On a June 21, 2016 post highlighting Surrealism crafted around the surrealist tome Les Champs Magnétiques (The Magnetic Fields) by André Breton & Philippe Soupault, I shared Aksak Maboul in the third chapter "Eclipses" here.
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Aksak Maboul is a Belgian band started in 1977, when producer Marc Moulin commissioned Marc Hollander to write & record an album for his label Kamikaze. Marc teamed up with his friend Vincent Kenis. The pair proceeded to fuse & deconstruct all kinds of genres to create their own musical world. Their 2nd album Un peu de l'âme des bandits (see link above) was recorded with an extended line up featuring Fred Frith & Chris Cutler (of Henry Cow / Art Bears fame).
In 1980, Aksak Maboul went through an avant-No Wave phase after enrolling three members of Brussels band Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel, as well as vocalist Véronique Vincent. The new line-up then recorded the 1982 Honeymoon Killers album. They then continued performing under that name until 1988.
2014 saw the release of the 3rd Aksak Maboul album. It's the avant-electropop opus now known as Ex-Futur Album, which was written, recorded, yet unfinished in 1980-83 by Marc Hollander with Honeymoon Killers vocalist Véronique Vincent & original founding AM member Vincent Kenis.
Crammed Discs CRAM014, 2014.
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Chez Les Aborigènes
Afflux de Luxe
Je Pleure Tout le Temps
Veronika Winken
Réveillons-Nous
I'm Always Crying
My Kind of Doll
Luxurious Dub
Le Troisième Personnage
The Aboriginal Variations
bonus tracks -
Réveillons-Nous (live)
Mit Den Eingeborenen (live)
I'm Always Remixing
Revisiting,
NØ
Ex-Futur Album
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Another fine post - many thanks, Nate! I've only got a few AM album, so this his highly appreciated. Do you happen to have Before and After Bandits, Redrawn Figures and/or the 11 Danses Remixes? Again, thanks a lot!
ReplyDeleteSorry, brother. Don't have any of those.
DeleteMerci beaucoup. Vraiment un bel album peu connu, j'en reparlerai sans doute sur mon blog.
ReplyDeleteMerci Sorgual pour ton commentaire. Bien que tu aies déjà commenté ici, je ne savais pas que tu avais ton propre blog. Je l'ai consulté et je suis allé jusqu'à David Sylvain. Je le lis en ce moment. Je vais certainement le lire en détail dès que j'aurai le temps. J'ai partagé ton lien dans la liste Frenz of NSS à droite. Merci.
DeleteCrammed was a great label.
ReplyDeleteI'm currently in Buenos Aires but once back home i'll catch up with all exciting posts
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Fiego
Enjoying the big city, superb. Agree that Crammed Discs were always excellent. Just one question...what have you done with Diego, Fiego?
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