Music > rock / post-rock

Issue 01 of the zine edited by Jacopo Benassi et Federico Pepe (Le Dictateur): a series of photos taken by Benassi during an evening of performances and concerts at Btomic in La Spezia (Emidio Clementi & Corrado Nuccini, Little Debbie, Khan, Nicole Boitos, Lori Goldston, Z'ev, El Vez, C.J. Ramone...).

First anthology of Rosemary Trockel's collages, which are a key for a difracted and non-academic view on the whole work of this German artist known internationaly (English / French edition).

A visual music history of the last decades, presenting the work of a unique photographer to a broad public for the first time (texts by Christian Marclay, Thurston Moore, Rhys Chatham, Mark Cunningham, Lee Ranaldo, Alan Licht...).

First album.

The naive & enchanting paper-cut art of Jad Fair.

By reorchestrating its previous pieces, the drum/violin duo Filiamotsa, here expanded by the saxophone, keyboards and trombone, has reinvented itself and enlarged its palette of sounds.

A photographic dialogue (artists' book).

Sixteen visual artists give their vision of Clair Obscur's album We Gave A Party For The Gods And The Gods All Came.

When French politics and the history of rock'n roll collide: a both irreverent and joyful text by Cyrille Martinez.

The book and audio CD Water Days documents an exchange of pictures, texts, sounds and voices between multimedia artist Leah Singer and Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo inspired by the contrast between wanderlust and the desire for home.

The book and audio CD Water Days documents an exchange of pictures, texts, sounds and voices between multimedia artist Leah Singer and Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo inspired by the contrast between wanderlust and the desire for home.

Cercueil's first album.

Perroquet tout s'écroule band's musics isn't recorded on data carriers. This “album” (a monograph) is therefore a collection of graphic productions made by the group.

An intimate journey into the personal universe of the artist through a series of daily leaps: from her New York studio in Tribeca to the numerous travels and landscapes she crossed over a whole three month period.

An intimate journey into the personal universe of the artist through a series of daily leaps: from her New York studio in Tribeca to the numerous travels and landscapes she crossed over a whole three month period.

On Pop Culture's Ruins.

Monograph / artist's book, with numerous contributions, texts and specific projects, questioning the basic aspects of the 1950's to 1970's subculture, around music, experimental or popular cinema, D.I.Y. graphics, underground litterature...

First monograph on the French artist's enigmatic “glam” oeuvre: a rock opera / curio cabinet juxtaposing his works with 45 historic and contemporary artists and naturalia.

A reflection on the tensions and social uses of contemporary forms of representation on the basis of an exercise in critical analysis focussing on the multifaceted artistic practices of two international artists (catalogue of the exhibition at the Jeu de Paume, Paris, April - June, 2009, with texts by the artists and four philosophers).

The first extensive survey catalogue of the work of a key figure of the extraordinary artistic ferment in the Canadian city of Vancouver and a pioneer and theorist of its internationally regarded tradition of photo-conceptualism.

A sound piece recorded during two residencies at Cneai, Chatou, in 2007 & 2008—featuring illustrations by the artists and two essays by curators Sylvie Boulanger and Daniel Kurjakovic.

A face-to-face between two of the most significant figures in contemporary photography.

A documentary conceived by the artist from the starting point of a former exhibition whose lightning system is made to flicker at a frequency of 7.8 hz. A compilation of dark-pop music from the eighties and the nineties emphazises the artist's capture of the flashing apparatus.

A performance of The Secret Machines conceived and filmed by Charles de Meaux.

The first publication in North America devoted to the installation work of the German filmmaker Harun Farocki.

A collection of texts about music (from Britney Spears to Helmut Lachenmann, passing through Matthew Herbert, The Melvins, Terre Thaemlitz, Stan Douglas etc.), gathered from the numerous publications of the famous art and music critic and including many previously unpublished texts.

An understanding of rock culture through its networks of actors, tastes, objects, systems, activities and practices.

Reference monograph.

Portraits.

Artist's book: a journey through Tyrol landscapes with Bob Dylan.

An historical and sociocultural study on metal music, and the first sociological portrait of the movement in France.

An electric rock performance seen as an attempt to free literature from the realm of the book (illustration cover by Thomas Hirschhorn).

95 duotone photographs by Alberto García-Alix.

A collection of texts and interviews of artists, musicians and art critics (Kim Gordon, Mike Kelley, Christian Marclay, John Miller, Bob Nickas...) based on the relationship between art, "rock" music and culture in the largest sense of the word.

A piece from an installation at the Centre Pompidou in Paris for the exhibition "Elysian Fields", with David Grubbs (guitar, electronics), John McEntire (drums), Noël Akchoté (guitar), Charlie O (organ) and Quentin Rollet (saxophone).

Created in the Musique Action Festival of 1999, this recording is a collaboration between two trailblazers of new music.The duo convey their strong sonorous density through short and intense compositions, in which improvised music meets progressive rock.

A tribute to Doug Sahm.

Catalogue of the eponymous exhibition at Le Consortium, Dijon, and Kunstverein Hamburg in 1999.

A drone duo between David Grubbs on harmonium and Noël Akchoté on electric guitar.

A long americana-like piece reminiscent of John Fahey, inspired by a short story by Stephen Crane (with Steven Prina, Sacha Andrès, Yves Robert, Thierry Madiot, Didier Petit and Quentin Rollet), followed by a drone duo between David Grubbs on harmonium and Noël Akchoté on electric guitar.

Picture Disc version. A long americana-like piece reminiscent of John Fahey, inspired by a short story by Stephen Crane (with Steven Prina, Sacha Andrès, Yves Robert, Thierry Madiot, Didier Petit and Quentin Rollet), followed by a drone duo between David Grubbs on harmonium and Noël Akchoté on electric guitar.

An album of covers of French songs (Georges Moustaki, Brigitte Fontaine, Serge Gainsbourg, Léo Ferré, Jacques Brel, Nino Ferrer...) by The Recyclers (Noël Akchoté, Benoît Delbecq and Steve Argüelles) featuring Philippe Katerine, Ignatus, Sasha Andres and Irene Jacob.

Solo recording made at Instants chavirés. In 9 tracks, Noël Akchoté goes from pure noise to guitar hero solo worthy of Woodstock.

The second album by the improvisation trio Benoît Delbecq / Steve Arguëlles / Noël Akchoté (and the very first for the Rectangle label founded by Quentin Rollet and Noël Akchoté), recorded live in Quebec City and Vancouver during a tour of Canada in 1995.

A focus on the architectural works of the American artist.