WELCOME TO LA BRICHE
YOUR CREATIVE SANCTUARY AT THE END OF THE WORLD
FOLLYWOOD
The beating heart of our living spaceship is a high ceilinged 300m2 modular space with lots of interesting devices for making waveforms and turning them into very long sequences of 1s and 0s. It is adorned with a mysteriously morphing array of strange and beautiful objects arranged in fascinating ways. You can make lots of noise here without disturbing anyone. It’s also great for dancing, filming and sitting in a serious circle for spiritual purposes.
"They said I could make as much noise as I wanted. I tested this claim thoroughly.”
— Venetia Snarl
"I've danced in warehouses across three continents but this is the only room that danced back."
— Scorpia Mossmoon
"I came to record a three-track EP of jazz standards and left with a 47-minute analog drone orchestra. The room knew what I needed before I did!”
— Tyrone Slothrop
MAISON PINPIN
A 3 story house loaded with funky furniture, cryptic tomes and arcane artifacts from assorted eras whose walls are alive with visual mysteries of disputed origin. The staircase leans at an odd angle and creaks like an ancient schooner. Staying here is like summer camp at your spooky grandmother’s house, but we promise all the ghosts are friendly.
7 bedrooms
4 bathrooms
3 salons
2 kitchens
1 partridge in a pear tree.
Spacious enough for ten civilized adults to maintain dignified distances, or alarming concentrations of creative types willing to sleep in configurations that defy geometry—23 is the number to beat.
"The creaking staircase cured my insomnia. You learn to sync your breathing with very old wood."
— Daphne Airmont
"The ghosts are indeed friendly but one of them has very strong opinions about how I load a dishwasher."
— Kit Traverse
"I found myself in the green salon at 5am explaining my divorce to a taxidermied pheasant. It helped."
— Clement Fugue
"It's like if your spooky grandmother was also a rave promoter and a very lenient landlord. “
— Thaddeus Lurch
5ha of rewilded earth teeming with life. A mysterious forest that grows on the bones of an ancient factory. Curious chickens and friendly sheep eager to make your acquaintance. Flocks of starlings to sing you awake and a tribe of magical black cats to judge your outfit. Orchards and vegetable gardens abundant with edible delights and a sunset so perfectly positioned you could swear we stole it off an airline commercial.
"I've seen sunsets in Bali, Tulum and Bergen. This one made me angry. No right to be that good at the end of a dirt road in France."
— Tara Shasta
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
"A chicken followed me for three days. I thought it was coincidence. By day four I understood she was my guide. I still write to her."
— Osvaldo Crumb
"I turned off the main road and my phone lost signal. By the time I found it again I no longer wanted it. Dangerous place."
— Octavio Slant
Movable Acoustic Panels, Modular Zones, Record Anywhere
Separate Control Room or Live Room Command Post
Field Recording and Found Sound Paradise
Zero Noise or Time Restrictions
64 Channel Capacity
Extensive TEchnician Menu and/or BYO
MUSIC & AUDIO
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If you’re in the business of crafting high quality waveforms we can guarantee that La Briche will level up your game with an extensive collection of things that make pleasing sounds and the right tools to capture them.
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Maximum creative focus guaranteed with plenty of places to sleep, doom-scroll, or or hide from A&R people asking about the single. Host your entire label and transform every room into a different sonic experiment, or hole up solo for a season and emerge with an album's worth of lyrics scrawled on the back of of a cigarette pack. Scale to taste. We cater to glorious chaos and productive solitude in equal measure.
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Create your tiny desk moment in rooms unburdened by the industrial acoustic panel complex. From vintage salons, to sun-dappled orchards watched by donkeys who will absolutely judge your chord progressions. The starlings may join in. We cannot control the starlings.
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Follywood is perfect for getting the crew together and synchronising your tools and brainwaves. We can also provide vans and qualified technicians to make sure you sound good in different places.
PHOTO & VIDEO
Industrial Bones, Manor Charm, Forest Mystery
300m² Modular Hall for Builds and Setups
Natural Light From All the Good Angles
Period, Contemporary, or Post-Apocalyptic
Ensuite Rooms for Talent, Dry Tents for Crew
Secret chapel?
Flexible Hours, No curfew
EXTREMELY LOW NOISE ENVIRONMENT
Catering On-Site or BYO Everything
ATELIER and woodshop for set design
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19th-century industrial bones, creaky manor interiors, mysterious forest growing on a factory's grave. Plays period, plays contemporary, plays post-apocalyptic if you squint. Enough space to base a full crew without anyone killing each other.
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Textured walls, interesting light and furniture from three different centuries. Exotic collection of strange objects to satisfy the most obscure client briefs. Indoor to outdoor with 12 steps. On site couture workshop.
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300m² modular hall for performance shots, golden hour exteriors for wandering-artist-in-nature moments, dramatic staircases for brooding, donkeys for comic relief. We've hosted enough musicians to know what you need.
EVENTS & RETREATS
300m2 Main hall
extensive private outdoor areas
no noise, no interruptions
3 guest Houses
multiple accomodation options from tent to ensuite
teepee made by a certified crazy person from old industrial irrigation pipes
multiple kitchens and extensive local food network
pro level A/v infrastructure
2 hrs from paris
300 capacity FOR EVENTS
onsite accomodation for 50
in-house sound system
bell tents + shade structures
This is the first venue that truly understood my vision of separating tech executives from their money in a spiritually authentic setting."
— Zephyr Moonwell-Finch
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Tired of pretending to ignore the “No Parties“ warning on the Airbnb you hired to celebrate your birthday? Say goodbye to exorbitant cleaning fees and strict rules by hosting your party with us. Our “ask no questions” policy and our “do as thou wilt” attitude means you are free to use our space however you see fit far from prying eyes (except ours - we sometimes like to watch). Whether it’s a Vouvray-fueled release party, a dungeon soiree for furry foot fetishists, a corporate holiday bash to subtly brainwash your employees or just a good old fashioned wedding or birthday hootenanny, we strive to provide the right conditions for your enjoyment.
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It's no secret that the key to success in the late capitalist hellscape of the 2020’s lies in selling some kind of knowledge or experience to the unenlightened masses. If you are looking to expand your circle of influence, you’ll need a place to lure your clients for multi-day, in person circles, workshops, retreats or brainwashing sessions. Whether you’re selling Neurogenic Mindfulness Meditation, 5G Qi Gong Cleanses, or a Mycelial Adaptogenic Fasting Regime, rest assured, we’ve got you covered.
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"I needed a venue that could accommodate fruitarians, breatharians, and one guy who only eats food he's apologised to. The kitchen didn't even flinch."
— Yarrow Blanch
"The staff wore the wide brim hats without irony. That level of commitment is rare."
— Cosmo Driftwood
"The teepee was made by a certified crazy person and honestly, my clients could tell. They paid double for the raw authenticity."
— Quillon Strang