© Guillaume Delaperrière
Originally from Versailles, Phoenix
bandmembers include Thomas Mars, Deck
d’Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz and Christian
Mazzalai, and over the past twenty years,
have gone from being an outsider French
pop group to one of the most influential
Indie Rock groups in the world.
As Laurent Brancowitz puts it, “The places
we compose and record have always
been important to Phoenix. We have used
these spaces to discover and experiment
with our art; to change the setting and
scenery and to start a new adventure with
each album.”
The group works in the Rohan Wing
of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
in a space closed off to the public,
transformed into a modern studio where
they are composing and recording
their seventh album, yet to be titled,
a successor to their 2017 album Ti Amo.
Since September, museum teams and
bandmembers have worked together
to enhance the relationship between the
Musée des Arts Decoratifs and music.