27.02.2008.
Aksak Maboul - Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine (1977) (@192)
Thanks to Ulfgar for the contribution.
(Review from progarchives, wikipedia)
Aksak Maboul began in 1977 as a duo of Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis. The same year, the band recorded their first album, Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine (meaning "Eleven Dances for Fighting Migraine").
Mark Hollander and Vincent Kenis -- overdubbing massively and assisted by a small army of session players--produce a wonderful "dog's breakfast" of music, covering a vast spectrum on this album; everything from various regions' ethnic music to "fake" jazz to proto-techno is covered. Each is twisted, spun, flipped, and combined with other types of music to create a classic of the avant-prog genre. Most of the pieces are well written, but there are a few pieces that drag. However, these tracks are short and quite excusable on a 17-track album.
Ultimately, this is a quite well-written effort which should be enjoyable to fans of the genre. The quality, variety and uniqueness of this album is high caliber. If you aren't a rock-in-opposition (RIO) fan, however, this would probably not be the best introduction.
Line-up :
* Marc Hollander – keyboards, percussion, drum machine, xylophone, mandolin, alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
* Vincent Kenis – accordion, guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion
* Chris Joris – keyboards, soprano saxophone
with
* Paolo Radoni – guitars (4)
* Jeannot Gillis – violin (4)
* Catherine Jauniaux – voice (4, 16)
* Lucy Grauman – voice (6)
* Ilona Chale – voice (6)
* Juliette – voice (10)
* Lee Schloss – soprano saxophone (17)
* Frank Wuyts / keyboards (16)
* Denis Van Hecke / electric cello (16)
* Michel Berckmans / bassoon (16)
* Geoff Leigh / saxophone (16)
Track List :
01. Mercredi Matin (0:23)
02. Saure Gurke (Aus 1 Urwald Gelockt) (2:23)
03. Animaux Velpeau (0:37)
04. Milano Per Caso (3:17)
05. Fausto Coppi Arrive! (1:08)
06. Chanter Est Sain (3:08)
07. Son Of L'Idiot (3:19)
08. DBB (Double Bind Baby) (3:26)
09. Cuic Steppe (4:18)
10. Tous Les Trucs Qu'il y a la Dehors (1:56)
11. Ciobane (0:24)
12. The Mooche (1:35)
13. Vapona, Not Glue (6:37)
14. Glympz (4:51)
15. Three Epileptic Folk Dances (2:19)
16. Mastoul Alakefak (5:06)
17. Mastoul, One Year Later (Live) (3:32)
18. Comme On A Dit (1:51)
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