ZE Records explained
ZE Records was a New York–based record label, started in 1978 by Michael Zilkha and Michel Esteban, and closed in 1984.
It was reestablished by Esteban in 2003.
History
Michael Zilkha (b. 1954) is a British-born Oxford graduate of Iraqi descent, the son of Selim Zilkha, former owner of Mothercare, a major UK retail company, and the stepson of Cabinet member Lord Lever. In the mid-1970s, Zilkha worked in the New York publishing industry and was a contributor to the Village Voice.
Michel Esteban (b. 1951) studied art in Paris and at the School of Visual Arts in New York, before returning to Paris in 1975 and opening the shop Harry Cover (a pun on "haricots verts"), which specialised in current rock music merchandise from the US and UK. The basement shop quickly became the rehearsal place for Parisian new wave bands. Between 1975 and 1976, Esteban published Rock News, which covered the birth of the punk rock movement in London, New York and Paris. In 1977 he published Patti Smith's books Witt and The Night, and Lizzy Mercier Descloux's first book Desiderata.[1] [2]
In 1977, Esteban signed French new wave band Marie et les Garçons, and asked John Cale—whom he had met through Patti Smith—to produce them. Cale produced the single "Re Bop" in New York, and when he decided to start a record label with Jane Friedman he asked Esteban to help. Cale later introduced Esteban to Zilkha, and they first established SPY Records to release singles produced by Cale, including records by Harry Toledo, the Necessaries, Lester Bangs, Model Citizens, and Bob Neuwirth.[1] [2]
ZE Records
Zilkha and Esteban then left to set up their own label, ZE Records, a name taken from the initials of their surnames, to record the new music emerging in New York and elsewhere from a fusion of punk, disco and new wave music. Much of the music produced by the company later became categorised as either "Mutant Disco" – a title used for one of ZE's early compilation albums – or "No Wave". Chris Blackwell – a friend of Esteban's then-girlfriend, fashion editor Anna Wintour[3] – gave ZE worldwide exposure through the label's licensing deal with Island Records.
Within a short time, ZE Records became one of the more hip labels of its time, signing up such new talent as James White and the Blacks, Was (Not Was), Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Lydia Lunch, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Cristina, The Waitresses, Bill Laswell's Material and Richard Strange, together with more established performers including John Cale and Suicide.[2] Many of its releases were first played at the Paradise Garage club in New York, starting point of Garage music.
ZE developed an independent and surrealist aesthetic identity. It was described by John Peel in Melody Maker in 1980 as "the best independent record label in the world", and by Paul Tickell in The Face in 1982 as "the world's most fashionable label".[3] According to writer Andy Kellman:[4]
"At their most inspired, the artists on ZE found some middle ground between immensely accessible disco-pop and the avant-garde, without ever falling down the middle of the road. Music that appealed to Highlights-reading six year olds as well as their Village Voice-reading parents wasn't particularly common back then (surely there are no modern-day parallels); and it's just one of the voids that the ZE label filled, fostered by a very direct collision between the novelty of pop and the possibilities of artful experimentation."
The label's success and influence peaked around 1981-82. Esteban left New York in 1982, and ZE Records closed down in 1984.
Esteban continued to work with Lizzy Mercier Descloux, and with Lio, as well as other artists. He restarted the ZE label in 2003 in France to record new artists, including Glasgow band Michael Dracula, as well as to reissue old material.[3] He lives today in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, where he is working on music, contemporary arts and cultural project in general. Meanwhile, Michael Zilkha joined his family in working in the energy business, and is co-owner of a renewable energy company based in Houston, Texas.
List of ZE recording artists
[5] Discography
[6] [7]
| style = background:#DCDCDC | 1978 |
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Singles| scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="60%" | Titles |
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| The Reasons | (7") | Hard Day At The Office / Baby Bright Eyes | | Cristina | (12") | Disco Clone (Produced by John Cale) | | Cristina | (12") | Disco Clone (Produced by Cristina/Zilkha/Blank) | | Marie et Les Garçons | (12") | ReBop / Attitudes | | Rosa Yemen | (12") | Rosa Yemen | | Arto / Neto | (12") | Pini, Pini / Malu | | James Chance | (12") | That's When Your Heartaches Begin | | James White & The Blacks | (12") | Contort Yourself / - (Tropical) Heatwave | | Sympho-State (Bob Blank) | (12") | Fever | | Mars | (12") | 3 E / 11,000 Volts | | (Pre) Teenage Jesus And The Jerks | (12") | Less of Me 7/ My Eyes / The Closet | | The Contortions | (12") | Designed to Kill / Throw Me Away | | Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band | (12") | I'm An Indian, Too / Deputy Of Love | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 1979 |
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Singles| scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="60%" | Titles |
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| Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (7") | Fire / Mission Impossible | | Mars | (7") | 3 E / 11,000 Volts | | Cristina | (7") | Disco Clone / Disco O | | Casino Music | (7") | Faites Le Proton / Amour Sauvage | | Nazis Against Fascism | (7") | Sid Did It | | Snuky Tate | (7") | He's The Groove | | Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band | (7") | Deputy Of Love / I'm An Indian, Too | | Marie et Les Garçons | (7") | ReBop / Attitudes | | Garçons | (7") | ReBop Electronique | | Aural Exciters | (7") | Spooks In Space | | Suicide | (7") | Dream Baby Dream / Radiation | | Garçons | (7") | French Boy / French Boy Reprise | | Aural Exciters | (12") | Spooks In Space / Marathon Runner | | Aural Exciters | (12") | My Boy Lollipop / Paradise | | Last Men | (12") | Jimmy Igo / The Word | | Garçons | (12") | French Boy / French Boy Reprise | | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (12") | Fire / Mission Impossible | |
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Albums| scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="60%" | Titles |
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| Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (LP) | Press Color | | James White & The Blacks | (LP) | Off White | | Casino Music | (LP) | Amour Sauvage | | Casino Music | (LP) | Jungle Love | | The Contortions | (LP) | Buy | | Aural Exciters | (LP) | Spooks In Space | | Garçons | (LP) | Divorce | | Gichy Dan's | (LP) | Beachwood # 9 | | Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band | (LP) | Deputy Of Love | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 1980 |
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Singles| scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="60%" | Titles |
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| Coati Mundi | (7") | Que Passa / Me No Pop I | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | There But For The Grace Of God Go I | | Suicide Romeo | (7") | Suicide Roméo / Moderne Romance | | Cristina | (7") | Baby You Can Drive My Car | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | Maladie D'amour | | Alan Vega | (7") | Juke Box Baby / Lonely | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | Darrio / Lili Marlene | | Cristina | (7") | La Poupée Qui Fait Non / Drive My Car | | Cristina | (12") | La Poupée Qui Fait Non / Blame It On Disco | | Alan Vega / Richard Strange | (12") | Juke Box Baby / International Language | | Coati Mundi | (12") | Que Passa / Me No Pop I | |
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| Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (LP) | Off The Coast Of Me | | Suicide Alan Vega / Martin Rev | (LP) | Second Album | | Suicide Romeo | (LP) | Pictures | | Lydia Lunch | (LP) | Queen Of Siam | | Davitt Sigerson | (LP) | Davitt Sigerson | | Marie et Les Garçons | (LP) | Marie et Les Garçons | | Richard Strange | (LP) | The Live Rise Of | | Alan Vega | (LP) | Alan Vega | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 1981 |
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Singles| scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="60%" | Titles |
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| Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | Latin Music / Musica Americana | | Was (Not Was) | (7") | Out Come The Freaks | | The Waitresses | (7") | I Know What Boys Like / No Guilt | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | There But For The Grace Of God Go I ('Live') | | Material + Nona Hendryx | (7") | Bustin' Out / Over & Over | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | I Am / Schweinerei | | Various Artists : Télépop | (7") | Marie & Les Garcons : Amicalement Votre / Les Globetrotters - Casino Music : Max La Menace
Lizzy Mercier Descloux : Mission Impossible - Suicide Romeo : Interlude / La Séquence Du Spectateur | | Cristina | (7") | Is That All There Is? / Jungle Love | | Cristina | (7") | Baby You Can Drive My Car / Don't Be Greedy | | Cristina | (7") | Baby You Can Drive My Car / The Ballad of Immoral Manufacture | | Cristina | (7") | Things Fall Apart / Disco Clone | | The Waitresses / Charlelie Couture | (7") | Christmas Wrapping / Christmas Fever | | Gichy Dan | (12") | Cowboys & Gangsters / Action Man | | Alan Vega & Martin Rev's Suicide | (12") | Dream Baby Dream / Radiation | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (12") | Don't Take My Coconuts | | Material + Nona Hendryx / Cristina | (12") | It's A Holiday / Things Fall Apart | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (12") | Going Places | | Was (Not Was) | (12") | Out Come The Freaks | | Coati Mundi | (12") | Me No Pop I / Que Pasa | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (12") | Latin Music | | Cristina | (12") | Is That All There Is? / Jungle Love | | Cristina | (12") | Baby You Can Drive My Car / The Ballad of Immoral Manufacture | | Various Artists | (Box 3x12") | Mutant Disco : A Subtle Discolation Of The Norm | | Was (Not Was) | (12") | Tell Me That I'm Dreaming | | Material + Nona Hendryx | (12") | Bustin' Out / Over & Over | | Cristina | (12") | Things Fall Apart / What a Girl To Do | |
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| Was (Not Was) | (LP) | Was (Not Was) | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (LP) | Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places | | Various Artists | (LP) | A Christmas Record 1981 | | Cristina | (LP) | Cristina | | Various Artists | (LP) | Mutant Disco : A Subtle Discolation Of The Norm | | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (LP) | Mambo Nassau | | Alan Vega | (LP) | Collision Drive | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 1982 |
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Singles| scope=col width="25%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="65%" | Titles |
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| Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | Stool Pigeon / I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby | | John Cale | (7") | I Keep A Close Watch | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | Annie (No Soy Tu Padre) | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (2x7") | Stool Pigeon / In The Jungle /There But for the Grace of God Go I (Live) / He's Not Such a Bad Guy After All (Live) | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | Christmas In B'Dilli Bay | | Was (Not Was) | (7") | Tell Me That I'm Dreaming | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy | | The Waitresses | (7") | I Know What Boys Like / No Guilt | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (12") | I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby | | Was (Not Was) | (12") | Tell Me That I'm Dreaming / Out Come The Freaks (Dub) | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (12") | Stool Pigeon | | Sweet Pea Atkinson | (12") | Don't Walk Away / Dance Or Die | | Sweet Pea Atkinson | (12") | Dance Or Die / Should I Wait | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (12") | I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby | | Alan Vega | (12") | Outlaw / Magdalena 84 | |
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| Sweet Pea Atkinson | (LP) | Don't Walk Away | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (LP) | Tropical Gangsters / Wise Guy (US Version) | | John Cale | (LP) | Music For A New Society | | Various Artists | (LP) | A Christmas Record 1982 | | The Waitresses | (LP) | I Could Rule The World If I Could Get The Parts | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 1983 |
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Singles| scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="60%" | Titles |
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| John Cale | (7") | Hungry For Love | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | There's Something Wrong In Paradise | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (7") | Don't Take My Coconuts | | The Waitresses | (12") | Christmas Wrapping / Hangover 1/1/83 | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (12") | The Lifeboat Party | | Was (Not Was) | (12") | Professor Night / Shake Your Head / Bow Wow Wow Wow | |
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| Ron Rogers | (LP) | Don't Play With My Emotions | | James White's | (LP) | Flaming Demonics | | Was (Not Was) | (LP) | Born To Laugh At Tornadoes | | The Waitresses | (LP) | Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? | | Caroline Loeb | (LP) | Piranana | | Alan Vega | (LP) | Saturn Strip | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 1984 |
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Singles| scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="60%" | Titles |
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| Junie Morrison | (7") | Tease Me | | John Cale | (7") | Ooh La La | | Daisy Chain | (12") | No Time To Stop Believing In Love / Time Version | | Breakfast Club | (12") | Rico Mambo | | Junie Morrison | (12") | Tease Me | | Was (Not Was) | (12") | (Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks (Remixed Version) | | Cristina | (12") | Ticket To The Tropics / What a Girl To Do | |
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| Davitt Sigerson | (LP) | Falling In Love Again | | John Cale | (LP) | Caribbean Sunset | | Was (Not Was) | (LP) | (The Woodwork) Squeaks | | Kid Creole & The Coconuts | (LP) | Cre Olé The Best Of | | John Cale | (LP) | Comes Alive | | Junie Morrison | (LP) | Evacuate Your Seats | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 1989 |
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Albums| scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="60%" | Titles |
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| Various Artists | (LP CD) | Zetrospective : Dancing In The Face of Adversity | | Various Artists | (LP CD) | Zetrospective : Hope Springs Eternal | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 2003 |
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Singles Vinyl| scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="60%" | Titles |
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| James White & The Blacks | (12") | 01 Contort Yourself / August Darnel Remix - 02 Contort Yourself / James White & The Blacks Version
03 Contort Yourself / Contortions Version - 04 (Tropical) Heatwave | | Aural Exciters | (12") | 01 Emile (Night Rate) - 02 Spooks in Space (Disco mix)
03 Maladie d'Amour - 04 Marathon Runner | | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (12") | 01 Fire - 02 Mission Impossible
03 Mission Impossible 2.0 - 04 Funky Stuff | | Zevolution Serie #1 Contort Yourself By Twitch Optimo Mix | (12") | 01 Contort Yourself (Optimo Mix) - 02 Stella....?
03 Know Wave / Drone Wave | |
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| Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (LP) | Press Color | |
| scope=col width="15%" | Réf.! | scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="45%" | Titles |
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| ZEREC.CD01 | Various Artists | (CD) | N.Y. No Wave | | ZECD02 | Various Artists | (2xCD) | Mutant Disco: A Subtle Discolation Of The Norm | | ZEREC.CD03 | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (CD) | Press Color | | ZEREC.CD04 | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (CD) | Mambo Nassau | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 2004 |
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Digipack CD| scope=col width="15%" | Réf.! | scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="45%" | Titles |
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| ZEREC.CD05 | Was (Not Was) | (CD) | Out Come The Freaks | | ZEREC.CD06 | Was (Not Was) | (CD) | (The Woodwork) Squeaks | | ZEREC.CD07 | James White & The Blacks | (CD) | Off White | | ZEREC.CD08 | James Chance & The Contortions | (CD) | Buy | | ZEREC.CD09 | James White's | (CD) | Flaming Demonics | | ZEREC CD10 | James Chance & The Contortions | (CD) | Live Aux Bains Douches Paris 1980 | | ZEREC.CD11 | Cristina | (CD) | Doll In The Box | | ZEREC.CD12 | Cristina | (CD) | Sleep It Off | | ZEREC.CD13 | Various Artists | (CD) | Undercover | | ZEREC.CD14 | Various Artists | (CD) | Mutant Disco Vol.3 : Garage Sale | | ZEREC.CD15 | Various Artists | (CD) | A Christmas Album | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 2005 |
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Digipack CD| scope=col width="15%" | Réf.! | scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="45%" | Titles |
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| ZEREC.CD02A | Various Artists | (CD) | Mutant Disco Vol.1 A Subtle Discolation Of The Norm | | ZEREC.CD02B | Various Artists | (CD) | Mutant Disco Vol.2 A Subtle Discolation Of The Norm | | ZEREC.CD16 | Lio | (CD) | Premier Album | | ZEREC.CD17 | Lio | (CD) | Suite Sixtine | | ZEREC.CD18 | Lio | (CD) | Amour Toujours | | ZEREC.CD19 | Lio | (CD) | Pop Model | | ZEREC.CD20 | Lio | (CD) | Can Can | | ZEREC.CD21 | Lio | (CD) | Des Fleurs Pour Un Cameleon | | ZEREC.CD22 | Lio | (CD) | Wandata | | ZEREC.CD23 | Lio | (CD) | Best Of Les Pop Songs | | ZEREC.CD24 | Lio | (CD) | Best Of Les Ballades | | ZEREC.BOX01 | Lio | 7 CDs + 1 DVD | Pop Box | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 2006 |
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Digipack CD| scope=col width="15%" | Réf.! | scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="45%" | Titles |
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| ZEREC.CD25 | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (CD) | Best Off | | ZEREC.CD30 | Various Artists | (CD) | B. Loves Ze / Agnes B Compilation | | ZEREC.CD32 | Michael Dracula | (CD) | In The Red | |
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| style = background:#DCDCDC | 2010 |
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Albums | scope=col width="15%" | Réf.! | scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="5%" | Formats! | scope=col width="45%" | Titles |
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| ZEREC.CD31 | Various Artists | (CD) | Mutant Disco Vol.4 | |
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ZETROSPECTIVE JAPAN RELEASES| scope=col width="35%" | Artistes ! | scope=col width="10%" | Formats ! | scope=col width="55%" | Titres |
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| Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (MLPR / CD) | Press Color | | James White & The Blacks | (MLPR / CD) | Off White | | Casino Music | (MLPR / CD) | Jungle Love | | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (MLPR / CD) | Mambo Nassau | | Was (Not Was) | (MLPR / CD) | Out Come The Freaks | | Was (Not Was) | (MLPR / CD) | (The Woodwork) Squeaks | | Contortions | (MLPR / CD) | Buy | | Aural Exciters | (MLPR / CD) | Spooks In Space | | Was (Not Was) | (MLPR / CD) | Born To Laugh At Tornadoes (LP) | | The Waitresses | (MLPR / CD) | Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? (LP) | | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (MLPR / CD) | Zulu Rock | | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (MLPR / CD) | One For The Soul | | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (MLPR / CD) | Suspense | | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | (MLPR / CD) | Best Off | | James White's | (MLPR / CD) | Flaming Demonics | | James Chance & The Contortions | (MLPR / CD) | Live Aux Bains Douches, Paris 1980 | | Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band | (MLPR / CD) | Deputy Of Love | | Richard Strange | (MLPR / CD) | The Live Rise Of | | Cristina | (MLPR / CD) | Doll In The Box | | Cristina | (MLPR / CD) | Sleep It Off | | Various Artists | 13 Mini Lp Replica | THE COLLECTOR BOX | |
MLPR / CD = CD Mini LP Replica, CD replica from the original Vinyl (with covers)
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Discographie Digitale| scope=col width="5%" | Réf.! | scope=col width="30%" | Artists! | scope=col width="48%" | Titles! | scope=col width="8%" | Pistes! | scope=col width="10%" | Bitrate |
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| CD01 | Various Artists | N.Y. No Wave | 24 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD02A | Various Artists | Mutant Disco Vol.1 | 12 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD02B | Various Artists | Mutant Disco Vol.2 | 18 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD03 | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | Press Color | 13 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD04 | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | Mambo Nassau | 18 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD05 | Was (Not Was) | Out Come The Freaks | 16 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD06 | Was (Not Was) | (The Woodwork) Squeaks | 10 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD07 | James White & The Blacks | Off White | 14 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD08 | James Chance & The Contortions | Buy | 12 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD09 | James White's | Flaming Demonics | 9 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD10 | James Chance & The Contortions | Live Aux Bains Douches Paris 1980 | 8 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD11 | Cristina | Doll In The Box | 12 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD12 | Cristina | Sleep It Off | 16 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD13 | Various Artists | Undercover | 14 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD14 | Various Artists | Mutant Disco Vol.3 : Garage Sale | 15 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD15 | Various Artists | A Christmas Record | 14 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD16 | Lio | Premier Album | 16 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD17 | Lio | Suite Sixtine | 15 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD18 | Lio | Amour Toujours | 15 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD19 | Lio | Pop Model | 18 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD20 | Lio | Can Can | 17 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD21 | Lio | Des Fleurs Pour Un Cameleon | 13 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD22 | Lio | Wandata | 15 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD23 | Lio | Best Of Les Pop Songs | 8 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD24 | Lio | Best Of Les Ballades | 20 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD25 | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | Best Off | 21 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD26 | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | Zulu Rock | 18 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD27 | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | One For The Soul | 15 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD28 | Lizzy Mercier Descloux | Suspense | 16 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD30 | Various Artists | B. Loves Ze / Agnes B Compilation | 12 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD31 | Various Artists | Mutant Disco Vol.4 | 14 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD32 | Michael Dracula | In The Red | 13 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD33 | Lio | Pop ModelRemix | 14 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD34 | Aural Exciters | Spooks In Space | 16 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD35 | Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band | Deputy Of Love | 11 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD36 | Was (Not Was) | Born To Laugh at Tornados | 15 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD37 | Junie Morrison | Evacuate your Seats | 16 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD38 | Sweet Pee Atkinson | Don't Walk Away | 10 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD39 | Various Artists | Zetrospective: Dancing In The Face of Adversity | 10 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD40 | Various Artists | Zetrospective: Hope Springs Eternal | 14 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD41 | Davitt Sigerson | Debut Album | 10 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD42 | John Cale | Music For a New Society | 11 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD43 | Marie et Les Garçons | 1977 / 1979 | 21 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD44 | Suicide Romeo | Images | 10 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD45 | Casino Music | Jungle Love | 22 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD46 | Garçons | Divorce | 12 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD47 | Various Artists | French & Chic | 12 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD48 | Octobre | Next Year In Asia / Paolino Parc | 14 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD49 | Caroline Loeb | Piranana | 11 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD50 | Richard Strange | The Rise & Fall of | 8 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD51 | Davitt Sigerson | Falling In Love again | 9 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD52 | The Waitresses | Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? | 11 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD53 | Ron Rogers | Don't Play With My Emotion | 8 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD54 | Gichy Dan's Beachwood # 9 | Redux Album | 13 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD55 | Various Artists | Records Story 1979 /2009 | 14 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | | CD56 | Various Artists | Zevolution ZE Edits | 14 Tracks | (File 320 kbit) | |
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See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 29 July 2010 . THE FUTURE IS HISTORY : THE BIRTH OF ZE RECORDS . https://web.archive.org/web/20100729194111/http://www.zerecords.com/2010/about.php . 29 July 2010 . 2024-04-27 . www.zerecords.com.
- http://www.zerecords.com/2010/about_interview_5.php Flux magazine: interview with Michel Esteban, 2009
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/5978110/Mutant-disco-from-planet-ZE.html Thomas H Green, "Mutant disco from planet ZE", Daily Telegraph, 13 August 2009
- Andy Kellman, Review of Mutant Disco, Allmusic.com
- http://www.zerecords.com/2010/artists.php List of ZE Records Artists
- http://www.zerecords.com/2010/store.php# List of ZE Records 2010 with covers from LP/EP/Digipack/Digital
- http://www.discogs.com/label/ZE+Records Discogs: ZE Records discography
