BLACK & NOIR
72 rue Baudriere
49100 Angers
France
tel : 02/41/87/92/23 (+33 2/41/87/92/23)
fax : 02/41/88/62/28 (+33 2/41/88/62/28)
http://www.magic.fr/indie-musique/labels/bn/bn.htm
Black & Noir started in 1989. It was a name of a radio show in Angers in the years 1983-85
set up by Eric Sourice, Stéphane, Casbah (singer of Casbah club), Doudou (Les Thugs manager)
plus more people, then it became an association to organize concerts, and finally a record shop.
Black & Noir is a song by Kas Product. The starting point of Black & Noir as a label was the French
licence of the third Cateran LP. The label is stopped for the moment, but the record shop is still
up and sells its records. Two other Black & Noir record shops have been set up in Bordeaux and Nantes.
Black & Noir a démarré en 1989. C'est le nom d'une émission radio sur Angers dans les années
1983-85 mise sur pied par Eric Sourice, Stéphane, Casbah (chanteur de Casbah club),
Doudou (manager des Thugs) plus d'autres personnes, qui est devenue une asso de concerts et
ensuite un magasin de disques. Black & Noir est une chanson de Kas Product. Le point de départ
de Black & Noir a été la sortie sous licence du troisième LP des Cateran. Le label a été arrêté
mais le magasin de disques et la mailorder continuent de tourner. Deux autres magasins
Black & Noir se sont montés à Nantes et Bordeaux.
BLACK & NOIR SINGLES CLUB
1000 copies of each single were issued as first pressing. Some have been re-issued.
BNS01
Dirty Hands "Gimme love / Suicide"
Recorded by Thierry Duvigneau / J.M. Sigrist at the "Chalet" Bordeaux December 1989
Production Christophe Sourice. Issued in January 1990. 1100 copies
BNS02
Shaking Dolls "Teenagers go nuts"
Recorded & mixed at AMCO Studio, Angers late in 1989 by Jean Paul Romann.
Production Christophe Sourice. Issued in February 1990.
BNS03
Mad Monster Party "Uneasy feeling"
Recorded by J.M. Sigrist at the "Chalet" Bordeaux February 1990
Production Christophe Sourice. Issued in April 1990.
BNS04
Les Thugs "Falling Apart" / Uptown Bones "Spring is a cat"
Issued in October 1990. 1200 copies.
BNS05
Hydrolic systems "Hydrolic systems / Run away"
Recorded & mixed at AMCO Studio, Angers by Jean Paul Romann.
Production Gilles Theolier. Issued in December 1990
BNS06
Casbah Club "Living up in center / Worth the price"
Recorded & mixed at AMCO Studio, Angers by Gilles Theolier and Le Gzu 19 and 20 January 1991
BNS07
Burning Heads "Hey you / Go away"
BNS08
Drive Blind "Charlatan"
Recorded at the Tymix Studio in August 1991. 800 copies
BNS09
Overflow "Naked / Beautiful fire"
Recorded and mixed at the Rockoko studio Zagreb by Zelimir / Kruno Babogredac in April 1991.
Production Overflow.
BNS10
Subtle Turnhips "Fromage à Patou"
Eric Sourice dans 21 Again #8 (Décembre 95)
Comment ça s'est passé avec le Club Single ?
En sortant le premier 45t, on s'était dit après tout pourquoi ne pas
lancer un club single (on l'a copié sur le club single Sub Pop dont
on avait un petit peu entendu parler). On avait déjà deux autres 45t
en projet et on s'était fixé d'en faire cinq dans l'année et puis de
faire un club single. Et ça a pas mal marché, on a eu 150 a 200
adhérents au club single, car c'était l'epoque où tout sortait en
vinyl et les gens achetaient pas mal de disques car ce n'était pas
trop cher. Les groupes tournaient pas mal, ils vendaient en concert.
Mais c'est aussi la période où on a fait quelques erreurs.
Eric Sourice in 21 Again #8 (Décember 95)
How did the Club Single took place ?
When we issued the first single, we said why don't we put out a singles club
(we copied the Sub Pop singles club from which we heard a little about). We
had planned two other singles and we planned to do five in the year and a
singles club. It worked quite well, we had 150 to 200 members of the singles
club, because it was the time when everything was issued on vinyl and people
bought a lot of records because it wasn't too expensive. The bands toured quite
much, they were selling at gigs. But it's also the time when we made some errors.
Retour à la section 45T Les Thugs / Back to the Les Thugs EP section
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