Hernán Cattáneo at the Cercle Festival 2022 in France

Hernán Cattáneo playing an exclusive DJ set at the Cercle Festival 2022 (A380 stage), at the National Air & Space Museum of France, for Cercle.

☞ Cercle Records

☞ Hernán Cattáneo

48°56'55.6"N 2°26'03.7"E

Video credits:

Artist: Hernán Cattáneo
Venue: Cercle Festival 2022, National Air & Space Museum of France
Produced by Cercle
Executive producers: Derek Barbolla, Philippe Tuchmann
Film directed by: Pol Souchier, Derek Barbolla
Director of photography: Mathieu Glissant
Cameramen: Mickaël Fidjili, Quentin Souchier, Augustin Thai
Drone pilot: Alexis Olas, Jérémie Tridard
FPV drone: Arthur Maneint, Kenny Dorion, Hensli Sage
Sound mastering: Antoine Guest
Production team: Anaïs De Framond, Dan Aufseesser, Armand Prouhèze, Tom Puippe
Communication: Pol Souchier, Lola Lebrati, Emie Monnier, Jeremy Maurin
Graphic Design: Anaëlle Rouquette
Label Assistant: Clémence Maillard
Technical Manager: Aurélien Moisan
Chief Financial Officer: Andy Cheremond
Post-production: Mathieu Glissant (Saison Unique Production)
Photographer: Maxime Chermat, Geoffrey Hubbel, Lily Rault
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Official partners:
National Air & Space Museum of France
Ministère de la Culture
DRAC Île de France
Région Île de France
SES Satellites
W Hotels
ArianeGroup
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Special thanks to:
Cruz Pereyra Lucena
Alice Charbonnier
Timothée Renard
Willy Wargnier
Carly Van Sickle
Stephane Viallon
Vincent Mathieu
Guillaume Cabaret
Arthur Guerillon
Arnaud Fernandez
Vincent Merot

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This artistic performance has been recorded live.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Husa & Zeyada - On My Own (Hernan Cattaneo & Marcelo Vasami)
00:06:30 Clyve Lights at Night
00:11:52 Berni Turletti - Prana Vayu
00:16:30 Kamilo Sanclemente -Spirals Inflections (Simply City Remix)
00:22:00 Shai T - Oriki
00:30:45 Verlk - hours go by
00:37:11 BOg - Underwater (Hernan Cattaneo & Marcelo Vasami Remix)
00:42:10 Sebastien Leger -Extassy
00:48:50 Khen - Homeboy
00:54:25 Axatipe - Back to the Roots
01:01:30 Jody Barr - Eleanor
01:06:00 Hernan Cattaneo & Mercurio-A380 (Cercle Records)
01:10:54 Spencer Brown & Ezequiel Arias - Mad Rush
01:15:30 Frederico Fioretti - Genesis
01:20:25 Dabeat, Kamilo Sanclemente - Incense
01:25:45 Kasey Taylor & Karl Pilbrow - Mount Epico
01:30:16 Eric Lune - Predisposition
01:37:40 Amadeo Acqua
01:42:20 Navar - Herinneringen
01:47:30 Apste - Magna
1:51:02 Bottler - Tacoma (Gone Remix)
1:55:19 Porra - See you

[geovanisilva]

If you have a chance one day see this man playing. One of the best days of my life was seeing him playing. Magic Night!

[gabrielo.torres]

Junio del 2022, minuto 13:26, remera con 3 estrellas, en FRANCIA🤯 Hernán viajero del tiempo

[abril.arguello]

TIENE LAS ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ESTRELLAS y en Francia 2022, era una señal🇦🇷

[martinpaterno]

el que esta con la bandera Argentina adelante somos todos

[dzonjo]

Some shows are about the location, but some are about the artists!! Hail the maestro :)

[pol.sterling]

Fuiste, sos y SIEMPRE serás el Numero 1, Hernan!!

[mexaudiotec]

Hernán is a god. His mix is perfect. 👌🏼 It's worth every second of this set.

[DJPaulWest]

For anyone who’s interested in getting a deeper understanding of what you're listening to… I’ve pulled together a mini-study of the set - demystifying the art of DJing and showing that it isn’t just pushing buttons! :)

Mood

Hernan plays a progressive style of house in this set – tracks characterised by their complex construction with changing emphasis of motifs / frequencies as the tracks play out. In terms of mood, the tracks are sometimes melancholy, sometimes uplifting in nature and interspersed by a few more darker sounding tracks. Most tracks have longer (32+ beat) melodies which were largely driven by mid/high frequencies.

Energy/Intensity

Hernan starts the set with lower-intensity tracks (as a means of warming the crowd into the set) before moving into mid-range intensity (signaling the start of the set’s second ‘chapter’ at around the 24:00 mark).
From this point the set maintains consistency in the intensity of the tracks (never losing intensity or becoming too aggressive) – this has the effect of providing unity / stability to the story being told. In addition, the mood and the use of melodies driven by the high frequencies are maintained throughout the second chapter up to 54:00 mark. The start of the third chapter coincides with introducing a couple of darker-themed tracks but soon reverts to the mid/high frequency melodic theme.

In terms of key observations of what was done very well:

Marrying Mood/Energy to the Environment

While I’m sure Cercle aims to create perfect marriages of sound and visual with every video, it’s not always guaranteed. (although I put this more down to the DJ who should be aware of the sound that would ‘work’ for the location they are booked to play in)
In this instance however, the set that Hernan puts together is a very good representation of the surroundings. The airplanes, the space rocket – invoking images of flight / being high in the sky / isolated from the world below. The sound which most closely matches this would be tracks that are driven by the higher frequencies and somewhat melancholy – invoking feelings of the isolated nature of space-flight or conversely uplifting in mood (being ‘high in the sky’).
There are some instances in the set where he uses darker sounds as a means of creating contrast to the overall mood (as I’ve noted before in other DJ commentary left on Cercle videos – a story can become ‘stale’ if the same mood is used constantly), but otherwise Hernan does a great job of marrying sound and environment.

Stability Vs Movement

At first glance there isn’t much ‘movement’ in the set construction. The BPM remains virtually the same (123 /124 throughout) the percussion intensity of the track (a key driver of energy for a DJ) remains consistent from 24:00 onwards. The mood also remains relatively consistent, as does the overall ‘feel’ of the set - characterised by mid and higher frequencies. If this same set was constructed for a tech house, funky house or techno DJ set it could quickly become stale and quite boring.
However with the use of progressive tracks (where the tracks themselves have a lot of movement within them) it is in fact a great contrast to the stability of the set structure. In this regard, the progressive track selection takes on much of the heavy lifting and doesn’t require the Hernan to actively manage all the dynamics of storytelling.

Note – for other sub-genre’s of house music, the tracks are produced more like ‘components’ or individual ‘characters’ and designed to be layered by the DJ, whereas for progressive house tracks they are structured almost like a microcosm of a DJ set – 4 beat bass stabs dominate one moment, then gentle mid-frequency piano keys emerge while higher frequency pads creep upon you, filling the sonic range – and these ‘characters’ dance with each other – different frequencies, different motif lengths moving in and out of focus. It therefore makes complete sense that where the tracks are complex and have movement, the structure of the set offers stability and unison in holding the experience together



If you're interested in reading commentary on other Cercle DJ sets; I've included a list of the Cercle video links with my commentary at the top:


More to come soon!

[bysobrero]

Claro señores, disfruten y aprecien a este hombre

[BangBTS]

Found him YEARs ago with his double volume CD Renaissance Mixes and loved him ever since.

[lvn_inspiring]

Y un día se hizo realidad! A darle play!! Saludos desde Rosario, Argentina

[traceywoods]

Hernan oh wow, absolutely amazing ❤️🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥰😎😎😎😎x⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[lautaroaugustoleccadito]

Grande Hernan, since 1980... old school one of the first who started with the culture in Argentina... thanks bro!!! MADE IN ARGENTINA

[RaoRama]

This has to be one of the most euphoric sets ever!!

[dgutizz]

I have listened to this whole set like 40 times, just amazing

[VolarisSapienza]

Hernán, magnífico como siempre, tengo 45 y lo sigo desde antes que me saliera la barba, un lujo.

[Arcoxiaify]

Thank you...Im 36 years now and thanks for informing and introducing me what a legendary men this guy is and that im still "a kid"...im feeling so much younger now...beautiful music, outstanding artist.

[carlagerezlescano]

Noche Buena del 2023, a full con Hernán!❤️ Imposible cansarse de este set

[danielnygaard]

Hernán Cattáneo is probably the best prog house DJ we have ever witnessed. I saw him for the first time at a nightclub in Hollywood back in 2004 and then again at Turnmills in London in 2006, where I greeted and had my picture taken with him after his amazing DJ set. Good times and great memories indeed! And btw, this set was epic - thank you, Cercle!

[iCarryBoatsAndTheLogs]

Thank you to my dad for getting me into this music and playing it around the house. Only took 25 years to become interested in it but better late than never