{"id":9513,"date":"2026-08-03T18:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/al-damashek-de-move-forward-music-sur-la-decouverte-dartistes-et-le-nouveau-festival-sounds-that-move\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:57:42","slug":"al-damashek-de-move-forward-music-sur-la-decouverte-dartistes-et-le-nouveau-festival-sounds-that-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/fr\/al-damashek-de-move-forward-music-sur-la-decouverte-dartistes-et-le-nouveau-festival-sounds-that-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Damashek, de Move Forward Music, sur la d\u00e9couverte d\u2019artistes et le nouveau festival Sounds That Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Al Damashek, fondateur de <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moveforwardmusic.com\">Move Forward Music<\/a><\/strong> et ancien programmateur du <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sobs.com\">SOB\u2019s<\/a><\/strong>, du <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.websterhall.com\">Webster Hall<\/a><\/strong> et du <strong>Baby\u2019s All Right<\/strong>, a pass\u00e9 pr\u00e8s de vingt ans \u00e0 miser t\u00f4t sur des artistes qui ont fini par marquer leur \u00e9poque. Sa derni\u00e8re initiative, le festival culturel ind\u00e9pendant <strong>Sounds That Move<\/strong>, lanc\u00e9 en 2026, transforme un seul p\u00e2t\u00e9 de maisons de Scott Avenue, \u00e0 Brooklyn, en un parcours multisalles construit autour de la d\u00e9couverte musicale et de la vie de quartier.<\/p>\n<h2>Les d\u00e9buts au SOB\u2019s<\/h2>\n<p>Damashek a commenc\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re en 2007 comme directeur marketing du SOB\u2019s, salle mythique du sud de Manhattan. C\u2019est depuis ce bureau qu\u2019il a fond\u00e9 Move Forward Music en 2008, avec pour mission de mettre en lumi\u00e8re des artistes avant-gardistes et de cr\u00e9er des lieux o\u00f9 des publics tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rents se rencontrent par la musique.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Il passe tellement de culture par cet endroit qu\u2019il est difficile de ne pas se sentir inspir\u00e9 quand on y travaille \u00bb, raconte Damashek. Il salue le propri\u00e9taire Larry Gold, qui donnait leur chance aux jeunes professionnels. Quelques mois seulement apr\u00e8s ses d\u00e9buts, Damashek se retrouvait au t\u00e9l\u00e9phone avec Gil Scott-Heron et programmait des concerts surprises de Kanye West, tout en d\u00e9couvrant Fela Kuti et en pr\u00e9sentant son fils Seun Kuti sur sc\u00e8ne. \u00ab J\u2019ai attrap\u00e9 le virus de la <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/impalas-helen-smith-on-us-antitrust-moves-in-live-music-film\/\">musique live<\/a> et je n\u2019ai jamais fait marche arri\u00e8re \u00bb, dit-il.<\/p>\n<h2>House Party NYC, la machine du Webster Hall<\/h2>\n<p>En 2014, le Webster Hall fait appel \u00e0 Damashek pour repenser sa soir\u00e9e du jeudi. Le rendez-vous hebdomadaire qui en d\u00e9coule, House Party NYC, devient la plus grosse soir\u00e9e hip-hop de la ville et un tremplin pour les nouveaux venus. En deux ans d\u2019existence, la soir\u00e9e accueille les premiers passages new-yorkais de <strong>Travis Scott<\/strong>, <strong>Playboi Carti<\/strong>, <strong>Lil Uzi Vert<\/strong>, <strong>Rae Sremmurd<\/strong>, <strong>Bobby Shmurda<\/strong> et <strong>Tinashe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Damashek s\u2019est forg\u00e9 la r\u00e9putation d\u2019avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 le premier \u00e0 programmer nombre d\u2019artistes hip-hop \u00e0 New York. Move Forward Music a ensuite fait \u00e9merger des sc\u00e8nes au Baby\u2019s All Right, au <strong>Market Hotel<\/strong>, au <strong>SILO<\/strong> et dans d\u2019autres salles, sans jamais cesser de rep\u00e9rer les talents en amont. Des artistes comme <strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong>, <strong>Doja Cat<\/strong>, <strong>Ravyn Lenae<\/strong>, <strong>Tems<\/strong> et <strong>Shaboozey<\/strong> sont pass\u00e9s par des sc\u00e8nes que la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 repr\u00e9sentait. \u00ab Nous n\u2019avons jamais renonc\u00e9 \u00e0 cette mission \u00bb, affirme Damashek.<\/p>\n<h2>Sa m\u00e9thode pour rep\u00e9rer les talents<\/h2>\n<p>Quand il \u00e9value de jeunes artistes, Damashek cherche les signes qu\u2019un public est en train de se f\u00e9d\u00e9rer autour d\u2019un son, d\u2019une \u00e9nergie ou d\u2019une identit\u00e9. Il croise les donn\u00e9es d\u2019\u00e9coute, les likes et les abonnements avec les retours d\u2019un r\u00e9seau resserr\u00e9 de managers, d\u2019agents et de prescripteurs de confiance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab J\u2019ai toujours appliqu\u00e9 la r\u00e8gle de trois : quand le nom d\u2019un artiste me revient par trois sources distinctes, je sais qu\u2019il se passe quelque chose, et ensuite je laisse mes oreilles faire le reste du travail \u00bb, explique-t-il. Il ne consid\u00e8re pas que son r\u00f4le soit d\u2019accompagner un artiste au moment o\u00f9 sa carri\u00e8re d\u00e9colle. Il pr\u00e9f\u00e8re se concentrer sur la cr\u00e9ation du meilleur cadre live possible, en particulier pour un premier concert \u00e0 New York. Cela suppose de choisir la bonne salle, de s\u2019assurer que les fans sont au courant et peuvent acheter leurs billets, de programmer les bonnes premi\u00e8res parties locales, de r\u00e9unir une \u00e9quipe technique capable d\u2019offrir un son impeccable et de rendre l\u2019exp\u00e9rience fluide, de l\u2019entr\u00e9e \u00e0 la sortie. \u00ab Je ferai toujours en sorte que \u00e7a sente New York : le bon quartier, les bonnes personnes dans la salle et la bonne nourriture en loge \u00bb, dit-il.<\/p>\n<h2>Virage pand\u00e9mique et lancement du festival<\/h2>\n<p>En 2020, Move Forward Music s\u2019associe \u00e0 <strong>Twitch<\/strong> pour lancer une cha\u00eene de diffusion de concerts en direct et continue de r\u00e9mun\u00e9rer les artistes pour leurs prestations virtuelles tout au long de la pand\u00e9mie. Six ans plus tard, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 lance Sounds That Move, festival culturel ind\u00e9pendant qui investit cinq salles d\u2019un m\u00eame p\u00e2t\u00e9 de maisons \u00e0 Brooklyn et transforme Scott Avenue en une exp\u00e9rience immersive centr\u00e9e sur la d\u00e9couverte et le collectif.<\/p>\n<p>Revenant sur la force du concert, Damashek conclut : \u00ab La mani\u00e8re dont \u00e7a rassemble les gens. 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