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Special Remarks: CD : 4 pages digipack CD, clear tray, 1 CD.

Tracklist CD:
1. Sunset trip 2. Love makes a fool of everyone 3. Love gone to seed 4. I don’t care to dance
5. We live each other’s dreams 6. Clover 7. Your love leaves a mark on me 8. I love you, you’re my friend
9. Risk

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Following a first, critically acclaimed selftitled album (Libération, Télérama, France Inter, les Inrockuptibles, Magic etc..), J.E. Sunde returns with « 9 Songs About Love », produced by his old friend Brian Joseph (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens), containing wonderful songs, dry and sharp.
An impressive record that builds a framework to complex sentiments with generosity and frankness.
« 9 Songs About Love » is a poignant reminder that one has to be good to oneself and is dignified being loved,
no matter of style or rhythm.





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Special Remarks: VINYL (+CD) : 140 G Black Vinyl, standard sleeve, printed inner sleeve. Features the CD (in a clear plastic wallet
CD : 4 pages digipack CD, clear tray, 1 CD.

Tracklist LP:
A1. Sunset trip A2. Love makes a fool of everyone A3. Love gone to seed A4. I don’t care to dance
B1. We live each other’s dreams B2. Clover B3. Your love leaves a mark on me B4. I love you, you’re my friend B5. Risk

Tracklist CD:
1. Sunset trip 2. Love makes a fool of everyone 3. Love gone to seed 4. I don’t care to dance
5. We live each other’s dreams 6. Clover 7. Your love leaves a mark on me 8. I love you, you’re my friend
9. Risk

Short info:
Following a first, critically acclaimed selftitled album (Libération, Télérama, France Inter, les Inrockuptibles, Magic etc..), J.E. Sunde returns with « 9 Songs About Love », produced by his old friend Brian Joseph (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens),
containing wonderful songs, dry and sharp.
An impressive record that builds a framework to complex sentiments with generosity and frankness.
« 9 Songs About Love » is a poignant reminder that one has to be good to oneself and is dignified being loved,
no matter of style or rhythm.



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Rights: Switzerland & Belgium

Special Remarks:
1LP in sleeve with 3mm spine and printed inner-sleeve. CD included.

Tracklist:
A1. Prism / A2. Wedding Ring / A3. Easy Kid / A4. Capsize and Sink
A5. The Work Of My Hands / A6. Hickory Point In The Fall

B1. Called by Our Names / B2. Thorn And Roses / B3. Fire On The Mountain / B4. Jacket
B5. Rabbit Rag and I / B6. Color Your Nails

Short info:
As a singer-songwriter artist, JE (Jon Edward) Sunde composes abundant records that are as much folk as white soul, influenced by Nina Simone and Leonard Cohen. Without always being aware that he has gold in his voice, and Paul Simon's melodies in his fingers. A long-time friend of Bon Iver, JE Sunde shared the music scene with him at Eau Claire, their hometown, before leaving to Minneapolis. With his group Dardevil Christopher Right or solo, JE Sunde has played everything that the country has of small indie venues. After two albums released in the United States, JE Sunde releases his songs for the first time in Europe as a best-of album available on June 7.


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1LP in sleeve with 3mm spine and printed inner-sleeve. CD included.

Tracklist:

A1. Tigress / A2. Actress / A3. Crazy Ones / A4. Sister (feat. Kate Stables) / A5. Tourists / A6. Leaving
B1. Midlife / B2. Saturday / B3. Pretty Mess / B4. Black Dog / B5. Dreamchaser / B6. Friends

CD features the same tracks in the same order.


Short info:

Following ‘Night Moves’ and ‘Kids We Own The Summer’ and its harmonious keyboards, H-Burns goes back to the quintessence of his music style: an impeccable songwriting praised internationally and an interpretation undeniably precise. To narrate in one album the only two stories worth being narrated – the one about a man living his home, and the one about a man coming back to his home – H-Burns (aka Renaud Brustlein) first matured his project isolated in a home-studio owned by French underground collective La Souterraine before bringing it to the studio with a team of musicians and engineers that he meticulously picked as usual : Earl Harvin from Thidersticks on the drums, Kate Stables from This Is The Kit as a vocal guest, Noah Georgeson (The Strokes, Andy Shauf, etc.) for the mixing, etc.
Understandably title ‘Midlife’ this new album recorded on analog tapes tells the story of a man who looks back over the journey of his life, remembering his dreams of glory, the lost love stories, what he left behind from the others and from himself.



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CD in 2-panel digisleeve with 12-page stapled booklet

Tracklist:

01. Tigress / 02. Actress / 03. Crazy Ones / 04. Sister (feat. Kate Stables) / 05. Tourists / 06. Leaving /
07. Midlife / 08. Saturday / 09. Pretty Mess / 10. Black Dog / 11. Dreamchaser / 12. Friends


Short info:

Following ‘Night Moves’ and ‘Kids We Own The Summer’ and its harmonious keyboards, H-Burns goes back to the quintessence of his music style: an impeccable songwriting praised internationally and an interpretation undeniably precise. To narrate in one album the only two stories worth being narrated – the one about a man living his home, and the one about a man coming back to his home – H-Burns (aka Renaud Brustlein) first matured his project isolated in a home-studio owned by French underground collective La Souterraine before bringing it to the studio with a team of musicians and engineers that he meticulously picked as usual : Earl Harvin from Thidersticks on the drums, Kate Stables from This Is The Kit as a vocal guest, Noah Georgeson (The Strokes, Andy Shauf, etc.) for the mixing, etc.
Understandably title ‘Midlife’ this new album recorded on analog tapes tells the story of a man who looks back over the journey of his life, remembering his dreams of glory, the lost love stories, what he left behind from the others and from himself.


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Tracklist:
A1. À terre / A2. Oiseau de nuit / A3. Tu sais je ne sais plus / A4. Ce bateau / A5. Avale moi
B1. Les pédales / B2. Soleil Charbon / B3. Ensablé / B4. En chute libre / B5. Le sommeil des idoles
B6. D'en haut

Short info:
For those who like pop music and French music it is getting hard not to know about Olivier Marguerit aka 'Ô'. He played he countless acts from the new French pop scene, from Syd Matters to Mina Tindle, Thousand and Chelvarex. He's also highly praised by his peers and iconic French singers such as Etienne Daho and his first album "Un Torrent La Boue" has been critically acclaimed by press, radio and web journalists upon its release.
With this new album, in which is imagine himself falling down only to bounce back stronger, Olivier Marguerit's once again demonstrates his talent to craft exhilarating pop melodies, confirming his status as one the keystones of the rising scene of the genre in France.


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CD edition in 2-panel digisleeve with matt finishing and a 12-page booklet.

Tracklist:
01. À terre / 02. Oiseau de nuit / 03. Tu sais je ne sais plus / 04. Ce bateau / 05. Avale moi
06. Les pédales / 07. Soleil Charbon / 08. Ensablé / 09. En chute libre / 10. Le sommeil des idoles
11. D'en haut

Short info:
For those who like pop music and French music it is getting hard not to know about Olivier Marguerit aka 'Ô'. He played he countless acts from the new French pop scene, from Syd Matters to Mina Tindle, Thousand and Chelvarex. He's also highly praised by his peers and iconic French singers such as Etienne Daho and his first album "Un Torrent La Boue" has been critically acclaimed by press, radio and web journalists upon its release.
With this new album, in which is imagine himself falling down only to bounce back stronger, Olivier Marguerit's once again demonstrates his talent to craft exhilarating pop melodies, confirming his status as one the keystones of the rising scene of the genre in France.


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Territories: World excluding France & UK - CD edition in digisleeve with matt finishing and an 8-page booklet.

Tracklist:
01. Face aux mouvements du coeur #1 / 02. L'adversaire / 03. Bonjour, c'est moi
04. Anti slogan / 05. Baltimore
06. Face aux mouvements du coeur #2 / 07. Claire / 08. Le grand absent
09. A l'abri d'une vie intérieures / 10. L'éternité

CD features the same tracks in the same order.

Short info:

Since 2016, Rémy Poncet aka Chevalrex sits among the top new French songwriters to watch thanks to Futurism (Vietnam, 2016), an intimate sophomore album critically acclaimed by the press and on which he plays all the instruments. Wondering how one finds his/her place in today's world while staying true to him/herself, Chevalrex offers his answers in this third album and leaves behind his minimalist compositions to raise his ambitions and push his music into a whole other dimension.
Recorded this time with additional musicians and even a whole string orchestra, Anti Slogan compiles ten songs meticulously crafted in which the worlds of Jim O'Rourke, Vincent Delerme, Tindersticks and Boris Vian collides, showcasing a level of refinement hardly ever heard in the French pop scene.



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Tracklist:
A1. Face aux mouvements du coeur #1 / A2. L'adversaire / A3. Bonjour, c'est moi
A4. Anti slogan / A5. Baltimore
B1. Face aux mouvements du coeur #2 / B2. Claire / B3. Le grand absent
B4. A l'abri d'une vie intérieures / B5. L'éternité

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Since 2016, Rémy Poncet aka Chevalrex sits among the top new French songwriters to watch thanks to Futurism (Vietnam, 2016), an intimate sophomore album critically acclaimed by the press and on which he plays all the instruments. Wondering how one finds his/her place in today's world while staying true to him/herself, Chevalrex offers his answers in this third album and leaves behind his minimalist compositions to raise his ambitions and push his music into a whole other dimension.
Recorded this time with additional musicians and even a whole string orchestra, Anti Slogan compiles ten songs meticulously crafted in which the worlds of Jim O'Rourke, Vincent Delerme, Tindersticks and Boris Vian collides, showcasing a level of refinement hardly ever heard in the French pop scene.


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Territory: Rights: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands - 1LP in a gatefold sleeve with CD included

Tracklist:
A1. Bring The Fire / A2. The Lights / A3. Gold Digger / A4. Our Hearts / A5. Gone
B1. Babies / B2. Tightrope / B3. Sometimes / B4. The Quiet Ones / B5. On The Pavement

CD features the same tracks in the same order.

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ENG version:
Placed under the media spotlights in 2011 thanks to their joyful and loony indie pop, Concrete Knives went on to sign with the legendary UK imprint Bella Union (Beach House, Fleet Foxes, Lift To Experience, etc.). Their first album Be Your Own King was successfully released the following year, selling more than 7000 copies in France alone and sending the group of friends on the road to play more than 150 live dates all over Europe. Quiet for the past six years and after recording with Danish producer Andreas Pallisgaard (Trentemøller, Goat, Pinkunoizu), the band is set to return with a much awaited second effort on the French label Vietnam (H-Burns, Chevalrex Pharaon De Winter).




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Territory: Rights: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands
CD edition in digisleeve with an 8-page booklet.

Tracklist:
A1. Bring The Fire / A2. The Lights / A3. Gold Digger / A4. Our Hearts / A5. Gone
B1. Babies / B2. Tightrope / B3. Sometimes / B4. The Quiet Ones / B5. On The Pavement

CD features the same tracks in the same order.

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ENG version:
Placed under the media spotlights in 2011 thanks to their joyful and loony indie pop, Concrete Knives went on to sign with the legendary UK imprint Bella Union (Beach House, Fleet Foxes, Lift To Experience, etc.). Their first album Be Your Own King was successfully released the following year, selling more than 7000 copies in France alone and sending the group of friends on the road to play more than 150 live dates all over Europe. Quiet for the past six years and after recording with Danish producer Andreas Pallisgaard (Trentemøller, Goat, Pinkunoizu), the band is set to return with a much awaited second effort on the French label Vietnam (H-Burns, Chevalrex Pharaon De Winter).



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Limited LP+CD (CD is 10 tracks Studio album) version , in gatefold sleeve

Tracklist LP

A1. We Could Be Strangers / A2. I Wasn't Trying To Be Your Man / A3. This Kind Of Fire
A4. Kid We Own The Summer / A5. Naked
B1. White Tornado / B2. Minor Days / B3. I Sail in Troubled Waters / B4. Turn On The Party Lights / B5. Linger On

CD version and CD1 included in the vinyl features the same tracks in the same order.

Short info:

The record cover shows a woman walking towards dusk - or is it dawn. Two years after the success of Night Moves, a wander through a threatening nocturnal Los Angeles, H Burns returns with a new record for twilight. Kid We Own the Summer finds its identity between a few landmarks such as David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti's California, the intimacy of Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town, the relative calmness of Suicide's second album, and the elegant melancholy of The National.

In order to compose, Renaud Brustlein aka H Burns decided to reinvent himself once again. He didn't repeat the live configuration that he used in 2013 with Off the Map, an "electric storm" recorded in Chicago, with a band, in a single week, with the legendary Steve Albini. For Kid We Own the Summer, the composer started working in his home studio, by gradual touches, because there's no place like home.

The result? A melancholy cinematic stroll across stories of misguided couples, unspoken words that end-up ruining people's lives, the pursuit of dangerous situations, like an elegy to the end of adolescence - leading to a place we're unsure of. Born from a keyboard, a piano and a beatbox, these ten songs were brought to light, as always with infinite delicacy, by impeccable guests-friends - strings by Bertrand Belin and vaporous keyboards by Denis Clavaizolle (Bashung, Murat, Daniel Darc) - mixed by Rob Schnapf (Elliot Smith, Beck…) and mastered by the great Greg Calbi (Springsteen, Dylan, Paul Simon).
Noisey said of Night Moves that it was the perfect record for "all the cold and sad months to come". Kid We Own the Summer will be the record for our sleepless nights.


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Rights for World excl. FR, Limited LP+2CD (CD1 10 tracks Studio album + CD2 The 10 demo versions of the album) version , in gatefold sleeve

Tracklist LP

A1. We Could Be Strangers / A2. I Wasn't Trying To Be Your Man / A3. This Kind Of Fire
A4. Kid We Own The Summer / A5. Naked
B1. White Tornado / B2. Minor Days / B3. I Sail in Troubled Waters / B4. Turn On The Party Lights / B5. Linger On

CD version and CD1 included in the vinyl features the same tracks in the same order.
CD2 features the same titles but demo version in the same order than the studio album.

Short info:

The record cover shows a woman walking towards dusk - or is it dawn. Two years after the success of Night Moves, a wander through a threatening nocturnal Los Angeles, H Burns returns with a new record for twilight. Kid We Own the Summer finds its identity between a few landmarks such as David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti's California, the intimacy of Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town, the relative calmness of Suicide's second album, and the elegant melancholy of The National.

In order to compose, Renaud Brustlein aka H Burns decided to reinvent himself once again. He didn't repeat the live configuration that he used in 2013 with Off the Map, an "electric storm" recorded in Chicago, with a band, in a single week, with the legendary Steve Albini. For Kid We Own the Summer, the composer started working in his home studio, by gradual touches, because there's no place like home.

The result? A melancholy cinematic stroll across stories of misguided couples, unspoken words that end-up ruining people's lives, the pursuit of dangerous situations, like an elegy to the end of adolescence - leading to a place we're unsure of. Born from a keyboard, a piano and a beatbox, these ten songs were brought to light, as always with infinite delicacy, by impeccable guests-friends - strings by Bertrand Belin and vaporous keyboards by Denis Clavaizolle (Bashung, Murat, Daniel Darc) - mixed by Rob Schnapf (Elliot Smith, Beck…) and mastered by the great Greg Calbi (Springsteen, Dylan, Paul Simon).
Noisey said of Night Moves that it was the perfect record for "all the cold and sad months to come". Kid We Own the Summer will be the record for our sleepless nights.


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Rights for World excl. FR, Special remarks: 1xCD in digipocket 2 panels, 12 pages booklet
Tracklist CD

1. We Could Be Strangers / 2. I Wasn't Trying To Be Your Man / 3. This Kind Of Fire / 4. Kid We Own The Summer / 5. Naked / 6. White Tornado / 7. Minor Days / 8. I Sail in Troubled Waters / 9. Turn On The Party Lights / 10. Linger On

Short info:

The record cover shows a woman walking towards dusk - or is it dawn. Two years after the success of Night Moves, a wander through a threatening nocturnal Los Angeles, H Burns returns with a new record for twilight. Kid We Own the Summer finds its identity between a few landmarks such as David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti's California, the intimacy of Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town, the relative calmness of Suicide's second album, and the elegant melancholy of The National.

In order to compose, Renaud Brustlein aka H Burns decided to reinvent himself once again. He didn't repeat the live configuration that he used in 2013 with Off the Map, an "electric storm" recorded in Chicago, with a band, in a single week, with the legendary Steve Albini. For Kid We Own the Summer, the composer started working in his home studio, by gradual touches, because there's no place like home.

The result? A melancholy cinematic stroll across stories of misguided couples, unspoken words that end-up ruining people's lives, the pursuit of dangerous situations, like an elegy to the end of adolescence - leading to a place we're unsure of. Born from a keyboard, a piano and a beatbox, these ten songs were brought to light, as always with infinite delicacy, by impeccable guests-friends - strings by Bertrand Belin and vaporous keyboards by Denis Clavaizolle (Bashung, Murat, Daniel Darc) - mixed by Rob Schnapf (Elliot Smith, Beck…) and mastered by the great Greg Calbi (Springsteen, Dylan, Paul Simon).
Noisey said of Night Moves that it was the perfect record for "all the cold and sad months to come". Kid We Own the Summer will be the record for our sleepless nights.


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WORLD EXCL. FR - LP in gatefold printed on uncoated paper and includes CD

Tracklist LP:
A1. Aussi Loin / A2. Stand De Tir / A3. Pour Cible / A4. Movimiento / A5. Avec Mon Frère / A6. Orléans
B1. Serpents / B2. Ventre & Cervelle / B3. Où Es-Tu ? / B4. Vautours / B5. Nocturne ? 1 / B6. Futurisme
The CD included in the LP version features the 12 tracks of the album in the same order

Short info:
Since the release of the album "Catapulte" in 2013, media have been used to describing Chevalrex' music as "miniature symphonies". For this album, Rémy Poncet, the handyman that plays himself all the instruments, writes his own lyrics and even makes his own cover, has decided to keep the same path but meanwhile, has grown in melodic power and maturity. "I finally let my teen life behind, and from now on, offer me some peaks" he sings in "Aussi Loin".
With this new release, there is reason to wager that Chevalrex will be one of the future pearls that will be used as a reference for those who will venture out on the roads of French Pop.







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World - excluding France. Special Remarks: gatefold1 LP+CD

Tracklist LP /CD
1. L'Odeur Du Coton / 2. La Rivière / 3. Répéter/Disparaître / 4. My Heart Belongs To You 5. Plonge Dans L'Eau / 6. Mon Echo / 7. Bebi / 8. On The Run / 9. Un Torrent, La Boue 10. A Kiss

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For many years, O, aka Olivier Marguerit has been considered as the best sideman of the French indie pop. Permanent member of Syd Matters, he is the one with a complete background that always has been used to hightlighting and boosting the others. Until one day he decided to to care for his ownself…
After 2 albums confidentially released, known as O (Ohm part 1 & 2), his first LP will come out 12th January. Of course, it is about a brilliant and erudite form of pop.
The album will be supported from December with many live dates, including the " Transmusicales " of Rennes, and the " Printemps de Bourges " afterwards.




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World - excluding France. Special Remarks: CD in 2 panels softpack with 8 pages stapled booklet

Tracklist CD:
1. L'Odeur Du Coton / 2. La Rivière / 3. Répéter/Disparaître / 4. My Heart Belongs To You 5. Plonge Dans L'Eau / 6. Mon Echo / 7. Bebi / 8. On The Run / 9. Un Torrent, La Boue 10. A Kiss

Short info:
For many years, O, aka Olivier Marguerit has been considered as the best sideman of the French indie pop. Permanent member of Syd Matters, he is the one with a complete background that always has been used to hightlighting and boosting the others. Until one day he decided to to care for his ownself…
After 2 albums confidentially released, known as O (Ohm part 1 & 2), his first LP will come out 12th January. Of course, it is about a brilliant and erudite form of pop.
The album will be supported from December with many live dates, including the " Transmusicales " of Rennes, and the " Printemps de Bourges " afterwards.




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Beautiful 1LP Gatefold +CD Territory : World Ex France
Tracklist:
SIDE A: 1 - TOCSIN / 2 - VUE SUR LE CAIRE / 3 - ULTRAMARINE / 4 - DISTANT TREES / 5 - LE FUTUR / 6 - TON CŒUR
SIDE B: 7 - POINTILLISME / 8 - LES YEUX / 9 - PADDY/ 10 - PHARAON DEWINTER

"Love will remember Pharaon de Winter", it says at the very end of this record.

Pharaon de Winter was a relatively unsuccessful painter from Northern France. Today it's the name of a band, but also the name of the song that changed its author's life. The ex-leader of the bands Toy Fight and (Please) Don't Blame Mexico - the E.Ps First Aid and Michel Foucault, and the album Concorde, in 2011, with the hit song 'The Protocol' - Maxime Chamoux's musical style could be placed somewhere between North-American rock, Spoon, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Prefab Spout and XTC's sophisticated Brit-pop.

Then, he decided to cut his ties loose: "I was starting to get bored of indie rock and wanted something different", he explains. "I wanted to sing in French. I wanted to use more beautiful chords. For several months, I searched for a new shape and colour to give to these new songs. And one day, I had a kind of revelation. It was called Pharaon de Winter. From that day on, all the music I loved came together in a particular weave".

Now the record is here and features ten songs naturally uniting influences ranging from the popular to the edgy: William Sheller's precise writing, Lucio Battisti's warmth, Steely Dan's refined groove, Arthur Russell's sense of adventure, Véronique Sanson's feel for melody.

The songs travel from French - mainly - to English - a few.
"Love will remember Pharaon de Winter", it says.
Love isn't the only one.




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