Kargo editions

The Editions Kargo , based in Paris, were create by Alexandre Laumonier in 2000, in the tread of the review Nomad' S Land , whose first number appeared in 1997. More than one about fifty authors were published since this date; much of them, mainly Anglo-Saxon, thus on the occasion to be published in French for the first time.

Polyphony of the Rebirth to the contemporary electronic musics, theater élisabéthain with the current surgery, several leading lines were outlined. Nomad' S Land and the first works are intéresserent with the cultures and the popular musics of the twentieth century, with their styles, their respective stories and with the various techniques implemented (David Toop, Ulf Poschardt, S.H. Fernando Jr., Julian Cope, etc). The publication of works of Sociology and cultural Histoire (Paul Gilroy, Jean-Paul Levet) then had like objective a major exploration of the social and political processes to work in the cultural facts (body and policy at William T. Lhamon or Franko Mark). In parallel, Kargo was interested in the Théâtre élisabéthain (Thomas Middleton), with the Esthétique of the Rebirth (Paul Van Nevel), that of the black (Arnaud Maillet) or the body (max Aguilera-Hellweg)…

In 2007, Kargo takes again its publications after one sabbatical year, will publish two works within the Editions Amsterdam, will release since other ports its works following before scuttling in May 2008, according to the advertisement made by the editions at the beginning of November 2007.

Nomad' S Land

This review was creates in 1997 per Alexandre Laumonier and Jean-Philippe Henquel. Four numbers appeared between 1997 and 1999. The initial objective was to publish texts on the contemporary popular musics, of the blues to the hip-hop while passing by the jazz, the hip-hop, are delirious them afro-futuristic, the loneliness of Moondog (texts of the musician Brian Eno, the writer David Toop, Achim Szepanski - director of the label Thousand Plates -, Gavin Bryars, Julian Cope, etc). Then the review diversified, with the publication of texts on the post-colonial popular cultures, studies, philosophy, art…

Also have in this review of the texts indétis of James Graham Ballard, Gilles Deleuze (the only course ever published of Deleuze, on the music), Greil Marcus, DJ Spooky, Kodwo Eshun, Paul Gilroy, Robert Palmer, Nelson George, Pierre Henry, Greg Tate, Maurice G. Dantec, as well as works of the photographer Ira Cohen or those of the painter Mati Klarwein (painter and illustrator of small pockets of disc for Miles Davis in particular).

The synopses of Nomad' S Land are from now on on the site of Kargo

Kargo editions

In the tread of Nomad' S Land , the Kargo editions intéressère initially with the popular musics, by publishing in integrality the works formerly translated into extracts in Nomad' S Land . Then the fields of interests diversified (Anthropologie, post-colonial studies, Esthétique, Photographie, etc). Beyond this leading work, the Kargo Editions carried a care all particuler to the pictorial display their works. In order to profit from the network of diffusion of the Harmonia Mundi distributer, Kargo was affiliated as of its beginnings with the Editions of the Glare. The financing of the Kargo Editions was not possible that thanks to the achievements of the graphic studio the Theater of the Operations, another activity of the leaders of the publisher.

The catalog of Kargo:

KG05. Stanley Booth. Dance With the Devil . 2000.
KG06. S.H. Fernando Jr. The New Happy . 2000.
KG07. David Toop. Ocean off Sound . 2001.
KG08. Ulf Poschardt. DJ Culture . 2002. (Exhausted)
KG09. Jean-Paul Levet. Talkin' That Talk . 2003. (Exhausted)
KG10. Paul Gilroy black Altlantique. 2003.
KG11. Thomas Middleton & William Rowley. The Changeling . 2003.
KG12. Rodolphe Töpffer . Test of physiognomy . 2004.
KG13. William T. Lhamon Jr. Raising Cain . 2004.
KG14. Thomas Middleton. Women beware Women . 2004.
KG15. Paul Van Nevel. Nicolas Gombert and the adventure of the free-Flemish Polyphony . 2004.
KG16. Julian Cope. Krautrocksampler . 2005. (Exhausted)
KG17. William Pietz. the Fetish . 2005.
KG18. Franko mark. dance like text . 2005.
KG19. Arnaud Maillet. the black mirror . 2005.
KG20. Max Aguilera-Hellweg. the crowned heart. A photographic atlas of the human body . 2006.
KG21. Philippe-Alain Michaud. Sketches . 2006.
KG22. Catalog 2006 . 2006.
KG23. Jean Claude Lebensztejn. Transaction . To appear on November 16th, 2007.
KG24. Arnaud Maillet. whimsical Prostheses . To appear on November 16th, 2007.
KG25. S. Mr. Eisenstein. Cinématisme . First sem. 2008.
KG26. S. Mr. Eisenstein. Knell House . First sem. 2008.
KG27. William T. Lhamon Jr. Black white Skins, masks . May 2008.
KG28. Chris Marker. the Pier . May 2008.

Google Books

Since 2007, all the works published by the Kargo editions are consultable in integrality and free on the site of Google Recherche of books or starting from the site of the Kargo Editions

The Kargo Editions were among the very first editors to be signed with the program Google Livres, which allows the editors who wish it to make available the consultation and the indexing of their works on the site of Google. In 2006, a " Rebond" Kargo Editions published in Release (newspaper) , in favor of the program Google Books, caused the polemic (in spite of a development) and the passage to the emission the Mornings of France Culture of its director was worth at the publisher some threats of boycott on behalf of booksellers not having really included/understood at the time the interest of the step of Google (today the independent booksellers work hand in the hand with Google Livres to create a platform Internet of the independent bookstores). The position of Kargo was also highly criticized by the National library of France. The debate on the numerical existence of printed books is far from being completed, even if increasingly thorough technologies irremediably carry out to make coexist in the future the versions papers and numerical books.

The Kargo Editions have for the moment selected to work with the site Lekti Ecriture to sell on line their works. As much since Internet site publisher that since Google Books, it is via this platform which Net surfers is encouraged with achcter on line the works (rather than via Amazon.com, Fnac.com, etc)

Future and scuttling

The affiliation of the Kargo Editions with the Editions Amsterdam will have obviously made failure, and Kargo decided to scuttle in May 2008 at the conclusion of some new publications. According to the explanations of its leader, the fact of not having succeeded in finding a home port perennial but more especially the variation growing between unquestionable public and the edition of social sciences seem to be crippling as for the existence even of Kargo, which thus announced its scuttling.

But another project, rather atypical, is announced: Hot areas

See too

External bonds

the site of the Kargo Editions.
the Kargo Editions on Lekti-Writing.

Internal bonds

Editions Amsterdam

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