Fanzine Futur Parlé

What is indie? Have you ever asked yourself that question? Curious to find out more? Well, you’re in luck, because the first issue of Futur Parlé fanzine, released in March 2025, is entirely devoted to this fascinating yet elusive subject.

A true counterculture in the late 1970s, indie has become, as society and the music industry have changed, a catch-all label, a sticker that can be slapped on anything and everything. A resistance movement, a structural alternative, a hashtag for playlists, storytelling… What can it represent today, in an era of constant noise and ready-to-consume culture?

To find out, Rémi Laffitte, the fanzine’s creator, chose to give a voice to bands, labels and artists from here and elsewhere (USA, Canada, Spain, UK, etc.). The mission they courageously accepted was to answer a single question: ‘What does indie mean to you?’ Simple and… terribly complex.

Two years of email exchanges, cryptic Excel spreadsheets, endless (but finally finished) proofreading and meticulous layout. Two years of highs, lows, certainties and doubts, to finally complete this fanzine (or rather this paperback) which brings together 41 testimonials on independent music.

This first issue is a collective narrative, an invitation to reflect as much as to act. It (re)highlights these individual and collective energies, this culture that survives (or thrives) off the radar — still as essential as ever, especially in this world that is falling apart a little more every day.