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The 'Carte Blanche' element of this year's Nuits Sonores Festival took place in Lyon, France, and centred on Factory Records and the music of Manchester. In common with previous festivals a whole section of the Festival is handed over to a particular theme and this year it was Factory.

The line-up includes an exhibition of the work of Central Station Design, a mini-conference with Tony Wilson (Factory / F4 Records), Matt Carroll (Central Station Design) and John Cooper (Cerysmatic Factory), a photographic exhibition 'Manchester, le son en images' by Richard Bellia, 'Made in Manchester' - a series of screenings of notable Manchester / Factory Records documentary films and a showing of Michael Winterbottom's movie '24 Hour Party People'. Plus, during the main festival which runs from 4-8 May, A Certain Ratio appear at a special concert and Mike Pickering and Dave Haslam play DJ sets. Full details are available at www.nuits-sonores.com but here are the highlights:

Les Subsistances, 8 bis quai Saint-Vincent - Lyon 1er
Friday 1 April to Wednesday 4 May
www.centralstationdesign.com

Meeting Tony Wilson

Saturday 2 April at 16:00
Bibliotheque de la Part-Dieu, 30 boulevard Vivier-Merle - Lyon 3ieme
with Matt Carroll (Central Station Design) and John Cooper (Cerysmatic Factory)

Manchester: le son en images / Photos de Richard Bellia

Photographic exhibition by Richard Bellia

Bibliotheque de la Part-Dieu, 30 boulevard Vivier-Merle ? Lyon 3ieme
Friday 1 April to Wednesday 4 May
10:00 - 18:00

Piscine du Rhone
Friday 6 May - Saturday 7 May
18:30 - 23:30

Made in Manchester

Thursday 5 to Saturday 7 May 2005 from 13:00 to 20:00
Galerie des Terreaux, Place des Terreaux - Lyon 1er

Screenings of classic documentary films about Manchester music and Factory Records:

New Order Play at Home
Madchester: The Sound of the North
Fac 211: Wired Joy Division

24 Hour Party People (dir. Michael Winterbottom)

Saturday 7 May 2005 at 20:00
CNP Terreaux, 40 rue President Edouard Herriot, Lyon 1er
Tel: 04 78 27 26 25

Special Concert with A Certain Ratio and James Chance and the Contortions

Les Subsistances
Saturday 7 May
21:30 - 00:00

[21:30 - 22:30 A Certain Ratio
23:00 - 00:00 James Chance and the Contortions]

Mike Pickering and Dave Haslam DJ sets

Piscine du Rhone

Friday 6 May
19:00 - 20:00: Chris Clark (Warp / UK) Live
20:00 - 21:00: RITON (Grand Central Records / UK) DJ set
21:00 - 23:00: Mike Pickering DJ set

Saturday 7 May
19:00 - 20:00: RITON (Grand Central Records / UK) Live
20:00 - 21:00: Battery Operated (COCOSOL1DC1T1 / UK-FR) DJ set 3 decks
21:00 - 23:00: Dave Haslam - DJ set

Full details of the series of Factory and Manchester-related events (collectively known as the "Parcours Associe") on nuits-sonores.com

Photo gallery

Hello Playmates - Kenneth Williams at Nuits Sonores 2005 [photo: Richard Bellia]

A Certain Ratio / James Chance and the Contortions live at Les Subsistances, 7 May 2005

Review

A Certain Ratio and James Chance and the Contortions played a special concert last night to celebrate the end of Nuits Sonores 2005 in Lyon. The splendid setting was Les Subsistances, the arts and cultural centre on the bank of the River Saone which had also played host to the Central Station Design exhibition during the previous month.

The lighting and particularly the sound were excellent both excellent given the cavernous setting in an indoor cobblestone courtyard. ACR played a good set (see full listing below) to a decent crowd which was enthusiastic despite most of them probably being unfamiliar with the material.

The full six-person line-up was employed: Jez Kerr (bass, vocals), Tony Quigley (sax, keyboards), Martin Moscrop (guitar), Donald Johnson (drums), Denise Johnson (vocals) and Liam (occasional effects and keyboards).

Highlights included a great 'Wonder Y' (which also marked Denise's appearance on stage), the house piano-tinged 'Won't Stop Loving You', 'Shack Up' (which got everyone dancing) and traditional encore 'Si Firmi' featuring everyone hitting or shaking something and, towards the end, a new backing tape which drew to a crescendo. And then the end.

Setlist*

Intro
Do the Do
And Then Again
Flight
Wonder Y
Turn Me On
Wild Party
Shack Up
WSLU
Wannabee
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Si Firmi

* - all spellings from Mr Moscrop's handwritten list

Transcript of ticket

Arty Farty presente:
Festival Nuits Sonores
Les Subsistances - 69001 Lyon
James Chance and The Contortions
A Certain Ratio
Concert Special / Subsistances
Samedi 7 Mai 2005
A partir de 21p0

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www.nuits-sonores.com
www.les-subs.com
www.acrmcr.com

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More pictures available on Mike Mitchell's ACR Discography. Thanks to all at Nuits Sonores. Salut Christophe, Richard, Cédric, Violaine, Vincent, Cécile and the TLM video crew.

Nuits Sonores 2005; A Certain Ratio live at Les Subsistances, 7 May 2005 - ticket

Nuits Sonores 2005; A Certain Ratio live at Les Subsistances, 7 May 2005 - handwritten setlist

Nuits Sonores 2005; A Certain Ratio live at Les Subsistances, 7 May 2005

Nuits Sonores 2005; A Certain Ratio live at Les Subsistances, 7 May 2005