Heady

Maxxi & Zeus "american dreamer"

Shackleton "man on a string part 1 and 2"

My man Harvey

Locussolus "throwdown"

Black Cock "cosmic"

Fuzz Against Junk "born under punches - Harvey's punch drunk mix"

Fly baby fly

Health "USA boys"

Radiohead "reckoner - Johnny Miller remix"

Winter mix

rose flocon

Mahjongg "free grooverider - Dub Narcotic selector remix"
Zomby "ayo spliff dub"
Various Production "pintman"
Major Lazer "baby - Switch remix"
Various Production "phortune"
Amerie "that's what UR - instrumental"
Kelly Rowland "like this"
Various Production "13"
Martha & the Muffins "these dangerous machines"
Mystery Slang "the dark archer"
Kode9 and the Spaceape "backward"
A Mountain Of One "bones - House of House remix"
Romanthony "the wanderer - Dixon edit"
Underground Resistance "transition"
Sally Shapiro "i know you are my love - Juan Mclean remix"
Jessie Evans "let me on"
Bullion "say goodbye to what"
The Week That Was "learn to learn - Razmataz remix"
Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden "bonkers"
Wiley "wearing my rolex"

Oranges & lemon

The Orange Seaweed "stay a while"

The Orange Machine "real life permanent dream"

The Lemon Tree "William Chalker's time machine"

(Ed) Ball of confusion

The Times "picture gallery"

Love Corporation "palatial II - Danny Rampling remix"

'O' Level "we love Malcolm"

The Times "aurore boréale"

The politics of undancing

Mike Slott "flunky"

Airhead & James Blake "pembroke"

The Virgin Passages "i want you to sleep - Various Production remix"

And i was there...

Of course, this was during the "loveless tour"

Olympia is a great and mythic concert hall in Paris. So, the wall of noise produced by MBV was the more efficient here.

They finish their set with (you bet it) "you made me realise". A few minutes of chaotic noise which seems to last hours, or to be on the tarmac of Orly airport with all the planes taking off above your head at the same time.

Bobby's disco party

Bobby Conn "no revolution"

Bobby Conn and the Burglars "government (super maxi mix)"

Bobby Conn "never get ahead"

Italian technology III

Paradise Orchestra "satisfy your dream (club mix)"

Charlie "spacer woman"

Armistice mix

vert chasseur

Soft Rocks "black magic"
Ghost Note "holy jungle"
Jim Morrison "ghost song"
Sky "desperate for your love"
Wolfmother "white feather - Tiedy remix"
Michael Heart "some girls"
Holzer & Kamura "pure love"
Lighthouse "love of a woman"
Titanic "Santa Fe"
Makonde "soseme makonde"
Lamont Dozier "going back to my roots"
Osborne "Afrika - Bullion remix"
Amadou & Mariam "ce n'est pas bon - Bullion remix"
Hot RS "slow blow - Prins Thomas assquake edit"
African Head Charge "chant for the spirits"
Greg Hale Jones "she began to lie"
Woolfy vs. Projections "return of starlight - I.C.P. remix"
Invisible Conga People "cable dazed"
Neon Indian "sleep paralysist"

You know this

The Human League "don't you want me (special extended dance version)"

Lipps, Inc. "how long"

Dude, you're pushing the knobs too far !

Erotic Drum Band "love disco style"

T-Connection "disco magic"

Soul of the city

LV "turn away"

Cooly G "weekend fly"

And i was there...

This was from a trip in Scotland during summer holidays. The band had just only one album out.

The gig was quite good, and the scots in the crowd seem to wonder what this two fookin' froggies were doing here.

Unfortunatly, me and my friend had to leave before the end of the gig, because we were staying in a youth hostel, to avoid sleeping in a park with squirrels.

As far as i renembered, the support band was Sugar... wich was not bad either.

Epic disco II

Love Symphony Orchestra "let me be your fantasy"

Michael Campbell & High Volt "we are making music"

More jazz flute !

Wanda Robinson "a possibility (back home)"

Brick "dusic"

Frosty weather mix

jaune citron givré

Susan Christie "yesterday, where's my mind ?"
Rare Earth "i know i'm losing you"
Underground Resistance "rhythm of infinity"
Bloc Party "where is home ? - Burial mix"
Pictureplane "true ruin light body"
Flying Lotus "do the astral plane"
Brennan Green "bunko"
Mark E "scared'
King Sunny Ade & his African Beats "ja fun mi - waka version"
Findlay Brown "teardrops in the rain - Stallion remix"
Rekid "diamond black"
Norah Jones "sunrise - Radioslave remix"
Lady June "tunion"
Nacho Patrol "futuristic Abbis Abeba"
Reverso 68 "Tokyo disco (part one)"
Subway "xam"

Pop parade

Time Machine "letter lady"

Punch "idylle à London"

Dynastie Crisis "Jesahel"

Triangle "peut-être demain"

Ride the synth wave

Brian Eno "Julie with..."

OMD "navigation"

Soul saga

The Impressions "thin line"

The Temptations "smiling faces sometimes"

Ze firzt lady of dizco

Cristina "jungle love"

Cristina " la poupée qui fait non"

And i was there...

Frankly, i don't renember this gig very well.

But i'm sure it was good.

It was the second time i saw Yo La Tengo live. The first one was just one of the best gig i have ever seen.

More about it another time, mates !

Fall mix

gris reinette

Fresh "Borstal"
Ratatat "party with children"
Talk Talk "happiness is easy - remix"
Mathématiques Modernes "jungle hurt"
Lotus Plaza "sunday night"
Harmonia "vamos companeros"
Health "nice girls - Blondes remix"
Miracles Club "light of love"
Reporter "Geronimo's bones"
Hudson Mohawke "rising-5"
Mother F "welcome aboard"
Quiet Village "pillow talk"
CFCF "invitation to love"
Sorcerer "pocket check"
Dove "fallen (darkest hour)"
Electric Light Orchestra "the whale"

Sgt. Pepper appreciation society

Mark Wirtz "he's our dear old weatherman"

The Four Seasons "genuine imitation life"

Pretty wild

The Pretty Things "talkin' about the good times"

The Pretty Things "Mr Evasion"

The Pretty Things " baron saturday"

The magnificent 7'' (a nerdthern soul tribute)

Soul Sisters "loop de loop" Sue 107

Freddie Scott "loving you is killing me" Shout 238

The Manhattans "fantastic journey" DeLuxe 129

Stu Gardner "home on the range (everybody needs a home)" Chisa 8001

Troubadours célestes

René Joly "la cour du roi musicien"

Ophiucus "ne cherche plus"

Italian technology II

The Stupid Set "hear the rumble"

Franco Battiato "no u turn"

Montée d'acide

Bridge & Tunnel "borough of kings - Tim "love" Lee's BBQ mix"

Spiritualized "i think i'm in love - Chemical Brothers vocal remix"

The big chill

Fug "ready for us"

Quantum Jump "neighbours"

Un Lucio per amico

Lucio Battisti "abbracciala abbracciali abbracciati"

Lucio Battisti "sognando e risognando"

Lucio Battisti "il nostro caro angelo"

Lucio Battisti "anima latina"

Club Med Africa

Kongas "jungle"

Supermax "watch out South Africa, here we come"

And i was there...

This was my real first indie concert. From this one, i made a lot of friends. A new world was opening to me. Feel like i found a sort of family or a gang. Sweet memories... At that time, indie popers in France were like the "avant-garde" of things.

Levitation was the band that Terry Bickers create after his departure from House of Love. Mostly neo-hard hippie thing (with violin !).

The place was full for Ride. Can't move. I was with my friend (now a international DJ... just if you want to know) and his concert pals (known as "the guys from the front row").

The sound was huuuuuuge. Shoegazing at his best.

At the end , i was all wet and my ears never stop buzzing.

Summer mix

bleu azur

Jimi Hendrix "the new rising sun"
John Martyn "1984 - summer of Lovefingers mix"
Mock & Toof "black jub - Darshan Jesrani mix"
Padded Cell "signal failure"
Rinder & Lewis "Willie and the hand jive"
Budka Suflera "noc komety - Zambon edit"
Woolfy vs. Projections "neeve"
Quiet Village "can't be beat"
Steve Miller Band "abracadabra"
Spirit Catcher "hidden memories"
Phantom Slasher "nicoteen"
Bill Whiters "you got the stuff"
Voyagers of Icarie "dreams are luxuries"
T2 "j.l.t."

Summer break (see ya !)

The Turnstyle "riding on a wave"

Jason Crest "a place in the sun"

Finders Keepers "on the beach"

Tinkerbells Fairydust "lazy day"

Summer beats (passeggiata)

Tullio de Piscopo "stop bajon (instrumental)"

Faxe "time for changes"

Guilty pleasure : fraises chantilly (au chocolat)

The Strawberry Alarm Clock "rainy day mushroom pillow"

The Chocolate Watch Band (U.K.) "requiem"

And i was there...

OK, at that time, i was a huge huge fan of the post-rock thing, and mostly of Tortoise and co (Directions, Slint, Gastr Del Sol... etc). I missed their first gig in Paris, but i was there with all the indie-police for the second, expecting much. This was a great show in the tiny Arapaho (r.i.p.). We were all bemused by their musicians skills and coolness. They made a cover of "theme de yoyo" from the Art Ensemble of Chicago. I always had the pirate tapes of this gig with me.

Don't renember which band was guesting.

The bad point is that i bought the same t-shirt than a close friend. And one day, we were meeting with others at Bastille quarter in Paris... wearing the same Tortoise t-shirt !!! Totally nerds.

We managed to handle the situation by doing bumper cars together, certainly pretending we were some sort of rally team with the same colors.

Call the police

Sting "if you love somebody set them free - John "Jellybean" Benitez remix"

Will Powers "adventures in success - dub copy"

Sounds from big apple

Talking Heads "love goes to building on fire"

Suicide "i renember"

Love, love, love

Crown Heights Affair "galaxy of love"

Sammy Gordon and the Hip Huggers "making love"

Summer beats (do the frog)

Bandolero "hot Paris latino (no rap)"

Lili Drop "mauvaise copie"

Le Club "attentat à la couleur"

Warriors

Akido "psychedelic baby"

Black Blood "wela wela"

Sous le soleil exactement

Coppa "don't shrimp"

Mock & Toof "big hands for a lady"

Mark E & Dragon "good times - Quiet Village remix"

Go wild in the country

Maffitt & Davies "landscape grown cold"

Euphoria "did you get the letter"

And i was there...

In fact, i'm not sure...

Don't renember AT ALL this gig.

Funky krauts

Utopia "Las Vegas"

Niagara "S.U.B."

Ambiphonics

Popol Vuh "ich mache einen spiegel"

AFX "untitled"

Sladed and enchanted

Slade "coz i luv you"

Slade "how does it feel ?"