7'' concertos
or a proposition on how to listen to 7'' at home
7'' concertos started from two ideas.
Discovering records asking sellers from record shops and finding an engaging way to listen to 7'' at home
Each time I enter into a record shop I find interesting, I ask the person in charge to choose for me three 7'' from any genre she/he would like to share and to make me discover and I buy them.
Sometimes, I break the rule and get a set or a box of 7'' on my own, which could fit into the project.
I've set a protocol to listen to each set:
1. Choose a set
2.Using a dice, determine the order of the three discs.
3.Flip each record in the air to determine the side
4.Listen to the three songs in a row, 100% focused, as if it were three movements of a concerto
7'' concerto part de deux idées.
Découvrir des disques proposés par des disquaires et trouver un moyen réjouissant d'écouter des 45 tours chez moi.
Chaque fois que j'entre dans un magasin de disques intéressant, je demande au vendeur/euse de choisir pour moi trois 45 tours tous genres confondus qu'il/elle voudrait me faire découvrir et je les achète.
Parfois, je brise la règle et décide d'un coffret ou d'une série qui peut entrer dans le cadre.
J'ai déterminé un protocole d'écoute:
1.Choisis un set de trois disques
2.A l'aide d'un dé, détermine l'ordre des trois disques
3.Fais les tourner en l'air afin d'en déterminer la face
4.Ecoute les trois disques à la suite, totalement concentré/e comme s'ils étaient des mouvements d'un concerto
From now on (August 13 2017) each listening will be posted on Instagram (follow estolaurent) and on this page
Dès maintenant (13 août 2017) chaque écoute sera partagée sur Instagram (suivez estolaurent) et sur cette page
If you start your own series of 7'' concertos, please share with me!
Si vous démarrez votre propre série de 7'' concertos, s'il vous plait, partagez avec moi!
13. March 22 2020 / Was (not was) Hello operator / Art Bears Rats & Monkeys / I Nomadi Io vagabondo (set got in November 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland at Bel-Air records)
12. July 29 2019 / Friendly Bears Streamwinner / Kreamy Lectric Santa Secrets of the Universe / Los Concos Entropic Paradise (set got in July 2019 in Asheville, NV At Static Age Record
11.July 25 2019 / Lori & The Chameleons Touch / House of Nimrod Reflexions of our time / The Cousins Stodola (set got in July 2019 in Brussels, at Arlequin
1. August 13 2017 / Free Party BYOV / Chris Watson Oceanus pacificus / Psychic Ills Take me with you (first set of the project, got in October 2012 at Other Records, NYC)
2. August 23 2017 / Canned Meet On the road again / T-Rex Hot love / Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig Lazarus Dig (set got in November 2014 at Sounds Records, Geneva)
3. January 3 2018 / Adult Underwater wave game / Mouse on Mars Middlenight / Eleventh dream day I like the name Alice (from the box Plum by Thrill Jockey Records got at Obsession, Lausanne, January 2018)
The Mexican series
In July 2018 I was visiting Querétaro, Mexico. In an antique store, I found series of 10x7'' from the 1970's carefully chosen, sealed together with a list written on a typewriter on the back. I got for packages titled Ranchera, Musica instrumental, Onda grupera and Miscelanea.
En juillet 2018, je visitais Querétaro au Mexique. Dans une brocante, il y avait des lots de 10 45tours des années 70's, soigneusement choisis, emballés ensemble et contenant une liste au dos tapée à la machine à écrire. J'en ai choisi quatre intitulés Ranchera, Musica instrumental, Onda groupera et Miscelanea.
4. July 15 2018 / Sonorisima Siguaray No hay novedad / Grupo Impacto de Montemorelos Mis lagrimas amargas / Mr. Loco Lucky man (from Mexican series Miscelanea)
5. August 11 2018 / Yndio Eres mi mundo / Carlos Merija Godoy Son tus perjumenes mujer / Los Potros Ya puedes in pregonando (from Mexican series Onda grupera)
6. November 13 2018 / The Sweet Hell Raiser / David Cassidy Two time loser / Fehlfarben Uuh cherie (set got in October 2018 at Studio 1, Lübeck, Germany)
7. January 2 2018 / The southern song Just the same as you / Shyster Tick tock / Winston’s fumbs Really crazy apartment (set got in November 2018 at Vinyl Tap, Huddersfield, UK)
8. January 3 2018 / Alberto betancourt Ahora que soy libre / Fausto Papetti Gabriela / Santo y Johnny Todo my amor (from Mexican series Musica instrumental)
9. January 4 2018 / Jose Alfredo Jimenez El rey / Roberto Fausto Me da igual / Juan Valentin Oiga señor (from Mexican series Ranchera)
10. April 13 2019 / Occidental white Progress through research / Carol So low / Klaus Comedi Sigaretta rosa (set got at Unique Records, Brussels, March 2019)