Live report: 6th November 2010, AGNES OBEL(DAN) + YOUNG MAN(US) + STORNOWAY(UK) at Boule Noire, Paris

Awesome lineup at Boule Noire, in this festival:

- Agnes Obel(DAN)

- Young Man(US)

- Stornoway(UK)

And it wasn't soldout!!! Big crowd in the small venue, nevertheless!

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Live report: 15th May 2010, YOUNG MAN(US) + 1973(FR) + OH NO ONO(DAN) + RAFALE(FR) at Flèche d'Or, Paris

Quatre groupes, dans cet ordre-là:
20h15: Young Man
21h15: 1973
22h25: Oh No Ono
23h30: Rafale.

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Live report: 12th April 2010, Improvisation music at Pixi Bar, Paris

Cette semaine a été particulièrement chargée: des concerts les lundi, mardi et mercredi soirs, en plus du boulot en journée. Peu de temps de sommeil, repos possible qu'en fin de semaine.

Ce lundi 12 avril, se tenait une série de concerts assez inhabituels. Voici l'affiche ci-contre: 

Le Pixi n'est indiqué nul part dans l'avenue de la République. Il s'agit d'un petit espace au fond du bar (dans le coin de la rue) qu'on emprunte par un petit escalier. Conseil: se repérer par rapport aux rues et aux numéros de rues si vous allez au Pixi, mais c'est un peu perdu à Bagnolet. Le Pixi peut faire penser au Pop In, avec sa petite taille, son plafond bas, sa scène à la même hauteur du public, avec des murs rugueux, peu de lumières, des fils partout, du ciment ou de la poussière sur les côtés...comme si la salle était en travaux. L'entrée était à 3€ et le public peu nombreux(40-50 personnes), était composé de curieux ou d'amis des groupes de la soirée, il y faisait quand même un peu chaud.

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Short live reports of concerts on January and February 2010

♪♫ 16th Jan: SPLASH WAVE(FR) + LE FRANCAIS(FR) + THE LEISURE SOCIETY(UK) at Espace B, Paris

2nd time I saw The Leisure Society in Paris. When I arrived at 8PM, I didn't know anyone there. But then, I saw Christian Hardy at the bar and talked to  him, he recognized me as well (with my twitter user name...). He told me to follow him to see Mike Siddell in the concert venue. Not many people inside. I discussed with both of them for a while, very nice as always with my poor English. Then played the French electronic music band Splash Wave after 9:30PM. Two guys on stage with one of them singing in English(?) with a robot voice.It isn't the kind of music I'm used to listen to, but it was interesting. At the merchandising you could buy some hand-made audiotapes(!!!),CDs and 90s-videogames-like T-Shirts. My friends bought some of their stuff, as one of them still used material to listen to audiotapes... After waiting a moment, the French trio Le Français came on stage. Many people seated on the floor in the middle of the little nice place with chalk walls(where you can draw anything you want with chalk sticks). The lead singer was happy to open for The Leisure Society. I didn't like their music actually... Then played The Leisure Society at around 10PM. Good timing for a friend who wanted to see them! It wasn't the usual band that night. Darren (who didn't manage to do the European tour) was another Darren as bass player. William Calderbank, the cello player, wasn't here. And there was Emy (who played with Elbow) as violonist. Just before they began, I talked to Nick Hemming and Helen Whitaker who did recognize me! "The one at Café de la Danse"...

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