Zeuhl 5

      Good work bhikkhu !


It's a surprisingly easy listen dontcha' think

Yukorin wrote:       Good work bhikkhu ! It's a surprisingly easy listen dontcha' think

    
Definitely more accessible than I would ever have imagined. Still, it remains quite complex. Quite a nice balance achieved there. It also has a much more updated sound than Magma. I'm not sayiing that makes it better, just different.

      BV, I've got a couple of Copey tomes.


Krautrocksampler is a mini-intro chock full of historical inaccuracies but very entertainingly written (and overwhelmingly enthusiastic)


Also 2 books (one is called 'Head On', the other name escapes me for the min') detailing the Copesters teenage years and then moving on to Teardrop Explodes. Both pull no punches and offer a wealth of classic R n' R debauchery. Beautifully written.

               Man, sometimes I can't understand the Copester at all.


   He can write with a childlike innocence and exquisite beauty about an obscure bootleg 8-track from an underground Antartican three-legged donkey led travellin' nomadic triangle-based folk quintet but show the man early Genesis and tha bile will rise. Why ? I don't know.


               A touch of elitism I fancy but Droolian ! Keep on writin' heh !

   Jeff 'Yochko' Seffer is ex-Magma, Zao, and Uniweria Zekt. Went on to make dozens of solo LP's usually 'Neffesh Music something or other' with, presumably, Hungarian roots. For some reason Zao still tour Japan every year.

      Anaid are more Jazz. Cortex so-so

Found a nice list:

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/8366/ZEUHL-discogabc.html


2 to avoid:

Michel Altmayer
Musique Noise



                   (trust me on this....)

       Same guy BV. Haven't heard either but will be checkin' that '71 recommendation. He also did some collabs with Magma members.


You won't be surprised to learn that he is on a NWW list !  Found a great site:



           http://tgk.konshak.org/nww/nwwartists.html




An' yes there does seem to be a lot of French fusion outfits that get thrown into zeuhl. Possibly down to nationality, musicians cross-collabarating, and general obscurity.



The very obscure Ex-Vitae are a case in point.  They recorded one self-released LP which I had heard was a zeuhl classic, tracked 'er down, paid over the odds, and got a very light jazz-fusion instead. It's a great record but zeuhl classic 'tis not.

      Re: Tokyo Kid Brothers


http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/albumofthemonth/465



                 I heard about Copey's new book 'JapRockSampler' a while back an' thanks for reminding me BV.


                   Have to say this is not going to go down well in Japan. The word 'Jap' has only ever been used as a racial slur in Japan and has never been used to define a genre or period of creative music in or outside Japan.



                 Bad move Julian.

Here is a little information on the album on the list of Zeuhl bands. Translated so, excuse the poor english.



Jacques Thollot


      “Five Hops”, album left into 78.

Jacques Thollot is one of the French beaters too ignored with my direction, and which it is urgent to discover to appreciate his work with his right value. Early beater in the German Saint of Paris which will give its letters of nobility to a be-bop in full effervescence.

Thollot learns the writing and the harmony with Jean Baraqué (contemporary type-setter missing in the Seventies), from there, its compositions will have this single color between jazz, contemporary writing and the French school. “Five hops” is all that at the same time, and perhaps its album more led in this direction. The voice soprano of Elects Ross gives to the unit a single charm between classicism and modernity. To also note the humorous and enigmatic side titles: “On 12 notes, roughly”, “Three years in front of, three years beyond, ouf, one year already”. The pieces make the beautiful share with asymmetrical measurements with titles like: ” Furnace furnace five eight ", “Over 9 times”, etc…

     I was likely to meet Jacques Thollot and of the interviewer for Batteur Magazine, unfortunately, the article is never been published fault of topicality due to a long crossing of the desert of the artist. I nevertheless discovered somebody interested by the instruments electronic and curious to integrate these sounds into his music. However, I think one of these days of retranscribing this interview here.

On this album, Jacques Thollot is accompanied by François Jeanneau, François Couturier, Michel Graillier and Jean-Paul Céléa.

    A last thing, if somebody includes/understands the photograph on the small pocket, that it does not hesitate has poster a message….it is the return of the schmilblick; -)

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A original LP copy of "quand le son devient aigu," Just went on Ebay for around $62 US so it is not overly expensive. If people are interested, you can buy the album remastered in CD formate from Musea for 21 euro.

musea.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_catselect.php?np=2451

Here is the little excert:

The reissue, on its original label Futura, from a mythical and very rare record from the early Seventies French scene. Jacques THOLLOT, a drummer, breaks the style frontiers between jazz and rock, a bit in the same way as Robert WYATT on "The End Of An Ear", and proposes a surprising collage full of creativity.


For me personally this is well worth the money, the whole album is composed by Thollot, and does focus intently on drums and piano. Mostly tight-ish composition while still keeping than nice avant-garde sound.

I just thought I would post this interview as at least I have been interested in this mans music.

Interview Thollot

It does seem that his later work is involved in the Zeuhl side of music. I looked up on my stores site and thankfully some of his albums are avaliable for order, specifically Ceux d'en face (those of opposite). So hopefully over the next few weeks get down there and place my order in. There might be some waiting time envolved as is usually the case with my store

      Eider Stellaire 2



front cover and insert: