Crack up For Amnesty International

May 13, 2010 6:27 AM

Hey! Did you know there was a new T80 song available online? we recorded “Crack Up” (an A.R Kane cover) for Buffetlibre DJ’s who’ve been producing a HUGE compilation for Am...

more pics from the session for album#5

Mar 31, 2010 5:27 AM

News from the Lab

Mar 31, 2010 5:23 AM

Helloo, We’re almost there, putting the final touches to the songs for our #5 album. It’s too early to describe it (and I’d love to avoid the usual promo crap “our best albu...

session#2 is coming to an end. 300 harmony vocals, 25 minutes of...

Mar 7, 2010 12:28 PM

session#2 is coming to an end. 300 harmony vocals, 25 minutes of percussion, 3 or 4 synth Jams, 20 something guitars, 1 Jim Gilette scream etc…and our long overdue sofa arrived today (it̵...

Winterlong

Feb 3, 2010 7:47 AM

Hé, It’s that time again, WINTER, when we always record our albums. It makes we want to change that routine, so let me write it loud: T80’s 6th album, we’ll be recorded either in ...

TAHITI 80 on bandcamp

Jan 8, 2010 2:47 AM

Two Thousand and nine light years from home

Dec 30, 2009 1:19 AM

Salut,2009 is nearly over, let me tell you how it was for us. It went sooooo fast, it’s almost unbelievable.It started with snowfalls  in Germany and ended on an perfect Indian summer morning...

it’s that time again. Drunken Santas…Guitalele…...

Dec 18, 2009 6:42 AM

it’s that time again. Drunken Santas…Guitalele…etc.

Dec 4, 2009 12:44 PM

hého Activity Center has been out in the US for a week now, we’ve getting some really good reviews, which is good news. I’ll gather some of them and will post external links later on. W...

Our Favorite Shops

Nov 23, 2009 5:37 AM

Hey,Long time, no see! Here’s some news:-T80 hit the USA: Tomorrow (November 24th) Activity Center will be out in the USA!The artwork is slightly different from the original version (differen...

A present for you! Here’s an unreleased rmx of Unpredictab...

Nov 23, 2009 4:27 AM

A present for you! Here’s an unreleased rmx of Unpredictable by our friend Flairs. Check his video for his brand new single “Trucker’s Delight”, it’s pretty funny!

"This is it"

Nov 8, 2009 1:26 PM

Ouch…pfff…. So, That’s it…”This is it”…we played our last show for the Activity “Many People Complain” Center Tour. The very last show of the y...

Nov 6, 2009 6:55 AM

US day#1 & 2

Nov 5, 2009 3:45 PM

Get Tickets for the LA Show on Nov 5th at The Troubadour! suppor...

Nov 2, 2009 7:02 AM

Get Tickets for the LA Show on Nov 5th at The Troubadour! support: Brookville

T80’s South America Photo album

Oct 31, 2009 3:49 PM

T80 hits the USA…shortly

Oct 31, 2009 5:36 AM

South America #2

Oct 25, 2009 8:28 AM

South America #1

Oct 25, 2009 8:22 AM

They do have strange animals in South America…

Oct 24, 2009 3:59 PM

Duck Dance with Mehdi in Santiago on the stage of Centro Cultura...

Oct 21, 2009 4:54 PM

Duck Dance with Mehdi in Santiago on the stage of Centro Cultural Amanda (Chile). Featuring Raphael Leger & Pedro Resende. Directed by Xavier Boyer

flyers for Chile & Uruguay

Oct 21, 2009 6:12 AM

Oct 20, 2009 2:42 PM

Where will we play next? identify the player (or team) and find ...

Sep 28, 2009 1:21 PM

Where will we play next? identify the player (or team) and find the country X

Two to Go

Aug 18, 2009 5:28 AM

Hello,We’re back home after 13 days of music, travel, fun etc. in both Japan & Thailand.Japan was great as usual, except for one big storm that made us cancel one of our shows, but weR...

Nothing's gonna stop me now *

Aug 13, 2009 10:23 AM

heho! Still in Bangkok, for 2 days. Pedro & I have officially started our jobs as producers: we spent all day with Thai band Sqweez Animal working on 2 of their songs. Cool. It’s actually...

Music in a green time*

Aug 12, 2009 4:01 AM

Sawadee krub, That’s it: the Asian “come back tour” is over. (our tour is nearly over too…sniff). Last night, we performed in a huge venue (at least 6,000 were people in her...

Pics by Tahiti 80

Aug 9, 2009 10:26 AM

Tahiti Touring Party

Aug 9, 2009 10:23 AM

Hey, So, we finally left Japan. 5 long days & short nights, as getting adjusted to the time difference is impossible for me in Japan. I’d need to stay longer there and then I’ll exp...

Aug 7, 2009 8:43 AM

ouch.

Aug 6, 2009 10:15 PM

Hello, Ouch. it hurts. My head. Last night. Kinda crazy. While the other guys were sleeping, I did various interviews and photoshoots, with roses and a horse, his name was Marron by the way and he...

Not exactly eagles… Laurent Fetis, Jean Luc Singerat: Watc...

Aug 3, 2009 11:14 PM

Not exactly eagles… Laurent Fetis, Jean Luc Singerat: Watch out, here I come!

In libération today

Jul 23, 2009 6:02 AM

Les rapetouts

Jul 20, 2009 1:37 PM

Jul 19, 2009 3:45 PM

Jul 19, 2009 2:54 PM

Travellin'

Jul 18, 2009 8:05 AM

Hello, Even though, we’re still recovering from 4 days of hard work (amongst other things) in Taiwan, we’ll be on the road this Sunday & Monday. First, with a show at Vireux (in Les...

Jul 13, 2009 10:58 PM

Just Like Carole King

Jul 13, 2009 10:58 PM

Ouch. I feel like yesterday lasted at least 3 days. Can’t believe, we started at 8 am with a bicycle ride under heavy rain with ponchos (J’s pics are lost in his broken camera…zut...

Jul 13, 2009 8:52 AM

Jul 12, 2009 7:30 PM

Jul 10, 2009 3:53 PM

Jul 10, 2009 3:49 PM

that’s where we’ll be tonight!!!

Jul 3, 2009 2:31 AM

Tour Report (June 09)

Jul 3, 2009 1:51 AM

Back from our Normandie & Britain “tour”…and ready to start again!Let me remind you what happened:First we did that DJ set in Rouen, a selection of “relaxed” track...

Med & I will be playing a few songs (and purchasing records)...

Jun 29, 2009 12:31 AM

Med & I will be playing a few songs (and purchasing records) at Pure Groove records, around noon…or something like that! 6-7 West Smithfield, London EC1A 9JX closest tubes - Farringdon (3...

Just signed up for my Dipity account.

Jun 27, 2009

T80 Cathedral Mix part A

Jun 26, 2009

Hola, For those who can’t be here tonight (June 26th) in Rouen. here’s the mix in 2 parts. Feel free to download it, listen to it while watching a picture or a painting of Rouen’s...

T80 Cathedral Mix part B

Jun 26, 2009

Rock'n'Roll facts Vol 78

Jun 24, 2009

Hi there,Last week’s shows (minus the long drives) were a lot of fun. Villeurbanne was cool, we played between raindrops (no, it’s not a band name), it felt great to be back on stage af...

To celebrate the end of spring, the coming of summer and the rel...

Jun 20, 2009

To celebrate the end of spring, the coming of summer and the release of Unpredictable rmx ep here’s MaRadioStar’s rmx version of Unpredictable! Enjoy!

Giant Pink Rabbits…& T80 (Med, Raf, Jason, Julien, Xav...

Jun 20, 2009

Giant Pink Rabbits…& T80 (Med, Raf, Jason, Julien, Xavier, angy & Pedro) in Chartres

Xav Strummer

Jun 20, 2009

Coming up in June!

Jun 1, 2009

Helloooo, here’s the menu,-June 2ndwe’ll start with a Tahiti 80 party (#2) at Le Motel (Paris 11è), with Axe Riverboy & Lecube performing acoustic sets. Mederic (aka Spanky) & L...

next week’s party. Tahiti 80 DJ set with Axe Riverboy &...

May 26, 2009

next week’s party. Tahiti 80 DJ set with Axe Riverboy & Lecube (acoustic live performances) design by Jean Luc ‘simply the best’ Singerat for Phantom

Hi there,what’s up?Pedro & I are still at the lab prod...

May 21, 2009

Hi there,what’s up?Pedro & I are still at the lab producing Mehdi Zannad (aka Fugu) ‘s new album. It sounds great, and the fact that the songs are in French makes it quite exciting:...

Homeward Bound

May 8, 2009

Hey,Back home after 2 exhausting days in London. We started out with a show at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, which was pretty good, even though, I guess, it didn’t feel like playing the UK as th...

London Cowboys

May 4, 2009

Hi there,Tahiti 80 will play in London Tomorrow (May 5th) at the Hoxton Bar & Grill(2- 4 Hoxton Square, London, N1 6NU).We’ll be on at 10 pm (there are also 2 bands on the bill,...

Sunday papers (l’est républicain) X

May 3, 2009

Besançon, here we come!

Apr 30, 2009

738 Western Shirts

Apr 28, 2009

Hi there sorry I haden’t posted anything in years… Let me get back to the Alhambra show. It was definitely one of the highlights of our career. Great venue, great crowd etc. here’...

Tahiti 80 hits London!

Apr 21, 2009

see you at Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen on May 5th. click on the banner to purchase tickets.

P-P-P-Poster!

Apr 2, 2009

50x70cm - Silkscreen Poster by Jean-Luc Singerat (www.phntm.com) limited to 65 copies! It will be on sale at the show, and then if there are some copies left on the soon to be finished T80 shop!

designed by Jean Luc Singerat for Phantom (www.phntm.com)

Mar 28, 2009

Keep on poppin' in a free world

Mar 16, 2009

Hi, Tomorrow we’ll play in Paris- La défense (on the “parvis”), at 1pm. It’s indoors, in a “magic mirror”, and it’s free. come with a lunch box! best, X

Taratata Full Version

Mar 7, 2009

here’s the full interview and 2 songs (“All Around” & Ronettes’ cover “Be My Baby”) we performed on taratata.as you’ll see we don’t speak Japanes...

The circus is in town…

Mar 6, 2009

berlin 1

Feb 16, 2009

Invited

Feb 14, 2009

Hallo,This is our third day in Germany. Alles Gut.Last night in Munich was really cool. The atomic café is definitely one of our fav’ clubs in the world. The show was good, very groovy. I thi...

East Bound

Feb 10, 2009

Hi there, Just a few words to let you know we’ll be in Strasbourg tomorrow sharing the bill with Leila (while les Bleus will play against Argentina, sniff), and then we’ll travel all ov...

Up To Date (2009)

Feb 3, 2009

Hi there,So I guess the big news is that we’ll be back on the road very shortly! Germany, here we come! France, we’re back! Here’s the full list of the February shows and more11/0...

“Wallpaper…” album of the day on Mojo’s ...

Jan 13, 2009

“Wallpaper…” album of the day on Mojo’s website!!!! “Defeat sodden streets and winter gloom with a great summer record.” Guess what…it made my day!!!!X cl...

Tahiti 80 and some friends wish you the best for 2009

Jan 5, 2009

Hellooo… here’s the 2009 musical greeting from T80! ...

Jan 5, 2009

Hellooo… here’s the 2009 musical greeting from T80! Let’s play do a blind test, which songs have been used to create it? 3 words (Tahiti, 80 & 9) come from non-T80 songs (if y...

here are our pics from the Asian tour!!! X

Jan 1, 2009

2008? It was a pretty good year!

Dec 30, 2008

Hello,I can’t believe how fast 2008 went. Last January, I was in Japan promoting the Axe Riverboy album with 2 shows in Tokyo and Osaka (strangely enough I performed early versions of “...

Seoul Deep

Dec 20, 2008

Hey, that’s it, the Asian Tour is over…I can’t believe how fast it went…The Seoul show was great,  I have to say that Koreans are the fans who scream the loudest in the worl...

One more time again… nice souvenir from Taipei

Dec 19, 2008

"Who needs lyrics when you can have a “couac couac” sound?"

Dec 15, 2008

Dec 12, 2008

hey, recovering from a crazy night in BKK. The show was great, it’s always cool when you hear the crowd singing our choruses louder than us! Today is off, tomorrow we’ll leave for Japa...

new pics

Dec 4, 2008

Tahiti 80 will play in Bangkok…still keeping our fingers c...

Dec 3, 2008

Tahiti 80 will play in Bangkok…still keeping our fingers crossed though

Hi, here’s a tiny bit from last week’s concert (whic...

Nov 11, 2008

Hi, here’s a tiny bit from last week’s concert (which was great)  in Tours.The rest of the shows were very cool too. more on this later. This week, we’ll be in Lille, Lyon & C...

The bags are packed, the guitars have been tuned…etc TAHIT...

Nov 3, 2008

The bags are packed, the guitars have been tuned…etc TAHITI 80 will be on tour in France this November !!!!04 Nov Bateau Ivre/ Les Rockomotives/Tours05  Nov Barbey/Bordeaux06  Nov Woodst...

Taratata

Oct 26, 2008

Great News, T80 have been invited to play on France Television’s one and only musical show :”Taratata”! Click on the link above if you wanna attend the show, it will be recorded o...

Maroquinerie pics & review for Izdi

Oct 12, 2008

Maroquinerie pics by Matthieu Marquenet / A French Photographer

Oct 11, 2008

courtesy of WW2W! We love this blog!

Oct 8, 2008

Le Mouv' session

Oct 1, 2008

If you didn’t know what to do tomorrow afternoon, come and watch us play a few songs (with the full band) at “La maison de la radio” (Avenue du Président Kennedy, Paris 16) for a ...

Lomo Amigos

Oct 1, 2008

Last summer, we were given a camera by the lovely lomo people, our brief was to shoot whatever we wanted. That’s exactly what we did! Check the results on their website.

The Fool of the King?

Sep 29, 2008

(aka Le Fou Du Roi) T80 will perform 2 songs on Stephane Bern’s France Inter show on Tuesday (30/09/08) from 11h to 12h30. Other guests on the program are Josiane Balasko, Bataille et Fontai...

directed by Romain Chassaing

Sep 27, 2008

Fly like an Eagle (in birkenstock’s)

Sep 25, 2008

OUT NOW in France!

Sep 22, 2008

Déjà vü

Sep 20, 2008

YO!After 3 take offs & landings (and a sleepless night in Murcia), Mederic & I arrived safely in Tokyo. Just on time to take a shower, buy some underwear at Uniqlo…30 minutes later we...

on the set

Aug 29, 2008

Think pink

Aug 29, 2008

T80 shooting the video for “All Around” earlier toda...

Aug 28, 2008

T80 shooting the video for “All Around” earlier today. (the video is directed by Romain Chassaing, pic by Benoit Tregouet)

Aug 17, 2008

Jul 29, 2008

Space Kelly

Jul 29, 2008

Yo, A few days ago, I received Space Kelly’s “My Favourite Songbook Vol.2” in the mail I was happy cos’: it’s a cover/tribute project, and we definitely share the sam...

Here’s Steve Lawrence’s song covered by Space Kelly

Jul 29, 2008

Hello, Sylvain & I making full use of the Antonelli “C...

Jul 24, 2008

Hello, Sylvain & I making full use of the Antonelli “Comet 2498” to cover a song called ‘T###K F#R # M####E” (will you find the title?) X PS; yes, we’re back at th...

Look what I got as a birthday present!!!! My bro found this orgi...

Jul 10, 2008

Look what I got as a birthday present!!!! My bro found this orginal vintage souvenir t-shirt on ebay!!!! Just like the original which gave its name to our band, this shirt’s sole purpose was ...

24x7 Boys-Teaser

Jul 9, 2008

the new logo…

Jul 9, 2008

Back in Pink, Blue & Black

Jul 9, 2008

Hi there, ‘Don’t know if you followed our latest adventures, but “Activity Center” our 4th album is done. (applause!) It took 3 months to complete it. Starting with a few co...

Yo les Kidz!

May 15, 2008

HI, so, we’re putting the final touches to our album…I re-sang a few lines, we added a few bells and whistles (organs mainly)…and tonite, I’ve just finished the lead and (nu...

Allô Tina? Mederic & xavier using a new instrument: le tel...

May 15, 2008

Allô Tina? Mederic & xavier using a new instrument: le telefon

I was made for lovin’ you…yes indeed

May 10, 2008

All Around track sheet…sort of

May 6, 2008

The Boyz are back in t-t-town!

May 6, 2008

Bonjour, we spent another sunny day in our cellar, perfect if you’re not looking for that California tan… I finished the vocals and added various guitars on All Around. Sylvain perform...

May 2, 2008

ALMOST THERE

May 1, 2008

Yeah. I recorded one more vocal today, for a song called “All Around”. So, our next move/masterplan is/are: -to start pre-mixing some songs and -to finish the overdubs on the others. ...

Apr 30, 2008

The Percussion Marathon is done. Raf did a great job at the shakers, maracas, tambourines, bongos, claves & cowbells. I recorded the lead vocals for “Come On Now”. YEAAAAAHHH. 2 mor...

he’s our cook, our mandolinist… he’s a cookoli...

Apr 29, 2008

he’s our cook, our mandolinist… he’s a cookolinist. Chez Joey! 

Apr 29, 2008

OK. our label, Barclay, visited us at the studio today, they seemed pretty excited about the new versions. Which is good new for us. We spent the day listening to rough versions of the songs, I wro...

Recording Unpredictable

Apr 28, 2008

rasta vibration pic by sly 

Apr 27, 2008

Today, Sylvain and I travelled across the countryside (surrounde...

Apr 27, 2008

Today, Sylvain and I travelled across the countryside (surrounded by yellow colza fields) to pick up this wonderful Vox AC30.I’v’ also purchased 2 Ibanez pedals. Can’t wait to try...

Apr 26, 2008

hallo, There was a relaxed vibe floating in the air of the lab, on this sunny saturday (was it the first sunny day of the year?): BBQ, listening to what we had recorded late at night, a few guitar...

X:Ma, I look like a horrible tiny monster P:No, I think you̵...

Apr 26, 2008

X:Ma, I look like a horrible tiny monster P:No, I think you’re terrific X: are you kidding me? P: No, I would never lie to you X: Thanks, padre. Do you want a cup of hot cocoa? (sorry for thi...

THOUSAND LEAVES

Apr 25, 2008

Yo, we’ve recorded vocals today. A lovely bridge for “Dream On”. If you’re familiar with French pastry, I would call what we’ve done a vocal “Mille Feuilles̶...

The Bleu Note

Apr 25, 2008

     

We found casimir!!!

Apr 21, 2008

Apr 21, 2008

Hello, Hi, I’ve just finished a lead vocal for a song called “Dream On”. Mederic played some guitar on “Brazil”. still going strong! we’re going to bed! love X

Dodo

Apr 17, 2008

Bonjour or maybe Bonsoir, “it’s another day for T80  in a recording studio” (to sing on Phil Collins’ hit) What happened today? Mederic played a 12 string Charvel surfcaste...

le darnetal barbershop trio. barbershop, are you kidding me?

Apr 16, 2008

The Party's Still Going, P.S.G!

Apr 16, 2008

YO! More guitars today. I used a ‘76 Aria lp Custom & a ‘68 Gibson Es355. Sounds Grrreat! I’ve recorded vocals for “Brazil”, Yeah! The Darnetal Barbershop Tri...

Apr 15, 2008

guitar day. Telecaster Custom 76 Les paul Signature 73 Mustang 68 Rickenbaker 91 Eastwood JLS 07 Guild D40 02 Epiphone Jumbo 92 Gibson J45 04 keep on rockin, bises X

Padre, Med, Jiien, Robine, Simon, Zavier & Oko

Apr 11, 2008

Apr 9, 2008

Apr 9, 2008

anybody selling a wurlitzer?

Changes...

Apr 8, 2008

Hello, long time no see! we’re back at the lab… I don’t know if we told you before, but Sylvain our drummer suffers from tinnitus. Besides hearing white noise in his ears, most...

Reprezent #1: Mc Zee, Da Padre, DJ Ahmede 

Apr 4, 2008

Los Groovy Lips

Apr 3, 2008

Hola que tal? Early in the morning, pedro recorded some sort of upright bass on “Fire Escape”, it sounded great, even though I hadn’t showed him the right chords…! Anyway, ...

Mar 31, 2008

Hello, Today was off for me, as I had to be in Paris on Monday morning (we left the studio at 3.30, went to bed at 4 and I woke up at 7- work more to earn more?) (!) Last nite, we worked on Tune ...

Speciale dédicace à sylvain.

Mar 29, 2008

Mar 28, 2008

Voilà. we’re going to bed. Today was “guitar day”. For the first time you’ll hear a rickenbacker on one of our albums. I thought you might wanna know. A demain, Xavier X

Having fun, having a bud. Here’s the new concept: pedro wi...

Mar 27, 2008

Having fun, having a bud. Here’s the new concept: pedro will sing, I will wear bandanas and mederic will play weird African percussion

Mar 26, 2008

Hélloo, Sylvain’s recording some percussion at this very moment. Mederic and I have tracked electric guitars earlier today. The game (France Vs England) is getting closer. Here are 2 questio...

Med+Zav Nice sweaters…I love my haircut. montage by sly 

Mar 25, 2008

Mar 25, 2008

Hého, back at the lab’. Recording guitars, eating chili con carne etc. Life is sweet… A+ X

Floppy Ghetto Blaster

Mar 25, 2008

STEREO STUDIO #1

Mar 25, 2008

Here’s what I’m listening to at the moment: Adrian Baker -VibrationsI got this L.P for one euro. It’s an interesting cross between The Bee Gees (for the disco bits) and The Beach ...

Mar 20, 2008 5:05 PM

Yo, this is Channel T80! wanna know Mederic’s sock colour? Find out this and more thanks to the “T80 Web Cam” Look On Your Right!————-> P

Musicians Gone Wild

Mar 20, 2008 3:48 PM

Hé,So, we spent a day trying to get a decent Hi Hat sound…Yes, this is music. Sometimes, it’s all about focusing on small details to get the right sound image.We’re enjoying Kinde...

Slow preparation, fast execution…

Mar 18, 2008 3:19 PM

PeBRIAN ResendENO

SETTING UP THE SYSTEM!!!

Mar 18, 2008 1:53 PM

HI, this is the official start of the session…after 650 meters of cables, 80 beers, 65 new holes in the studio walls etc…we’re starting the proper tracking of this record. The fir...

While cleaning up the studio shelves, we fell upon a rare collec...

Mar 15, 2008 8:08 AM

While cleaning up the studio shelves, we fell upon a rare collection from France’s answer to The Monkees, Les Charlots.   It was quite refreshing to hear this Gainsbourg parody…the rest...

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