FIRST EVER REISSUE OF BRION GYSIN'S 80'S CULT AVANT-FUNK CLASSIC PRODUCED IN FRANCE BY RAMUNTCHO MATTA AND FEATURING DON CHERRY, LIZZY MERCIER DESCLOUX AND ELLI MEDEIROS
Wewantsounds is delighted to reissue Brion Gysin's cult avant funk album produced in Paris by Ramuntcho Matta in the early 80's. The hugely influential Brion Gysin who, with his friend William Burroughs, was revered by the likes of David Bowie, Brian Jones, Laurie Anderson, Genesis P-Orridge, is accompanied here by Matta and French post punk stalwarts Yann Le Ker on bass (from the group Modern Guy) and Frederic Cousseau on drums (from Suicide Romeo) plus special guests including Don Cherry, Elli Medeiros, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Caroline Loeb and Senegalese drummer Prosper Niang (Xalam). This is the first time the album is reissued on vinyl, augmented with bonus tracks and a new introduction by Gysin scholar Jason Weiss.
Side 2
1. Baboon 4.16
2. V. V. V.** 1.44
3. All Those Years** 3.25
4. Kick (7" Alternate Mix)* 4.11
5. Stop Smoking (Alternate Mix)** 4.56
6. Kick (7" Instrumental Mix)* 4.09
* Previously Unreleased
** Previously Unreleased on Vinyl
- First ever reissue of the LP in collaboration with Ramuntcho Matta
- Remastered from the original Masters by Colorsound Studio
- 5 bonus tracks not on the original LP including two never released versions of KICK
- Original artwork with 2pp Insert featuring new liner notes by Brion Gysin authority Jason Weiss
Includes unlimited streaming of Junk
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supported by 19 fans who also own “Stop Smoking feat. Elli Medeiros”
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell