OuMuPo

Each release in the series contains a mix cd (OuMuPo) + a 16 pages comic strip (OuBaPo) THE CHARTER OF THE OUMUPO (OUvroir de MUsique POtentielle - Workshop for Potential Music) 1. The potential music reservoir is the Ici d'Ailleurs and Shaboom Records0 is its electronic division. The basic framework for each piece will therefore be sought in the Ici d'ailleurs / 0101 catalogue. The composer must set out to appropriate the titles in his catalogue for himself, turning them to his advantage and adding whatever he deems necessary. All samples must be free of copyright or communicated to the label for copyright clearance. 2. A passage no shorter than thirty seconds must be chosen to appear twice on the album. This passage must play the role of a theme or slogan, be it remixed or not, and must be in harmony with the album as a whole. 3.The excercise must last forty-two minutes (42'). 4. The end of the album must lead into the beginning, ths enabling it to be listened to in a loop. 5. No more than two pieces from one album in the catalogue may be chosen. If the composer wishes to use a second, it must be at least two tracks distant from the first. 6. The composer must use the works of more than five artists on the label. 7. The composer freely chooses his own constrain and must declare what it is. 8. The composer will refrain from using the lyrics of Dominique Petitgand out of their musical context, and will consider their use as a jingle or equivalent gimmick as a pitfall wisely to be avoided. Their use must extend to twenty seconds at the very least. Oubapo stands for: "OUvroir de Bande dessinée POtentielle - Workshop for Potential Comic Strips". Both the mix and the comic strip obey rules detailed in a charter included in each release's booklet, and other constraints requested by the artists themselves.