Music
Stellest et Lino &
The Planetary Vagabonds
When I was eight or nine, I attended a concert in Zurich featuring the Jackson 5, the Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix. Naturally, it left a deep impression on me. On one hand, because the concert hall was practically destroyed by the bands and their wild audience, fueled by Hendrix setting his guitar on fire; but most importantly, it was my first encounter with live rhythm. And what rhythm! That day, I promised myself that I would dedicate myself to music… one day.
Today, I’m on the road with my band, Stellest and Lino & the Planetary Vagabonds. With our eco-stage concept, we share the message of environmental protection through rhythm and celebration.
I have the pleasure of playing with some incredible musicians:
- My partner Lino Vinagre, a solo guitarist with an eternal smile who carries the sun of Portugal in his guitar.
- Robin Pitts, our North American drummer and rapper with a fiery flow.
- Fernando Saunders, our bassist who accompanied Lou Reed throughout the latter’s career.
- Gwen Badoux and Nicolas Baudino, our wind instruments players, who join Lenny Kravitz when they’re not with us.
- Irina Mossi, our Congolese solo singer who makes the stage and hearts resonate.
I’m also preparing some tracks with my son, Pablo Magic, and my grandson, budding drummer Louis Amadeus (six years old).
Nasha Café De La Paix
The Guitar
A few years ago, when I was in Cuba for the Rolling Stones concert, I met Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ luthier, the Frenchman James Trussart. Together, we ended up designing my favorite guitar. It’s conceived as an ecological relic from a post-apocalyptic world. The guitar bears visual traces of renewable energy systems that could have saved humanity. It’s the instrument that never leaves my side.
At 70, the multifaceted artist Stellest is taking the music scene by storm.
The father of solar sculptures in contemporary art advocates the idea that our planet Earth is a giant battery of renewable energy. Surrounded by his band, the Planetary Vagabonds, the eternal showman delivers a sound rooted between the raw punk of Nirvana, the free-flowing Native American poetry of Jim Morrison, and the stripped-down rock of Lennon. In the spirit of Bob Geldof and Midge Ure’s legendary Live Aid, Stellest unleashes 5000-watt solar spotlights and an equal power of sound on the ecological challenge of the century.
Mick Jagger once said of him, “It’s rare to find someone who gives their life for others.” For Stellest, it’s music that now brings renewal to his life, in concert with the afrofunk flow of American rapper Robin Pitts and the guitar mastery of international soloist Lino Vinagre; with the breathtaking collaboration of Gwen Badoux and Nicolas Baudino (brass for Lenny Kravitz), and the thunderous bass of Fernando Saunders (legendary bassist for Lou Reed). Not to mention the warm voice of Congolese singer Irina Mossi.
Ground control? Green light. Lift-off!
Wire Magazine
Music
Stellest et Lino & The Planetary Vagabonds
When I was eight or nine, I attended a concert in Zurich featuring the Jackson 5, the Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix. Naturally, it left a deep impression on me. On one hand, because the concert hall was practically destroyed by the bands and their wild audience, fueled by Hendrix setting his guitar on fire; but most importantly, it was my first encounter with live rhythm. And what rhythm! That day, I promised myself that I would dedicate myself to music… one day.
Today, I’m on the road with my band, Stellest and Lino & the Planetary Vagabonds. With our eco-stage concept, we share the message of environmental protection through rhythm and celebration.
I have the pleasure of playing with some incredible musicians:
- My partner Lino Vinagre, a solo guitarist with an eternal smile who carries the sun of Portugal in his guitar.
- Robin Pitts, our North American drummer and rapper with a fiery flow.
- Fernando Saunders, our bassist who accompanied Lou Reed throughout the latter’s career.
- Gwen Badoux and Nicolas Baudino, our wind instruments players, who join Lenny Kravitz when they’re not with us.
- Irina Mossi, our Congolese solo singer who makes the stage and hearts resonate.
I’m also preparing some tracks with my son, Pablo Magic, and my grandson, budding drummer Louis Amadeus (six years old).
Nasha Café De La Paix
The Guitar
A few years ago, when I was in Cuba for the Rolling Stones concert, I met Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ luthier, the Frenchman James Trussart. Together, we ended up designing my favorite guitar. It’s conceived as an ecological relic from a post-apocalyptic world. The guitar bears visual traces of renewable energy systems that could have saved humanity. It’s the instrument that never leaves my side.
At 70, the multifaceted artist Stellest is taking the music scene by storm.
The father of solar sculptures in contemporary art advocates the idea that our planet Earth is a giant battery of renewable energy. Surrounded by his band, the Planetary Vagabonds, the eternal showman delivers a sound rooted between the raw punk of Nirvana, the free-flowing Native American poetry of Jim Morrison, and the stripped-down rock of Lennon. In the spirit of Bob Geldof and Midge Ure’s legendary Live Aid, Stellest unleashes 5000-watt solar spotlights and an equal power of sound on the ecological challenge of the century.
Mick Jagger once said of him, “It’s rare to find someone who gives their life for others.” For Stellest, it’s music that now brings renewal to his life, in concert with the afrofunk flow of American rapper Robin Pitts and the guitar mastery of international soloist Lino Vinagre; with the breathtaking collaboration of Gwen Badoux and Nicolas Baudino (brass for Lenny Kravitz), and the thunderous bass of Fernando Saunders (legendary bassist for Lou Reed). Not to mention the warm voice of Congolese singer Irina Mossi.
Ground control? Green light. Lift-off!
Wire Magazine
“Music… that wild wave that flows through bodies, distorting reality to create worlds that exist only in the echo.”
Patrice Stellest