{"title":"experimental \/ avant-garde","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tokedashita-garasubako-溶け出したガラス箱","title":"Tokedashita Garasubako -  溶け出したガラス箱","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eURC - LP\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eJapan, 1970\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003ePsyche \/ Folk \/ Rock\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eState-of-the-art gentle psychedelia by members of Apryl Fool a Happy End, including \u003cstrong\u003eHaruomi Hosono\u003c\/strong\u003e. Generous, lush, soulful, folk rock from Japan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA very solar energy emanates from this flawless LP of post-\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbbey Road\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e psychedelic folk rock. Though it's not very well known outside of Japan, this one-shot studio project by some of the best and most innovative Japanese pop musicians of their generation is a blueprint for 1970's Japanese psychedelia and a cult LP amongst Japanese collectors. A record I have been told about a few times before actually finding a copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt's the exact same blend of influences that will give birth to the \u003cstrong\u003epre-YMO Hosono\u003c\/strong\u003e's albums that you find on that LP, a very complex combination of \u003cstrong\u003eNick Drake\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eThe Beach Boys\u003c\/strong\u003e, a sun-drenched and humorous take on existentially doomed western folk and rock. A record that explains a lot about the obsession of people a little older than myself with Japan, I guess... (very clean copy, no obi VG+\/VG+)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eあんまり深すぎて\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e何がなんだかわからない時\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e君はだれなんだ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eまるで君と同じのっぺら坊で\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eボクの右手の二本の指\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eマイケルの髪\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e小さな花が道ばたに・・・\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eさっき君\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eが\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XafC8lwCaZ0?si=AbKQ5NYWlWDETaI0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_AUM0gqkJ0E?si=5YhQXhWexw8TS7eH\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ijqG7zcCUtg?si=3R5IsJS0WMOQlZ-L\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Office PSR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48556428362073,"sku":"","price":90.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/8850\/0313\/files\/TokedashitaGarasubako.jpg?v=1718780193"},{"product_id":"deadline-down-by-law","title":"Deadline - Down By Law","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eCelluloid - LP\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eUSA, 1985\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eElectronic \/ IDM \/ Ambient\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFourth World electro \u0026amp; dub tracks by an all-stars cast (\u003cstrong\u003eManu Dibango\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJaco Pastorius\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePhillip Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e, etc.) led by \u003cstrong\u003eBill Laswell\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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As far as I remembered, I always loved it, and today, I come back to it much more often than, say, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bkN3QT_UFrc\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bkN3QT_UFrc\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZazou Bikaye\u003c\/strong\u003e's recordings\u003c\/a\u003e of the same vein. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eThere's something utterly minimal and a deadly precision that makes it stand out among the (not so many) releases in that Fourth World \/ Electro field, especially on tracks like \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoat Peoples\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaliphone Dub\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGammatron\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. It's not trying to be excessively futuristic or funky, doing very little more than sounding like the place and the time it was recorded in: NYC in the mid-1980's, that is to say the cruel center of the Free World. And it's just as abstract, as pessimistic and clairvoyant as it should be. 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Prayers \/ Yoga\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuite mesmerizing dry lo-fi ballads labelled as \u003c\/em\u003eChants \u0026amp; Prayers\u003cem\u003e by Los Angeles Yoga superstar, who famously influenced the likes of \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Harrison\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Jobs\u003c\/strong\u003e. Hard to label, but it reminds of early exotica-era \u003cstrong\u003eSun Ra \u003c\/strong\u003eespecially the \u003cstrong\u003eRimsky-Korsakov\u003c\/strong\u003e harmonium cover \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSong of India\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's hard to write about this record as if it was not a soft power product made by a world-famous guru and yoga master - who's greatly responsible for the huge development of Western Yoga culture in the late 20th Century - but I'll try to focus on the music. Paramahansa Yogananda's story is famous (he sold millions of copies of his autobiography) but it sure casts a light on how the music he recorded on this 1961 record came to be such a weird blend of Indian and US music: the use of delays (then only used in groundbreaking US pop songs, \u003cstrong\u003eLes Paul \u0026amp; Mary Ford\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem\u003eHow High The Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eElvis\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cem\u003eBlue Moon Of Kentucky\u003c\/em\u003e), the percussions and the harmonium played by the yogi himself (who chants in English). 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Let's say that I've been musically raised during a 1980's revival period that lasted longer than the 1980's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt seems we're finally seeing the end of the tunnel, only to emulate another decades for (the 1990's \u0026amp; 00's), but still, it feels refreshing. So, with new ears, attracted to new sound, I can venture into sound labyrinths made of fuzzy guitar \u0026amp; distorted voices, and that's what Vizusa had to offer in 2008. I'm particularly keen on the slow and long jams like \u003cem\u003eHigh Frontier \u003c\/em\u003e(that reminds me, in its own way, of an \u003cstrong\u003eOkonkole Y Trompa\u003c\/strong\u003e classic by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/okonkole-y-trompa.com\/2017\/09\/12\/in-dreams\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eElephant Chateau\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eor \u003cem\u003eFair Hesperides\u003c\/em\u003e but came to enjoy the record as a whole. Even in its harsher moments, it embraces a minimal approach that gives the LP its unity. 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Back in 2017, long-time \u003cstrong\u003eDean Blunt\u003c\/strong\u003e collaborator, Nina Cristante, released an atmospheric album of bizarre skits and miniatures, evoking 1990's Hong Kong soundtracks, \u003cstrong\u003eJames Ferraro\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eYasuaki Shimizu\u003c\/strong\u003e's \"Music For Commercial\" and classic Dreamcast game \u003cstrong\u003eShenmue\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHave to say I'm quite surprise to see that this \u003cem\u003eComplications\u003c\/em\u003e LP is not a sold-out affair yet, considering the IMMENSE hype surrounding Bar Italia and anything even only loosely connected to Dean Blunt. That being said, it sure is considerably weirder than anything ever released by Bar Italia, but absolutely not a surprising record for anyone who heard the stuff they used to release on World Music, prior to signing a contract with Matador and playing Coachella. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut it's no novelty record ; on the contrary, it's quite consistent: \u003cem\u003eComplications\u003c\/em\u003e is a very enjoyable set of anonymous instrumentals of varying durations, probably inspired by \u003cstrong\u003eJames Ferraro\u003c\/strong\u003e's early 2010's LPs on \u003cstrong\u003eHippos In Tanks\u003c\/strong\u003e, though Nina's world is not as dark as Ferraro's. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStanding at the intersection of a \u003cstrong\u003eJohnny To\u003c\/strong\u003e's soundtrack and music from a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gup7j8nQZGs\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSega\u003c\/strong\u003e game from the 00's\u003c\/a\u003e, Nina brings in the equation an art school vibe. The music is tongue-in-cheek, but not veinly dubious. \"\u003cem\u003eComplications 5\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"Complications 7\" are genuinely moving piano-led ballads while the 1min20 long \u003cem\u003e\"Complications\u003c\/em\u003e 2\" is a rich miniature world of its own. I don't think this faintly distributed record ever reached a shop outside the US, where I got this copy, so here's your chance to avoid ridiculous customs rates.(NM\/NM)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eComplication 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eComplication 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eComplication 3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eComplication 4 (ft. 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Brilliantly produced computer music reminding of \u003cstrong\u003eOrange Milk\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong\u003ePC Music\u003c\/strong\u003e with a dubstep and exotica twist (??!!)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMind-melting production from a musician who never achieved great recognition despite a string of solid releases on revered labels like \u003cstrong\u003eOrange Milk\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong\u003eSoftware\u003c\/strong\u003e. Like many of his computer music peers, Co La fell into a relative oblivion as we, people of the 2020's, have forgotten how a bunch of musicians used to release the most cutting-edge electronic music 10 years ago, stuff that genuinely felt like music from the future, and not the usual retro-futurist stuff we're so used to. People with strong links with the aforementioned labels and a common taste for complex production, weird rhythm pattern and a love for post-modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cem\u003eHegemony of Delete\u003c\/em\u003e LP is a strong example of such a music ethos. No one might care much about it these days, but my bet is it's gonna be some of the most interesting music from the 2010's to dig into whenever diggers will think it's time to do so. Always surprising, with a bunch of great stand-out tracks (like the kind of fake exotica tune \"Chez Panisse\" !!!): great weirdo music. Released on the nice NYC arty label Primary Information. 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Tom Val, the one-man-band behind Orion Music Workshop, takes his music to new standards by incorporating elements from exotica, 4th world music, \u003cstrong\u003eMuslimgauze\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong\u003eCivilistjävel'\u003c\/strong\u003es contemporary electronic dub into his lo-fi improvisation formula. Pure DIY magic. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eTom Val has been releasing music - other people's as well as his own - for the next past 6 years on his label Les Disques Omnison (formerly Tom Val Records) in the truest DIY fashion: hand drawn artworks, small runs of CDR's and tapes. Last year, both his music and his label took a relative \"professional\" turn with the release of Orion Music Workshop's second LP, \u003cem\u003eMâlemort\u003c\/em\u003e. Sonically, it began to leave the extreme lo-fi territories from where the project ignited; for the first time also, Tom Val dared (and probably financially could) press 200 copies of his record, which quickly sold out. Two other surprised hit records followed: \u003cstrong\u003eTurner Williams Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e's sundreched Shahi Baaja improvisations and \u003cstrong\u003eShelter and Orion\u003c\/strong\u003e's kraut jams. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eTerritoires Fluences\u003c\/em\u003e marks another step for the musician and the label as its sound is much less bare and lushier than his previous production's sound, for the better, in my opinion. Indeed, such a mutation expresses a form of musical maturity, a broader understanding of arrangements and music production or, even better, Tom Val's new ability to seamlessly blend his (very) broad influences into an album that turns to be much greater than the sum of its parts.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eAs its name suggests, \u003cem\u003eTerritoires Fluences\u003c\/em\u003e is all about the exploration of musical territories and the underground connections between them. Oscillating freely between musique concrete, field recordings, ambient, soft-guitar led instrumentals, ethno jazz etc., etc. etc. it summons, in no particular order, the ghosts of \u003cstrong\u003eMuslimgauze\u003c\/strong\u003e, a cohort of French jazz mavericks (\u003cstrong\u003eJean-François Pauvros\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJac Berrocal\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJoëlle Léandre\u003c\/strong\u003e etc.) and the members of deterritorialized contemporary electronics (from \u003cstrong\u003eDiscreet Music \u003c\/strong\u003eto \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Bush\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eThe Sprigs\u003c\/strong\u003e). True French hauntology.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e(M\/M -\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003ewholesale: shops, contact us\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eSpirale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica; 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Gast \u0026amp; Asger Hartvig and a truly idiosyncratic blend of modern classical and dub-influenced electronic music by one of the most original voices in British electronic music that emerged \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eduring the last decade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFew artists’ music from the past 10 years have been as stirring, as revelatory as \u003cstrong\u003eJohn T. Gast\u003c\/strong\u003e’s take on high-brow avant-garde\/modern classical music and dub; and this \u003cstrong\u003eGossiwor\u003c\/strong\u003e’s LP is to me the strongest and most singular example of Gast’s way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWalking in the steps of \u003cstrong\u003eJames Ferraro\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eHype Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e, John T. 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He released two milestones of French art-rock as \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilippe Dorsay \/ Les Associaux Associés\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and would later write the #1 French minimal synth classic, \u003cstrong\u003eRuth\u003c\/strong\u003e's \"\u003cem\u003ePolaroid\/Roman\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ePhoto\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWith such a team onboard, how exactly can the music sound like? Firstly, it's driven by Marie-Ange Cousin's warm, deep and precise voice, captured with an incredible level of details - every variation, every breath she takes is recorded by the microphones. 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Takes me back to the revelatory moment when I discovered \"Long Song For Zelda\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e on a compilation by \u003cstrong\u003eDirty Sound System\u003c\/strong\u003e and realized that there was more to French chanson than Julien Clerc; Alain Souchon \u0026amp; the stuff my mother would listen to in her car. Iconic textured sleeve as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThat \u003cem\u003eDirty French Psychedelic\u003c\/em\u003e compilation broadened my musical universe dramatically back in 2009. I was 15, and just started searching for music off the beaten tracks. That year, some new releases blew my teenage mind out like few records would ever do: \u003cstrong\u003eOneohtrix Point Never\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem\u003eRifts\u003c\/em\u003e CD and that \u003cstrong\u003eDirty Sound System\u003c\/strong\u003e comp. Firstly, it made me realized that those boring figures of Variété Française that I could hear on the radio - \u003cstrong\u003eChristophe\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBernard Lavilliers\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong\u003eNino Ferrer\u003c\/strong\u003e - wrote music that slapped - weird, sophisticated, utterly psychedelic and less boring than Pink Floyd's albums I then knew by heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnd then it was the names I never saw or heard before that caught my attention. Even these French chanson territories, paced up and down by  annoying parents and uncles, had their own underworld, an underground estate where French eccentrics hanged out with \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSoft Machine\u003c\/strong\u003e, probably doing drugs. And the most mysterious figure of them all, \u003cstrong\u003eDashiell Hedayat\u003c\/strong\u003e, seemed to me like the secret kingpin of this underworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis only album, \u003cem\u003eObsolete\u003c\/em\u003e, soon became to me the quintessence of psychedelism, stealing the crown from British bands, in my mind, as the lyrics, sung in French, added to my personal definition that layer of surrealism that was missing until then. Considering that all Gong's members are playing on this one could also argue that \u003cem\u003eObsolete\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eGong\u003c\/strong\u003e's best album. But that's just some boomer's hot take... Clean copy. 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A total heart-melter of a piano piece on one side, a hypnotizing bell and gong piece on the other side. Very clean record, coming in an unfortunately decaying sleeve - priced accordingly.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt will come as no surprise but \u003cstrong\u003eBrian Eno\u003c\/strong\u003e's first label, \u003cem\u003eObscure\u003c\/em\u003e, is held in high regard around here. And in its relatively short catalogue, Michael Nyman's \"\u003cem\u003e1-100\u003c\/em\u003e\" stands out as one of its most moving pieces. Behind its cold, theoretical title lays a hauntingly beautiful composition for piano. Played at half the speed at which it was recorded, \"1-100\" is quite a radical experiment in decay in music. Composed for a film of the same name, directed by Nyman's friend, Peter Greenaway (who eventually rejected the piece for it was too long), Nyman's two decay music pieces share with Peter Greenaway's best films this essential quality of being theoretical - mathematical, even - productions that are nonetheless highly emotionally packed, and, ultimately, as moving as a naive -childlike - gesture. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt's good to add that Nyman's missed opportunity to soundtrack Peter Greenaway's film would not prevent the two of them to become one of the most important director\/composer couples of the 20th century, a post-modern British Fellini\/Rota couple. That being said, if you are familiar with Michael Nyman's soundtracks for Peter Greenaway, these two pieces might still surprise you with their highly introspective tone, \"Bell Set No. 1\" referring to the south-east asian continent rather than ancient european music. 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It always thrilled me to find such a weird and delicate piece of music, sitting on the pavement next to battered Claude François and Abba records, and that you could then buy for 1€. That was a glitch in the matrix, a secret rabbit hole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis ECM New Series LP is much less common in France - where you actually don't see that many ECM records, appart from the Keith Jarret's releases - but it's a little less rough, has a little less of that French-DIY darkness, and offer a lush, cinematic sound, boosted by the Manfred Eicher's treatment. It's not a watered-down version of their work though ; what the duo offers is still an obscure journey, a walk in some nocturnal environment, some secular woods. The Munich label enabled them to create an even more astonishingly deep soundscape than what they could technically do on their earlier recordings. Prepare for a proper deep listening session. 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An excellent brass LP somehow recalling \u003cstrong\u003eMaher Shalal Has Baz\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI’m fond of \u003cb\u003eDon Cherry\u003c\/b\u003e’s least celebrated body of work, his various recordings for ECM, including the brilliant \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCodona\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy. In general, I love what working with \u003cb\u003eManfred Eicher\u003c\/b\u003e brought to the sound of revered American free jazz musicians, who were then given the opportunity to blast their fierce sound over the desolated landscapes of Northern Europe. They flew the roaring American city to Bavarian havens - only in a metaphorical way in the case of Lester Bowie, as this LP was in fact recorded in NYC...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI don’t think all of Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy's LP's are good, but this is one is a great, consistent record. Of course the title track steals the show; it’s extremely original and just as hypnotic and addictive as \u003cstrong\u003ethe Flamingos\u003c\/strong\u003e’ classic, but the rest of the songs are no fillers. \"\u003cem\u003eNonet\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eLament\u003c\/em\u003e\" are two tense, long and minimal brass pieces, recalling \u003cem\u003eSketches of Spain\u003c\/em\u003e's minor modes. Composed by Lester Bowie, the closing song, \"\u003cem\u003eWhen The Spirit Returns\u003c\/em\u003e\", is a blues counterpoint to the opening title track. Highlighting the theatrical nature of the record, it sounds like the credit rolls to a film adaptation of some Broadway show, thus highlighting the theatrical nature of the record. There’s something even slightly cartoonish to it, and I can't help but imagine a miniature parade, led by Lester Bowie and his great variety of horns, walking down the Main Street of my mind.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e(M\/M - sealed copy!)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(sorry for the terrible youtube vinyl rips below)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eI Only Have Eyes For You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eThink\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eLament\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eComing Back, Jamaica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eNonet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eWhen The Spirit Returns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qMyGAs-ZNYc?si=SHbyGGm91m0vOgF8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oQZhvYtjH-M?si=N929FUsSlbfDkZqv\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g6FFO4G5y5c?si=Wmeoiqmj6QfqJdTm\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Office PSR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49583689826649,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/8850\/0313\/files\/IMG_0138.jpg?v=1730216085"},{"product_id":"roedelius-jardin-au-fou","title":"Roedelius - Jardin Au Fou","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eEgg - LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eFrance, 1979\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eAmbient \/ Minimal \/ Soundscape\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA singular and moving entry in ambient-mogul Roedelius’ discography. Lyrical barrel organ pieces, ghostly piano waltz and pastoral field recordings. Recalling \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErik Satie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Yoran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e’s Montparnasse, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDominique Lawalrée\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet Sherbourne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. The rare kind of vividly evocative albums, that sits next to \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVirginia Astley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e’s From Garden Where We Feel Secure and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErnest Hood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e’s Neighborhood… Unique and gorgeous.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRoedelius’s solo albums are some of the most intimate pieces of work to emanate from the circle of respectable German ambient kingpins he belongs to. His series of \u003ci\u003eSelbsportrait \u003c\/i\u003eoffer unprecedented examples of delicacy in synth-relying electronic music. This\u003ci\u003e Jardin\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAu Fou\u003c\/i\u003e LP is yet another sidestep - and a unique one - in Roedelius’ career.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI didn’t know this album until quite recently, when I bought a copy out of curiosity ; and I have to say that it was a shock, the kind I did not experience for a long time. For the past 10 years, I’ve been eagerly trying to find records that provided a similar experience to that provided by two of the records that are the dearest to me, \u003cstrong\u003eErnest Hood\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003ci\u003eNeighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eVirginia Astley\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003ci\u003eFrom Garden Where We Feel Secure\u003c\/i\u003e, records that seem to build a world around the listener, that exists within its own space and time - an American small-town in the case of Ernest Hood, an Arcadian garden in South England in the case of Virginia Astley. \u003ci\u003eJardin Au Fou \u003c\/i\u003e(The Madman’s Garden) unveils a very personal world of fantasy, an imaginary \u003ci\u003eFinzi-Contini \u003c\/i\u003egarden where decaying merry-go-rounds - among other ruins - evoke Max Ophüls’ long-gone Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt’s a dream within a dream: a memory of a Paris that never were, buried in the corner of a secret garden that exists in the mind of a German electronic music pioneer. A nostalgia-tinged yet impossible vision, created by Roedelius, long before Kieślowski directed his French films and Jean-Pierre Jeunet his disgusting \u003ci\u003eAmélie\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003e(VG\/VG+ small scratch on side B, priced accordingly)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eFou Fou\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eToujours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eRue Fortune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eBalsam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eCafé Central\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eLe Jardin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eGloria Dolores\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eÉtoiles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eSchöne Welt\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eFinal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nt-4bSwSlXc?si=aeZV__U895PyStl4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DMlVgwk_U-o?si=sfbHj0yySMaQHvJ4\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oZsS4uFNkEE?si=_nn2OLMegrQhoRo5\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Office PSR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49594416628057,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/8850\/0313\/files\/IMG_0139.jpg?v=1730393544"},{"product_id":"igor-wakhevitch-hathor","title":"Igor Wakhévitch - Hathor","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eAtlantic - LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eFrance, 1973\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eAvant-Garde \/ Prog-Rock \/ Ambient\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eAll Saints' Day \/ Toussaint \/ Día de Muertos favourite! Wakhevitch's electronic mass for the Resurection of the Dead. Pure 1970's avant-garde craze, Hathor is a complexe liturgical fantasy, a night of Sabbath that ends at the crack of dawn - quite literally, as the LP ends with \"Aurore\", a mind-blowing early example of environmental\/ambient music. Very clean OG copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe early 1970's sure were wild times in the French underground: labels like \u003cem\u003eSaravah\u003c\/em\u003e offered a pop sound that was freer, wilder than ever, influenced by the latest revolutions in jazz, while Olivier Messiaen's student Igor Wakhévitch would rather meddle with brand new Moog synths and incorporate their novel sound into provocative, heretic prog music rather than follow his venerable master on the path of avant-garde respectability. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHathor, is his most coherent piece of work - one of the most consistent piece of prog music ever, next to \u003cstrong\u003eMike Ratledge\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem\u003eRiddle Of The Sphinx \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem\u003eHosianna Mantra \u003c\/em\u003e- and far more Messiaen-esque than one may think. Relying mostly on male choirs, heavily influenced by ethnomusicological recordings of far-eastern sacred music, it hints at Messiaen's orchestral work in many ways, from the liturgical structure of the record to the use of birds recordings - and I'm sure a real musicologist (I'm not) could find many more analogies. This is music from a \"dark Messiaen\", in a way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHowever, Wakhevitch's music also profoundly depart from Messiaen in its use of repetitive rhythm pattern, to an extent that make the \"\u003cem\u003eGrand sabbat luciférien\"\u003c\/em\u003e, the acme of the record\/mass, sounds like a Detroit techno track, by say, Carl Craig.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs I mentioned earlier, the trip ends in a calming way, with \"Aurore\", a piece where the first ray of lights are metaphorically depicted by a beaming synth. Early birds' sounds slowly fade away as an organ, in the distance, once again recalls Olivier Messiaen. (NM\/VG+)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eHymne À Sathanael (Aimantation Des Forces)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGrand Sabbat Luciférien (Régime Des Arches)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRituel De Guerre Des Esprits De La Terre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCris Pour Les Sabbats Infernaux Et Invocations Des Daimons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOffice De La Levée Du Corps (De Profundis)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAmenthi (Attente De La Seconde Mort)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eAurore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lxqjNXQ4SuM?si=OiPObuiP_ZVn-b8B\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JkDx-nU397c?si=ZOtGBY57q9oeGzyx\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O-dSYbD2kbE?si=fCOG4KDntlUZZBff\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Office PSR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53665881162073,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/8850\/0313\/files\/IMG_0155.jpg?v=1731341736"},{"product_id":"dvorak-janacek-quentin-damamme-le-paltoquet","title":"Dvořák, Janáček \u0026 Quentin Damamme - Le Paltoquet","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eErato - LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eFrance, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eClassical \/ Soundtrack \/ Post-Modern\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eVery different from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.officepsr.com\/products\/philip-glass-koyaanisqatsi\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.officepsr.com\/products\/philip-glass-koyaanisqatsi\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlass\u003c\/strong\u003e's Koyaanisqatsi\u003c\/a\u003e, here’s another kind of post-modern soundtrack. Motives from classical pieces by two of the greatest Czech composers, \u003cstrong\u003eDvořák\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eJanáček\u003c\/strong\u003e, subtly rearranged by \u003cstrong\u003eQuentin Damamme\u003c\/strong\u003e to turn these motives into musical double for each of the film’s characters. Fascinating soundtrack for this unique Cluedo-like French oddball and a great entry point into the music of one of my favourite composers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI reckon this soundtrack might not be to everyone’s taste. It’s an ironical, post-modern take on some Czech quatuors and trios - not the least obscure pieces of classical music nor the most celebrated composers of their time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut then I may be wrong, as \u003cstrong\u003eQuentin Damamme\u003c\/strong\u003e’s light and tongue-in-cheek arrangements highlight the utter modernity of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eDvořák and\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eJanáček\u003c\/span\u003e’s music. I bought this soundtrack for two reasons : 1) I love \u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eJanáček\u003c\/span\u003e’s music, its unique blend of dimmed quietness and apparent serenity; 2)  I didn’t see the film, but knew that it was some 1980’s oddity, a kind of French \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrowning By Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. And indeed, \u003cem\u003eLe Paltoquet\u003c\/em\u003e’s soundtrack is a bizarre French cousin to \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Nyman\u003c\/strong\u003e’s soundtracks for \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Greenaway\u003c\/strong\u003e, also heavily relying on motives borrowed from classical pieces. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt’s the kind of records whose beauty is not lying in plain sight, but - very much like \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eJanáček\u003c\/span\u003e’s music - is hiding in the shade of an \"Overgrown Path\". It echoes the colour of blank Sunday afternoons, the incomprehensibly delightful taste boredom sometimes has. And it is one of those records, one can go back to many times. Highly recommended for,those who, like me, are sometimes eager to loose themselves in the kind of \u003cem\u003eennui \u003c\/em\u003ea secret lineage of composers, from \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJanáček \u003c\/strong\u003eto\u003cstrong\u003e Dominique Lawalrée\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003ediscreetly mastered\u003c\/span\u003e. (VG+\/VG+)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eOuverture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eThème de Lotte\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eLotte et le Journaliste\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eThème du Commissaire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eLa chambre du crime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eLa pluie de cinq heures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eThème du Journaliste\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eLotte et le Paltoquet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eOn a empoisonné Mademoiselle Lotte\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eThème du Professeur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eLe baiser au Paltoquet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eL’alibi du Professeur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eThème de l’Honorable Commerçant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eOn a tiré sur Mademoiselle Lotte\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;\"\u003eLa nuit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" face=\"Helvetica\" color=\"#000000\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"\u003eLes éclairs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" face=\"Helvetica\" color=\"#000000\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"\u003eLe carnaval\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" face=\"Helvetica\" color=\"#000000\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"\u003eThème du Docteur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" face=\"Helvetica\" color=\"#000000\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"\u003eL’heure du crime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" face=\"Helvetica\" color=\"#000000\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"caret-color: #000000;\"\u003eLes raisons du crime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L-vJQyqxL4Q?si=VrqTSgRQwK_7vsY9\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Office PSR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53688076829017,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/8850\/0313\/files\/IMG_0133.jpg?v=1731584518"},{"product_id":"devos-eidel-les-voix-bulgares-de-lensemble-radio-sofia-balkan-1","title":"Devos, Eidel \u0026 Les Voix Bulgares De L'Ensemble Radio Sofia – Balkan","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eVirgin - LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eFrance, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eClassical \/ Soundtrack \/ Post-Modern\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eUnknown soundtrack for \u003cstrong\u003eEnki Bilal\u003c\/strong\u003e’s forgotten 1989 directing debut. Can’t stand Enki Bilal’s visual style, but wouldn't mind watching this film as its soundtrack contains some truly amazing bits. RIYL if you like \u003cstrong\u003eGhost In The Shell\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong\u003eAkira\u003c\/strong\u003e’s OST (frankly, who doesn’t?). \u003cstrong\u003eGeinoh Yamashirogumi\u003c\/strong\u003e's French cousin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThere was a time, in the late 1980's, when there was a real hype around Bulgarian female choirs in France. That was due to Swiss businessman and musicologist \u003cstrong\u003eMarcel Cellier\u003c\/strong\u003e's decade-long obsession with promoting this specific Bulgarian folk tradition. A gorgeous-looking compilation released on \u003cem\u003ePhonogram\u003c\/em\u003e eventually made it trendy in 1989. It would do very well with that specific demographic of teachers and cultural workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThat same year, \u003cstrong\u003ePhilippe Eidel\u003c\/strong\u003e, very aware of what was cool and what wasn't (he was in charge of the sound design for hip new TV channel \u003cem\u003eCanal+\u003c\/em\u003e), wrote a soundtrack for Enki Bilal's directing debut with his musical collaborator, \u003cstrong\u003eArnaud Devos\u003c\/strong\u003e. As the film was set in some URSS-like dystopia, they quite naturally started working with\u003cstrong\u003e Radio Sofia's female choir\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublished under the name \u003cem\u003e\"Balkan\"\u003c\/em\u003e, this soundtrack for \u003cem\u003eBunker Palace Hotel \u003c\/em\u003eis a pure product of its time, and a very consistent achievement from two very capable musicians, producers and arrangers. It blends effortlessly \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(sometimes very French-sounding) electronic sounds of 1989 with distinctive sounding and presumably hard to tame Bulgarian choirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI can't think of any similar experience in France, and can only compare it with \u003cstrong\u003eGeinoh Yamashirogumi\u003c\/strong\u003e's groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eEcophony\/Akira\u003c\/em\u003e series or \u003cstrong\u003eKenji Kawai\u003c\/strong\u003e's OST for \u003cem\u003eGhost In The Shell\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eBunker Palace Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e's soundtrack is less epic in nature than the aforementioned Japanese works, but shares with them this eerie fantasy of a primitive animistic earth folk sound. It also shares with those Japanese LPs a path that alternates between martial rhythm-driven tunes and contemplative moments, culminating with the radiant final song, \u003cem\u003eBela Sam Bela Unate\u003c\/em\u003e, the only genuinely traditional Bulgarian song. Warmest recommendation. 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Paving the path for \u003cstrong\u003eMoritz Von Oswald Trio\u003c\/strong\u003e and other experimentations in post-dub, post-techno and post-rock music.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the mid 2000's, one could easily identify two clearly diverging tendencies in electronic music, whatever the genre was: an appeal for 1980's synth-driven pop sounds on one hand - from Soft Cell to the Human League - and then, on the other hand, a will to go beyond pre-existing genres, to create a music that was intensely contemporary, because, eventually post everything (alternative rock, techno, you name it). \u003cstrong\u003eRadian\u003c\/strong\u003e's music belongs to that second tendency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eJuxtaposition\u003c\/em\u003e, the Viennese band advocates for a seamless fusion of acoustic and electronic sounds. It is a challenging LP, both sonically and theoretically, as the band tries to - and eventually successfully  - attain a balance between the necessarily abstract nature of a music reflecting the gradually more blurred distinction between the virtual and the offline world, and a visceral groove, the secret legacy of rock music that always appealed to the body before the mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJuxtaposition\u003c\/em\u003e offers an oscillating structure, with several climaxes, evenly dispatched throughout the record. But the most beautiful moments happen in between these climaxes, in the middle of the curve, when the balance between electronic grit and acoustic bliss is reached: on \"Vertigo\", \"Helix\", and the time-stopping wonder \"Nord\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRadian's music will always feel more challenging than the optimistic pop anthems of the 00's but it eventually achieves what the latter cannot, to defy genre, time and space, and to efficiently deterritorialize music. \u003cem\u003e(VG+\/NM still in shrink)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eShift\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eVertigo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eRapid Eye Movement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTransistor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eHelix\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eOntario\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTester\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eNord\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AbuhKwk43f8?si=9DCYlfjA8IwwenNE\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d52QBLgMTr4?si=dF2vfn1YrmWO__vS\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ALv1XcRZCb8?si=w8J1tzffjh8WjAYf\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Office PSR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53743934472537,"sku":null,"price":42.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/8850\/0313\/files\/IMG_0174.jpg?v=1732536883"},{"product_id":"nana-vasconcelos-zumbi","title":"Naná Vasconcelos - Zumbi","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eEuropa Records - LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eFrance, 1983\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003ePercussion \/ Batucada \/ Experimental\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eNaná Vasconcelos's 1983 psychdelic batucada epic. Written, composed \u0026amp; entirely performed by the Brazilian master. More radical and less lyrical than his Saudades and  Saravah LP's, it's nonetheless another tour de force from Vasconcelos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eLike many of these ECM-friendly artists - Don Cherry, Lester Bowie, etc. - Naná Vasconcelos's 1980's albums have been heavily overlooked by jazz heads. The whole jazz production of the 1980's in general, to be honest. It is largely considered a doomed decade by all jazz purists. It seems most of them were eagerly waiting for  Miles Davis to die and for a new generation of virtuosi to show up and play it the good old way.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e- Back to that \u003cem\u003eZumbi \u003c\/em\u003ealbum - I'm actually not surprised that it doesn't appeal to the fans of his 1970's records. \u003cem\u003eZumbi\u003c\/em\u003e's sound is much dryer, much colder - almost surgical - and probably lacks that warm \"exoticness\" the aforementioned collectors are hunting for in 1970's South American music. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eThat's, exactly what appeals to me on this LP. It shares that same sense of meticulousness, with say, \u003cstrong\u003eAdrian Sherwood\u003c\/strong\u003e or, precisely, \u003cstrong\u003eManfred Eicher\u003c\/strong\u003e's productions. They call it \" too clean\", I call it \"brilliant\". Especially when Vasconcelos's surgeon-like precision meets his spiritual ambition, resulting in songs as mesmerizing as a Tibetan mandala, like \"\u003cem\u003ePasso\u003c\/em\u003e\", \"\u003cem\u003eChegada 'Corpo'\u003c\/em\u003e\" or \"\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNos Olhos De Petronila 'Ondas'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\". Bare, raw psychedelism, truthfully reflected in its blazing artwork. 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From the \u003cstrong\u003eChris Carter\u003c\/strong\u003e-like 9:25min slow indus jam (\"\u003cem\u003e10\u003c\/em\u003e\") to the weird beat of \"\u003cem\u003e9\u003c\/em\u003e\" via a then very improbable cover of \u003cstrong\u003eDonnie \u0026amp; Joe Emerson\u003c\/strong\u003e's \"\u003cem\u003eBaby\u003c\/em\u003e\", that's one unique tracklist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e I remember when it dropped in Parisian record shops, it was then a very very bizarre record, that wouldn't fit anywhere, neither in the electronic \/ dance sections, nor in the experimental one. It was disarming, and wouldn't sell well, misunderstood and not fashionable. They wouldn't play Bourse de Commerce, or whatever trendy venue of the time, but shitty experimental gigs for audiences of chin-stroking dudes. \u003cstrong\u003eBabyfather \u003c\/strong\u003egig in Paris last September attested that time has changed... However, it would be a shame to let the big-money-fashion-industry commodifies\/shittifies yet another hero of a forward thinking artistic avant garde... Pristine original copy. \u003cem\u003e(NM\/NM)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e(Venice Dreamway)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e12\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e13\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e14\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DSL0fczz6OA?si=dhi8h4OjYU4eFT4J\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qgD3xflhkHs?si=6B_MZsTH-v0D4Amy\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A3pnmfm7TkY?si=bGjbx01dGfa3wL-K\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Office PSR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53851335000409,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/8850\/0313\/files\/IMG_0184_9c91151d-ca8f-456a-b4e8-4ff7caa0af82.jpg?v=1734003455"},{"product_id":"ryuichi-sakamoto-left-handed-dream","title":"Ryuichi Sakamoto - Left Handed Dream","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003ePlexus - LP + bonus 12\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eJapan, 1981 (1983 deluxe Europe pressing)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eExperimental \/ Pop \/ Electronic\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e Techno\/Weird\/Experimental Pop masterpiece from 1981 by absolute hero, Sakamoto. Rare 1983 Netherlands pressing that comes with an additional 12\", including big favourite \"Just About Enough\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eLeft Handed Dream is Sakamoto's first \"major\" breakthrough as a solo artist, in Europe. Light-years ahead of about everyone else, he delivers a perfect techno pop album, creating enduring Japanese pop music tropes for western audiences. Alternating between uplifting anthems like \"Venezia\" and complex ambient tunes like \"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eかちゃくちゃねぇ\", it reflects the same kind of dystopian technology-thirsty universe than Akira or Ghost In The Shell. Absolutely essential album, in its deluxe 1983 edition. \u003c\/span\u003e(VG+\/VG seam split).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eぼくのかけら\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eサルとユキとゴミのこども\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eかちゃくちゃねぇ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; 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font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVenezia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eサルの家\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Left Bank\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Arrangement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJust About Enough\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; 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A Perfect record for Grinch-kind of people, like myself. Eerie Lynchian 1980's lecture of American 1950's shinny optimism. Sealed copy!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI always had a thing for the kind of bizarre renditions of Christmas motives in 1980's US cultural productions. Anything Christmas-related seems to be so tightly connected with US soft power in general, that these cultural artefacts always end up being scrutinized as reflective objects about Reaganism or US imperialism, in one way or another - from \u003cem\u003eGremlins \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eThe Nightmare Before Christmas \u003c\/em\u003evia \u003cem\u003eDie Hard.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristmas With The Ghostly Trio \u003c\/em\u003eis more obviously self-conscious than the aforementioned films, but I can't help but think that, just like Dr. Seuss's \u003cem\u003eGrinch\u003c\/em\u003e, the LP  is \u003cem\u003ede facto \u003c\/em\u003eyet another celebration of Christmas, and thus, of the American Spirit. An ironic, highly critical celebration, but a celebration nonetheless, exacerbated, precisely, by that  critical distance it creates with its object.  Aren't \u003cem\u003eThe Simpsons \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSouth Park\u003c\/em\u003e two of the most grandiose and long-lasting odes to the US \u003cem\u003egénie national\u003c\/em\u003e of the past 40 years? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnyway, this album has a lot to do with these TV satyres, ideologically and aesthetically speaking. It's fun and dreadful, jolly and gritty at the same time, like Tim Burton's \u003cem\u003eBeetlejuice\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eMars Attacks!\u003c\/em\u003e and it sometimes feels like being trapped in a \u003cem\u003eSponge Bob Squarepants'\u003c\/em\u003e Christmas special (not a bad thing, in my opinion!)... 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B-sides tell a parallel story of pop music; like the dark side of the records industry, they give an account of decades of experimentations in recording studios. They are the \"Dub sides\", bubbles of creative freedom, leftfield windows on another possible musical continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKerry Delius\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewrote and released T\u003cem\u003ehey Say It’s Gonna Rain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1984 and though you may recognize the melody, you probably never heard it before. However, a few years later, the song was vamped by the infamous producers trio\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStock, Aitken \u0026amp; Waterman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewho turned it into a huge #1 hit, sung by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHazell Dean\u003c\/em\u003e. The original song already bears the ambition of its 1985 cover : it’s a nagging hi-NRG bulldozer, filled with epic moments…  in other words, nothing that foreshadowed the absolute weirdness of its B-side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven though I’m used to witnessing the artistic gap between two sides of a same 7″, I couldn’t expect \u003cem\u003eDear Christine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto be so dark, twisted and esoteric! The song begins with a strange industrial drum pattern, eerie electronic sounds that remind of tropical birds and field recordings of someone sitting at one’s table to write a letter. Then, we hear \u003cem\u003eKerry Delius\u003c\/em\u003e‘s voice reading out loud a letter to her « \u003cem\u003eDear Christine\u003c\/em\u003e » about a forbidden love affair somewhere in Africa. 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Somewhere between \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Nyman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePascal Comelade\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eChristian Vander\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003c\/em\u003eOffering\u003cem\u003e. Warmly Recommended.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eWhile it's relatively easy to broadly sonically define Italian, German, or British experimental scenes of the 1980's, I feel like the tones and moods that make an experimental piece sounds undeniably French are not as easy to pin. Maybe is it because I've always been immersed in this French ambience that I have difficulties to identify what makes such a record sounds French to me, lacking the distance, the exoticness that allows one to perceive striking\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003efeatures and patterns. I'd say there's a certain quirkiness, the same one hears on \u003cstrong\u003eNato\u003c\/strong\u003e's albums for instance, (made by French or non French people - \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Beresford\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/njdmh6fu2vk?si=bpbqfo3uxk6foluj\"\u003eNato albums don’t sound like his UK records\u003c\/a\u003e), a purposely naive feature and an overall playfulness that makes an experimental record sounds French, even when it comes to the most radical examples. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eJean-Claude Camors’s self-released \u003cem\u003eStrates\u003c\/em\u003e checks all of the above. It lightheartedly offers a set of lyrically arranged string quartets, vaguely recalling British post-modern chamber music by the likes of \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Nyman\u003c\/strong\u003e or the \u003cstrong\u003ePenguin Cafe Society\u003c\/strong\u003e, however, Camors’s compositions are less linear, probably under the influence of \u003cstrong\u003eMagma\u003c\/strong\u003e and the French prog-jazz tradition. The abstract falsetto singing of Camors, especially, reminds of Magma’s \u003cem\u003ezeuhl\u003c\/em\u003e. This carefree dive into wordless singing inevitably evokes the music composed for contemporary dance and theatre pieces by \u003cstrong\u003eRené Aubry\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eHugues Le Bar\u003c\/strong\u003e or \u003cstrong\u003eHenry Torgue\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eSerge Houppin\u003c\/strong\u003e in the 1980’s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eHowever, Strates is free from any prerogatives. It may sometimes feel like a soundtrack, especially on songs like “un siphon”, but it never has to match soundtracks standards. It’s just an immensely joyful, leftfield and beautiful piece of self-released acoustic experimentations. 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It’s not of the \"ambient banger\" kind or god knows what phrasing stunt a fellow record seller came up with recently; it rather belongs to that family of discreet records, cut in the same fabric as \u003cstrong\u003eDominique Lawalrée\u003c\/strong\u003e’s devastating \u003cem\u003eVis A Vis \u003c\/em\u003eor \u003cem\u003eClandestin\u003c\/em\u003e LP. Evan Lurie freely channels a wide variety of influences, reminding one of the kind of cultural melting-pot New York was throughout the 20th Century. \"\u003cem\u003eInevitable (Tango)\u003c\/em\u003e\", \"\u003cem\u003eSuite From Punch\"\u003c\/em\u003e and \"\u003cem\u003eP (For Harvey)\u003c\/em\u003e\" are particularly beautiful. Comes with artworks by NYC legends \u003cem\u003eDavid Wojnarowicz\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSuzan Pitt\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Highly immersive and melancholic, it stands next to recent favourite\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.officepsr.com\/products\/hugo-maillard-tas-de-foin\"\u003eTas de \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.officepsr.com\/products\/hugo-maillard-tas-de-foin\"\u003eFoin by \u003cstrong\u003eHugo Maillard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and Dominique Lawalrée, with hints of Terry Riley.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMusic to stay at home on a rainy day to! 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Peaceful and eerie, an all-time favourite and a record as French as it can possibly get. An absolutely must-check if you're into \u003cstrong\u003ePascal Comelade\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNato\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eChristian Vander\u003c\/strong\u003e or that \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.officepsr.com\/products\/jean-claude-camors-strates\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean-Claude Camors \u003c\/strong\u003erecord.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eListening back to the stuff you used to like 10 years ago can be a difficult exercise in introspection. To be honest, I had to face a few disappointing experiences, lately. That was certainly not the case with this self-titled and self-released LP by René Aubry. 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I could also mention Vic Mars's virtuosity, the large variety of instruments used - hard to say whether some are acoustic or digital ones - and the quality of the arrangements, but all this doesn't seem to matter much in regard to the overall unpretentious beauty of the record. \u003cem\u003e(NM\/NM)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica;\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBric-A-Brac Shop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvacuees At Arrow House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThistle And Briar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Nest In The Warehouse Roof\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInner Roads And Outer Paths\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe last Days Of The Great House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBroken Spires And Ruined Arches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHolloways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaths Beyond The Towns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollowing The River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnd Of The Branch Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fair Arrives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarthworks And Trackways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uNMWDxjpfyM?si=N75slsBEETQg_HXj\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9brNcsWaHfM?si=e3gcL-IAC44YSioy\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z-fwP89NF3Q?si=mxg82X6Zk0vP22ih\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Office PSR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54151603421529,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/8850\/0313\/files\/IMG_0228.png?v=1738945583"},{"product_id":"mv-ee-ragas-of-the-culvert-total-loss-songs-1","title":"MV \u0026 EE - Ragas Of The Culvert \/ Total Loss Songs","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eThree Lobed Recordings - LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eUS, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003ePsychedelic Rock \/ Avant-Garde \/ Experimental\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnother release by Matt Valentine, this time as a duo with Erika Elder. Eerie psychedelism and raga-like ambient. Sleep paralysis material from the mid-00's and a superb artwork this time, unlike \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.officepsr.com\/products\/matt-mv-valentine-what-i-became\"\u003ethis one\u003c\/a\u003e... Obviously recalling \u003cstrong\u003eLaraaji\u003c\/strong\u003e, but in a much more pensive and much less optimistic way.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eFreely inspired by Indian classical music, the aim of the record is quite obvious: to translate into music one's experience of feverish dreams. And it achieves its goal. It's a very simple record, not trying to change the course of a long history of US psychedelia, but it offers genuinely introspection-igniting music.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eI wouldn't call it meditative, as I feel this adjective is mostly affixed to calming, blue skies-kind of ambient music. \u003cem\u003eRagas Of The Culvert \/ Total Loss Songs\u003c\/em\u003e is not exactly that. It's eerie, heavily clouded music, and not relaxing\/calming\/soothing, at least not in the neo-liberal self-care way we mostly referred too. 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Like most of his fellow buffoons, the \u003cem\u003eMountain Dew\u003c\/em\u003e-fueled \u003cem\u003ePunchinello\u003c\/em\u003e is smarter than he’s willing to pretend, and the narration his debut album offered is among the most uncompromising and cinematographic ones we’ve heard in the early 2020’s.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003ePunctuated by post-modern vignettes echoing\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eOl’ Dirty Bastard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEminem\u003c\/b\u003e’s own deranged comedy skits (special mention to the goofily Kafkaian “\u003ci\u003eBroken Jukebox\u003c\/i\u003e”), the album progresses towards a relatively radiant conclusion, conjuring the dizzying junk of US teenagealia it emerged from, touched by the grace of MTV-friendly gods. Ecstatic pop songs on steroids (“\u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e”, “\u003ci\u003eYesterday\u003c\/i\u003e”, “\u003cem\u003eParanoid\u003c\/em\u003e”) - summoning the aforementioned acts - alternate with bittersweet ballads (“\u003cem\u003eTwilight\u003c\/em\u003e”, “\u003cem\u003eRockstar\u003c\/em\u003e”), recalling the heydays of campus radios and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTori Amos\u003c\/b\u003e’s mainstream avant-garde\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoys For Pele\u003c\/i\u003e. 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