Snoe is the solo project of French guitarist and composer Noé Sebban, born in Nice in 1998.
Trained at the Nice Conservatory and the American School of Modern Music in Paris – where he currently teaches guitar – Sebban has developed a distinctive sonic identity at the crossroads of progressive rock, modern jazz, and instrumental metal. His playing balances melodic sensitivity with technical precision, driven by a constant search for organic textures. Drawing inspiration from a wide spectrum of influences, ranging from pop to traditional Eastern music, Snoe’s sound resists easy categorisation.
Following his debut EP Dreamland in 2023, Snoe returns with Playground, a bolder, analog-rich release shaped by artistic freedom and a deliberate disregard for genre boundaries.
The Playground Project
Playground represents a space of total creative freedom. It is a mental playground: chaotic, unfiltered, and unpredictable, where each track becomes an attraction, a challenge, or an experiment. Snoe dives headfirst into the unknown, embracing odd time signatures, unstable harmonies, and raw, organic textures.
The EP was born from the desire to compose without rules, much like a child running wild through a newly discovered world, never looking back. This philosophy extends beyond the music into the visual universe of Playground, which unfolds in a post-apocalyptic setting: a ruined amusement park swallowed by a sandstorm. What was once a symbol of innocence becomes a corrupted childhood space, where play transforms into a rite of passage.
Raw, instinctive, introspective, and explosive, Playground captures that fragile moment when chaos turns into creation.
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