No need to rush: KosmoSuna turn “Pas Besoin” into a ten-minute escape

Lille-based electronic-pop duo KosmoSuna introduce their forthcoming EP, Muted Skin, with “Pas Besoin” — an almost ten-minute track exploring the forms of control we do not always know how to name. Released on 22 October, its accompanying live session was filmed at Charleroi’s Rockerill by director Victor Desmettre. Conceived somewhere between a performance film and a music video, it invites viewers to spend time with the music rather than move straight to the next thing.

A song about what holds us

“Pas Besoin” translates as “No Need”. But the subject behind the title is less straightforward: the track explores control, from its intimate forms to the collective forces that shape our lives, sometimes without being acknowledged.

That is how the project is framed in its release presentation. Rather than identifying a single antagonist, it looks towards the pressures that can become so familiar we stop noticing them.

At almost ten minutes, the song also makes a choice about scale. This is not a brief introduction to Muted Skin, but an extended first encounter with the EP’s world. It asks for time — an increasingly distinctive proposition for a first single.

Not quite a concert film, not quite a music video

Director Victor Desmettre, who works across fiction, music videos and documentary, describes the session as an attempt to make a film rather than simply record a concert. The public video credits confirm that it was shot at Rockerill, with original music by KosmoSuna.

In the director’s account, the camera becomes a way of discovering the song within a suspended moment, while lighting, bodies and music work together to build the experience. The intention is immersion: not just showing who is playing, but creating a visual encounter around the performance.

That distinction matters. A live session can document what happened in a room; this project sets out to shape how we enter that room through the screen.

From Lille to Charleroi’s former forges

The setting brings a Belgian connection to the project. Rockerill occupies the former Forges de la Providence in Charleroi, now used for alternative concerts, parties and exhibitions. Its identity connects industrial heritage with contemporary artistic activity.

Here, it serves as a filming location, not an invitation to a newly announced KosmoSuna concert. That is worth keeping clear: “Pas Besoin” is a screen-based release made in Charleroi, rather than a live date to book.

The collaboration nevertheless creates a connection across the border — a Lille duo and filmmaker bringing their work into a Belgian cultural space with a character of its own.

Electronic pop with an emotional centre

According to the supplied release information, KosmoSuna have been developing their electronic-pop project since 2015, with their first two EPs produced by Drew Morgan, whose credits include work with Perfume Genius.

An earlier presentation by Lille venue L’Aéronef described their music as emotional pop revolving around childhood, everyday life, dreams and love. Their official links place the project between electronica and pop.aeronef+1

“Pas Besoin” introduces another focus within that territory: the relationship between personal experience and the structures surrounding it. Muted Skin is announced as a five-track EP, although the sources consulted do not establish a confirmed release date.

A queer reading, without assigning identities

Neither the supplied presentation nor the sources consulted establish a specific LGBTQIA+ identity for the duo or describe “Pas Besoin” as an explicitly queer song.

Its themes still offer a meaningful point of connection. For queer audiences, a work about unnamed control can open questions about autonomy: who sets the expectations around our bodies, relationships and ways of living, and when do those expectations begin to feel like our own?

That is an editorial reading, not a claim about the artists’ intentions. Its value lies in leaving space for listeners to connect with the work differently, without deciding in advance whose experience it represents.

Practical information

• Release: “Pas Besoin”, a live session by KosmoSuna.
• Release date: 22 October 2026, according to the supplied announcement.
• Forthcoming project: Muted Skin, a five-track EP; a confirmed release date was not established in the information consulted.
• Director: Victor Desmettre.
• Filming location: Rockerill, Charleroi, Belgium.
• Length: Almost ten minutes, according to the release presentation.
• Watch: The public live session is available on YouTube.
• Follow the duo: Explore KosmoSuna’s official links.linktr
• Accessibility: Captioning, subtitles and audio description were not confirmed in the information available.

One song, given the room to become a film. “Pas Besoin” offers a reason to put the scroll on pause and see where that time takes you.

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