“Music is not a Genre” though Holeg’s work can be described as cinematic, weaving evocative visual soundscapes and narrative orchestrations; electrorganic, blending electronic, acoustic, field recordings and ethnic influences, and ecophonic, considering music as a living organism. More

His sound worlds break away from the traditional harmonic frameworks and favours open modes, micro-intervals, suspended or partially unstable chords that maintain a gentle tension between consonance and dissonance.

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“Holeg Spies has composed twelve albums and numerous film scores. He is one of France’s greatest exponents of electronica and contemporary music. Freeing himself from the boundaries of time, he reflects on the continuity of the place of sound in human societies. His music also pushes for a form of demandingness: through its ruptures, irruptions and unpredictability, Holeg Spies’ music provokes the unexpected, forcing active listening and always reminding the listener of his/her senses.”
SacreBleu Production  – Cannes Golden Palm, César, Golden Globe and Oscar winning-company

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Holeg currently develops the VR experience and Live performance Sound Retinas, produced by Sacrebleu Productions ; creates several ecophonic projects in France and Europe, supported by most French cultural institutions ; make lectures of his Essay Echoes of Origins, published by Signal Zéro, a journey from the Paleolithic era to contemporary immersive environments, with a preface by Isabelle Warnier Henry, guardian of the legacy of the visionary composer of Musique Concrète, Pierre Henry, and postfaces by Roland Lehoucq (astrophysicist, CEA) and Mylène Pardoen (archaeologist of sound heritage, CNRS). More

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In the early 90s, a graduate in European and International Law from the Panthéon-Sorbonne, Holeg was also one of the pioneers of the French Electro scene, performing extensively in Europe, India and Japan. His performances have contributed to shape a sonic culture where music becomes space, energy, and collective language, resonating through bodies and places.

During one of his tours in Japan, he crossed paths with the notorious filmmaker Takashi Miike. After making an audio-visual remix of his film Ichi the Killer (2001), Holeg’s film music and avant-garde audio-visual creations journey began. Throughout the 2000s Holeg exhibited at the French museum of modern art The Pompidou Centre and the Nation French Library in Paris, contemporary art venues in Tokyo, New York, and Geneva.

Since 2006, as a solo artist and also with Australian-British violin virtuoso and composer Patrick Savage, Holeg has composed more than 30 feature film scores that include fantasy animation Abruptio (2023) starring Jordan Peele ; thriller Black Site (2022) by the producers of John Wick ; documentary The Road to Freedom Peak (2013) narrated by Djimon Hounsou ; cult horror The Human Centipede: First Sequence (2009) ; the trailer for Michael Bay’s The Hitcher (2007). More

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Holeg’s numerous collaborations include iconic artists like The Future Sound of London, Coldcut, Anne Clark, Youth from Killing Joke, East Bay Ray from Dead Kennedys, Jon Klein from Siouxsie & The Banshees, Andy Falconer from The Orb, Mona Soyoc from KaS Product among many others…

Holeg’s shape-shifting discography includes releases on major labels as Universal, Sony and Lakeshore as well as many indie labels like Citizen of French electro-pop star Vitalic, Perfecto of Grammy nominee Paul Oakenfold, and Liquid Sound Design of Youth – producer of The Verve, Pink Floyd and Paul McCartney… More

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“Holeg Spies’ Brave New World album is a masterpiece. Genre bending psychedelia. An electronic Dark Side of the Moon meets soundtrack and chill.”
Martin ‘Youth’ Glover – Grammy winner producer

“Holeg Spies’ Axis Mundi album is the soundtrack to the ultimate film I dream of directing. A journey between the end of a world and the beginning of a new era reconciled with the original vibration.”
Pierre Morel – Director of Taken