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GREAT CONCERT at Studio GRRR

In the garden and studio GRRR - 14h and 17h
1st part in the garden : LANDOLFI string quartet + Nicolas Chedmail on French horn
with Anaïs Perrin, violin / Cécile Garcia, violin / Dahlia Adamopoulos, viola / Annabelle Brey, cello, playing extracts of the Grand Quintetto op. 106 by Anton Reicha and string quartet opus 13 by Felix Mendelssohn
2nd part in the studio : improvisations on SPAT'SONORE
with Nicolas Chedmail, spat'horn / Jean-Jacques Birgé, spat'keyboard

Following the “Coup de Cœur” award given last January to the album Les déments, it is a great honor to participate in the Académie Charles Cros Prix In Honorem, awarded to Denis Lavant for his lifetime contribution to poetry and poets, on the occasion of the publication of Fiches de Franz Kafka (La Muse En Circuit) and the CD by the trio Les Déments featuring saxophonist Lionel Martin and Jean-Jacques Birgé (a project they both initiated and produced through their associated labels OUCH! and GRRR), in the "Recorded Speech, Documents & Sound Creations" category.

We are delighted to announce that the Charles Cros Academy has awarded its Coup de Cœur prize in the ‘recorded word’ category to the album LES DÉMENTS, featuring famous actor Denis Lavant, saxophonist Lionel Martin and Jean-Jacques Birgé. It is a double CD on which Denis Lavant recites texts by Marcel Moreau (1933-2020), André Martel (1893-1976), Xavier Grall (1930-1981) and André Schlesser (1914-1985). It is distributed by Inouïe. It can also be listened to and purchased on Bandcamp, and a clip can be viewed on Viméo. Recorded and mixed by JJB at Studio GRRR, it is a co-production between OUCH!, Lionel's label, and GRRR, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The artwork, featuring stains and eyes, was created by Ella & Pitr.

200 Motels

Lecture by JJB about the film 200 Motels by Frank Zappa, Lille October 8th 2025 at cinéma L'Univers (Heure Exquise !/MusicVideoArt/Muzzix) followed by the film

2 video-clips for 2 new CD

- Pique-nique au Labo 4 by Étienne MINEUR
with the 17 musicians in a 30 seconds editing
https://vimeo.com/1069921680
- Les déments by Sonia CRUCHON
with Denis LAVANT
and music by Lionel MARTIN and Jean-Jacques BIRGÉ
https://vimeo.com/1086186171