Disco L'imprimante Mix

May 5th Show Part One: Disco L'imprimante Mix.mp3

Once again Loïc Boyer (Disco L'imprimante) is here to charm us with another fine mix that he put together in Rouen France for air on CiTR 101.9FM here in Vancouver, BC, Canada. And I think it's just fantastic that a guy living in france can be doing radio in canada.

Tracklisting and infos from Monsieur Boyer:

Steeple Remove, Vital Sasson (7", 2005)
The best band of my street, and probably even more! Somewhere between krautrock and shoegazing is a nice place to play. Whatch out for their new single, (with an amazing sleeve design by Laurent Fétis, once again) very soon on this show.

Revl9n, Someone Like You (Toxic LP, 2005)
Sounds like a funky Kim Gordon, right? By the way, so many dance tracks come from Stockholm these days, is it the end of the ice age? The dancefloor warms up in Sweden, and even in Denmark (think about Junior Senior). Maybe we can expect a kind of ,er… scandinavian touch?

Tuxedomoon, 59 to 1 (Half-Mute LP, 1980)
I found this record at a Current 93 concert in Nantes for the I.D.E.A.L. festival. A guy was selling the creme de la creme records from the industrial & co scene, inside the huge concert hall, so we could spend more money between the sets and get embarassed by our plastic bags when we wanted to applause David Tibet. But it was worth it! This saxophone is deliciously painful…

Bloc Party, Helicopter / Whitey version (Silent Alarm Remixed LP, 2005)
I was obsessed by the Phones edit of Banquet, but Diplo's remix of this track opened my ears on its qualities, so I picked up Whitey's version for you. Well, ok, I guess it's the last time I can play anything from Silent Alarm until it's fashionable again (by 2018 I guess…).

Joy Division, Love Will Tears Us Apart (Les Bains Douches vol.1, 2001)
A french radio station had the good idea to record this historic concert in 1978, december the 18th, so we can have a good live record of JD. The Still LP is interesting, but most of the time you can't hear the bass, and sometimes you can't even hear Ian Curtis! The funny thing about this parisian concert, is that so many people around here claim they were there, that it should have happened in full-packed stadium. But Les Bains-Douches is just a club, and if you listen carefully the whole record, the public sounds like 30 fans, not much more…

The Television Personalities, All The Young Children On Crack (7", 2006)
Damn, the guy's not dead (as his friends thought), but he seems even more crazy than before. If you want to know how not to make hit single, listen with attention.

Taxi-Girl, V2 Sur Mes Souvenirs (Cherchez Le Garçon LP, 1980)
Produced by Maxime Schmitt (he also worked with Kraftwerk and is currently in studio with Les Plasticine), this LP was the first album for Daniel Darc's post-punk band. Mirwais would join the following year to play guitar, but that's a story for another mix…

Mr Oizo, Stunt (Stunt EP, 2004)
I really love this two-tracks-but-only-one-side-EP, certainly because it's a two-tracks-but-only-one-side-EP. But more than that, the meeting of Mr Oizo and Sebastien Tellier made this amazing track possible! Even better than La Tuerie!





Loïc Boyer is an artist residing in Rouen France. He makes books, tapes, exhibitions and now Canadian radio. Visit his websites:

Bureau L'imprimante (visual art)

Piratemodecast (mp3 blog)