Oftentimes, the best art is based on the simplest premises. “To me, music is music,” says ZE Records co-founder Michel Esteban. “I don’t make categories. I used to say, when I was younger, that there ...
Disgusted with Britain’s ‘cruel’ aristocracy, Michael Zilkha left to champion a generation of party-starting punk-funk bands. As he returns as a book publisher, he remembers that wild scene The ...
Nobody facilitated this melting pot as creatively as British-born retail heir Michael Zilkha and French-born retailer and graphic artist Michel Esteban, two entrepreneurs with publishing-heavy resumes ...
If hipness directly translated into sales, Ze would have been the biggest record label of its day. Founded by British-born Michael Zilkha and French punk fan Michel Esteban, Ze was the acme of New ...
01. Was (Not Was) - Tell Me That I’m Dreaming (Traditional 12” mix); 02. Don Armando’s Second Avenue Rhumba Band feat. Fonda Rae - Deputy of Love; 03. Cristina - Things Fall Apart; 04. Lizzy Mercier ...
Following their recent ZE 30 anniversary compilation album, Strut’s collaboration with mighty New York imprint ZE Records continues this Autumn with ZEVOLUTION, bringing together new and rare DJ edits ...
-- This year, the great mutant disco label Ze Records turns 30. To celebrate, Strut will release the compilation Ze 30: Ze Records 1979 - 2009 on August 4. The album will include pieces of grimy ...
The founder of record label Ze Records, Michael Zilkha, has announced plans to launch its publishing arm, Ze Books, in the UK in April. Ze Books aims to build on Zilkha’s vision of "nurturing and ...
The adventurous New York label that helped to define the sound of early-1980s left-field dance music celebrates its 30th with a comp. Save this story Save this story An almost-teacher growing up in ...