Le Chocolat Noir

Le Chocolat Noir is one of two aliases of Jasmin Yas, who hails from the decaying industrial town of Sisak in Croatia. Active under this name since 2000, he has released cold, noir-tinged electronics on She Lost Kontrol, Helena Hauff's Return To Disorder, Gooiland Elektro, Frigio, Kraftjerkz and Charlois. His second alias, Fiume, took shape in 2018 around the Moog DFAM and has appeared on L.I.E.S. He also records as Honored Matres, forms Florence Foster Fan Club with Zarkoff and has worked in a long-running partnership with Christian Kroupa since 2021. A member of Zagreb's bRave collective and a resident of Ljubljana's Elektroliza events, he has long hosted the radio show Disco Panonia on Intergalactic FM in The Hague, and played Dekmantel Selectors with bRave in 2022.