Arnaud Coëffic, alias Arco Trauma, is one of the most visionary figures in the European industrial underground scene and alternative electronic music landscape since the late 1990s.

Composer, performer, producer, sound engineer, artistic director and DJ, he embodies a rare fusion of creative audacity, technical mastery, emotional depth. Dedicated like a wizard, Arco Trauma explores music as a medium for transformation—where raw intensity meets inner silence.

Co-founder of the groundbreaking Audiotrauma collective in 2002, he has forged a singular musical identity through his hybrid, and emotionally charged productions—fusing industrial power, cinematic atmospheres, tribal pulse, experimental electronics, and lyrical melancholy into a cohesive, multidimensional whole that traverses shadow and light, trauma and transcendence.

Since his beginnings with Sonic Area in 1997, Arco has developed a unique and evolving artistic language that defies classification. In 2004, he released "(Insensé)". An album that marked a significant moment in his career. Bold, elegant and really accomplished for a debut album, the record has quickly established Arco as a driving force within the idm scene.

With "Explore" (2007), he introduced a soundscape both raw and atmospheric, paving the way for a series of ambitious thematic releases that blend sound design, theatricality, and with a deep symbolic charge. His music is often described as highly pictorial, eliciting comparisons to Aphex Twin, Fever Ray, or David Lynch.

A regular performer across Europe and beyond, Arco has shared the stage with acts from the german label Ant-Zen (Imminent, Synapscape...), Igorrr, Ambassador21, and many others, earning a reputation for his powerful and immersive live shows. On stage, he becomes a shapeshifter—masked, enigmatic, mythic—halfway between shaman and warrior—delivering cathartic shows that leave no one indifferent—at the intersection of music and ritual.

He has also collaborated with Punish Yourself (Phenomédia, 2010) and co-created "Don't Be Scared, It's About Life" (2011) with Chrysalide, his digicore/EBM/powernoise project with Syco Trauma and Yoann Amnesy, released by Dependent Records and Storming the Base, earning cult status for its explicit themes and prophetic tone.

"Music for Ghosts" (2012) introduced a more cinematic, figurative, poetic, and spiritual dimension. In these works, one senses a constant dialogue with the intangible—a desire to translate inner landscapes, psychic tensions, and dreamlike visions into sound. 

Beyond creation, Arco Trauma is also a refined technician, specialized in audio mixing and mastering. Since 2013, he has been a resident engineer at Kawati Studios in Strasbourg, where he has mastered numerous projects from the local punk/metal scene (including Yurodivy, LMDA, MoYan, and more). His technical expertise and sonic precision are central to his approach, giving his productions both clarity and impact, whether in the studio or on stage, guided by a deep intuition—serving the emotional truth of the music above all.

His technical artistry is equally present in his many remixes (for EZ3kiel, Nils Frahm, Morbid Angel, Treponem Pal, Shaârghot…), as well as in collaborative ventures such as his 2015 project with Daniel Myer (Haujobb, Architect) and Hologram_, or joining forces with Francky Costanza (exDagoba), Reuno (Lofofora), and Stephane Buriez (Loudblast) for the industrial percussion's international reference : Les Tambours du Bronx—as an official member in 2018.

In 2020, he explored a more club-oriented side through a collaboration with Glenn Prinz, resulting in several electro/techno tracks, including a remix for Jamie Paton and for Bernard Szajner—composer, theorist, and inventor of the laser harp—with a respectful and playful remix.

In 2021, he created the contemplative and metaphysical album "Ki", recorded during an immersive classical studio session—as a connection to the invisible and the sacred, revealed a more meditative, organic dimension of his art—including a collaboration with the mythical band Hint.

In 2024, he joined forces with Nocto for a collaborative EP born from a long-standing connection in their shared studio space. Blending cyberpunk "blade runner" aesthetics, industrial tension, and delicate emotional textures inspired by Kowloon Walled City and Japanese pop culture, they coined a unique sonic identity: “neo-pop music” — immersive, dystopian, and deeply human.

Whether through his projects (Sonic Area, Les Tambours du Bronx, Chrysalide...), or through his behind-the-scenes work at Kawati Studios, Arco Trauma stands as a rare alchemist of sound—at once experimental and accessible, cerebral and instinctive, futuristic and deeply human. His work resonates like a manifesto for freedom, sensitivity, and radical artistic independence.

From Paris to Berlin, from New York to Moscow, from intimate showcases to massive stages, his charisma and artistic coherence set him apart. His music continues to leave a mark. For the curious listener and the seasoned fan alike, Arco Trauma offers not just music, but a complete, experience of initiation—a powerful journey through beauty, chaos, and euphoria—unpredictable, magnetic, and essential.