LESKA live

LESKA playing a live set inside an Audi showroom in Paris is such a perfectly surreal Cercle concept, we can't help but admire the absurdity. It's music for industrial spaces, for finding rhythm in concrete and glass, with a few unexpected detours into global pop. The vibe at Audi City is sleek, clinical, and slightly futuristic, a blank canvas for LESKA's genre-hopping, sample-heavy electronica. On a technical level, this live performance is a fascinating study in controlled chaos, with a BPM average of 116.4 that belies a wild range from 95 to 160.

The key of 8A provides a stable, often minor-toned foundation for her explorations, with shifts to 4B and 8B introducing moments of tension and release. The energy is remarkably balanced between low and mid at 0.47 and 0.46 respectively, meaning the punchy, often breakbeat-driven rhythms share equal space with melodic hooks, vocal samples, and atmospheric synths. Her live setup allows for on-the-fly edits and layering, creating a dynamic, unpredictable flow that feels both composed and spontaneous. The tracklist is a delightful rabbit hole of references.

Opening with the Kevin Shields remix of Bow Wow Wow's 'Fools Rush In' is a genius left-field move, marrying post-punk swagger with shoegaze texture. Dualogic's 'Sunshine Down' offers a moment of pure, balearic house warmth, while her own productions like 'Warriors' and 'Welcome to Mandela' showcase her talent for crafting percussive, anthemic electronica. The inclusion of Romanian folk via Nicolae Guță's 'Daca As Pleca' is a hilarious and brilliant curveball, and ending on Orbital's 'Belfast' is a touch of pure class. The journey is a wonderfully odd trip: it starts with the distorted pop of 'Fools Rush In', travels through percussive peaks and folk interpolations, and lands gracefully on the timeless, melodic techno of her own 'I Got You', a set that defiantly refuses to be pigeonholed.