Eastern Phonographic Establishments(2017)

Eastern Phonographic Establishments Synopsis

From 1988 to 1994, near Père Lachaise cemetery on the eastern side of Paris, the Etablissements phonographiques de l’Est (Eastern Phonographic Venue), aka EPE, was a multidisciplinary venue hosting the crême de la crême of the international experimental, radical, industrial, noise, avant-punk scene. A record shop during the day, an underground venue at night hosting in its basement gigs, performances, screenings of video art and experimental cinema, readings, bondage workshops, fanzine exhibitions. At the junction of late 80’s and early 90’s, EPE saw the end of industrial music and the birth of the still highly influential avant-punk scene.

Eastern Phonographic Establishments (2017) is a documentary and music film directed by Yves-Marie Mahé, released on September 7, 2017 with a runtime of 1h 4m. It stars Nicolas Willmann, Christophe Willmann, Yann Richard and Jean-Marie Onni.