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Melodiya: A Soviet Russian L.P. Discography

“Whatever is the story of my adopted family and of a dream we shared with thousands of kids like us: to live in a world where rules or constrictions didn’t exist.”“I was a teenager looking for adventures and freedom who found herself in the midst of the declining golden age of the rave movement, with a camera hanging around my neck. At that time, no one saw any good in us or in what we were doing, just as no one even bothered to look into rave culture. I remember the looks filled with disgust and judgment that followed us everywhere, and how we just learned not to give a damn, because we believed in our dreams and the alternative life we were pursuing. Looking back to this project after years, I can’t deny that it was the freest and fullest time of my life; but that fairytale was saturated with asphalt, mud, dust and rich in enemies, and soon our teenage dream crashed into a wall. Surely, we allowed ourselves to be fascinated by the unknown, and learned to find the strength to express all that we are, so that nobody and nothing could stop us from pursuing our dreams, whatever they may be.”Curated by Arianna Arcara and Alex MajoliDesign by Studio Moretti VisaniHardback, handmade silver spray28×28 cm / 11×11 in96 pages, 54 photosOffsetA5 Xerox zine on fluo paper includedFirst edition*cover design may vary

This brush contains more than one million very fine carbon fiber bristles. The cross section of these bristles is so small that they can easily get into all the nooks and crannies of the record groove. Because the carbon fiber conducts electricity it takes away all the static to earth via the metal handle and the person holding the brush. Then the dust lies loose in the groove so the next set of bristles can easily pick them up and remove them from the record groove.

152 p. - 14 x 21 cm - 200 gPréface : Guillaume HeuguetTraduction : Sophie GarnierLa consommation domestique de musique pour se détendre (« chill », en anglais) est devenue omniprésente. Des chaînes ou playlists YouTube / Spotify dédiées rassemblent des millions d’auditeur·ice·s, qui vont des jeunes passionné·e·s de jeux vidéo rythmant leurs parties aux cadres supérieur·e·s à la recherche d’un moment de délassement.La détente est aujourd’hui associée à une myriade de styles musicaux qui correspondent à autant de trajectoires d’artistes, de styles et de formats. Si « chill » ressemble à un mantra associé au nouvel esprit du capitalisme, à la généralisation de l’injonction au bien-être et de l’idéal thérapeutique, il s’inscrit dans une histoire de plus d’un demi-siècle, du jazz pour playboys aux yacht rock des yuppies, en passant par les aller-retours en musique minimaliste ou ambient européenne, américaine et japonaise, et les vibes décontractées ou neurasthéniques des plus récents tubes de PNL, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift ou Ariana Grande.