The French free-improvising electroacoustic duo HANDSPEAK features Marcel Bataillard on two Kaoss Pads (real-time effects processors-samplers) and pianist Henri Roger. The Nice-based Bataillard is a multidisciplinary artist who explores the relationships among history, stories, memory, identity, and representation, tracing their source in myths and the collective imagination. Since the 1990s, the music of Monaco-based Roger has gravitated towards free-improvised and contemporary music, and he is always eager for challenging encounters to expand his musical palette.
The Fan is Bataillard and Roger’s second album, following I Burtuoni (Facing You, 2016), where they revisited Corsican heritage songs and contrasted them with contemporary electroacoustic music. Bataillard and
