Along the boulevard des Italiens in Paris
In Belle Epoque Paris, the showrooms of the main talking machines brands (Gramophone, Pathé, Columbia, Odeon, APGA) were located boulevard des Italiens. Here is a 1899 drawing of Pathé Salon du...
View ArticleRecording Navajo Indians on wax cylinders (1913)
Canadian American composer, singer and music professor Geoffrey O'Hara (1882-1967) recording Navajo Indians on wax cylinders. Illustrations taken from French newspaper Le Petit Journal dated May 25th,...
View ArticleA Phonograph for the propaganda…
... of the "Masters of red terror in Russia" - a picture taken from French newspaper L'Excelsior dated June 5th, 1920. Source: http://c.bnf.fr/gAM I found it with GallicaPix, a new tool that uses...
View ArticleAdvertisements for the Compagnie française du Gramophone (1903-1913)
Here is a selection of advertisements for the Compagnie française du Gramophone, the French branch of the Gramophone Company, between 1903 and 1913. Both the message and the iconography provide useful...
View ArticleA visit at the Pathé factory in 1907
A series of photographs of the Pathé factory in Chatou, in the West suburb of Paris, in 1907. Taken from a report published in French journal La Nature in 1907. Source: Conservatoire numérique du CNAM...
View ArticleGuest on the webradio of the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo Festival
I was invited by David Christoffel to record this show for the webradio of the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo festival. I played some of my 78 rpm records from Caucasus, Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa,...
View ArticleMy Top 5 for Superfly Records
I picked some of my favorite Congolese 78s and wrote a few lines for Paris Superfly Records => http://blog.superflyrecords.com/guests-top-5/ceints-de-bakelite-archeo-congo/ Advertisements
View ArticleEast Asian 78s mix for the Pan-Asian Airlines show on Le Mellotron
I was invited by Sylvain Quément from Radio Minus to spin some East Asian 78s for the first part of his Pan-Asian Airlines radio show on Le Mellotron....
View ArticleThe phonograph in the year 2000
Taken from "In the year 2000", a series of futuristic pictures by Jean-Marc Côté released in France between 1899 and 1910. Source: Gallica.
View ArticleDéambulations sonores dans Gallica –Épisode 1
https://www.mixcloud.com/ceintsdebakelite/d%C3%A9ambulations-sonores-dans-gallica-episode-1/ A défaut de pouvoir fouiller les étagères des médiathèques et les bacs des soldeurs aux Puces, il nous reste...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....