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So Young But So Cold

This well-constructed compilation, is significant not only for opening up these sounds to a larger audience but also for putting a definite perspective on a music scene that was all too short.

It is the late Seventies in Europe. The political tensions of the Sixties are now manifest in the extremes of hedonism and direct action. Youth feels alienated once again, this time its worse with constant violence on the television and industrial upheavals at home.

Urban decimation and Postmodernism at its height, further isolating people from their surroundings. European identity has been eradicated in shame and frustration. But something is happening. Punk Rock in the United Kingdom has shown kids all over the world that its easy for them to release music on independent labels. Current technological trends make access to new electronic instruments (ARP and MS10 among others) easy. In France a new youth culture is born. So Young But So Cold illustrates that trend brilliantly.

It begins with the most poppy tunes and gradually goes back in time, as more instruments are added to each song and the experts (mostly influenced by and creating progressive rock) take over. The first half of the disc the instrumentation is sparse, consisting of drum machine or keyboard and vocals primarily. By the end of the disc the tracks get more (analog) synthesizer oriented and denser in construction.

1. Suis-Je Normale - Nini Raviolette 00:04:03
2. Euroman - J.J. Burnel 00:03:29
3. Roman Photo - Ruth 00:05:02
4. Disco Rough (Ivan Smagghe Edit) - Mathematiques Modernes 00:04:00
5. Carnival - Metal Boys 00:01:45
6. Person To Person - The (Hypothetical) Prophets 00:06:09
7. Wallenberg - The (Hypothetical) Prophets 00:06:18
8. So Young But So Cold - Kas Product 00:03:00
9. Synchro - Charles De Goal 00:04:00
10. MAE - Artefact 00:03:18
11. Switch On Bach - Moderne 00:03:08
12. Triangle - Jacno 00:03:29
13. Lighthouse - Tim Blake 00:06:47
14. The Force (Part I) - Droids 00:03:26
15. Welcome (To Death Row) - Bernard Szajner 00:06:14
16. Iceland - Richard Pinhas 00:09:38

Muito Bom!

The Hypothetical Prophets

I like Lead

Person to Person

Fast food

The fisherman’s friend

Around the world with

The White Zone

On the edge

Wallenberg

Back to the Burner

The (Hypothetical) Prophets were an ephemeral French coldwave band consisting of duo Bernard Szajner and Karel Beer. The band formed in 1980 and released a series of 12” singles and one full length record before their quick demise.

Despite a short discography, the band’s craft was unique. Singing in both their native tongue as well as English and alternating between male and female vocals, the the dozen or so songs recorded under this name are haunting minimal wave at its finest, a mixture of harsh electronic experimentation and catchy pulses of synth. more: Systems of Romance.blogspot

Primeiro disco da bandinha de papai Zappa…

Estranho, mas muito bom!!

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Fino.

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Drums and Guns

Não sei bem  porque o disco “Guero” do Beck é o Top 1 deste blog, então pra tentar desbanca-lo postarei aqui o que, na minha opinião, é o melhor disco desse rapaz ……….

Beck_Odelay_1996

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A sweetly sinister river of lights and shadows, whispers and screams, the first album by Le Volume Courbe is the work of Charlotte Marionneau. Eclectic, experimental and strangely compelling, it’s been described as “impossible to describe,” which is a very good thing, unless you’re the guy writing this.
Inspired by the do-your-own-thing ethos of Nico, The Ramones and Yoko Ono, Charlotte muses, “I think it’s a punk record, in many ways. But not rock. I don’t feel like a proper musician or a proper singer either. I guess I’m somebody that has ideas, puts things together. If you’re trying to do your own thing, without caring what’s going on around you, it can actually help if you sometimes don’t know exactly what you’re doing. Then it’s automatically original. I can’t copy anyone else; I don’t have the technical know-how, so it’s unique. Not being experienced gives you more freedom.” Once heard, Le Volume Courbe’s playful, powerful songs of innocence and intrigue are not easily forgotten. (Read More)

Mais referencias da moreninha aí:
LeMag Indie Rock
RadioFrance Internationale Musique
AstralWerks.com

O disco: I Killed my best Friend
Tracklist (a ordem das músicas que do disco está errada, favor corrigir)
1. Harmony
2. Papillon De Nuit
3. Who Are You ?
4. I Killed My Best Friend
5. I Shall Skip Your Judgement
6. Thank You
7. Ain’t Got No… I Got Life
8. Sitting In Your Head
9. Through This Time
10. Hanging Around
11. The Mind Is A Horse
12. This & That
13. Locareno

One sweet free sample: