MATE PHILIPPE & VALLANCI
2019. Although discrete, the career of saxophonist Philippe Maté includes several indispensable albums. As for the man in the background, Daniel Vallancien, a sound engineer rarely featuring on the sleeves, t..
CAMIZOLE
2018. 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..
NU CREATIVE METHODS
2018. The classic 1978 masterpiece by the French abstract, experimental and improvisational underground unit, reissued on vinyl in an edition of 500 copies. The LP's come with an obi strip and a 4-page booklet.
CAMIZOLE & LARD FREE
2018. Dating 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/progr..
ARESKI
2018. Rsd 2018 release. First ever reissue of this classic french underground record by brigittie fontaine's partner in life areski. Inspired, poetic, in one word essential: 1970's '..
COHEN-SOLAL JEAN
2018. In a dreamlike fictive and windswept Brittany, hippy pirates and wild women more or less inspired by Gérard de Nerval fight it out in a theatre, the magic of which brings to mind Cocteau, and where musi..
COHEN-SALAL JEAN
2018. Mentioned on the famous Nurse With Wound list, the path followed by Jean Cohen-Solal included many exciting adventures in the 1970s, from his participation in the cult animation series 'Les Shadoks' where his ..
ARESKI
2018. Reissue of this classic French underground record by Brigittie Fontaine's partner in life Areski. Inspired, poetic, in one word essential: 1970's 'Un Beau Matin' is one of the best albums of the French undergr..
DHARMA
2018. In 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 ba..
DHARMA
2018. Dharma (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 co..
DHARMA QUINTET
2018. For 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 ..
DHARMA
2018. Like 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 ..
FREE JAZZ WORKSHOP
2017. The 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 collectiv..
WORKSHOP DE LYON
2017. The Free Jazz Workshop became the Workshop De Lyon in 1975, due to the arrival of clarinetist-saxophonist Louis Sclavis. Still a source of joy, this lyrically feverish second album maintains a narrative dimens..
WORKSHOP DE LYON
2017. Here's a vinyl-reissue of the third album by the Workshop De Lyon, originally issued in 1978. This work perfectly showcases how the group sounded around the time of its release, revealing a certain universal ..
BERROCAL JACQUES
2017. When 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 (incl..
PAUVROS JEAN-FRANCOIS
2017. Recorded by Jean-François Pauvros (guitar, but not only...) alongside Gaby Bizien (drums, percussion, aquatic trombone, marimba, bird calls), and, of course, produced by the audacious Jef Gilson, the ap..
PAUVROS JEAN-FRANCOIS
2017. Previously unreleased, the three tracks on 'Pays Noir' come from recording sessions held at the same time as those for the cult album 'No Man's Land' produced by Jef Gilson in 1976. Brimming with the same ferv..
COHELMEC ENSEMBLE
2017. For their third, and what would turn out to be final, album the Cohelmec Ensemble chose to save for posterity their live performance work, on which their reputation was based. A concert recording was made, not..
COHELMEC ENSEMBLE
2017. Fitting 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, le..
COHELMEC ENSEMBLE
2017. 'Next' is even more audacious than its 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 ..
MAHJUN
2016. On their second eponymous album released by Saravah in 1974, percussionist Nana Vasconcellos joined Mahjun's line up on the 13:40 minutes long track 'La Ville Pue' and 'Fin Janvier'. Their politico folk prog s..
MAHJUN
2016. On their second eponymous album released by Saravah in 1974, percussionist Nana Vasconcellos joined Mahjun's line up on the 13:40 minutes long track 'La Ville Pue' and 'Fin Janvier'. Their politico folk prog s..
MAHJUN
2016. Mahjun, one of the most innovative French prog underground bands, released their eponymous classic debut album on the very productive Saravah label in 1973. Their music, as you can hear on such tracks as 'Les ..
MAHJUN
2016. Mahjun, one of the most innovative French prog underground bands, released their eponymous classic debut album on the very productive Saravah label in 1973. Their music, as you can hear on such tracks as 'Les ..
BIRGE GORGE
2016. In 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, prese..
PINHAS RICHARD & JOHN LI
2016. Released for record store day 2016-first come, first served! - 'cyborg sally', inspired by norman spinrad's novel 'rock machine', marked the return of french pioneering electronic guru richard pinh..
HORDE CATALIQUE POUR LA F
2015. Edition of 200 copies on RED VINYL. A reissue of the sole album by this French avant-garde unit, originally released in Futura's RED series in 1971. This is an intriguing improv work, performed with instrument..
HORDE CATALIQUE POUR LA F
2015. Edition of 500 copies on BLACK VINYL. A reissue of the sole album by this French avant-garde unit, originally released in Futura's RED series in 1971. This is an intriguing improv work, performed with instrume..
TRAVELLING
2015. Reissue on BLACK VINYL, limited to 500 copies. Originally issued by the French Futura label (as part of the RED series) in 1973, this keyboard dominated album is often described as the French answer to the UK'..