From classical piano in Liège to club gigs in Berlin, Feutré’s musical journey has been anything but linear. With roots in jazz, blues, and rock, he’s spent years exploring sound in its many forms — until a deep connection with techno pulled him into a new direction.
His debut short film and melodic techno release, Lüttich am See, marks the start of this next chapter. Rich with emotion and cinematic flair, it blends storytelling with subtle beats and melancholic textures. As he prepares new material — including another short film and live sessions — we caught up with Feutré to talk about memory, transformation, and why techno became the vessel for his most personal work yet.
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This is your first release as an electronic artist. What inspired the shift from blues and jazz to melodic techno?
I guess, like a lot of other people, the local scene influenced me quite a bit. When I arrived in Berlin in 2015, I discovered a scene that was quite different from what I knew from Belgium and London. I was still very much into my guitar and distortion pedals back then, cherishing dreams of joining a glam metal band or creating my first blues-rock album. Then I started experimenting with Ableton Live and synthesis and realised that the possibilities for composition were taken to another level. I began to wonder how to integrate live instruments into electronic music, and sometimes even stayed purely on the laptop. I expanded my listening repertoire and began to include more and more electronic musicians.
It started by creating tracks alone in my room with the simple goal of enjoying them while walking in the street. It was a very personal thing—I didn’t really show anyone what I was doing, it was more for fun.
Next to production, I discovered the joy of playing tracks live and building and rebuilding ideas on the go in my room with volume faders and EQ knobs.
After some time, I realised that I had accumulated a lot of unfinished tracks and that maybe it would be a good idea to share them. You know, if there’s just one person who likes them and dances to them on the way to work, it’s a win. I am a simple person. If your day is a little better after listening to my music, then so is mine.
The film uses subtitles instead of spoken dialogue—a bold choice for a music video. Why did that feel right for this project?
When I was a teenager, I wanted to become a writer. I even packed my typewriters in my suitcase when going on holiday to try to finish my first book. What I’m trying to say is, I have always been a fan of storytelling and especially of long dialogues. It’s the same in movies. I love how some directors manage to film extended scenes with just two actors talking at a bar. The conversations are fascinating and give dimension to the story. Leaving audiences guessing has its perks, but I chose to create something self-contained and quite obvious, with less space for imagination and more room for an actual story as I pictured it.
“Lüttich am See” deals with themes of love, memory, and loss. Was it difficult to translate such personal emotion into techno?
I love contrast. Dance and heavy feelings, happiness and melancholia. I believe that contrasts often complement each other rather than working against each other. It’s the same for lots of different art forms I enjoy daily. I love associating things that I wouldn’t have imagined together in the first place. Lüttich am See, the song, has this airy and uplifting mood to it. I wanted to direct a short film that was quite melodramatic and gave intense feelings—even quite sad in a way. Rather than filling the music video with happy shots of lovers on a beach, I wanted a place for realism, melancholia, and sadness. It’s all about contrast.
The title blends two particular places from your life. Can you talk about how nostalgia plays a role in your storytelling?
Some say that days go slow, years go fast. I very much resonate with this. I feel like it was yesterday that I was in Liège, not yet aware of the complexity and scariness of life. It was a beautiful time and I dearly miss it. Looking at the sunset with friends by the river Meuse felt like it would repeat over and over and never stop, that I’d never grow old.
I have travelled quite a bit since I left Liège, and Berlin is the place I have spent the most time in since leaving Belgium. It became my home. I had phases where I didn’t quite feel at my place, and phases where I was missing it dearly when leaving it. Liège saw me becoming an adult; Berlin saw me evolving as an adult, with all the complexity that life sends our way. It has often been tough to discover what adult life is, and I sometimes romanticise looking at the sunset as a student. But this is life, and I am, like we all do, evolving every day. These two places have played such an important role in my life, and it felt right to connect both: nostalgia but also embracing the complex yet beautiful present as an adult.
You’ve described this as a love song. How did the lyrics come together—was there someone in mind when writing them?
I used to write love songs for my ex-girlfriends when I was still in my guitar phase, but the way I go about storytelling is somewhat different now. I don’t quite write for someone specific anymore, but for a situation I have in my head. I see a situation as a movie scene and try to understand what the characters feel. It’s like observing something from a distance but knowing you can shape it. Ultimately, once I have found which scenario I want to write about, it flows more naturally. So no, it’s all about creating stories.
What can we expect next—are you continuing the short film format, or shifting more toward live music or other projects?
All of the above—I have a lot on my to-do list and no time to sleep. The next short film is already in production. The song is almost ready, the script is nearly written, and we are starting with location scouting and casting. I love combining audio and visual, and it’s important to me to know that I can put a story to my songs to create something new.
We also worked on a first live set recently, which will be released in December, and the next songs are already lined up. I really hope I can continue creating visual stories and combine them with songs; it’s something I don’t want to stop doing. Whether that will mean taking on so many roles simultaneously or partnering up with a larger team, the future will tell.
I am also preparing a series of live sets in the coming months, with the goal of hopefully touring soon. Stay tuned 🙂
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