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The Blaze alle Nuits de Fourvière

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<p>French electro duo the Blaze are in demand for their melancholic-euphoric sound, trademark dream-like music videos and seriously engaging live performances.</p>

Live from the Nuits de Fourvière

French electro duo the Blaze are in demand for their melancholic-euphoric sound, trademark dream-like music videos and seriously engaging live performances.

For this Passengers session, the Blaze set themselves up the Cave of the Salamander in the southern Ardèche region of France, one of Europe's most extraordinary caves. A dramatic setting to explore the duo's second album, Jungle.

Passengers: Cave of the Salamander

The Blaze enter one of Europe's most beautiful caves to fill it with sound. 

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For many fans, Ben Klock, artist-in-residence at the legendary Berghain club for many years and a leading figure on the Berlin music scene, is the embodiment of contemporary techno. Italian DJ and producer Adiel has created a techno sound over the years that is both deep and obscure - a musical jungle filled with occult atmospheres.

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Adiel's dark techno meets the world of the iconic Ben Klock, in residence at Berlin's Berghain club.

Ben Klock & Adiel

Fadi Mohem hails from Berlin, where he discovered his passion for electronic music at an early age. Choosing to become a sound engineer enabled him to work on his own sonic creations. Influenced by early Detroit techno as well as dub techno, drum'n'bass and Berlin IDM, this DJ, performer and producer in residence at the prestigious Berghain club never tires of pushing the boundaries.

Artist in residence at the Berghain, Berlin-born Fadi Mohem displays all his talent as a sound engineer.

Fadi Mohem

An Australian DJ with many talents: Mixing, producing and label management among them. Juliet Fox has established herself as one of the unmissable names of the current electronic music scene. Her unique style, both hypnotic and captivating, is constantly evolving.

Juliet Fox is renowned for her immersive voyages within the confines of the techno spectrum.

Juliet Fox

Few modern techno artists create a sound as powerful and captivating as that of the unpredictable Adam Beyer. The boss behind the Drumcode label has a gift of being able to ignite the stages of the biggest international festivals, always ready to push the limits of the possible. No wonder he is so often headlining!

This Swedish DJ has been one of the most sought-after and renowned techno artists since the 90s.

Adam Beyer

A look back at the highlights of the 2023 edition of Time Warp, the legendary techno festival that electrifies the Rhineland city of Mannheim every year with hypnotic sounds and immersive visuals.

KiNK | Luigi Madonna | Nina Kraviz

 A look back at the highlights of the 2023 edition of the famous techno festival that continues to electrify the Rhineland city of Mannheim.

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Rødhåd began his career in the late 1990s, first in Berlin and then throughout Europe. His timeless style touches on dub techno, percussive rhythms and a great technique in his mixes. 

Rødhåd rocks festivals around the world with his perfect dose of timeless techno.

Rødhåd

Piano/electric duo Grandbrothers perform at Cologne Cathedral to celebrate the 700th anniversary of its consecration, in a spectacular show featuring their ‘augmented’ piano and light show.

Grandbrothers from Cologne Cathedral

Âme was born out of collaboration between Frank Wiedemann and Kristian Beyer. These two artists have been working together for over fifteen years, but it's impossible to pinpoint where it all began. Their genesis is made up of chance encounters and decisive performances, all driven by an insatiable curiosity. That frutiful time has resulted in this marvellous synthesis of ideas, melodies, rhythms and arrangements.

Fruit of a collaboration between artists Frank Wiedemann and Kristian Beyer, Âme leads the willing into an electrifying universe of sound.

Âme

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After the end of the Second World War, American Major Steve Arnold is tasked with finding out which side the famous conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who had decided to stay in Nazi Germany, was on. Was the legendary figure of classical music a Nazi?

The Furtwängler Case

Was famous conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, for or against the Nazis? Feature film biopic.

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In April 1974, left-wing factions in the Portuguese military staged a coup against the authoritarian regime which had been in power for half a century. The uprising was largely peaceful and went down in history as the Carnation Revolution. But the path to a democratic Portugal was not easy and not without obstacles.

Carnations against Dictatorship

On the night of 24 April 1974, a peaceful uprising put an end to the Salazar dictatorship, paving the way for a democratic Portugal.

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Is it possible to eradicate smoking from society? As the UK takes steps to relegate smoking to the ash heap of history with a potential generational smoking ban, we look at changing circumstances though out the continent.

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The UK wants to stub out smoking with a ban on cigarette sales for people born after 2009. But could a smoke-free Europe follow ? 

A War On Smoking

On 4 April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed, enshrining the creation of NATO just four years after the end of the Second World War. The primary objective of this military alliance of twelve European and North American countries was to prevent war in Europe and to counter the expansion of the Soviet bloc. Since its creation in the Cold War, the organisation has grown from 12 to 31 member states - including several former Eastern Bloc nations. Weakened by its turbulent history, NATO is facing a growing number of challenges: the difficulty of coordinating its members, the logistical obstacles in the event of an attack on European soil, and the threat, raised by Donald Trump, of an American withdrawal, at a time when European defence is almost entirely dependent on the United States.

A look back at the turbulent history of the military alliance facing unprecedented challenges in the face of Putin's Russia.

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Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

ARTE Reportage

For one of Europe’s smallest countries, Slovakia has a lot to offer: Unspoilt nature, a host of castles, a unique inland delta on the Danube and countless hot springs. An invitation to discover a beautiful land in the heart of Europe.

For one of Europe’s smallest countries, Slovakia has a lot to offer: Unspoilt nature, a host of castles, a unique inland delta on the Danube and countless hot springs.

Surprising Slovakia

In one day in April 1974, the Carnation Revolution in Portugal put an end to the Salazar dictatorship and five centuries of colonisation. This documentary is a blow-by-blow account of this momentous day that marked a turning point in the history of a nation and its people.

A blow-by-blow account of one momentous day that marked a turning point in the history of a nation and its people.

Portugal: April 1974

A joyous return to the stage for Zach Condon and his European folk-focussed indie project Beirut. This is music as imagined landscape, a romantic sweep of Europe's past through the eyes of an American troubadour. From his Balkan-tinged debut in 2006, through a bohemian France dreamed up on 2007's The Flying Cup Club and on towards the Dutch and Mexican influences of his later material, Beirut is clearly the work of a singular vision while remaining hauntingly familiar, a half-remembered dream of a past life. Latest album Hadsel was inspired by a short time spent exiled in northern Norway, an emotional return to form released in 2023.

Live in Berlin's Tempodrom

After some time in the wilderness, Zach Condon leads his romantic indie-folk project to a triumphant return to the stage.

Beirut

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

When Mark Zuckerberg launched the metaverse it was going to revolutionise our lives. Except it didn’t. How Zuck made the embodied internet so uninspiring.

Nothing Else Metas

The metaverse was supposed to revolutionise our lives. Except it didn’t. And it was really uninspiring.

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Tattooing began as an ancient symbolic practice and has evolved into an artform, but today it can also be used to cover scars, camouflage skin conditions and even reconstruct nipples after mastectomy, allowing people to cope better with the aftermath of accidents or illness. Laetitia Limmois meets reconstructive tattoo artists and uncovers the possibilities and the risks.

This programme by France Télévisions Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Reconstructive tattooing, used to camouflage scars and reconstruct nipples, is helping people heal mentally.

The art of reconstructive tattoos

Last month, saw the hottest March on record reminding us that the race against the clock to prevent climate catastophe rages on. But is Europe doing enough to stave off a deepening climate crisis? This ARTE Europe Weekly, we go to Europe's top courtrooms where legal battles are changing the course of climate change.

Climate protection is now a human right

Climate inaction violates human rights according to a top EU court. But how seriously is Europe taking the climate crisis?

On 1 May 2004, the European Union welcomed ten new members, including eight countries from Central and Eastern Europe. This massive enlargement changed overnight the dynamics of the EU. Twenty years on, how has this enlargement in the East shaped the new member states and the EU as a whole?

EU enlargement into eastern Europe was a major geopolitical moment in 2004. A focus on the European Union's biggest decision and its consequences.

EU Enlargement: Twenty Years On

Under the baton of Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra performs works by Lili Boulanger, Romualdas Gražinis and Anton Bruckner.

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra.

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Cruises: quiet jaunts around the world for the respected and respectably retired. Except these guys didn't get the memo. Come aboad a cruise ship with a difference: for four days, 3000 revellers - aged between one and 70 upwards - and 60 heavy metal bands will cruise the Caribbean ocean. First off though, a launch party at Miami Beach. Welcome to the heaviest, most head-banging cruise of all time.

Welcome to the Jungle

Cruises: quiet jaunts around the world for the respected and respectable retired. Except these guys didn't get the memo. Welcome to the heaviest, most head-banging cruise of all time.

The Vessel of Hell (1/9)

This investigation reveals how people smugglers are using social media to encourage migrants to cross the English Channel illegally. In their TikTok videos, smugglers promote their services and compete with untenable promises: "crossing in just 3 hours", "1000% safe crossing", charging between €1,700 and €4,000 per person to take the perilous journey to reach Britain.

TikTok and People Smugglers

How people smugglers are using social media to encourage migrants to cross the English Channel illegally and getting rich in the process.

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ALA.NI, Patrice, Celeste, Kareen Guiock Thuram, Kham Meslien and Youn Sun Nah celebrate the legacy of Nina Simone at the Pantheon in Paris. Six artists, six emotional perspectives on the work of this timeless artist.

Resonances at the Paris Pantheon

Six contemporary artists celebrate the legacy of Nina Simone.

Nina Simone

A major luxury brand equipping children with BDSM teddies in its new collection? Not a good idea.

Balenciaga

Sacred music meets the theatricality of opera in Handel's oratorio Messiah, here conducted by Laurence Equilbey and performed by the Insula Orchestra, Polish artist Jakub Józef Orliński and the Chœurs accentus at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.

Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival

Laurence Equilbey conducts Handel's "Messiah" at the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.

Handel's Messiah

A quiet corner of northern Europe is the epicentre of a violent world of gangs and traffickers. With drugs flooding in, Europe is on course to become the world’s biggest cocaine market. The Mocro Maffia is just one of the powerful criminal networks operating in the Netherlands, northern France and Belgium that is behind a trail of addiction, money and contract killings. In this episode we dive into Europe’s drug trade.

The underground world of Europe’s drug trade

A secretive Moroccan mafia organisation is behind a new influx of cocaine flowing through Europe’s ports.

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