When Right-Wing Extremists Crashed the French Drone Festival

Right Wing Extremists Crash the French Drone Festival
When Right-Wing Extremists Crashed the French Drone Festival by Philip Sherburne (Pitchfork)

Set among ruins that predate Stonehenge, You Origin festival reshaped the work of Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley, Kali Malone, and more around meditative surroundings—despite some unwanted guests.

The entire weekend was shot through with an uncommon spirit of openness, as if everyone realized how rare an opportunity it was to see music in this meditative context. All the events converged upon an overlapping set of themes: the intersection of sound and landscape, space and time, presence and ephemerality. Above all, it felt…