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Mélanzé

What the world keeps from Mélanzé

Press, radio, video, conversations

Scattered traces show how Mélanzé travels beyond the site itself: through articles, radio appearances, interviews and archives that extend the books, the music and the projects.

Coverage

8 features and archives

Formats

4 ways of telling the story

Period

2020 - 2022

Blaze it - Natty Jean - Reggae.fr

Featured

Article June 1, 2022

Blaze it - Natty Jean - Reggae.fr

Reggae.fr

This archive sets the tone for the page: one way of seeing how Mélanzé’s voice moves through very different contexts, from books to radio, from the studio to the press.

Formats

A presence carried by several voices

Read

3

Articles, reviews and written pieces that extend Mélanzé’s worlds.

Printed archives

2

Press pages and longer formats to browse as traces.

Watch

1

Filmed interviews and conversations where the voice behind the projects becomes visible.

Listen

2

Radio appearances, moving voices and more intimate formats.

Archive

Read, listen and watch what has circulated

This review gathers the available traces around Mélanzé, Joan Bastide, the publishing hut and Som'One Music. It works like a small listening and reading room.

Read

Articles, reviews and written pieces that extend Mélanzé’s worlds.

Article February 6, 2021

Article about the publication of Contemplations in Le Mauricien, February 6, 2021

Le Mauricien

Que la terre nous soit légère, by Joan Bastide, in the monthly Billets d'Afrique (Survie association)
Article December 1, 2020

Que la terre nous soit légère, by Joan Bastide, in the monthly Billets d'Afrique (Survie association)

Billets d'Afrique

Printed archives

Press pages and longer formats to browse as traces.

Interview with Joan Bastide, Le Courrier, December 30, 2020
Print press December 30, 2020

Interview with Joan Bastide, Le Courrier, December 30, 2020

Le Courrier

Que la terre nous soit légère, by Joan Bastide, in the Swiss weekly Vigousse, December 4-10, 2020
Print press December 4, 2020

Que la terre nous soit légère, by Joan Bastide, in the Swiss weekly Vigousse, December 4-10, 2020

Vigousse

Watch

Filmed interviews and conversations where the voice behind the projects becomes visible.

Interview with Joan Bastide about his novel 'Que la terre nous soit légère'
Video February 15, 2021

Interview with Joan Bastide about his novel 'Que la terre nous soit légère'

Facebook Live

Listen

Radio appearances, moving voices and more intimate formats.

Radio November 1, 2022

Natty Jean @ Vibe Radio - November 2022

Vibe Radio

Radio November 27, 2020

Interview with Joan Bastide about his novel Que la terre nous soit légère on Couleur 3 radio, November 27, 2020

RTS Couleur 3

Press inquiries

Preparing an article, a show or an invitation?

We can share context, visuals, information about current projects, or imagine a conversation around music, publishing and the place itself.

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