Born in 1979, Sebastian Dicenaire is a French sound poet and radio artist living in Brussels. His audio dramas—which blend poetry and science fiction, mythology and technology, compelling storytelling and sound experimentation—have won awards at numerous festivals (New York Radio Awards, Phonurgia Nova Prize, SGDL Prize, etc.). He is notably the creator of “DreamStation” (2019), a native podcast produced by France Culture that imagines a world where our nights are filled with industrial “Dreams-on-Demand.”
“Rêves de pierre” is his third geolocated sound fiction for Les Ensembles 2.2.
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Composer, sound artist, and producer Gaëtan Gromer, born in 1978, lives and works in Strasbourg. He is also the artistic director of Ensembles 2.2 (a sound creation studio particularly active in public spaces) and a member of the executive committee and board of directors of HACNUM (a national network for hybrid arts and digital cultures). His work regularly engages with other disciplines, and he has collaborated notably with Maria La Ribot, Valérie Manteau, Hélène Gaudy, Etienne Fanteguzzi, Sebastian Dicenaire, Eve Risser, Lucie Taïeb, Clara Olivares, LNLO, Samuel and Léo Henry, luvan, Zahra Poonawala, Stéphane Perger, and Espèce de collectif…
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Antoine Spindler studied at the Strasbourg Conservatory under Ana Haas (violin) and later Claude Ducroq (viola), as well as musicology at the University of Strasbourg. He trained at institutions such as IRCAM, Fastlane, and PML, and specialized in electroacoustic and mixed music. He teaches in the Electroacoustic Composition and Performance class at the Conservatory and at the Académie Supérieure de Musique-Hear in Strasbourg. Currently, he performs with the Jafta trio, with whom he released the album *Traces*, and with the duo Svië, with whom he created the album *Port Data*. His experience has allowed him to collaborate with various ensembles and musicians (Linéa, Live Animated Orchestra, the Ethos Quartet, Plurium, Clara Olivares, Eve Risser, etc.) as well as with various composers (Hélène Gaudy, Jean Fauque, Valérie Manteau, Sébastien Dicenaire, Lucie Taieb, etc.).
