Mirano Continental
Tokyo Party
December 24th, 31st 1994-95 · 38 ch de Louvain, 1030 Bruxelles
Two Japanese nights at Mirano Continental for Christmas and New Year's Eve 1994-95: « Tokyo Party ». Conceived and art-directed by Carl De Moncharline, the night unfolds a manga imaginary — Goldorak, kana lettering, fluorescent colours on silver — designed by La Shampouineuse, with manga illustrations by Olivier Boscovitch. The flyer is now held in the collections of MAD, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
Programme
Saturday 24th at midnight
Japanese magic & mystery with Ashras' magic illusion show. DJ's : Olivier Gosseries (Who's Who's Follies - Mirano) & Jos (Who's Who's Follies - La Démence). Ashras produced by No Limits.
Saturday 31st at 11pm
Goldorak and his manga sisters & brothers are delighted to welcome you into the wonderful world of Tokyo by night. Discover also the kingdom of Osaka in the Claridge Room with its funky, soul & acid jazzy vibes. Tokyo by night : Garage & Disco Happy House… Olivier Gosseries & Jos. Osaka : Funky Soul & Acid Jazzy Vibes.
Line-up
- Olivier Gosseries — Who's Who's Follies - Mirano
- Jos — Who's Who's Follies - La Démence
- Olivier Tjon — Free The Funk - Mirano
- Petit Pascal — Free The Funk - Diavolo Gent
- Philippe Petit — Acid Jazz - Hip Hop Party
- Ashras — Magic Illusion Show — Produced by No Limits
Credits
- Concept & art direction — Carl De Moncharline
- Direction — Jean-Pierre Mels
- Graphic design — La Shampouineuse (Michel Poulain)
- Illustration — Olivier Boscovitch
© La Shampouineuse & Olivier Boscovitch, 1994.
Éditeur responsable : Jean-Pierre Mels, 38 ch de Louvain 1030 Bruxelles
Printing technique
Screen print on metallic paper, five colour layers (five passes through the press) on the front — blue, yellow, pink, black and white; back printed in black and white.
Carl De Moncharline was the first to have a club flyer printed on metallic paper. The material does not absorb ink like ordinary paper: each colour has to be screen printed separately, and here five layers are superimposed over the silver ground — blue, yellow, pink, black and white, white being a colour in its own right since the paper is not white.
Five passes through the press meant a very high cost at the time — which is why the back, purely informative, was printed in black and white.
Flyers and posters went through the press one by one, then were cut by hand: each copy is a screen print, not a mass offset run.
Michel Poulain later produced, with the collaboration of Carl De Moncharline, the Global Tekno 1 poster (Radio FG / American Center, 20 June – 23 July 1995), also screen printed on metallic paper: the MAD record carries the printed inscription « SUR UNE IDEE DE CARL DE MONCHARLINE » (inv. no. 2018.83.48).
Partners
Lucky Strike Events · Black & White · Smirnoff · Champagne Piper-Heidsieck · Corona · Ramlösa · Cointreau · Fréquence · Switch On · White Night
Museum collection
- MAD — Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
- Inventory no.
- 2018.83.45
- Department
- Advertising and graphic design
- Acquisition
- Gift of Michel Poulain, 2018
- Bibliography
- French touch : graphisme, vidéo, électro, ill. p. 158
Scan provenance
Scan from Carl De Moncharline's personal archives, at a higher definition than the museum reproduction. No element has been added, removed or reconstructed.