BABY BERSERK + EXCHPOPTRUE + SHORTSTRAW

Les Femmes s’en Mêlent, Persona Grata and Le Bal Chavaux present - BABY BERSERK + EXCHPOPTRUE + SHORTSTRAW + surprise guests

BABY BERSERK (nl)

The trio Baby Berserk was born in Amsterdam, created by Mano Hollestelle, Lieselot Elzinga and Eva Wijnbergen. Heavily inspired by the late fashion queen Vivienne Westwood, Baby Berserk strives to fuse punk, fashion and music into a joyful and glamorous chaos. Combining post-punk, early house and 90s pop, the band delivers sharp and alluring tracks; ideal for dancing during their explosive and unpredictable live shows. Never without risk and often flirting with the absurd, the band will be presenting their new electro synth-wave album.

EXCHPOPTRUE (fr)

It has now been over twenty years since the electro band EXCHPOPTRUE, born from the encounter of, played for the festival at the Elysée Montmartre, mixing humor and glamour in a frenzy of electroclash hits (the famous Discoteca) and surrounded by their go-go dancers performing synchronized choreography all dressed in white.

Since the 2000s, the band has set the dancefloors of the Parisian underground ablaze all the way to the night-clubs of Rimini, becoming "Numero Uno" in Italy in 2003 with their hit "Discoteca". The track featured on some fifteen compilations during the summer of 2003, in heavy rotation on national radio stations and number 1 on the MTV Italia charts. It is also featured in the soundtrack of Paolo Sorrentino's Oscar-winning film, "The Great Beauty", as well as in the TV series "Vernon Subutex" (based on Virginie Despentes).

As queer and wild as ever, surrounded by their go-go dancers, EXCHPOPTRUE delivers pop that is rawer and more effective than ever. Alternating between melancholic dark disco and original italo, Exchpoptrue's melodies are accompanied by biting and deceptively naive lyrics about the schizophrenia of our contemporary societies.

Following the release of the EP "Capri Bazar", they will follow up with an upcoming album very soon.

Furthermore, a reissue of their iconic tracks has just been released on the Italian label Mondo Phase in early 2026.

Bandcamp - Coeurs glacés (video) - Discoteca (video)

SHORTSTRAW (uk)

"I'm a punk/rap artist from Coventry and I record everything in my mate's shed. We are entirely DIY. My very first gig was a live lounge on BBC Radio 6, which then allowed us to support SOFT PLAY, The Libertines and STONE in early 2024 (and I'm also supposed to appear on STONE's upcoming album). My sound is heavy, energetic and accessible, telling stories about growing up in Britain, with vibes close to Hak Baker, The Streets, The Prodigy, Amyl and The Sniffers and early British punk." This is how the woman set to become the new British sensation, who has just released her debut mixtape “Coinstar”, introduces herself.