francis bebey “african electronic music • 1975-1982” double long playing record set

• new track (8:18) 1982
  
• la condition masculine (3:25) 1976
  
• wuma te (5:29) 1976
  
  
• divorce pygmée (5:28) 1976
  
• fleur tropicale (3:54) 1976
  
• tiers monde (3:27) 1979
  
• agatha (7:07) 1981
  
  
• pigmy love song (3:50) 1982
  
• catching up (2:38) 1983
  
• sahel (5:08) 1975
  
• the coffee cola song (5:06) 1981
  
  
• super jungle (9:19) 1982
  
• savanah georgia (3:32) 1975
  
• il n'y a pas de crocodiles à cocody (2:38) 1979

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bb039 francis bebey african electronic music 1975 - 1982 2lp cameroonian musician francis bebey is truly one of a kind. he entered the music scene with his african compositions for classical guitar. he gave recitals while pursuing a career in journalism and then as an international civil servant. the same creative impulse also led him to write pop songs, and some of which (based on novels he had written) became big hits in africa and in the french-speaking world. but few people know that in the ’70s, francis bebey delved into electronic music. the first electronic keyboards, organs and drum machines offered him new possibilities of totally controlling his compositions. he embraced the technique of “sound on sound” recording (recording several tracks, sequentially juxtaposed on the same tape). this new stage in his musical career included the production of several records (“savannah georgia,” “new track”, “haiti”), rarities both for their creative explorations as well as their manifestations on vinyl. this was a particularly rich period for him, as he tested the limitless possibilities of the medium, and made use of surprising and novel instruments. incredible sounds – in the literal sense of the word – would soon appear on the planet bebey …

francis bebey “african electronic music • 1975-1982” compact disc

• new track (8:18) 1982
  
• la condition masculine (3:25) 1976
  
• wuma te (5:29) 1976
  
• divorce pygmée (5:28) 1976
  
• fleur tropicale (3:54) 1976
  
• tiers monde (3:27) 1979
  
• agatha (7:07) 1981
  
• pigmy love song (3:50) 1982
  
• catching up (2:38) 1983
  
• sahel (5:08) 1975
  
• the coffee cola song (5:06) 1981
  
• super jungle (9:19) 1982
  
• savanah georgia (3:32) 1975
  
• il n'y a pas de crocodiles à cocody (2:38) 1979

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bb039 francis bebey african electronic music 1975 - 1982 cd cameroonian musician francis bebey is truly one of a kind. he entered the music scene with his african compositions for classical guitar. he gave recitals while pursuing a career in journalism and then as an international civil servant. the same creative impulse also led him to write pop songs, and some of which (based on novels he had written) became big hits in africa and in the french-speaking world. but few people know that in the ’70s, francis bebey delved into electronic music. the first electronic keyboards, organs and drum machines offered him new possibilities of totally controlling his compositions. he embraced the technique of “sound on sound” recording (recording several tracks, sequentially juxtaposed on the same tape). this new stage in his musical career included the production of several records (“savannah georgia,” “new track”, “haiti”), rarities both for their creative explorations as well as their manifestations on vinyl. this was a particularly rich period for him, as he tested the limitless possibilities of the medium, and made use of surprising and novel instruments. incredible sounds – in the literal sense of the word – would soon appear on the planet bebey …

stephan eicher “spielt noise boys” long playing record

• disco mania (4:02)
  
• miniminiminiminijupe (3:06)
  
• noise boys song (2:17)
  
  
• hungriges afrika (2:56)
  
• one second too late (1:18)
  
• sweet jane (2:28)
  
• ping pong lied (1:21)

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electro 80's minimal punk at his best think grauzone meet daf meet suicide stephan eicher recorded the tracks from spielt noise boys on a dictaphone with stolen material in the bar he worked in bern when he was student in (swiss) he produced 6 month later the absolut hit "eisbar" with grauzone. available both cd/ lp legal reissue cool insert both in french and english re-mastered by stephan eicher himself - sound loud !

stephan eicher “spielt noise boys” compact disc

• disco mania (4:02)
  
• miniminiminiminijupe (3:06)
  
• noise boys song (2:17)
  
• hungriges afrika (2:57)
  
• one second too late (1:18)
  
• sweet jane (2:28)
  
• ping pong lied (1:21)

born bad press release...

electro 80's minimal punk at his best think grauzone meet daf meet suicide stephan eicher recorded the tracks from spielt noise boys on a dictaphone with stolen material in the bar he worked in bern when he was student in (swiss) he produced 6 month later the absolut hit "eisbar" with grauzone. available both cd/ lp legal reissue cool insert both in french and english re-mastered by stephan eicher himself - sound loud !

“bippp • french synth-wave 1979-1985” long playing record

• a trois dans les wc - contagion (4:26)
  
• act - ping pong (2:23)
  
• les visiteurs du soir - je t'écris d'un pays (4:53)
  
• vox dei - terroriste (2:01)
  
• comix - touche pas mon sexe (3:13)
  
• tgv - partie 1 (3:14)
  
  
• ckc - 20h25 (3:05)
  
• marie möör - pretty day (3:00)
  
• deux - game and performance (3:38)
  
• ruth - polaroid roman photo (5:02)
  
• vitor hublot - aller simple (3:44)
  
• visible - le jour se lève (3:02)
  
• casino music - viol af 015 (2:48)

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increasingly detached from the original punk formula, the modern and arty youth of the early '80s set itself to jettison an art form that had lost much of the nihilistic and exhilarating energy of its halcyon days, stuck, as it was, in an endless and noisy regression. disheartened but eager to experiment and create, a new wave of french musicians followed the beacon of jacno’s seminal '79 hit "rectangle," a visionary, digital coup de grâce, courtesy of a former punk which dealt the rickenbacker and fender-era a fatal blow. the cold and robot-like bips of analogic keyboards took over. casio, korg ms-10 and arp omni were the new paraphernalia of the new generation -- the ideal conveyers of its retro-futurist elegance and self-professed cold arrogance. they were pinnacles and symbols which were just as potent as the electric guitar in the '50s or the laptop in the '90s. this compilation recalls the glory of a selected few, the cream of the crop of the shooting stars and cult bands that followed in the footsteps of kas product, mathematiques modernes or charles de goal.