Working on the English version of my book.
A journey through music and art, from the U.K. and towards many other territories, following the path of the band Massive Attack...
It took me back in the Middle Age to the core history of England. Then in the Sixties with the rise of reggae music is some corners of Bristol and London.
Coming up to my generation now, in the 1990s.
Proofreading my Chapter 8 - and can only underline how much 1997 was a defining year in the recent history of British music!
While The Spiritualized release their acclaimed third album, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, in June, Radiohead comes back with groundbreaking OK Computer...
Spiritualized - 'Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space'
Radiohead - 'Karma Police'
Just a few months before Portishead's second album Portishead, and their amazing single 'All Mine':
Portishead - 'All mine'
And in the middle of the busy year, Massive Attack release a very unexpected sound with their unforgettable single 'Risingson'...
Massive Attack - 'Risingson'
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To know more about the relations between Radiohead, Blur, The Spiritualized and Massive Attack, wait until the 8th chapter of my book...
Definitely the most interesting era in British music since the Sixties!!
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Sur le livre, en français :
Sur RFI.fr
INVITÉ CULTURE
Melissa Chemam, auteur du livre «En dehors de la zone de confort»
Par Olivier Rogez
Bristol, la ville portuaire anglaise est devenue un mythe depuis les années 1990. C'est là que sont nés plusieurs courants artistiques majeurs. Le trip hop, côté musical. Et le Street art, côté arts plastiques. De Massive Attack à Banksy, la ville a donné au monde des artistes célèbres. La journaliste Melissa Cheman a consacré un ouvrage à cette ville et à ces artistes. En dehors de la zone de confort, paru aux éditions Anne Carrière.
Ecouter ici :
http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20161014-melissa-chemam-auteure-livre-dehors-zone-confort
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In English:
Being in England this week (mid-January), I accepted BBC Radio Bristol's invitation to be on their Saturday morning show, with Dr Phil Hammond, to talk about my book :)
We mainly talked about the role of music in social change, from Patti Smith to Occupy London, and of course of Massive Attack.
You can listen here:
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More on 1997 releases' dates and the charts here on the NME:
http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1997-2-1045364
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