VALINAR
Paris, France
January 5, 2026 at 12:53:33 PM
- Valentin Pinard, known as Valinar, is a DJ, producer, and—together with Augustin Guillard—co-founder of the electronic music label Rare Records. Deeply embedded within the Parisian music scene, he positions himself first and foremost as an artist, while also standing as a figure of discernment and transmission within contemporary electronic music cultures.
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V.: Andrew Weatherall.
- Valentin Pinard, known as Valinar, is a DJ, producer, and—together with Augustin Guillard—co-founder of the electronic music label Rare Records. Deeply embedded within the Parisian music scene, he positions himself first and foremost as an artist, while also standing as a figure of discernment and transmission within contemporary electronic music cultures.
- SLN: Your defining character trait?
V.: Dreamer
- SLN: Your defining character trait?
V.: Dreamer
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Valinar © reserved
After completing his secondary education in Tours, Valinar enrolled at ISTS in Paris, an engineering school specializing in sound design and audio production. He graduated in 2024 with a technical degree in radio production and realization. During this period, he met journalist and sound artist Jean-Yves Leloup, who later supervised his thesis. He subsequently began working with Rinse France, where he also met Robin Mayet, with whom he formed the duo The Velvet Brothers.
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THE VELVET BROTHERS
THE VELVET BROTHERS
- SLN: A disappeared figure you would like to spend a day with?
V.: Andrew Weatherall.
The encounter between Robin Mayet and Valinar proved immediately generative. Observing a lack of festive and sonic environments aligned with their sensibilities, they formalized their collaboration as a duo, drawing on the legacy of French Touch to reinvigorate electroclash. Quickly attracting a receptive audience, they began performing in many of the capital’s established underground clubs, bringing a rare sense of urgency to a nocturnal landscape increasingly shaped by convention. Blending techno, post-punk, and cold wave, they were identified by Technikart as potential “saviors of 2026,” a status echoed by those intimately familiar with their sonic register.
Alongside Dorian Lafargue (under the musical alias Malbore Avenue) and Robin Mayet, Valinar co-founded Selecta, a platform dedicated both to curated DJ sets and to the programming of complete evenings conceived as coherent energetic propositions.
SLN: A disappeared figure you would like to spend a day with?
V.: Andrew Weatherall.
The encounter between Robin Mayet and Valinar proved immediately generative. Observing a lack of festive and sonic environments aligned with their sensibilities, they formalized their collaboration as a duo, drawing on the legacy of French Touch to reinvigorate electroclash. Quickly attracting a receptive audience, they began performing in many of the capital’s established underground clubs, bringing a rare sense of urgency to a nocturnal landscape increasingly shaped by convention. Blending techno, post-punk, and cold wave, they were identified by Technikart as potential “saviors of 2026,” a status echoed by those intimately familiar with their sonic register.
Alongside Dorian Lafargue (under the musical alias Malbore Avenue) and Robin Mayet, Valinar co-founded Selecta, a platform dedicated both to curated DJ sets and to the programming of complete evenings conceived as coherent energetic propositions.
Selecta all together at the Serpent à plume © reserved
Selecta all together at the Serpent à plume © reserved
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SLN: Your defining character trait?
V.: Dreamer
Long-time friends, Valinar and Augustin Guillard came together to establish Rare Records. Conceived as a platform at the intersection of music and graphic culture, the label operates from a position of generous curation. Through listening sessions, editorial dissemination, and event-based formats, they identify and support emerging sonic practices deserving of visibility. Here, Valinar mobilizes his acute musical knowledge in a posture marked by curiosity and openness—one that extends beyond individual authorship to embrace collective and curatorial forms of creation.
Saints la nuit is delighted to count Valinar among its key collaborators.
For all project inquiries and creative developments: contact@saintslanuit.
