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discobabel

Rock + Amour

About Me


Disco-Babel is a DIY agency from Paris, working in collaboration with Julie Tippex .
We book tours.We publish books. We sometimes organize gigs & festivals / fanzines fair / rock + love parties. French Air Guitar Championships.
Disco-Babel is : Marie-Pierre (A&R, booking, publishing), Pascal (booking, publishing), Claire (booking, events), Virginie (PR, booking) and David (booking, events).
I made this music playlist at MyFlashFetish .com.
Roster
Click on artists for link

Promoters, don't hesitate to send us offers on the forthcoming tours!
Check the bands agenda here
Prochains concerts ici
Booking France & Europe : pascal(a)discobabel.com
Booking France & Belgium : david.discobabel(a)gmail.com
Booking UK & Ireland : marie(a)julietippex.com
Booking Air Guitar : virginie.discobabel(a)gmail.com
Booking Cinemonstre : clairecuinet(a)gmail.com
AGASKODO TELIVEREK (UK / BOOK EUR)
Sleazy London based Hungarian surf guitar quartet with twisted electronic be-bop breakbeats.
AIR GUITAR FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS (BOOK FR)
French official Championships!
ENKI BILAL & GORAN VEJVODA'S CINEMONSTRE (Cinemix) (BOOK EUR)
Improvised music by Vejvoda for a monstruous editing of renowned director and artist Enki Bilal's 3 films
BLURT (UK / BOOK FR/UK)
Post-punk legend. Homegrown UK esoterica par excellence.
Also on tour : TED MILTON's solo project 'ODES'
BUSH TETRAS (ROIR)
JAMES CHANCE & LES CONTORSIONS (US / BOOK EUR)
A no-wave legend: the freeform playing of Ornette Coleman with the solid funk rhythm of James Brown, filtered through a punk rock lens. Featuring Les Contorsions, his French backing band for 2 years now
ELECTRICITY IN OUR HOMES (UK / BOOK FR/UK/BEL/SWI)
UK and France tour in February
NO-WAVE ALERT!! With their art-house tendencies, a minimal sound and short sharp shows, a fine quartet in the tradition of some of the most interesting no-wave and post-punk acts, such as: Mars, DNA, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Josef K, The Fire Engines
FAUST (Art-errorist)
(BOOK EUR)
A chaotic legend - feat. Jean-Hervé Perron, Zappi & guests
GAY AGAINST YOU (Adaadat)
GRIMO (FR / BOOK EUR)
Improv, sensitive and exploded blues (file under Pierre Bastien / John Fahey / Colleen)
Soon !
CHARLES HAYWARD (UK / BOOK FR/UK)
Drums, loops and voice from the leader of cult experimental band This Heat
ILL EASE (US / BOOKING FR)
High-energy one-woman band (drums/guitar/bass/voice)
For UK and rest of Europe please contact Club Hemisphere
ETIENNE JAUMET (FR / BOOK EUR)
"Repeat after me, a 12" on Versatile, hypnotic transe meets free jazz sax
See more here
K*** K*** (BOOK EUR)
Supersonic rock who had to change their name - on Rock Action, Mogwai’s label
LA BATTERIE (GER / BOOK FR/UK)
Berlin-based trio, La Batterie delivers a weird mix of warm noise, lo-fi and rock. They are the charming penpals of Beat Happening, Psapp & Avocado Baby !
LAWRENCE WASSER (FR/UK / BOOK EUR)
Available on request
Breast-fed with industrial and no wave music, furiously disco and highly danceable.
LE CLUB DES CHATS (FR / BOOK EUR)
Love duo dedicating their lives to making music for cats, somewhere between Red Krayola and the Raincoats
MAN FROM URANUS (UK / BOOK FR/UK)
One man Electronic Noise unit for infectiously surreal groove
MENDELSON (BOOK EUR)
Mendelson is back to critics acclaim. 4th CD out Summer 2007. Solo cinemix shows
MINUSCULE HEY (BOOK EUR)
French delicate pop combo
PRAM (UK / BOOK FR/UK)
New release on Domino Records 2007
QUACK QUACK (N/A)
RAY BARTOK (BOOK EUR)
French electro rock duo mixing sampled sounds and live drums
SERAFINA STEER (UK / BOOK FR/UK/BEL/SWI)
Harp / voice / keyboards magic solo act. One of Transmusicales 2007 highlights with TUNNG.
SKELETONS & THE KINGS OF ALL CITIES (US / BOOK EUR)
EUR tour May-June 2008 Send offers to France & Europe : pascal.regis(a)nerim.net UK & Ireland : marie(a)julietippex.com
Brooklyn-based freaky folk (file under Tortoise, Thee More Shallow, Animal Collective or Xiu Xiu) on Ghostly.
SO SO MODERN (NZ / BOOK FR/UK)
Crazy electro-rock from NZ (on Transgressive Rds), between Devo, Daft Punk and Liars. Catch them before they get really big! Irresistible live act!
THE CHAP (UK / BOOK FR/UK)
New album early 2008
Dancing dadaist-garage-rock under ecstasy, cooked with cello and violin. New CD April 2008!

THEY CAME FROM THE STARS I SAW THEM (UK / BOOK EUR)
YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS
The legend is back. "Highlight of Primavera 2008 Festival!"
ZOMBIE ZOMBIE (FR / BOOK EUR)
First album in 2008
Talk of the town: Meeting of a collector of vintage synths and the drummer of Herman Dune. First album on Versatile (Joakim, Chateau Flight) March 2008.

My Interests

We love :
sideburns
J.Mascis
le Thrash
les groupies
dancing with le club des chats
le post-punk
being Fake,
la mauvaise foi
la pop chickenheart

I'd like to meet:

Judy Chance & Jac Berrocal

Music:

DISCO-BABEL ON TOUR
Booking : Contact

WE WORK(ED)WITH :
Albert Marcoeur
Ghedalia Tazartes
Scanner
David Fenech
Luc Ferrari
Ellen Allien & Apparat
Jeffrey Lewis
Silver Apples
Murcof
Simon Fisher-Turner
Pierre Henry
Juan Trip
Ramona Cordova
Xavier Boussiron
Crack und Ultra Ezcema
Norscq
Liquid Liquid
Anne-James Chaton
Andy Moor
Metaxu
Richard Pinhas
Bernard Parmegiani
Chateau Flight
WE LOVE :
all our bands
Kevin Coyne
Cat Power
Britney Spears
Deerhoof
Cazals
Jeffrey Lewis
Arctic Monkeys
le Chevalier de Rinchy
Elli Medeiros
Lou Barlow
Sebadoh
Bonnie Prince Billy,
Sugababes
Rachel Stevens
DJ Shadow
Ween
Ari Up
Grauzone
Mayo Thompson
Suede
Ride
Cercueil
Faust
The Flying Lizards
Marie et les Garçons
A Certain Ratio
Etienne Charry
Tussle
Tender Forever
The Books
David Studdert
Lizzy Mercier-Descloux
David Thomas
Minou Blanc
God is my Co-Pilot
Smoosh
Honeymoon Killers
Smack
Dinosaur Jr (putain)
Les Thugs
ESG
Delta 5.
The Fall
C.O.C.O.
Marquis de Sade
Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Avenue D
Jac Berrocal
Hong Kong Syndicat
Delmonas
Nomeansno
XBXRX
Gate
Pierre Louki
Tino Rossi
Angie Reed
Billy Childish
...

Movies:

Young Marble Giants @ Primavera: Juventud Colosal!

Books:

WE PUBLISHED :
- Click on books for link -

Writers: Johnny Cash
Guillaume Gwardeath
Charlene Darling
Nicolas Richard
Nine
Benjamine Dorno
Philippe Dumez
Jeffrey Lewis
...

WE LOVE :
Jeanette Winterson
Theodor Adorno
Walter Benjamin
Jorge Luis Borges
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Thomas Pynchon
William Gaddis
C.F. Ramuz
Marc Behm
Haruki Murakami
Zadie Smith
Jerome Charyn
Olivier Rohe
Julian Cope
Chuck Klostermann
James Kochalka
Francois Begaudeau
Anna Rozen
...

Heroes:

J Mascis' hairstyler
Kevin Coyne
Benjamin "Steve Albinos" Bret
Guillaume Gwardeath
Spinal Tap's manager

My Blog

Finale Air Guitar France 26 juin

FINALE FRANCAISE D'AIR GUITAR AU TRABENDOJEUDI 26 JUIN 2008 A 20HParc de la Villette - 211 avenue Jean Jaurès 75019 Paris Métro Porte de Pantin - www.trabendo.fr Pour sa 4ème finale nationale, la fiév...
Posted by discobabel on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:58:00 PST

Flash back sur Young Marble Giants à Primavera

© http://www.flickr.com/photos/srlanskyprimaverasound08/"Prima vera Sound 2008, Barcelona 29th May - 1st June '08  This is a year dominated by the old guard. Despite a programme that reads like Pitchf...
Posted by discobabel on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:47:00 PST

Gare aux Oreilles

Inouî Productions et la Gare de Coustellet présentent : le festival Gare aux Oreilles 2008(7ème édition) - festival de musiques inclassables  25/26/27/28 juin à La Gare de Coustellet  Vaucluse (84)(...
Posted by discobabel on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:33:00 PST

La Nouvelle Star, c’est... James Chance !

Vous entrez dans le 4e dimension:Extrait de "Musiq Star", entièrement dédié à Benjamin, perdant malheureux de la Nouvelle Star... et fan de James Chance...
Posted by discobabel on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:35:00 PST

I’M A CLICHÉ Party avec Etienne Jaumet

VENDREDI 20 JUINI'M A CLICHÉ Party Résidence Mensuelle de Cosmo Vitelli.En partenariat avec Trax Entrée Libre Minuit >> 6hLive : ETIENNE JAUMET (Versatile/Pan European Rds/Fr) Dj : JACQUES RENAULT (Ru...
Posted by discobabel on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:25:00 PST

SoSo Modern à Paris


Posted by discobabel on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:15:00 PST

Quelqu’un à Londres aime Disco-Babel...

...grave.
Posted by discobabel on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:46:00 PST

SoSo Modern is back in Europe

New Zealand sensation are back in town:13 Jun DE Leipzig - Melt Klub / Sweat14 Jun DE Bayreuth - Uni Open Air15 Jun DE Chemnitz - AJZ16 Jun DE Hamburg - Hafenklang18 Jun DE Cologne - Tsunami19 Jun DE ...
Posted by discobabel on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:34:00 PST

Minuscule Hey et Le Club des Chats

Minuscule Hey et Le Club des Chats feront la Fête de la Musique au Magasin à Grenoble - 21 juin 19h-21h155 cours Berriat - Grenoble
Posted by discobabel on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:37:00 PST

/////Festival atelier MIMI 2008

/////Festival atelier MIMI 200818, 19, 20 juillet 200823eme éditionHôpital Caroline ? Iles du Frioul ? MARSEILLEwww.myspace.com/festivalmimi/// Vendredi 18 juillet : « Nuit où ai-je mis ma tête »Kiset...
Posted by discobabel on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:40:00 PST