The almanach's first issue features: a special segment on Congo's 50th anniversary of independence (interview with Vincent Kenis by Jean-Louis Sbille, Congolese punk and hybrid music, choreographer Faustin Linyekula, photographic essay by Beata Szparagowska, a Kisangani chronicle by Virginie Dupray), Captain Beefheart, Jean-Pierre Verheggen's poetry, Aleister Crowley: a graphic invocation, Laure Prouvost, Édouard Glissant, interviews with Daniel Innerarity, Majid Rahnema...
Illustrations and photos by Martes Batory, Philippe Lardy, Damien MacDonald, Pablo Desgatines, Julien Kedryna, Laurie Rosenwald, Filip Denis, William Henne (5C), Delphine Duprat, Anton van Dalen, Bernard Bauduin, Rober Stassens, Réza, Beata Szparagowska, Hugues de Wurstemberger, Maya Palma, Clément Huylenbroeck, Laure Prouvost, Agathe Poupenay.
Soldes is the revival of Soldes Fins de Série, a Belgian quarterly first published at the beginning of the Eighties. In the words of Andy Warhol “the best magazine in the world” gained international renown few months after its creation, and was sold in nine countries, becoming an underground success on the sidelines of the media industry. In 2010 Soldes was revived as an almanac on Marc Borgers' initiative, with Art Kiosque, Paris, and 5C éditions, Brussels. “Made like a work of art”, Soldes discusses arts, science, and society, exclusively in print format.
Texts by Jean-Pierre Verheggen, Paul Hermant, Pacôme Thiellement, Maxime Benoît-Jeannin, Pascal Duval, Otso Lahdeoja, Jean-Louis Sbille, Dali De Clair, Michel Renard, Laure Prouvost, Virginie Dupray, Faustin Linyekula, Marc Hollander, Martes Batory, Damien MacDonald, Marc Borgers.
