Alexis Paul is a French composer, musician and cultural actor born in Sables d'Olonne in 1987. His first teacher was the trumpet player Erik Truffaz. His work is determined by a homogeneous form of poetic intention. Outside of any academic framework, he founded the groups Belle Arché Lou on guitar, Saudaá Group on barrel organ and has collaborated in many countries with artists ranging from songs to sound art, such as Mourad Belouadi (M), Pauline Drand (Fr), Christine Zayed (Pal), Hraïr Hratchian (Ca) or Layale Chaker (Lb). His productions, between popular and contemporary music, lead him to perform in national museums (Palais de la Porte Dorée, Château d'Angers), art foundations (Fon- dation Cartier, Villa Empain) as well as contemporary music venues like the Boule Noire.
In 2016, he spent the year alone for a creation project on the barrel organ, inter- roving in more than 10 countries the material that connects music to its environment. His work focuses on music as a "tool" and his most recent projects revolve around the concept of the Landscape-Organ. This is an impulse which, under the prism of the folk organ, is interested in folk traditions, their revival and their possible detour.
He is interested in writing, in ethnopoetics and composes for the cinema or documentary. In 2020, he was one of the laureates of the French Institute's program "Résidences sur mesure" for his sound research project on Palestinian embroidery.