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2010

31 December 2009 | News | Comments Off

Happy new year !
And happy birthday too : monopsone tries, with passion, to release records for ten years !
Fight isn’t finished, resistance goes on…

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mops and ADA vol.18

29 December 2009 | News | Comments Off

The lastest releases of our catalog are present on volume 18 of compilations directed by french webzine A Découvrir Absolument.
laudanum (”no one else on earth“, extract from “decades“) and Erik Arnaud (”Cheval“, extract from “L’Armure“) share the tracklisting with Sheraf, Fedaden, Vale Poher, Templo Diez…
Free download here :
www.adecouvrirabsolument.com/spip.php?article3775

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laudanum… in the west !

28 December 2009 | News | Comments Off

The editorial staff of french newspaper Ouest-France has listened to and liked “decades“.
You can read the review of laudanum third album on our press review or on the newspaper website :
ouest-france.fr/actu/disques_detail_chroniques_-Laudanum-Decades_43714-1206805_actu.Htm

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Vic Chesnutt R.I.P.

25 December 2009 | News | Comments Off

sad Christmas…

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les inrocks podcast 154

23 December 2009 | News | Comments Off

Cheval, extract of Erik Arnaud new album, L’Armure, (release : february 01, 2010) is on line on weekly podcast of JDtheDJ from great french magazine Les Inrockuptibles. You can listen to here :
lesinrocks.com/musique/musique-article/t/1261393201/article/les-inrocks-podcast-154-en-ecoute
You can already buy L’Armure in collector edition there :
monopsone.com/?shop&lp_lang_pref=en

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the mopskrew top 2009

21 December 2009 | News | No Comments

le fano : 1. Sonic Youth – The Eternal 2. Andrew Bird – Noble Beast 3. The XX – XX 4. Yo la Tengo – Popular Songs 5. The Horrors – Primary Colours
le freul : 1. The Declining Winter – Haunt the Upper Hallways 2. Epic45 – In All The Empty Houses 3. Systems Officier […]

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Best mops 2009

16 December 2009 | News | No Comments

* Decades, 3rd album of a laudanum back towards clearly rock lands , reviewed in famous french magazine Les Inrockuptibles, December 2, 09.
Les Inrockuptibles – “On the borders of rock and electro, laudanum tames the storm. (…) conditions are combined for a great atmospheric record.” Benjamin Montour
* Cheval, extract of Erik Arnaud’s 3rd LP, […]

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special Xmas sales !

12 December 2009 | News | No Comments

All monopsone catalogue available at special Xmas sales, so just contact directly our shop through : contact[at]monopsone[dot]com !
- Erik Arnaud “L’Armure – limited Ed°” : 15 € + “C’est pas l’enfer” EP (limited CDr 3′’) : 20 €
- laudanum “Decades” : 10 €
- back catalogue : 5 € each CD (The Fatales – Great […]

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c’est lenoir

9 December 2009 | News | No Comments

The great Bernard Lenoir, Mister Rock etc. of France Inter (major French public radio), has played in his program of this Tuesday, December, 08, “Cheval”, extract of Erik Arnaud’s 3rd LP, the long-awaited “L’Armure”.
To listen to there :
sites.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/em/cestlenoir/playlists.php
“L’Armure”, in its digipack standard version, will be released on next February 2010… but a collector version (longbox […]

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la blogothèque

8 December 2009 | News | No Comments

The famous weblog La Blogothèque (and its famous “Concerts à emporter” !) is announcing the release of Erik Arnaud new album… and is already preparing for “L’Armure” “enthusiastic adjectives and flattering reviews”. blogotheque.net
The mopskrew reminds you that a collector version of “L’Armure” (longbox digipack, with exclusive booklet, limited to 500 copies) is already available in […]

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