Simo Cell approaches club music with restless precision, carrying one foot in the cut-up swing of early Thomas Bangalter-era and the other in Bristol’s bass lineage. That dual current runs through his releases on Livity Sound, BFDM and Wisdom Teeth — crisp edits and vocal fragments meeting sub-heavy pressure and percussive depth.

His 2021 mini-album YES.DJ embedded itself in club memory with its elastic grooves and sharp rhythmic interplay. With Cuspide des Sirènes, he turned toward slower, more hypnotic forms, allowing melody and atmosphere to unfold in wider arcs. Conceived as a self-contained world, the project extended into a Game Boy video game, underscoring his interest in building immersive environments.

Presented as a live set, his performance shifts the focus from selection to construction. Rhythms are assembled and reshaped in real time; motifs stretch, fracture and return altered. The low end remains central, grounding the room, while flickers of melody cut through with clarity. The energy feels direct and physical, yet carefully controlled — a dialogue between house’s bright momentum and bass music’s darker pull. Through his label TEMET and public writing in Libération, he also addresses the wider conditions of the industry. On stage, the emphasis returns to sound itself: tactile, fluid, in motion.