Valentin Rocher is an electronic musician and sound artist based in Brussels.

His training in anthropology and his research into electronic music led him to organize events and festivals. He embarked on sound creation with his first machines, attracted by the direct access and manipulation of sound that this allows.

In 2013, he co-founded the live project Silicon Vallée, and began practicing his live shows with a resolutely Acid Techno House sound. After several years of live performances in Belgian clubs, they bring their energy into the studio for Activities Records.

At the same time, he discovered the endless world of modular synthesizers. Fascinated by the hypnotic power and physicality of the sound they produce, he explores these instruments in search of the accidental, playing with the digressions they allow. Surprise and the unexpected become the driving force behind his playing and compositions. Seeking out new approaches and sound textures, he takes a step sideways into the experimental and ambient.

In 2024, he launched Machine Ouverte, a electronic music label dedicated to live performance and improvisation. With this project, he aims to highlight artists who compose and perform their music live, emphasizing the raw energy, spontaneity, and unique imperfections of performance as creative value. The label’s vision is to capture the immediacy of live electronic music while offering carefully curated releases that stand apart from overly polished studio productions.

His parallel activity as a developer led him to immerse himself in the sonification of climate data, a process that became the foundation of his project Le son climatique: transformations et porosité. Motivated by this work, he began professional training in acousmatic music, exploring how scientific data (temperature, humidity, ice melt, etc.) can be transposed into the artistic domain. These data sets, usually reserved for researchers, are diverted from their initial function to become raw sound sources, textures, or modulations within his compositions. By combining algorithmic processes with the analog depth of modular synthesizers, he creates sonic landscapes that reflect the porosity of ecosystems in the face of climate change—revealing tensions, collaborations, and adaptations through sound, and inviting attentive listening to the transformations of our environment.