{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = EPM Musique | founded = {{start date|1986}} | founder = François Dacla | genre = Chanson, theater, spoken word, jazz | country = France | location = <!-- headquarters city and state --> | url = {{URL|www.epmmusique.fr}} }}
'''EPM Musique''' is a French record label that was created in 1986 by François Dacla,<ref>Jacques Vassal. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RYqkipx7-dUC&pg=PP190 Léo Ferré, la voix sans maître]''. Le Cherche Midi. 2003. P. 190. Accessed on line 18 December 2015.</ref> former president of RCA France.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DCUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT92 "French Labels Lags Behind In Video Market"]. ''Billboard''. Vol. 92, No 40. 4 October 1980. P. 77.</ref> The label specializes in Chanson and its legacy. It is also dedicated to poetry, theater, and children's music.
"EPM is a French label whose interests include classic American jazz from the '30s through '50s."<ref>''CD Review''. Vol. 6, Nos 1-6. 1989. Page xlviii.</ref> The label reissued earlier jazz recordings.<ref>David Dicaire. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ug9FPHAvcbcC Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945]''. McFarland. 2003. P.16, 19,28, 56, 79. Accessed on line 18 December 2015.</ref><ref>Frank Hoffmann. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=-FOSAgAAQBAJ Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound]''. Routledge. 2004. P.152, 1071. Accessed on line 18 December 2015.</ref><ref>"For now, the best one-CD collection is ''Jazz Gitan 1939-1943'' (EPM Musique)". Michael Dregni. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=jG3nBwAAQBAJ Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing]''. Oxford University Press. 2008. Accessed on line 18 December 2015.</ref> Memphis Minnie's recordings were particularly reissued.<ref>Paul and Beth Garon. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=IerXAwAAQBAJ Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues]''. City Lights Books. 2014. P.328-49. Accessed on line 18 December 2015.</ref>
Most of its catalog is distributed by Universal Music Group.
==Artists== * Léo Ferré<ref>Robert Wangermée. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=70wwbh-ZXYkC Dictionnaire de la chanson en Wallonie et à Bruxelles]''. Editions Mardaga. 1995. P.231.</ref> * Anne Sylvestre * Michèle Bernard * Georges Chelon * Marc Ogeret * Marc Robine * Francis Lemarque * Monique Morelli * Hélène Martin * Julos Beaucarne * Diane Dufresne * Anna Prucnal * Anne Vanderlove * Claudine Lebègue * Francesca Solleville * Marcel Dadi * Pierre Dac * Michel Buhler * Jean Vasca * Pierre Meige
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==External links== * [http://www.epmmusique.fr/fr/ Official website] * [http://www.epmmusique.fr/fr/content/11-qui-sommes-nous History page]
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Category:French jazz record labels
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