Marion Guilbaud
A family record collection where French chanson singer Barbara meets Jimi Hendrix, Brigitte Fontaine, Pink Floyd, Django Reinhardt, Kraftwerk and Duke Ellington.
A local record store that let the six of us cram into a tiny listening booth to hear the latest releases from The Police, The Clash, Nina Hagen, Joe Jackson...
A poorly heated rehearsal space where friends poorly covered The Jam, Starshooter, AC/DC, Bijou...
A first gig put together to collect funds to buy equipment for these friends who had theirs stolen...
A music club in Besançon, way before the institutionalized city-run venues – SMACs – with performances of The Cramps, Rita Mitsouko, Depeche Mode, Berurier Noir, Killing Joke, Lloyd Cole...
My arrival in Paris and my first job at the Élysée Montmartre venue and booking Pixies, Noir Désir, Dead Can Dance, Gamine...
A record store and a label, Danceteria, that hosted the best of the ’90s alternative scene: Sub Pop, Creation, Crammed Discs, Rosebud...
A record label, Barclay, which released the music of Noir Désir, Khaled, Stephan Eicher, Alain Bashung, Happy Mondays, The La’s...
Many human and professional experiences with Daho, Les Valentins, Cassius, Laurent Garnier, Dimitri From Paris, Chemical Brothers, Garbage, Beastie Boys...
A magazine, Rock & Folk, that strived to give sense to late ’90s music, and whose front page featured PJ Harvey, Manu Chao, Tricky, Beck...
A website, OÜI FM, offering the first online themed radio shows at the dawn of the new millennium.
A radio station, France Inter, I have been hosting with for the last fifteen years, from morning to evening, and with total freedom, 50 Nuances de Bruit – “50 Shades of Noise”.