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In our latest film in collaboration with SONOS, we hear about the difficult questions over race and identity that have shaped one of Paris's brightest new stars.

At the screening for this film in Paris on Wednesday evening, Bambounou understandably felt overwhelmed by having his life story told in front of his family and friends, but he also felt confused. "I keep having to switch between Polish, English and French," he said. This is the story of his life. Jéremy Guindo-Zegiestowski grew up in Paris with a Polish mother, who raised him as a single parent, and a Malian father. With his dad not around, Jéremy knew very little about his African heritage, and when he went to Poland with his mom, he would usually be the only black kid in the town and people would stare (or worse).

The sense of multiple identities, of not being one thing or the other, has defined both his life and his music. Jéremy's place as a key name in the recently resurgent Parisian scene was built on multiplicity. He's released two albums and a run of standout singles for Modeselektor's 50Weapons, and his music converges at an intersection between house, techno and bass music. Making tracks and playing gigs has provided Jéremy with a much-needed focus throughout the years. In many ways it's shaped his identity: in embracing different sounds and styles and embodying the mixture, he knows that he must do the exact same thing in his daily life.

Music in order of appearance:

Bambounou - Capsule Process [50Weapons, 2012]
Bambounou - Hyper [50Weapons, 2012]
Bambounou - Onto This [50 WEAPONS] 2014
Bambounou - Excluding Natalia [50Weapons, 2015]
Bambounou - Deepstaria [50Weapons, 2012]
Bambounou - Rhéa Rotation [Unreleased]
Bambounou - Composer [50 WEAPONS] 2015


Production credits:

Credits:
Director / Camera - Patrick Nation
Producer - Debbie Butts
Executive Producers - Ryan Keeling, Nick Sabine, Paul Clement
Graphics - Christian Olofsson
Dubbing Mixer - Guy Clarke
Colourist - Adam Clarke
Translators - Michal Sulima, Hannah Benichou