“Trenet dresses like blue angels when they wear suits. A jacket and trousers tailored in the blue of the morning, a darker shirt made from a piece of the evening sky. A white tie cut from the clouds. His eyes: two cornflowers. A froth of flaxen hair, like Musset in days gone by.” Paul GUTH (in Le Figaro Litteraire, June 26th 1954)

"1955. The Brasserie de la Cigale was the Parisian Harlem. Influenced by Dixieland, Middle Jazz and Rhythm ‘n Blues, the sextet led by the Guadeloupian trombonist Al Lirvat presents a pyrotechnic display of groove and swing. A rare performance by the American saxist Benny Waters, on excellent form. An exceptional and historic document in every way." Jean-Pierre Meunier

This is the first volume of a new collection about the history of philosophy, in coedition with famed editor "Presses Universitaires de France" (PUF) and directed by famous French Philosopher and columnist Jean-Francois Mattei. In this 3 CD audiobook the author deals with the Ancient Greece philosophers Plato and Aristotle.

My intimate conviction is that it is fitting (…) to unreservedly admire an artist who, in wanting to be popular, and without anyone demanding that he do so, made vertiginous demands on himself. Alain GERBER Fremeaux & Associes’ « Quintessence » products have undergone an analogical and digital restoration process which is recognized throughout the world. Each 2 CD set edition includes liner notes in English as well as a guarantee. This 2 CD set presents a selection of the best recordings by Wes Montgomery between 1957 and 1962.

“The mere mention of his union with the cinema is enough to make Bolling burst into flame, for movies have always been a passion of his; so much so, in fact, that he had a premonition: sooner or later, he’d meet movies face to face… Listening to the original soundtrack was enough to convince everyone that with Catch me a spy, Claude Bolling had established himself as Henry Mancini’s French cousin… From the elegant jazz waltzes of the California suite to the spellbinding pieces he devoted to ancient Egypt [The Awakening], Claude Bolling illuminates the wide screen of our musical memory with swing and lyricism.” Stephane Lerouge

“This CD offers the listener a journey along a water course, from a source to the sea. The music of droplets and of rain, streams and water falls, the calmer music of a river, of a lake and the sea. This natural music, surely some of the worlds most ancient, puts the listener in osmosis with the environment using the most musical of the basic elements. The author, Pierre Palengat is a sound recorder, naturalist and musician. His CDs, of great acoustic sensibility, offer the listener a sample of the best of nature’s sounds.” Patrick Fremeaux

This 2 CD set delivers a conference held in French by Patrick Fremeaux on the Western prejudice against Tribal art. It is followed by field-recordings from the Dogon Country made by Patrick Kersale.

“I dreamed my life with my eyes wide open, waking up when winter came (…) Do me the pleasure of starting without me, and let me sleep… It’s what I was made for.” Francis BLANCHE Poet and actor, comedian and prankster, Francis Blanche also wrote hundreds of songs in which he wrestled puns with humour and catchwords with indefatigable verve. In this anthology Jean Buzelin and Marc Monneraye have extracted the essence from the song‑writing of this genius-of-all-trades. Patrick FReMEAUX

The Cancan is rooted in the genuine and artistic 19th Century Paris and represents its joyful ardour, such as the Square dances, gallops and quick polkas presented in this CD. This CD belongs to the “Dance Master Classics” anthology, a collection of 20 discs compiled by specialists in each of dancing’s domains. Gathered here in almost exhaustive fashion for the very first time, this a panorama of the best titles in dancehistory, grouped by aesthetic form, follow one special guiding principle: to magnify the relationship between dancers and music. Noël Herve & Patrick Fremeaux

(2-CD set) The Ensemble Jehan de Channey revives the extraordinary opulence of the music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This is a representative collection from this period which gave rise to the notion of works, writers, musical notation and music with instrumentation and singing. A step back in time to the days of troubadours and Fine Amor.

In this 4 CD testimony interviews, Jorge Semprun tells about his life, and numerous democratics fights. From the clandestinity in Spain during Franco's regime, to French Resistance, and the Ministry of culture in Spain when the democracy turns back. In French

The Forties and Fifties offer a ‘Bal Musette’ performed by virtuosi of their instrument, and tinted with Swing music. This CD belongs to the “Dance Master Classics” anthology, a collection of 20 discs compiled by specialists in each of dancing’s domains. Gathered here in almost exhaustive fashion for the very first time, this a panorama of the best titles in dancehistory, grouped by aesthetic form, follow one special guiding principle: to magnify the relationship between dancers and music. Noël Herve & Patrick Fremeaux

“This record was produced in the context of the museum work of Guillaume Veillet (a collector and former editor of Trad Magazine), so as to make available to the public a broad panorama of French traditional music. It is one of a collection of 10 CDs, divided geographically by region, that aim to document popular contributions to the history and contem porary nature of our cultural and artistic heritage.” Benjamin Goldenstein

“This record was produced in the context of the museum work of Guillaume Veillet (a collector and former editor of Trad Magazine), so as to make available to the public a broad panorama of French traditional music. It is one of a collection of 10 CDs, divided geographically by region, that aim to document popular contributions to the history and contem porary nature of our cultural and artistic heritage.” Benjamin Goldenstein

HERBERT MARCUSE – HENRI LEFEBVRE With this volume # 21, Michel Onfray deals with Herbert Marcuse & Henri Lefebvre, philosophers who have inspired the youth revolts of 1968 and the renewal of the far-left politics since the 1960’s. A 13 CDs box set by Michel Onfray. In French. A Counter History of Philosophy by famous French philosopher Michel Onfray - with 800 000 records sold until today! "A parallel history of thinking, that rehabilitates the hedonist and materialist tradition, that resuscitates the gnostics, libertines, baroques, dyonisiac socialists, free spirits and other visionaries..." Robert Maggiori, Liberation