THE IDEAL ANTIDISCO THEQUE VOL.2

After the success of volume 1 published five years ago, Christophe Conte returns with L'Antidiscothèque Idéale #2 to offer us once again sublime records that have escaped the endless labels of "classic", "essential", "monument" etc. His mission is to rummage through forgotten discographies to bring back things to save, with a more secret brilliance; to extract unknown gems from artists who are no less so; or to rummage through the attics of artists we thought we knew everything about to unearth the child in the closet. The cursed, hidden record, and to offer it a second chance to shine.

L'antidiscothèque Idéale is not the book of a compulsive collector but that of an explorer who surveys in all directions the many rarely explored territories of the vast musical history of past decades. Christophe Conte takes us on a journey from remote corners of the United States to the suburbs of London, Brisbane, or the countryside of Grenoble. Inside brains often in turmoil, even implosion. A true seeker of sound nuggets.

What went wrong? Nothing and everything. Christophe Conte begins his book by quoting Nick Hornby . The hundred records he presents to us here have all missed something. What exactly? The question remains, as we are seized by the splendors of this music, hitherto neglected, that the author's pen makes us want to discover and listen to.