
The large living space
The entire open-plan ground floor, in solid logs, dedicated to music. You rehearse, listen, shape your set and create here. The wood gives the room a warm acoustic, ideal for acoustic sessions and filming.
A hand-built log house among the pines, a fully equipped residency stage, the Atlantic 6 km away. We host artists and the organisations that support them, for 1 to 4 days, to prepare for the stage, record and film.
A music residency in a solid log house, in the heart of the Landes forest. Everything you need to know before exploring the site:
Two solid log houses, the Landes forest and the ocean 6 km away: a place to live and create.

“Dreams with a date become projects.”
Before returning to music, we built log houses for a living. La Renégate is our home: we raised it log by log, then turned the ground floor into a residency stage and built a small log cabin next to it, La Petite Rebelle.
It is a lived-in creative space, with its own rules and rhythm, designed so that all your energy goes into making music.
Two log houses in the pine forest of the Landes. The main house hosts the whole residency: you live there, rehearse there, and its stage doubles as a live recording and filming space. A band can live, eat and create on site, fully focused on the project.

The entire open-plan ground floor, in solid logs, dedicated to music. You rehearse, listen, shape your set and create here. The wood gives the room a warm acoustic, ideal for acoustic sessions and filming.

Around the big island, you cook and share meals: a more convivial moment of the residency. It is also where you sit down to shape the project, with the forest in every window.
Landes forestThe house is surrounded by pines. Total calm: rehearse and record in complete peace.

The main house and its stage, where all three packages take place. Just behind, the small log cabin, La Petite Rebelle.
6 km from the ocean6 km away, the beaches and surf spots of the Landes coast: a breath of fresh air between sessions.
At the end of the residency, the stage opens to an audience: a showcase for your partners and industry contacts, up to fifteen guests.
In a log house, the wood itself shapes the acoustics. Musicians on the stage hear it from the very first notes.
Round, irregular logs naturally diffuse sound: reflections spread evenly for a clear, balanced listening experience.
The mass of the wood tames harsh highs and leaves a short, natural reverb tail that flatters vocals and acoustic guitars.
The high ceiling and the net stretched above the stage give the sound air and space.
“The wood holds up the house, and it colours every note played inside.”
With the room stay, the residency becomes a real retreat: the upper floor opens to the artists, with four solid-wood double rooms and a log shower room, vegetarian full board included. You can also come for the day, or sleep in your van on the grounds.
Typical room · double bedAll four rooms share the same layout: double bed, solid wood, soft light under the roof beams. Linen and cleaning included.
Shower roomAbove the stage, a catamaran net is stretched under the roof. Lie down between takes, listen to the stage from above, rest your ears and come back to the set with fresh perspective.
The net
View of the stageLa Renégate runs on strong ecological choices. Each rule has its reason: everyone's safety, a clear mind and respect for the living world. They are part of the welcome and apply to every stay; please read them before sending your request.
They save water and turn matter into compost, which returns to the soil and feeds the garden. We show you how they work when you arrive.
Here, matter follows a cycle: from kitchen to compost, from compost to soil. A 100% vegetarian kitchen, for your meals as well as ours, is part of that cycle and of our respect for the living world around us.
Wastewater is treated by plants. We provide compatible hygiene and cleaning products.
A house with natural scents: the wood and the forest fill the air.
An alcohol-free residency: listening stays sharp, decisions stay sound, and all the energy goes into creating, from the first run-through to the last take.
The house is built entirely of wood and surrounded by pines: for everyone's safety against fire risk, the place is 100% smoke-free, in the house and across the grounds.
Tea and coffee are available throughout the residency, on the house.
Maximum capacity: 8 overnight guests in 4 double rooms. For shoots, a larger team can join during the day; just mention it in your request.
I have read the charterThree music residency packages from 1 to 4 days, services on request and an estimator for your stay.
Solo, duo or band; songwriting, rock, electronic or acoustic: La Renégate adapts to each project. The stage, the control room and the house are designed to give your music all the room it needs.


Log builders turned sound builders. Simon and Caroline built La Renégate with their own hands, log by log, then the residency stage. They have walked the same path in music, from songwriting to the stage. Visiting artists can draw on this dual experience, à la carte.
Tracking, editing and first mixes at La Renégate, with Simon and Caroline as sound engineers.
Solo, duo or band, acoustic, electric or with machines: structure the set, work on transitions and find the right balance on stage.
An outside ear on your songs, informed by years of writing original music.
Run the set in real conditions, lock in sound and staging before a tour or a venue residency.
Wood, forest and ocean settings for music videos, live sessions and press photos.
Each package builds on the previous one and adds a layer. All can be booked for 1 to 4 days and include a residency technician. Vegetarian meals are included. If you sleep on site, simply add your nights, in a van or a room.

Rehearse. Tune. Play.
Lock in a set and run it in full, in real stage conditions, focused on the live performance.

Play. Record. Film.
Includes package 01
Play. Film. Release.
Includes package 02Residency technician · welcome and technical walk-through · stage and gear
Vegetarian lunches included · nights as an option, in a van on the grounds or in a room, dinner and breakfast included · residency showcase as an add-on
Music video shoots · podcast recording · professional meetings · creative retreats · residencies longer than 4 days · station or airport pick-up
The stage and control room welcome your podcast recordings: microphones, mixer, multitrack recording and video capture if needed, in the warm acoustics of the wood.
Request a quoteA quiet place among the pines for seminars, workdays and professional gatherings: large living space, Starlink Wi-Fi, screen, and vegetarian meals on site.
Request a quoteThree music residency packages, from 1 to 4 days, depending on your project: prepare for the stage, leave with your recordings, or with a finished live video.
Choose your package, then the length of stay. Each package builds on the previous one and adds a step. The residency technician is included in all three.
The stage, focused on live performance: Bose L1 PA, HeadRush monitors, iPad-controlled Soundcraft Ui24R, monitor mix for your in-ears.
From €300
Everything in 01, plus multitrack recording in Logic Pro and multicam filming on 3 cameras. Raw files delivered at the end of the residency.
From €500
Everything in 02, plus audio mixing and video editing of one live song, delivered ready to release within 15 working days.
From €1,000
Exclusive use of the venue for your project · stage, gear, residency technician and vegetarian lunches included · add nights as needed, below · net prices, VAT not applicable
Meals are included. You can arrive the day before and leave the day after: add 1 to 4 nights.
| Nights & add-ons | Price |
|---|---|
| Nights on site · per person per night, vegetarian dinner and breakfast included | |
| Van or camper on the grounds pitch, shower room, dry toilets | €20 |
| Room in the log house double room, bed linen | €45 |
| Add-on | |
| Residency showcase up to 15 guests | €150 |
All meals are 100% vegetarian and included: please let us know about any food allergies or intolerances for each person when booking.
The stage, the control room, the gear and the residency technician: a technical setup ready when you arrive.
La Renégate is a complete music residency venue, at the crossroads of a live stage, a recording studio and a video studio.
In the main house, the residency stage and its control room let you rehearse, run a live set, record multitrack and film multicam.

Create.Record.Mix.Rehearse.Capture.
You arrive with your project. The technical setup is ready, operational and supported.
Every residency includes a dedicated technician who knows the venue, the equipment and the workflows inside out.
The technical setup is operated with them. They look after the equipment, keep configurations reliable and sessions flowing. You focus fully on creating: the venue's technical architecture is already in place.
Main house · Residency stageA real stage for pre-production: Bose L1 front-of-house PA, HeadRush FRFR monitors, Soundcraft Ui24R mixer controlled from iPad, and individual monitor mixes sent to each musician's in-ears. The adjoining control room records multitrack and films multicam. All three packages take place here.
La Petite Rebelle · StudioThe small log cabin, a few metres from the main house: Simon's personal space, where he writes and mixes.
It is part of the place, separate from the residency packages. All sessions, filming and live recording take place on the stage of the main house.
The schedule depends on the package. Each package adds its steps to the previous one.
Patch, Soundcraft Ui24R, soundcheck with the technician
Bose L1, HeadRush FRFR monitors, musicians' in-ears
Stage conditions, individual monitor mix on iPad
Logic Pro 11.2.2 on MacBook Pro M4
3 OBSBOT cameras in OBS Studio
Separate audio tracks, files from each camera
Live video of one song, ready to release
For up to 15 industry contacts from your network
Play loud, hear yourself clearly, run the set like on stage.
To connect your instruments cleanly to the mixer.
Package 02 and Golden Session: every take is kept.
Film the session, on the ground and in the air.
Golden Renégate Session: mixing and editing.
Equipment list for guidance, subject to change. Download the technical rider (PDF)
Access, hours, terms, availability and contact: everything to plan your visit.
La Renégate is in Bias, in the Landes, south-west France: in the heart of the pine forest, 6 km from the Atlantic Ocean, between Bordeaux and the Basque Country.
Answers to the questions artists and organisations ask before booking.
Please bring: your own instruments (drums, guitars, bass, keyboards, machines…), plus your amps, effects pedals, in-ears and any specific cables.
Full-volume playing hours: 10 am – 7 pm. Evenings are for listening, writing and acoustic sessions.
If we have to cancel: all sums paid are refunded in full, and we offer new dates as a priority. In case of force majeure (storm, fire, damage to the venue, prolonged power cut, prefectural order), you choose between rescheduling and a full refund, with no further compensation.
We host one project at a time. Here is how we prepare your stay.
Describe your project, dates and number of people using the form.
A call to understand your needs: package, accommodation, meals, add-ons.
You receive a summary of your stay and the house charter. The booking is confirmed upon deposit.
On arrival, a tour of the log houses. The technician walks you through the technical setup, already prepared.
Periods marked “Booked” are taken. All other dates are open for residencies: write to us to hold an option.
The availability calendar is coming very soon. In the meantime, write to us to find out which dates are open.
Request datesLa Renégate is part of the contemporary music network of the Landes. We build our residencies with the organisations that support artists in the region.
Café Musique · Contemporary music venue (SMAC), Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse
After a first visit, the LMA team saw La Renégate as a space well suited to hosting artists in residency. We are working together on a partnership to support local projects, from stage pre-production to recording.
Non-profit association · Landes
The partner association that runs some of the residencies hosted at La Renégate.
Tell us what you want to create. We reply to every request with a tailored proposal.
How we handle your data, your rights, and delivery times for our services.
La Renégate · Music residency · Bias (40), France
Publication director: Caroline Claisse
Phone: +33 6 14 61 01 89 · Email: larenegate.exp@gmail.com
Services are invoiced by the Fort et Éclair association (SIRET 923 169 676 00015) or by Alyster Studio, sole trader (SIRET 883 135 188 00042), depending on the service. VAT not applicable (French tax code).
Hosting: Netlify, Inc., 512 2nd Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA · netlify.com
The contact form collects your name or project name, email, preferred dates, number of people and project description.
Purpose: replying to your request and preparing a residency proposal. Legal basis: pre-contractual measures taken at your request.
This data is reserved for La Renégate. It is kept strictly confidential and used only to answer you.
Requests that do not lead to a booking are kept for 3 years after the last contact, then deleted. Data related to a completed residency is kept for the duration of the relationship, then according to legal invoice retention periods (10 years).
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Under the GDPR, you can access, correct or erase your data, restrict its processing or object to it. Simply write to larenegate.exp@gmail.com. We reply within one month.
You may also lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, the CNIL (cnil.fr).
Audio and video recordings made during the residency belong to the artists. La Renégate shares them only with their written consent, for example to present the venue on its website or Instagram.
Working files are kept for 3 months after delivery, in case of any request, then deleted.
| Raw files · packages 02 and 03 | Handed over at the end of the residency on the artists' hard drive, or sent within 48 h via download link (WeTransfer, Dropbox or Google Drive) |
|---|---|
| Golden Renégate Session | Audio mix and video edit delivered within 15 working days, one round of revisions included |
Last updated: October 2026.