The Rocking Chair in Vevey (RKC) and La Becque are teaming up to celebrate immersive and powerful music with two key acts from the post-rock, jazz, and electronic scenes: Coby Sey and Natural Information Society, performing in trio and quartet formations for this special occasion.

 

A major figure of the British underground, Coby Sey crafts bold, post-genre soundscapes blending hip-hop, grime, noise, jazz, and dub. Both intimate and political, his music blurs the lines between acoustic and electronic, word and silence. A distinctive artist and frequent collaborator of Mica Levi, Tirzah, and Laurel Halo, Sey will be joined on stage by Ben Vince (saxophone) and Sébastien Forrester (drums and vibraphone) for a live set rooted in experimentation and deep listening — a rare appearance in Switzerland.

 

Led by composer and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Abrams, Natural Information Society is a cornerstone of the American jazz and experimental scene. For this fall tour, the group focuses on its core lineup: Abrams (guembri), Lisa Alvarado, Mikel Patrick Avery, and Jason Stein. Drawing on trance-based musical traditions (Gnaoua, Hindustani classical, spiritual jazz), their sound blends hypnotic repetition, polyrhythmic grooves, and microtonal textures into a unique sensorial journey. Their performances are accompanied by Lisa Alvarado’s vibrant paintings, turning each concert into a fully immersive visual and sonic experience.

 

Concerts at RKC in Vevey (Gilamont 60)

Doors open at 8:00 pm, tickets available on the RKC website.

 

La Becque’s public program is supported by the City of La Tour-de-Peilz, Loterie Romande, the Coromandel Foundation, the Philanthropique Famille Sandoz Foundation, and Pensimo Fondsleitung.

Exhibition presented by La Becque | Artist Residency and Kunstverein SALTS, from September 26 to November 14, 2025. With Invernomuto & Low Jack, Samir Laghouati-Rashwan, Zahra Malkani, Davi Pontes, Ventura Profana, and Caroline Ricca Lee.

 

Conceived by La Becque at the invitation of SALTS, What Sinks Still Sings traces a connection between two shores, that of Lake Geneva and that of the rivers Birs. From this dialogue between places, both intimately tied to the two institutions, water emerges as a guiding thread – not simply as a geographical motif, but as a starting point for a broader reflection. In this exhibition, water becomes a metaphor for displacement and unfolds as a current of resonances, reviving memories, divergences, and conflicting narratives.

 

The participating artists, all of whom are currently or were recently hosted in residency at La Becque, bring their singular research into the exhibition. Through installations, screenings, and shared gestures, they create a shifting constellation where diasporic stories, submerged cosmologies, affective ecologies, and practices of care find a place. Rejecting any univocal reading, their works embrace tension and persistence, composing an archipelago of fragile yet enduring presences.

 

Curated by Vanessa Cimorelli, What Sinks Still Sings takes shape as a series of ephemeral constellations, welcoming a plurality of memories and narratives, like a song not always heard on the surface, yet resonating in depth.

 

Opening: Friday, September 26, 2025, from 6 pm to 10 pm.

 

La Becque’s public program is supported by the City of La Tour-de-Peilz, Loterie Romande, the Coromandel Foundation, the Philanthropique Famille Sandoz Foundation, and Pensimo Fondsleitung.

 

The team at La Becque is delighted to invite you to a new edition of our Open Studios, taking place on Saturday, November 15, from noon to 6:00 pm. This is a unique opportunity to discover the creative worlds and works-in-progress of our current residents, through installations, performances, screenings, and informal exchanges in their studios and living spaces.

 

Come explore the work of Alioune Thiam, Caroline Ricca Lee, Jazmín López, Judith Hamann, Pedro Marrero Fuenmayor, Samir Laghouati-Rashwan, Trevor Yeung, Ventura Profana, and Zahra Malkani.

 

Bar and light refreshments by Céleste (Vevey).
Free entry, more info to come.

 

La Becque’s public program is supported by the City of La Tour-de-Peilz, Loterie Romande, the Coromandel Foundation, the Philanthropique Famille Sandoz Foundation, and Pensimo Fondsleitung.

La Becque, 2025, photo Matthieu Croizier