1992 Everything began while I was a studying at Montmorency CEGEP (college)... I had the desire to introduce to people a new style of music and a new culture...The world of techno, Goth and industrial. Jean-Sebastien Poulin And Francois Richer (CREM 1993) 1993 In order to achieve this, I enlisted the help of my friend, Jean-Sébastien Poulin. It was our very first experience in the radio world. We finally obtained a show at CREM 109, the college radio. We played stuff like Front 242, Depeche Mode, the Sisters of Mercy, etc, in the morning. Shortly after, I applied at CISM FM to have some broadcasting time with my partner-in-crime, Benoît Latulippe. The result: MICROFUN, tuesday 11-1PM! Benoit Latulippe (CISM 1994) 1994 It was not so easy to play industrial and everything at this specific time of the day- especially with all these damn French quotas! So I asked to be transferred to the nighttime period. New schedule: tuesday, from midnight until 3. We became LES MOUCHES NOIRES (The Black Flies). Why LES MOUCHES NOIRES? Well, "Noire" stands for Goth and what is more annoying than a damn fly, who's bugging our lives! However, Benoît left me, due to his studies. His schedule became difficult, especially when he had to wake up in the morning for university. So Jean-Sébastien came back to replace him. Flyer for LES MOUCHES NOIRES 1995 A miracle happens: CISM decided to abolish my French quotas, leaving me total freedom! The show became shorter, still on tuesday, but from midnight til 1h30 AM. T-shirts from LES MOUCHES NOIRES were sold in several Goth-Industrial nights and in few stores. And tons of interviews have been done, with artists such as Laibach, Stabbing Westward, Front 242 and lots of local artists. 1996 A new schedule arrives, with 30 extra minutes! It was the best formula indeed: tuesday night, from midnight til 2 o'clock. It was just right and not too much, because 1996 was the craziest year for Les Mouches Noires. A horrific mix of drugs, alcohol and sex on the airwaves!!! Every show was a total party. The quality of the content suffered indeed...We had a chronicle called "La gogosse de la semaine", which was extremely popular. It involved us going to a convenience store, every week, to try and eat the most repulsive, ugliest thing sold there! What a concept! Fyers For Les Mouches Noires 1996 1997 Jean-Sébastien left, leaving me alone like a big boy! It was a big return to myself: I became much wiser and deeper concerning the show. The research improved and I added more personal comments and thoughts. Francois Richer CISM 1997 1998 A new collaboration! Eloise Beaule will realize the conception and elaboration of a new media for Les Mouches Noires: a website! www.colba.net/~blackfly We celebrated our 5th year at CISM, along with my former co-hosts, Benoît Latulippe and Jean-Sébastien Poulin. The band Aleister realized the new theme song- in collaboration with the NRG recording studio and Eloise Beaule. 1999 A new team and a new concept for Les Mouches! We decided to mix altogether genres such as EBM, industrial, Goth, Electro, Synth Pop and 80's classics. July 20th 1999: we celebrate our 300th show! The new team included François Joron (co-host since late July 1999) (Mr. Joron AKA Final Man is the founder of the electro-industrial E-Zine ELECTROAGE) and myself, François Richer. 2000 A very good year for Les Mouches: the listening rates increased fabulously, the show has never been this strong and several bands start the year with us! HAUJOBB, SPAHN RANCH and COLLAPSE visited us in studio, along with several DJs, like DJ Bent! from NYC and some Montreal DJs. A new contributor is joining the show: Mariame Moussally (Gothic column) (Mariame is in charge of one gorgeous fanzine, PLASTIQUE!) So, in our diversity lies our force!!! New schedule for Les Mouches! After 7 years on tuesday... We are now every Monday from 9-10 PM (since May 9th) 2001 ??????

François Richer