Lenka lente

The Lenka lente publishing house was created in 2004 in Paris, by Guillaume Belhomme. After having published a handful of records (Gypsophile, ECFA Quartet), they have dedicated themselves since 2013 to the publishing of books and books-records. Two collections provide the publishing catalog: Vision (works of literature, poetry or testimony, fraying, in one way or another, with the supernatural) and Music (monographs or books by artists, reissues of historical documents)—the two collections can sometimes host the same publication.
 
 Nurse With Wound - Revenantes (book + CD)
2024
French edition
forthcoming
Two revenant stories by Léon Bloy (1846-1917), with music by Nurse With Wound.
Jacques Ponzio - Monk ABC
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
A collection of quotations from Thelonious Monk, organized as an alphabet book (new revised and augmented edition). More than a hundred entries based on the testimonies of musicians (Steve Lacy, Sahib Shihab, Henri Renaud) and journalists (Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler, Val Wilmer…).
Philippe Robert - Guitare Conversation
2023
French edition
In a long conversation about the guitar(s), Philippe Robert and Noël Akchoté sift through the history of the instrument and its practice, from the Renaissance lute to the 12-string, from the Stratocaster to the tabletop guitar surrounded by utensils and effects, from the blues to free improvisation.
Harutaka Mochizuki - Eugène (book + mini CD)
2022
French edition
An essay by Guillaume Belhomme on the singularly modern work of the painter Eugène Carrière (1849-1906), accompanied by a piece by Japanese saxophonist Harutaka Mochizuki, inspired by the master's paintings.
Ross Bolleter - Average Human Heart
2022
English edition
In Average Human Heart, inspired by Eduardo Galeano's The Book of Embraces and Jorge Luis Borges's Ficciones, Ross Bolleter offers more than 100 vignettes (or "left hand stories") primarily on music and musical experience.
John Corbett - Improvisation libre - Manuel d\'écoute
2022
French edition
A how-to manual for free improvisation music.
Le son du grisli - Rétrospective
2022
French edition
The retrospective of the website and the magazine Le son du grisli (2004-2021): 16 portraits and 38 interviews of musicians, 842 record and concert reviews.
Alphonse Rabbe - Du suicide (book + CD)
2022
French edition
An excerpt from the Album of a Pessimist by the suicidal writer Alphonse Rabbe, whose exaltation and licentiousness were made for Nurse With Wound, who musically accompanies the text.
Fritz Hauser - Escalier sous la pluie (book + CD)
2022
French edition
A staircase drips, not with water but with sound: book / CD dedicated to Fritz Hauser's impressive "sound drawing" for the Vincent van Gogh Foundation in Arles.
Benjamin Mouliets - Mikami Kan (book + CD)
2021
French edition
The biography of the singer and performer Mikami Kan, figure of the Japanese underground scene, with two unreleased concerts on CD.
Guillaume Tarche - Steve Lacy (Unfinished)
2021
texts in English and French
currently out of stock
A polyphonic evocation of the American saxophonist through the testimonies of some forty international musicians.
Philippe Robert - Free Jazz Manifesto
2021
texts in English and French
169 fundamental free jazzrecords recommended in 180 pages by Maurizio & Roberto Opalio (My Cat Is An Alien) and Philippe Robert, from must-have classics to indispensable curiosities.
Michel Henritzi - Micro Japon
2021
French edition
(last copies available!)
Michel Henritzi's collection of interviews provides a rich portrait of the experimental music scene in Japan.
 Lee Ranaldo - En herbe / In Virus Times (livre + CD)
2021
French edition
Two short stories by Lucien Jean (1870-1908), accompanied by a mini CD slipped into the book: an unpublished atmospheric piece, recorded for the occasion, by Lee Ranaldo.
Charles Pennequin - Le Martien / Allo maman (+ CD)
2020
French edition
Charles Pennequin is an unconventional poet who tells us here the sidereal aggression of a Martian who has not yet cut the cord. On the CD contained in the book, he interprets his text three times: twice in the company of the guitarist Jean-François Pauvros, and another time alone, but with a megaphone.
Le son du grisli
2020
French edition
Featuring: Jacques Delamain, Ghédalia Tazartès, Paul Sérusier, John Butcher, Keith Rowe & Cornelius Cardew, Kaoru Abe... and 130 chronicles.
Claude Pélieu - Jukeboxes
2020
French edition
A collection of poems first published in 1972 by the French companion of the Beat Generation.
 Nurse With Wound - Sorcière, ma mère (+ CD)
2020
French edition
(last copies available!)
A more than strange novel by the German writer and director Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943), accompanied by a new musical piece by Nurse With Wound on a mini CD.
 Vomir - La chanson des vieux époux (+ CD)
2019
French edition
A short story by Pierre Loti (1850-1923), which tells the irremediable separation of a couple of beggars who have lived together for a long time, illustrated by a sound piece by Quentin Rollet and Romain Perrot (Vomir).
Le son du grisli
2018
French edition
Edgar Varese, Francois Tusques, Tristan Tzara, Thomas Bonvalet, Nick Cave, interview with saxophonist Harutaka Mochizuki by Guillaume Belhomme, 90 book and music reviews.
Jacques Demierre - ABC-Book (+ CD)
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
An ABC book with which the pianist, composer and improviser recounts his experience of sound (with the score and recording on CD of an unpublished piece).
Guillaume Belhomme - Eric Dolphy
2018
French edition
The life and times of jazz multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy, free-jazz precursor and collaborator of Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman.
Philippe Robert - Agitation frite - Témoignages de l\'underground français – Vol. 2
2018
French edition
The second volume of the publication dedicated to the French underground musical scene.
Oskar Panizza - Le jardin de Vréneli (+ CD)
2018
French edition
A story of love and drunkenness with Venus in Zurich's forest, by German writer Oskar Panizza. This edition comes with a musical piece and illustrations by experimental intermedia duo My Cat Is An Alien.
Le son du grisli
2018
French edition
Kurt Schwitters' Merz Manifesto; AMM by David Grubbs; Daunik Lazro's discography reviewed by Luc Bouquet and... Daunik Lazro; interviews with Anna Tjan from the label Dancing Wayang and Dave Phillips; on Lonely Woman by Ornette Coleman. Plus: some sixty book and record reviews.
Frank Kofsky - Conversation
2017
French edition
First French translation of the famous 1966 interview with the American saxophonist by writer and jazz specialist Frank Kofsky.
Ross Bolleter - Du piano-épave - The Well Weathered Piano
2017
bilingual edition (English / French)
In Western Australia, musician Ross Bolleter collects ruined pianos that he parks into open cemeteries and from which he draws his inspiration for his compositions. In this publication, Bolleter explains his musical practice and tells the unique story of these ruined pianos scattered in the heart of the Australian territory.
Twiggs Jameson - Billy & Betty
2017
French edition
Billy and her sister Betty live in a futuristic American suburban society obsessed with sex. A series of “disturbing” events will change their lives into a grotesque comic novel… Published in 1968 by Grove Press, Billy & Betty is a biting satire of the American way of life, somewhere between Burgess, Calaferte or the Monty Pythons, and a cult object that inspired Nurse with Wound.
 Nurse With Wound - Rapport à une Académie / Kafka\'s Parachute (+ CD)
2017
French edition
currently out of stock
A “man” tells his fabulous past as an ape, from his capture to his adaptation to the world of men, to the members of an Academy of Sciences. This edition of A Report to an Academy, a short story by the great Kafka, is accompanied by a musical piece especially written by Nurse With Wound (here, Steven Stapleton, Colin Potter, Andrew Liles, Matt Waldron, Quentin Rollet, and It could be Worse).
Daniel Menche - D\'entre les morts (+ CD)
2017
French edition
(last copies available!)
The words of Guillaume Belhomme inspired American musician Daniel Menche to create a 20-minute composition (mastered by Andrew Liles) which recalls the atmosphere of the French writer's text: a train on the move, a glass, the color of blood...
Philippe Robert - Agitation frite - Témoignages de l\'underground français
2017
French edition
(last copies available!)
A unique firsthand account of the French underground musical scene since 1968 (with Christian Vander, Richard Pinhas, Daunik Lazro, Albert Marcoeur, Pascal Comelade, Pierre Bastien, Jac Berrocal, Jean-Louis Costes...).
Andrew Liles - Très Chère Mère / Mother Dearest (+ CD)
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Influential musician Andrew Liles releases a dark and fantastic literary work relating to childhood and sufferings, illustrated with six images and a sound piece.
William Wordsworth - 3 Poèmes / Entends par la vertu puissante de l\'ouïe du lion (+ CD)
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
3 tales of childhood and disappearance by William Wordsworth, accompanied by the primitive and free metal music of French duo Talweg.
Charles-Louis Philippe - Faits divers / Musique pour Faits divers: A Piece of the Sky Is Missing (+ CD)
2016
French edition
On the occasion of the republication of eight texts by Charles-Louis Philippe (1874-1909), Nurse With Wound (here, Steven Stapleton & Brian Conniffe) wrote "Music for Miscellaneous: A Piece of the Sky Is Missing", an unreleased mini CD included in the book.
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