Agency, Paris, FR & Berlin, DE & London, UK.
Julie Tippex is an unusual art and music agency. Run by a bunch of nice people based in Paris, Berlin and London, Julie Tippex is both the name of a character, and roster of singular artists.
Julie Tippex has been born twice: first in 2004 in Paris, through the activities of the non-profit organization Disco-Babel, and then in 2007 again in London, as an homage to the singer Julie Driscoll who became, married to Keith, Julie Tippets. Back then, Julie Tippex was a French chick in her mid-twenties, totally addicted to post-punk basslines, who felt it was time for her to get involved along artists after ten years of diverse activities in underground music scenes, from fanzines and records production, to projects and the coordination of venues. Julie Tippex would become the new home of all her musical adventures, and an unusual model of organization as well: for with her artists, Julie Tippex has established herself decisively at the margins of traditional music maps, aiming at nothing but a total freedom of directions and projects. Therefore, she decided to take her glasses as logo, declared enthusiasm and sincerity as the absolute core of the Julie Tippex philosophy, formed a very first roster of twisted pop acts she was very fond of, and even ended marrying the drummer of one of them (“save the arts, date a musician”).
Over the years, Julie Tippex developed a strong network of partners all over Europe – promoters, institutions, labels, activists – equally fond of unusual musics as her and engaging with music as an aesthetic, social and cultural experience. Today, a dozen of cool cats are Julie Tippex. Not all of them are girls, are wearing glasses or have the exact same music tastes. But all of them share similar believes in music and art as a living culture, and in touring projects as being valuable components of the circulation of ideas and forms of creativity. Here’s certainly a reason why Julie Tippex and its agents are proposing exhibitions, audiovisuals, lectures, artists talks and workshops along its roster of live and DJ acts, as well as being involved in the programming of some festivals and special events as associated curator.
For Julie Tippex, all of their artists are equally precious, may they be emerging acts, forms of art, or have had an historical influence: crossings scenes, genres and generations, the catalog of Julie Tippex presents 40 years of creative and freeform art and music, and is everything but standard.
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