Discobabel Maxi Troc

9 Billards, Paris 25-02-05

The idea is quite simple really bring your old records get exchanging tickets and then pick up anything you want. On this occasion the legendary Phillippe Dumez extended the idea to band t-shirts.

Idée simple et jouissive, échange des disques dont tu ne veux plus pour des tickets qui te permettent d'en choisir d'autres, parfait pour re-oxygéner ta collection de disques. Dumez a étendu l'idée au t-shirts de groupe. Voir site Discobabel sur mes liens.

Yep the venue was a snooker club, and 'Dame billiards' probably looks on from her mirror with disdain .

"La Sainte des Billards" ne comprend pas ce qui se passe.

Frenzy over vinyl

"Echangez Echangez Echangez!"

"They call me trilogy 'cuz I got three gonads" - Gonzales 'Presidential Suite LP'

Ils n'en ont pas l'air... mais pour nous c'est de l'or.

Nice to see that some people are hitting it off.

The Usual Suspects

People got excited with the influx of new records coming in. The arrival of a record company exec who shall remain nameless created much excitement. Certain people who shall too remain nameless may be got a little too carried away. But hey it's understandable.

I had a brilliant evening and I came home with a damn fine disc:

C'était une soirée super et j'ai ramené chez moi un disque hors-pair:

Jeremy Deller and the THE WILLIAMS FAIREY BRASS BAND "Acid Brass"

A brilliant idea hatched in a pub becomes reality: Early 90's dance anthems by the KLF, 808 State and A Guy Called Gerald amongst many others covered by the Williams Fairey Brass Band.

The reason for Acid Brass was that Deller saw Acid House and Brass Band as two subversive music types united by their involvement in civil disobedience. Deller being Deller wanted to bring them together, whatever it took.

Jeremy Deller is an artist who is also known for his live reconstructions of 1980's miner's strikes in the north of England.

"Quel rapport entre KLF, A GUY CALLED GERALD, 808 STATE, TODD TERRY et une fanfare du nord de l'Angleterre? Réponse: la désobéissance civile, la "Northern Culture", les rassemblements de masse, les manifestations de la classe ouvrière, l'hystérie des médias, la désindustrialisation, les festivals, la musique en plein air, un public nombreux et fidèle. L'acid house et les "brass bands" (fanfare ouvrières) ont beucoup de choses en commun, culturellement et musicalement. ACID BRASS est l'illustration de cette rencontre-choc." - Labels.com