BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB PRESENTS - THE STRANGE NEW WORLD OF BERNARD FEVRE

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Track 1 - Dali

Track 2 - Dangerous Mixture

Track 3 - Cosmic Rays

Track 4 - Stay On Grey

Track 5 - Polyster

Track 6 - Pendulum

Track 7 - Misererum

Track 8 - Fantasm

Track 9 - Sandobu

Track 10 - Savana Melody

Track 11 - Stress On Pluton

Track 12 - Molecule Dance

Track 13 - Co-lateral

Track 14 - Subconscient Lamentation

Certainly an apt album title if ever there was one, these 14 tracks have their origins in the 1975 release on L'Illustration Musicale "The Strange World Of Bernard Fevre". Far from a reissue though, the tracks here have been extended and reworked by the man himself which gives the already fascinating compositions a new lease on life. Here is an excerpt from a write up by The Milk Factory which I think provides an excellent summation -

"Fevre works with only a few sounds at a time, arranging them into extremely tight nuggets and applying them to playful little melodies. Following one of the principles of library music, none of these tracks go much over three minutes, their respective themes kept to recurring little patterns that seem repeated at various points throughout but never actually ever appear more than once. The music is deceptively simple and stripped down, especially on pieces like Cosmic Rays, Pendulum or Savana Melody, and while these were all featured on the original record, they ultimately remain here pretty bare. Despite this, the whole album sparkles with exquisite sonic components and rich arrangements, and while his sound pools are restricted, Fevre assembles them in such way that they take on a much bigger dimension."

This really should be considered required listening for all up and coming electronic artists. For the rest of us it provides a rare opportunity to hear 1970's library music reconfigured in a much more satisfying way than the hip hop samples and remixes that currently exist. It's only a recent release so I urge you to join me in grabbing a copy for yourself after giving this download a listen. You can also find "Pendulum" on "Luke Vibert's Further Nuggets"

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