The release of the third Yann Tiersen album, Le Phare (1998) allowed the label to expand internationally by proposing at once French and foreign artists, not recognized or on the way to the being.

Two years later, Ici, d'ailleurs... created a new collection named OuMuPo, an acronym for Ouvroir de MUsique POtentiel (workshop for potential music) in reference to the OuLiPo, OUvroir de LIttérature POtentiel (workshop for potential literature).

A huge fan of the OuBaPo, OUvroir de BAnde-Dessinée POtentiel (workshop for potential comics), Ici d'ailleurs... asked Jean-Christophe Menu, founder member of L'Association, an independent publishing society, to be in charge of the graphic side of the project.

For each new work, the OuBaPiens, French cartoonists collective, created a sixteen pages comic book which comes along on top of each OuMuPo album, each time drawn by a different person.

[1] The project This Immortal Coil was built step by step during five years with Yaël Naim, Bonnie Prince Billy, Yann Tiersen, Matt Elliott, DAAU, Chapelier Fou, Sylvain Chauveau, Christine Ott, Oktopus, Nightwood, David Donatien and Nicolas Jorio.