Nø Førmat! is an independent record label based in Paris founded in 2004 by Laurent Bizot, joined in 2007 by Thibaut Mullings.
The label seeks to invest in original musical projects, be them instrumental or vocal, and has built up a catalogue of 57 works since its inception. Among them, the duets between artists with a traditional west African musical background and artists more familiar with western traditions (Chamber Music by Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal), but also albums by singer-songwriters (Chocolate Genius, Inc., Mélissa Laveaux or Solo Piano by Chilly Gonzales to name a few. In 2016, Nø Førmat! was recognized as one of Europe’s most inspiring young label and was selected by IMPALA and The Independent Echo for the FIVEUNDERFIFTEEN campaign.
WEBSITE
https://www.noformat.net/
Important Notice
16:00-17:00 (TALK)
17:00- 18:30 (MEET)
Speakers
Laurent Bizot (Founder and Director of NO FORMAT)
After graduating from ESSEC and obtaining a post-graduate degree in audiovisual law, Laurent Bizot began working as a lawyer at Mercury, then at Universal Jazz in 1999. In 2001, during the production of Salif Keita's album "Moffou," he met Lucille Reyboz, the photographer who created the album cover, and Jérôme Witz, the graphic designer in charge of the visuals for the label.
In 2004, Laurent Bizot left Universal and founded Nø Førmat!
Jérôme Witz (Founder and Creative director, Element-s)
Art director, graphic designer and painter.
He founded the agency element-s in 2000, and works mainly for the visual communication of festivals, theaters, operas and music labels. He produces album covers for major artists of French song, jazz and contemporary music. At the same time, he pursues a pictorial research around gesture, spontaneity, calligraphy and the raw material of painting.
———————————————
"When we started working on the cover of Lucas' album 'O Paraíso', I presented him with some black and white paintings I had done years ago. It was a very personal work: I had tried to paint abstract motifs inspired by nature, with a view to fundamental research. I had never shown them, because I had never really finished them.
To my surprise, Lucas loved it and asked me for a color series. For him, Paradise is on earth; but when you are an artist, Paradise is total creation, the precise moment when God built the sky, the elements and beings. So I tried to draw shapes, possibilities of creation. Instead of drawing a tree, draw a branch, with which all the trees on Earth will be able to be created. Shell matrices, with which all the shells on Earth can be imagined. Algorithms, fractals, ways of doing things, maybe a bit like when the Creator made the world as it is. »
Subway Karasuma or Tozai Lines ""Karasuma Oike"" station, 5 min on foot from Exit 6
Subway Karasuma Line ""Shijo"" station or Hankyu ""Karasuma"" station, 8 min on foot from Exit 22 or 24
