam) and the Krakow Philharmonic (Krakow). His music has been acclaimed by various media such as NPR, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, Liberation and Les Inrockuptibles.


Tracklist:
Aho Ssan - Mutation Time
Christian Zanési - Stop! l'horizon
Ibukun Sunday - Burn It All Down
Maggi Payne - Through Space and Time
Kassel Jaeger - Accalmie (Light Gaps)
Aho Ssan - Untitled
Puce Mary - Stuck
Aho Ssan - All Ends
Autechre - Violvoic
Thomas Ankersmit - Homage To Dick Raaijmakers
Abul Mogard - Against a White Cloud
Nailah Hunter - Forest Dwelling
Renaud Bajeux - Leaving the Nest
Actress - Voodoo Posse Chronic Illusion
Matthias Puech - Flucht des tatzelwurmes
KMRU - Resonant Sharing
Valerio Tricoli - In Your Ruins Is My Shelter
Richie Culver - Dream About Yourself

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