FRANCE - Road Map

Fast facts

Dial Code: +33

Population: 67,4 million

Language: French

Capital City: Paris

Currency: Euro

GDP Per Capita: $45,454

Labels, distribution & licensing

RECORD LABELS

• Universal Music France (Major)

• Sony Music France (Major)

• Warner Music France (Major)

• Naïve (Popular Music)

• Because Music (Popular music)

• Beggars Music France (Popular Music)

• Green United Music (Popular Music)

• Kitsuné (Popular Music)

• Warp France (Popular Music)

• Ed Banger (Popular Music)

• Record Makers (Popular Music)

• Cinq7 (Popular Music)

• Cooperative Music France (Popular music)

• 3rd Office (Popular Music)

• Infine (Popular Music)

• Ici D'ailleurs (Popular Music)

• Fargo (Popular Music)

• We are Unique Records (Popular Music)

• Season of Mist (Popular Music)

• Ya basta! (Popular music)

• Sound Pelligrino (Popular Music)

• Ekler'o'shock (Popular Music)

• Discque Primeur (Popular Music)

• Gourmet's Recordingz (Popular Music)

• 13bis music (Popular music)

• Aeon (Art Music)

• ECM (Art Music)

• Harmonia Mundi (Art Music)

• L'Empreinte Digitale (Art Music)

• Zig-Zag Territories (Art Music)

• Outhere Music France (Art Music)

Publishing & Performance rights

PUBLISHING

• Universal Music Publishing France (Major)

• Warner Chappell Music France (Major)

• Sony Music Publishing (Major)

• Discograph (Mixed)

• Budde Music France (Mixed)

• Because editions (Mixed)

• Naive editions (Mixed)

• Alter K (Mixed)

• Blonde Music (Mixed)

• Gérard Billaudot Editor (Art Music)

• Editions Alphonse Leduc (Art Music)

• Symmetry (Art Music)

• Editions Henry Lemoine (Art Music)

STUDIOS

Paris:

• Les Studios Saint Germain

• One Two Pass It

• Question De Son

• Delta Light

Marseille:

• Denger Studio Marseille

• Musical Space Hyperion

• Recording Studio Marseille

• CrampeLa Production

Lyon:

• Notre Sphère

• ALTHO

• Studio Anatole

• Audio Pigment

Media, PR & Promotion

MEDIA
TV:

• TF1

• France 2

• France 3

• France 4

• France 5

• Canal +

• ARTE

Radio:

• Le Mouv (Popular Music)

• France Inter (Mixed)

• Fun Radio (Popular Music)

• NRJ (Popular Music)

• Ouï FM (Rock)

• Radio Nova (Mixed)

• Radio Campus

• Jazz Radio (Jazz)

• TSF Jazz (Jazz)

• France Musique (Classical/Contemporary)

• France Culture (Classical/Contemporary)

Newspapers:
France has a lot of different newspapers. Here are the 3 main ones:

• Le Figaro

• Le Monde

• Libération

Music print magazines:

• Les Inrockuptibles (Popular Music)

• Rock & folk (Rock)

• Telerama (Mixed)

• Tsugi Magazine (Popular Music)

• TRAX (Popular Music)

• Magic (Popular Music)

• Modzik (Popular Music)

• Noise (Rock)

• Jazz News Magazine (Jazz)

• Improjazz (Jazz)

• Classica (Art Music)

• Diapason (Art Music)

Online magazines:

• ARTE (Popular Music)

• The Blogothèque (Mixed)

• Disco Naïvete (Popular Music)

• Goûte mes disques ( Popular Music)

• Onlike (Popular Music)

• Resmusica (Art Music)

• Concert Classic (Art Music)

PR AGENCIES

Mixed:

• Music Media Consulting

• Dooweet

• Impact France

• Groover

Pop / rock / metal / electronica:

• Boogie Drugstore

• Phunk Promotion

• Clarisse Fieurgant

• Canitrot & Co

• Le cri de la marmotte

• Du bruit au balcon

• Ephelide

• Gaillard promotion

• Impact France

• The mission

• Ping Pong Promotion

• HIM Media

• ZAZA media Group

Jazz / world:

• Agnès Thomas

• Marc Chonier

MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS

• Le Bureau Export (French Music Export Organization)

• IRMA (National Information Center on the French Music Industry)

• CIJ (Organization for French Jazz)

• Francophonie Diffusion (Works for French music and can help with contact mediation between French and international industry)

• CDMC (Works for and publishes information on French art music)

• SACEM (Copyright Management Organization)

Live & Venues

LIVE

February:

• Generiq Festival, several cities (Mixed)

March:

• Présences Electronique, Paris (Art Music)

April:

• Les Détours de Babel, Grenoble (Art Music)

May:

• Nuits Sonores, Lyon (Popular Music)

• Villette Sonique, Paris (Popular Music)

• Les Musiques de Marseille, Marseille (Art Music)

• Manca, Marseille (Art Music)

June:

• Hellfest, Clisson (Rock)

• Solidays, Paris (Popular Music)

• We Love Green, Paris (Popular Music)

• Garo Rock, Marble (Popular Music)

• Jazz à Vienne, Lyon (Jazz)

• Archeo Jazz (Jazz)

• Palais en Jazz, Compiègne (Jazz)

• Manifesto, Paris (Art Music)

• Festival d'Automne, Paris (Art Music)

July:

• Les Vieilles Charrues, Carhaix-Plouguer (Popular Music)

• Eurockéennes de Belfort, Belfort (Popular Music)

• Main Square Festival, Arras (Popular Music)

• Worldwide Festival, Sète (Mixed)

• Jazz Festival, Paris (Jazz)

• Festival Radio France, Montpellier (Art Music)

August:

• Rock en Seine, Paris (Popular Music)

• La route du Rock, Saint-Malo (Mixed)

September:

• Jazz a la Villette, Paris (Jazz)

December:

• Transmusicales de Rennes, Rennes (Popular Music)

• Bars en trans, Rennes (Popular Music)

VENUES

Paris:

• Alhambra

• La Bellevilloise

• Le Cabaret sauvage

• Divan du Monde

• La flèche d’or

• Gaïté lyrique

• La maroquinerie

• Le petit bain

• Social Club

• Le Trabendo

• Café de La Danse

• Le Batofar

• La boule noire

• Glaz’Art

• L’international

• Nouveau Casino

• Point éphémère

Lyon:

• La Halle Tony Garnier

• Le Transbordeur

• L’épicerie Moderne

• Ninkasi - Salle Du Kao

• Marché Gare

• Le Sonic

Marseille:

• Dock des suds

• Scènes et cinés

• Cabaret Aléatoire

• Espace Julien

• Théâtre Georges Galli

• Le moulin

Bordeaux:

• I.boat

• Théâtre Fémina

BOOKING AGENTS

• Uni-T (Popular Music)

• Alias Production (Popular Music)

• Arachnée Productions (Popular Music)

• Auguri productions (Popular Music)

• Azimuth (Popular Music)

• Corida (Popular Music)

• Gérard Drouot Productions (Popular Music)

• Super! (Popular music)

• Imperial (Popular Music)

• Furax (Popular Music)

• Radical Production (Popular Music)

• Caramba Spectacles (Popular Music)

• Loud Booking (Popular Music)

• La Lune Rousse (Popular Music)

• Choeur Britten (Art Music)

• Les Elements (Art Music)

• Music Travel (Art Music)

• Cairn Ensemble (Art Music)

• Les Temps Modernes (Art Music)

• Proxima Centauri (Art Music)

• Ars Nova (Art Music)

• Ensemble 2E2M (Art Music)

• Intercontemporain Ensemble (Art Music)

• Contemporary Orchestral Ensemble (Art Music)

• TM + (Art Music)

ORCHESTRAS
Paris:

• Orchestre philharmonique de Paris

• Orchestre national d'Île-de-France

• Orchestre National de France

• Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France

Bordeaux:

• Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine

Lille:

• Orchestre national de Lille

Lyon:

• Orchestre National de Lyon

Angers:

• Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire

Toulouse:

• Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

Strasbourg:

• Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

Mulhouse:

• Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse

CONCERT HALLS
A selection of the many and historic concert halls that exist in France.

Paris:

• La Sainte-Chapelle

Toulon:

• Opéra de Toulon

Lille:

• Opéra de Lille

Toulouse:

• Théâtre du Capitole

Nantes:

• Théâtre Graslin

Versailles:

• Opéra Royal de Versailles

Bordeaux:

• Grand Théâtre

Nancy:

• Opéra National de Lorraine

Lyon:

• Auditorium de Lyon

Other

MUSIC INDUSTRY NETWORKING ARENAS

Cannes:

• MIDEM (The most important music industry conference for international industry in France)

Bourges:

• Printemps de Bourges (Big network meeting for the French music industry)

Montreuil:

• Futurs Composés (Showcase and conferences for Art Music)

MUSIC RESIDENCES

Fontevraud l'Abbaye:

• Abbaye de Fontevraud (Focus on music, 1-2 months, certain costs covered)

Paris:

• Point Ephémère (Focus on, among other things, music, 3-6 months, certain costs are covered)