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fraying, in one way or another, with the supernatural) and Music (monographs or books by artists, reissues of historical documents)—the two collections can sometimes host the same publication.
 
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which the pianist, composer and improviser recounts his experience of sound (with the score and recording on CD of an unpublished piece).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...
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.
Daunik Lazro - Sales rectangles / Vieux Carré (+ CD)
2015
French edition
(last copies available!)
A literary text by Guillaume Belhomme combining metafiction and cut-up, with a CD on which Daunik Lazro performs Vieux Carré, a composition by Joe McPhee evoking the old French Quarter of New Orleans.
Luc Bouquet - Coltrane sur le vif
2015
French edition
currently out of stock
A study of John Coltrane's live recordings.
Guillaume Belhomme - Jackie McLean
2014
French edition
First publication in French dedicated to Jackie McLean (1931-2006).
Guillaume Tarche - Item
2014
French edition
(last copies available!)
A short retrospective of the blog Au grisli clandestin, a visual annex of the musical website Le son du grisli.
Guillaume Belhomme - L\'enveloppe
2013
French edition
Guillaume Belhomme's first fictional narrative.
Michael Esposito - L\'enveloppe (+ CD)
2013
French edition
(last copies available!)
Guillaume Belhomme's first fictional narrative (limited edition with a musical piece by Michael Esposito on a mini CD).
Henri Fauconnier - Vision
2013
French edition
A novella.
Renée Vivien - Le Christ (book + CD)
2023
French edition
sold out
The story of Jesus, or that of a fin-de-siècle anarchist, by the sapphic poet Renée Vivien (1877-1909), accompanied by a new piece by Nurse With Wound on CD.
Guigou Chenevier - Une histoire d\'Etron Fou Leloublan
2022
bilingual edition (English / French)
sold out
The crazy story of the mythical avant-garde rock band Etron Fou Leloublan (1976-1985), pioneer of the European movement Rock in Opposition.
Michel Henritzi - Micro Japon
2021
French edition
sold out
Michel Henritzi's collection of interviews provides a rich portrait of the experimental music scene in Japan.
Maxine Gordon - Dexter Gordon - Sophisticated Giant
2021
French edition
sold out
Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923–1990), one of the major innovators of modern jazz. In a context of biography, history, and memoir, Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his "solo" turns with her voice and a chorus of voices from past and present.
 Nurse With Wound - Un homme sensible / Pièce pour Un homme sensible (+ CD)
2021
French edition
sold out
In Un homme sensible, Octave Mirbeau tells the story of a murderer who, in the name of world harmony, is determined to rid the world of "all organisms unfit for a strong and harmonious life". This inspired Nurse With Wound, which, as an illustration, gives us here a new piece of unpublished music.
Tristan Tzara - Minuits pour géants / On the Edge of the Outside (+ CD)
2020
French edition
sold out
Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) is the poet through whom Dada arrived. In Zurich, he animated the Cabaret Voltaire with Hugo Ball; in Paris, he then inspired some surrealists in the making. If he was a great lover of Villon and Rabelais, his poetry is as iconoclastic as the music of Nurse With Wound, who composed for this edition of Minuits pour géants an unpublished piece lasting about ten minutes: On the Edge of the Outside.
Jean-Marc Montera - Derek Bailey
2019
French edition
sold out
A portrait of Derek Bailey (1930-2015), by another great figure of sound experimentation.
Jacques Ponzio - Monk encore
2019
French edition
sold out
Jacques Ponzio re-questions the life and personality of legendary American jazz pianistThelonious Monk as much as his music.
Steve Potts - Bucket of Blood - Mémoire de jazz
2019
French edition
sold out
The memories of saxophonist Steve Potts, collected by his friend Michel Edelin.
Ci-gît / To Another Awareness (+ CD)
2018
French edition
sold out
A text by Antonin Artaud illustrated with a 15-minute unreleased sound piece by Nurse With Wound entitled To Another Awareness.
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