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AXOLOTL - ABARASIVEIn 1981, encouraged by Jac Berrocal, Axolotl (Etienne Brunet and Jacques Oger on saxophones and clarinet, Marc Dufourd on electric guitar) recorded an album of French-style free music as iconoclastic as it was unsettling: free improvisation, jazz, no wave, contemporary, ... read more » |
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BAROQUE JAZZ TRIO - BAROQUE JAZZ TRIO + ORIENTASIE/LARGOOriginally released in 1970 by the French label Saravah, the highly regarded, self-titled album by the Baroque Jazz Trio (which comprised 3/5 of the Bach Modern Quintet) offers a unique mixture of baroque music, free jazz, pop and world music. This wonderful (remastered) ... read more » |
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BAROQUE JAZZ TRIO - ORIENTASIE/LARGOBlending free jazz, baroque music and exotica in a delightful way, this single by the Baroque Jazz Trio was originally released in 1970 by the French Saravah label. Copies of that edition nowadays are almost impossible to find, so this is a more than welcome reissue, ... read more » |
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BELLAICHE, ALAIN - SEA FLUORESCENTFirst ever reissue of highly sought after French jazz funk fusion nugget from Alain Bellaïche featuring Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra), John Hicks (Strata-East) and Fabiano (Fabiano Orchestra). Alain Bellaiche was born in Tunis and spent his childhood in Cannes, ... read more » |
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BELLAICHE, ALAIN - SEA FLUORESCENTFirst ever reissue of highly sought after French jazz funk fusion nugget from Alain Bellaïche featuring Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra), John Hicks (Strata-East) and Fabiano (Fabiano Orchestra). Alain Bellaiche was born in Tunis and spent his childhood in Cannes, ... read more » |
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BERROCAL, JAC - LA NUIT EST AU COURANTWhen he published 'La Nuit Est Au Courant' in the early '90s, Jac Berrocal had already recorded his famous 'Rock'n'Roll Station' and collaborated three times with Nurse With Wound. Backed by two bassists (including jazz critic Francis Marmande) and a drummer (Jacques ... read more » |
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BIRGE/GORGE - AVANT TOUTEIn 1974, Jean-Jacques Birgé, one of the first French synth players, and viruoso guitarist Francis Gorgé created some unique improvised pop music. These unreleased and flamboyant recordings, presented here as 'Avant Toute', would be the source for the 1975 cult ... read more » |
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CAMIZOLE - CAMIZOLE (2LP)Taped at various occasions and places in France, throughout 1977, this DOUBLE-LP offers essential live recordings from the French underground cult act that started off as an avant-garde unit of sorts, but then developed in a Berlin School influenced direction. Released in ... read more » |
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CAMIZOLE/LARD FREE - LIVE IN MONTAGNAC JULY 30TH, 1978Dating back to 1978, these are live recordings of two legendary French underground acts. Camizole blended free jazz with a touch of Klaus Schulze, whereas Lard Free was known for its brand of psychedelic/progressive jazz rock, not unlike Soft Machine. This is a vinyl ... read more » |
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CAPON, JEAN-CHARLES - L'UNIVERS-SOLITUDEThe cello, although considered a minority instrument in the history of jazz and improvisation, has carved itself a niche, both in the USA (Fred Katz, Calo Scott, Abdul Wadud, Diedre Murray, Peggy Lee) and in Europe (Tristan Honsinger, Maarten Altena, Denis Van Hecke, Ernst ... read more » |
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CAPON/MATE/MORRIS/RAHOERSON - CAPON/MATE/MORRIS/RAHOERSONIn 1976, Jef Gilson suddenly had the opportunity to reunite once more his partner, cellist Jean-Charles Capon, with, Malgache musician Serge Rahoerson, in Paris for a few days. They had met a few years earlier in Tananarive to record what would become the album 'Malagasy'. ... read more » |
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CAPON/MATE/MORRIS/RAHOERSON - CAPON/MATE/MORRIS/RAHOERSONIn 1976, Jef Gilson suddenly had the opportunity to reunite once more his partner, cellist Jean-Charles Capon, with, Malgache musician Serge Rahoerson, in Paris for a few days. They had met a few years earlier in Tananarive to record what would become the album 'Malagasy'. ... read more » |
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COHELMEC ENSEMBLE - 5 OCTOBRE 1974 (2LP)For their third and final album, the Cohelmec Ensemble chose to record a live performance, since it were those live shows on which the ensemble's reputation was based. Here including trumpeter Jean-François Canape, the group lost none of its subtlety in moving from ... read more » |
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COHELMEC ENSEMBLE - HIPPOTIGRIS ZEBRA ZEBRAFitting together like hand in glove, the five musicians of the Cohelmec Ensemle build something together, rather than trying to destroy an established order, as was the done thing at the start of the 1970s. In France there was a tendency to explore an imaginary folklore ... read more » |
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COHELMEC ENSEMBLE - NEXT'Next' (originally from 1972) is even more audacious than its 1971 predecessor 'Hippotigris Zebra Zebra'. Relatively brief tracks follow hot on the heels of one another, bolstered by a poly-instrumentality which stands out even more than in the past, giving the album the ... read more » |
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CRAVIC, DOMINIQUE -& LES PRIMITIFS DU FUTUR- - RESUME DES EPISODES PRECEDENTS (2LP+BK)RELEASED FOR RECORD STORE DAY 2019-FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED! - Presented as a limited edition (1.500 sets) DOUBLE-LP, here's a collection of recordings from this collective with a passion for the French 'valse musette' genre, which can roughly be described as a sort of ... read more » |
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CURSON, TED - POP WINEOriginally from Philadelphia, invited to New York by Miles Davis, playing at Antibes in 1960 with Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy, here is trumpeter Ted Curson in 1971... in Paris. With him, a legendary trio: Georges Arvanitas (piano), Jacky Samson (double bass) and Charles ... read more » |
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DHARMA - ARCHIPELLike its predecessor 'End Starting', 'Archipel' is a constructed album, mixing free rock and European free jazz in a series of collective explosions based on abrupt and contrasting improvisations. For much of the time, piano, guitar and saxophone intertwine over intense ... read more » |
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DHARMA QUINTET - END STARTINGFor Gérard Marais, guitarist with Dharma (the quintet), Albert Ayler's instruction to play your own music was the detonator. This did not fall on deaf ears, and was particularly appropriate as it would have been difficult, even for a musician attracted to free jazz, ... read more » |
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DHARMA QUINTET - MR. ROBINSONIn an interview with Jazz Magazine in the early 1970s, Dharma, as a collective voice, outlined their method: "we try to reach, within free jazz, the same sort of rhythmic cohesion as in bop, a cohesion based not exactly on tempo, but something which feels like tempo. A ... read more » |
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DHARMA TRIO - SNOOPY'S TIMEDharma (as they were simply known at the time when they were still playing) englobed all the incarnations of the group: trio, quartet (essentially as a live band) and quintet. It was built around the stable core of pianist and bassist Patricio Villarroel and Michel ... read more » |
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DORAY, PHILIPPE -& LES ASOCIAUX ASSOCIES- - NOUVEAUX MODES INDUSTRIELSBetween 1978 and 1980, the Asociaux Associés recorded the second of the two albums which appeared under their name: 'Nouveaux Modes Industriels'. Philippe Doray, with the help of his Associés, evermore iconoclastic and numerous, backs up his anguished poetry ... read more » |
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DORAY, PHILIPPE -& LES ASOCIAUX ASSOCIES- - RAMASSE-MIETTES NUCLEAIRESIn 1976, the Asociaux Associés led by Philippe Doray (Rotomagus, Ruth, Crash), recorded the first of the two albums under their own name: 'Ramasse-Miettes Nucléaires'. On synthesiser, Doray fires off his disturbing poetry over psychedelic pop, voodoo rock, ... read more » |
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FREE JAZZ WORKSHOP - INTER FRÉQUENCESThe Free Jazz Workshop was founded back in 1967, but the first album, 'Inter Fréquences', didn't appeared 'til 1973. Right from this first album it was clear that the group would function as a collective with no designated leader. The legacy and influence of American ... read more » |
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GILSON, JEF - LE MASSACRE DU PRINTEMPSFirst ever vinyl reissue of this highly sought after French experimental jazz recording by the legendary Jef Gilson. In 1971, the day after the death of Igor Stravinsky, Jef Gilson and his Unit (Pierre Moret and Jean-Claude Pourtier) made this curious homage to classical ... read more » |
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