about
Journey
Born in 1979 in Toulon, France, David Mulero has an unconventional musical background. From a very young age, he collected vinyl records of all kinds, but was particularly fascinated by the new sounds of the 1980s, especially artists such as Vangelis, Kraftwerk, and Jean-Michel Jarre. His attraction to electronic music grew stronger with the emergence of techno a few years later, followed by house music
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In 1997, at the age of 18, he was already performing as a DJ in pubs and nightclubs along the French Riviera, where he quickly began to attract attention. A self-taught musician, he created his first compositions using synthesizers and drum machines. Having never learned music theory, he developed his own system of musical notation, allowing him to write down his compositions.
In 2000, as the French Touch and “lounge music” were taking off, he was invited to include one of his deep house compositions on the renowned compilation Sweety Lounge, followed by Sweety Lounge 2, featuring downtempo, electro-jazz, and deep house artists from the emerging music scene of southern France.
For several years, he performed as a DJ and live artist at venues and events across France, including the Sunslice Festival, alongside emblematic figures of the electronic music scene such as Dennis Ferrer and Kerri Chandler, as well as at the Zénith de Toulon.
It was after signing his first production contract for his debut album, Effet Mer, released under the pseudonym “Exentrico,” that he began to move away from the excitement of nightlife and devote himself fully to composition.
This marked the beginning of a period of musical experimentation, during which he blended different styles: contemporary and traditional music, electronic and acoustic sounds. Driven by a constant artistic curiosity and a strong appreciation for aesthetics, he also performed live for contemporary dance classes at Stendhal University in Grenoble.
He is also passionate about landscape and portrait photography, a passion he pursued professionally for several years as a portrait photographer in Bordeaux.
For nearly 30 years, he has never stopped exploring and experimenting, moving freely between different musical worlds, from classical music and jazz to electronic music, film music, pop, and French chanson.
Today, David Mulero focuses primarily on a more classical, neoclassical, and cinematic approach, exploring the boundary between past and present. Through writing that is both rigorous and intuitive, centered around the piano and sometimes minimalist, sometimes narrative, he seeks less to oppose classical and neoclassical music than to reveal what they share at their core: their ability to move, profoundly affect, and connect human beings, beyond theoretical frameworks, styles, or eras.
“Music speaks to the soul before it speaks to history.”
His aesthetic evokes the pictorial technique of chiaroscuro: shadow and light respond to one another, just as silence gives meaning to the notes. Inspired as much by classical forms as by contemporary minimalism, David Mulero creates introspective and cinematic music that speaks first and foremost to emotion and the soul.
With his piano album Clair-obscur, he explores this in-between space where tradition and modernity coexist freely, in a sincere search for depth, tension, and humanity.
