Lives and works in Paris, member of RadioMentale and Quiet Voices.

Jean-Yves Leloup is a Paris-based french writer, sound-artist, DJ and teacher, specialized in sound, art and electronic music. He has been writing in the french art and music press since the early 1990’s. As a radio DJ and journalist, he played a major part in the discovery of electronic music in France.

He is the author of books dedicated to electronic music and art, such as Ambient Music, Techno 100, Global Techno, Musique Non-Stop, Electrosound and Digital Magma.

Curator of exhibitions dedicated to electronic music & art, such as Global Techno (1994-2000), Electrosound (2016) and Electro : from Kraftwerk to Daft Punk (2019-2022). He’s also been curating design and sound art project such as Audiolab (2001-2003) and L’écouteur (2018-2021).