The Black Sessions
What are The Black Sessions
Black Sessions are performances of the live music broadcast on the French Radio station France Inter. These are recorded in front of a live audience and feature on a C'est Lenoir show. A French Radio DJ's name is Bernard Lenoir ("lenoir'' means "black" in english)
The first performance was in 1992 and since then many French and international artists have performed Black Sessions.
Bernard Lenoir 
Bernard Lenoir is a radio pioneer, a living legend, a discoverer of new talents in english, american and french rock/pop music. In the Black Sessions he invites groups that are for the most part relative beginners but who often go on to become references in the world of indie rock. Unlike the BBC’s « Peel Sessions » the bands play live, in one take and in front of an audience of 200 people.
The list of The Black Sessions
Adam Green 
Adventure Babies
Alela Diane
Amiesh
Anais
Anna Ternheim
Andrew Bird
Arcade Fire, The
Arctic Monkeys
Art Brut
Au Revoir Simone
Auteurs, The
Autour De Lucie 2000
Autour De Lucie 2004
Baby Bird
Bandit Queen
Beirut
Bel Canto
Belle & Sebastian 1998
Belle & Sebastian 2006
Belly 1993
Belly 1995 
Ben Harper
Ben & Jason
Ben Lee
Beta Band, The 1999
Beta Band, The 2004
Beth Orton
Black Kids
Blakes, The
Bloc Party 2005
Bloc Party 2007
Blue Aeroplanes
Bonnie Prince Billy
Boo Radleys, The 1993
Boo Radleys, The 1998
Breeders, The
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Broadcast
Calexico
Camille
Campesinos!, Los
Cardigans 
Catatonia
Cat Power
Catchers, The
Chumbawamba
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Chk Chk Chk
Clogs
Cocteau Twins 1994
Cocteau Twins 1995
Compulsion 1994
Compulsion 1996
Cornershop
Cornu
Cranberries, The
Cure, The
Dandy Warhols, The
Daryll-Ann
Dead 60s, The 
Dears, The
Death In Vegas
Delgados, The
Deus 1999
Deus 2005
Deus 2008
Devendra Banhart
Dillinger Girl and Baby Face Nelson
Dinosaur Jr
Divine Comedy 1994
Divine Comedy 1998
Divine Comedy 2004
Divine Comedy 2006
Dodgy
Dominique A 1995
Dominique A 1999
Dominique A 2002
Dominique A 2002 solo
Dominique A 2009
Dr Phibes
Drive Blind 
Drugstore
Echo & The Bunnymen
Echobelly
Ed Harcourt 2001
Ed Harcourt 2004
Editors
Edwyn Collins
Eels
Elastica
Electrelane
Elbow
Electrafixion
Electric Soft Parade
Elliott Smith
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Elysian Fields 2001
Elysian Fields 2005
Emilie Simon
Erik Arnaud 1999
Erik Arnaud 2002 
Erlend Oye
Everything But The Girl
Family Cat, The
Feist
Florent Marchet
Frank Black
Frank and Walters, The
Franz Ferdinand
Fratellis, The
Futureheads, The
Galliano
Gallon Drunk
Gang of Four
Gene
Ginger Ale 
Girls In
Gomez
Gonzales
Goya Dress
Grandaddy 1997
Grandaddy 2003
Grant Lee Buffalo
Guillemots
Gumball
Gus Gus
Guy Chadwick
Heavenly
Hefner
Herman Dune 
High Llamas 1992
High Llamas 1998
Hoggboy
House of Love, The
Ian Mc Cullogh
Ignatus
Inspiral Carpets
Interpol 2002
Interpol 2004
Jack 1996
Jack 2002
Jack Penate
Jarvis Cocker
Jeff Buckley
Jesus and Mary Chain, The
Jay Jay Johanson 1997 
Jay Jay Johanson 2007
Joseph Arthur 1999
Joseph Arthur 2008
Jude
Kaiser Chiefs
Kat Onoma 1995
Kat Onoma 2001
Katerine 2002
Katerine 2006
Kills, The 2001
Kills, The 2005
Kills, The 2008
Klaxons
Labradford
Laika
Lambchop
Lift To Experience 
Linoleum
LIttle Rabbits, The 1992
Little Rabbits, The 2001
Lloyd Cole 1993
Lloyd Cole 1995
Long Blondes, The
Loney, Dear
Longpigs, The
Lou Barlow
Louise Attaque
Lou Barlow
Low
Love Spit Love
Luscious
Lush
Mabuses, The
Madrugada
Magnapop
Mangu
Martha Wainwright 
Martin Newell
Maximo Park
Mazzy Star
Mercury Rev 2001
Mercury Rev 2005
Mercury Rev 2008
Michael J. Sheehy 2001
Michael J. Sheehy 2008
Miossec
Mogwai
Mojave 3
Moloko
Moose 1992
Moose 1993
Moose 1994
Morphine
Murat Jean-Louis 1998
Murat Jean-Louis 1999
Murat Jean-Louis 2004
My Brightest Diamond
My Life Story 
Nada Surf 2002
Nada Surf 2008
Natacha Atlas
National, The 2003
National, The 2005
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Negresses Vertes, Les
Nelson
Nick Cave
Nine Black Alps
Nineteen Ninetees
Nits, The
Overhead
P18
Patty Smith
Patrick Watson
Paul Weller
Pavement 
Pele
Perfume
Perry Blake 1998
Perry Blake 2002
Perry Blake 2006
Piers Faccini
PJ Harvey
Placebo 1997
Placebo 1998
Pond
Pop Levi
Posies, The
Pulp 1992
Pulp 1993
Pulp 1995
Rachid Taha 2004
Rachid Taha 2006
Radiohead 1993 
Radiohead 1995
Rapture, The
Raveonettes, The
REM
Rentals, The
Ride
Rita Mitsouko, Les
Rinocerose
Rodolphe Burger
Rose Kemp
Royksopp
Rubin Steiner
Ruby
Rufus Wainwright
Sheer
School of Seven Bells
Sebadoh
Shins, The 
Shivaree 2002
Shivaree 2005
Sidi Bou Said
Silvain Vanot 1995
Sixteen Horsepower
Sleeper 1994 no.1
Sleeper 1994 no.2
Sleeper 1996
Smashing Pumpkins, The
Smog
Smoke City
Snow Patrol
Sons & Daughters
Sophia
Sparklehorse
Spiritualized
Statics
Stereolab
Strangelove
Strokes, The 
Stuart Moxham
Stuart Staples
Suede 1993
Suede 1994
Suede 1999
Sundays, The
Supergrass
Superheroes
Swell 1994
Swell 1997
Swell 2008
Tamara Williamson
Tanger 1998
Tanger 2003
Tanger 2008
Tarnation
Teenage Fanclub
Telepathe
That Petrol Emotion
Therapy?
These New Puritans 
Thrills, The
Throwing Muses
Tindersticks 1994
Tindersticks 1995
Tindersticks 2008
Toasted Heretic
Tom Mc Rae 2001
Tom Mc Rae 2005
Tortoise
Travis
Turin Brakes
Two Gallants
Unbelievable Truth, The
Under Byen
Veils, The 
Venus
Veruca Salt
Verve, The
Viva Voce
Vive La Fete
Walkabouts
Wedding Present, The
Weezer
Welcome To Julian
Whipping Boy
Wolfgang Press, The
Wombats, The
Yann Tiersen 1998
Yann Tiersen 1998 solo
Yann Tiersen et ses amis 2006
Yo La Tengo 1993
Yo La Tengo 1997
The above sessions were released on a CD format as "promotional releases" for mostly local radio DJ's in Europe and North America by Sangatte Records . The releases are in limited series of 2500.
For availability or/and an order please contact: ELANA Music Distribution 
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