La société de distribution phonographique ORKHÊSTRA INTERNATIONAL a été fondée en 1993. Au sein d’un catalogue fort d’une centaine de labels et de 4500 références, on trouve les perles rares des musiciens les plus innovants de la planète (du AARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRA à JOHN ZORN). Soucieux de démêler les fils d’une production musicale aussi galopante qu’enchevêtrée (jazz, musiques improvisées, domaine contemporain, musiques du monde, rock indé, etc) ORKHÊSTRA vous met en prise directe avec la création musicale moderne internationale.
Partenariat presse : Le Monde, Libération, Le Nouvel Observateur, Télérama, Mondomix, Les Inrocks, Vibrations, World, Keyboards, Magic, Mouvement, Jazzman, Jazz Magazine, Jazz Hot, Classica, Diapason, Le Monde de la Musique, Muziq, The Wire, Radio France, FIP, Nova, etc.
Points de vente : disquaires indépendants, librairies, chaînes de magasins (FNAC, Virgin, Gibert, Forum, Cultura, Leclerc, Forum Harmonia Mundi, etc), médiathèques, bibliothèques, musées, galeries d’art, concerts, festivals, vente par correspondance. Soutenez les disquaires indépendants, achetez les disques chez eux, il y aura toujours un vendeur pour vous conseiller et vous faire découvrir de merveilleux albums. Notre site marchand a uniquement été créé pour suppléer à l’absence de revendeurs dans certaines régions.
The French distribution company ORKHÊSTRA INTERNATIONAL was founded in 1993. By choosing to work in an unconventional field of musics, Orkhêstra has been one of the oddest distribution companies in France. In the pages of its catalogue of more than 100 labels and 4500 references you will find the most exciting releases of the world's leading innovative musicians (from AARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRA to JOHN ZORN). Find your way through the lush, interweaving jungle of jazz, free jazz, improvisation, contemporary, traditional, world music and rock in opposition, with ORKHÊSTRA INTERNATIONAL, the cutting edge of international modern music.
ORKHÊSTRA’s promotional department sends free copies to a selection of newspapers and magazines covering jazz, rock, experimental, classical and world music such as Liberation, Le Monde, Télérama, Jazzman, Jazz Magazine, Classica, Diapason, Le Monde de la Musique, Keyboards, Mondomix, Le Nouvel Observateur, Les Inrocks, Mouvement, Vibrations, Muziq, etc, plus some radio programs and passionate webzines across the french territory.
Our main customers include independant shops, chainstores (FNAC, Virgin, Gibert, Leclerc, Cultura, etc), public libraries, as well as our own mailorder webstore. FNAC is our main customer, but we do cover the whole territory and have customers in Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nice, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes, Nancy, Lille, etc.
Our company’s associates have been working in the music business since the early 70s. ORKHÊSTRA INTERNATIONAL (warehouse and main office) is located in the Rhône-Alpes region, 15 kms from Saint-Etienne, 50 kms from Lyon, and 3 hours by train from Paris.
Please check our website to see all the labels we currently distribute. And feel free to check with any of them the way we work !