Peuple de la Nuit est un hommage aux personnes qui ont posé avec un abandon joyeux, pour l’objectif de Sanlé Sory entre 1960 et 1983.
Alors qu’il passait des jours dans son studio Volta Photo dans le sud du Burkina Faso, il passait ses nuits à capturer la scène musicale florissante, la culture de la jeunesse, les soirées dansantes, les mariages et les portraits de sa ville natale.
Quand il n’était pas à la recherche de clients dans des lieux tels que le Volta Dancing, la Calebasse d’Or, le Normandie ou le Dafra Bar, Sanlé Sory partait vers les villages reculés le long de la vallée de Kou, au nord-ouest de Bobo, dans sa camionnette Volta Photo 2CV, avec quelques lumières et un système de son bricolé, pour mettre en place ses propres Dustball Parties. Les soirées duraient jusqu’à bien après le lever du soleil, moment où les agriculteurs et les éleveurs retournaient directement s’occuper de leurs champs et de leurs bovins ; introduction de Florent Mazzoleni, photos en n.b.
‘Life was cheap and everyone could have a ball. You could always go out and have some fun.’ – Sanlé Sory
To honor Arlene Gottfried a year after her untimely death, PowerHouse reissues the legendary “Sometimes Overwhelming” by the New Yorker photographer – a selection of early photographs taken in the 1970s and 1980s as she walked Brooklyn in search of living places, astonishing faces, unusual street scenes. (powerhouse book)
WRWTFWW Records is very pleased to present Home Decor, the sixth full length album from New York born, Los Angeles based ambient / jazz / downtempo musician Danny Scott Lane,Danny Scott Lane’s heartwarming 10-track affair is its very own kind of nostalgia-tinted modern chill out music, a silky cocktail of 80s synths and exotica seduction gently carried by Matt Elliot Gooden’s sensuous saxophone. Dare we say ambient smooth jazz? Add hints of italo, minimalism, and fusion, and you there you have it: Home Decor, a perfect soundtrack for cozy situations, one last drink on the balcony, strolls by the beach, relaxing, thinking back, possibly even gardening and cooking something delicious.(WRWTFWW Records)
The definitive collection of Laraaji’s earliest works, Segue To Infinity compiles his 1978 debut Celestial Vibration and six additional side-long studio sessions from previously unknown acetates from the same period. A lengthy essay by Living Colour’s Vernon Reid chronicles the origins of Edward « Flash » Gordon, illustrated with dozens of previously unpublished photographs that capture this beautiful and elusive young artist. Full of discovery and wonderment, Segue To Infinity is a miraculous chronicle of new age’s most fabled artist. (NUMERO GROUP)
Twin Cosmos is not only the name of the musical output of fraternal twins Morihito & Yasuhito Ito, but more philosophically, an album that encapsulates, “the universe of twins”.
The pair were born 1953 in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. A port city 50 kilometres west of Nagoya, famous for its chemical plants. Despite their surroundings, they grew up in an environment that fostered learning and self-expression. From an early age, they began to carve out their own paths.
Morihito was fascinated with scientific endeavours, space travel and spirituality. His father, an electrician by trade – motivated him to build his own musical equipment. This led him to attend an acoustic engineering school in Tokyo from 1972-1974, after which, Morihito returned to Yokkaichi where he worked in the instrument and audio section of a department store. This helped him keep up to date with the latest equipment, while allowing him to simultaneously work on his own musical endeavours.
Morihito’s side of the ‘Double Action’ LP is a cohesive piece, which effortlessly drifts from one song to the next through samples of flowing water and rockets launching into space ,that were recorded while visiting his brother in the States. His music is carried by flowing vocal harmonies, guitar strums, and floating synths to create an eternal dreamlike ambiance.
In contrast, Yasuhito gravitated towards philosophy and the arts and in 1976 followed his Englsih teachers’ advice and moved to the ‘foreign world’ of the United States. It’s here that he further explored his interests in Christianity, sadomasochism and poetry. He was exposed to artists like John Cage and Sun Ra, as well as a variety of ‘Do It Yourself’ recording techniques that enabled him to record remotely.
Using samples, poetry, and an original approach to traditional folk & rock songs, he recorded his side of the LP. The outcome being provocative, dark and confronting realisations, which solely used English lyrics to represent his experiences in the ‘Western world’. In 1980, Yasuhito was wooed back to Japan by his brother and the prospect of a combined record release.
The self-released album ‘Double Action’, was completed at Victor studios in Japan. Without a distribution network, the release was sold mostly to family and friends and fell into obscurity. Despite not reaching commercial success, the pair have continued to make music over the past four decades, crediting it as their driving force in life. This 2022 release includes an insert with archival images & liner notes in both English & Japanese. (LEFT EAR RECORDS)
Ce livre leve un voile sur le Pigalle de la fin des annees 70 avec les coulisses des peep shows et les sex shops d’un quartier aujourd’hui disparu. Il est illustre de photos inedites de Gilles Elie Cohen de 1979, accompagnees d’un texte lui aussi inedit de Joel Houssin, qui decrit son adolescence a Pigalle et d’une nouvelle signee Ange Rebelli.(Serious Publishing)
Depuis les débuts de la photographie, des amateurs se consacrèrent à la pornographie. Véritable musée des frasques libertines de notre société, la collection constituée d’abord par Pierre Louÿs fut enrichie par l’acteur Michel Simon qui ne faisait pas mystère de ses goûts et de ses appétits en la matière. Deux ans après la mort de cette légende du cinéma français, ce ne sont pas moins de treize mille pièces ayant appartenues à l’acteur qui sont dispersées par ses héritiers. Photos mais aussi éditions originales de Sade, godemichés fameux, automates «entreprenants» composent ce qui constitua la plus importante collection au monde sur le sujet. Ne se contentant pas de collecter, Michel Simon tenait à enrichir son patrimoine des souvenirs de sa sexualité hors norme. Cet album présente pour la première fois au public les photos personnelles de l’illustre pornocrate. Complexe, parfois effrayant, souvent attachant, l’exceptionnel Michel Simon fut tout autant un monstre sacré qu’un sacré monstre… La Manufacture Du Livres
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