18 November 2023

17:35 – 18:20

Amphithéâtre Faure

Bolanile Maté

Bolanile Maté is the director and co-founder of ERR REC, a Paris-based music label that prides itself on being fiercely independent. With a background in art direction and branding, she wanted to publish durable, timeless cultural objects, with a graphic identity reminiscent of “Swiss style”. Originally from New York, she obtained her MBA from the European School of Economics in Milan, and a Bachelor of Science in International Business and Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

Conference: Is the recorded music industry energy-dependent?

From its recording to its distribution and sale on digital and physical media, recorded music is a mainstay of an energy-intensive music industry with a fairly disastrous carbon footprint. Are solutions emerging? Should environmental issues be sacrificed on the altar of music, or should we urgently question our cultural practices inherited from the 20th century?