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Brigitte Fontaine, Areski Avec Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Comme À La Radio (1969) [Japanese Edition 1987]

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Brigitte Fontaine, Areski Avec Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Comme À La Radio (1969) [Japanese Edition 1987]

Brigitte Fontaine - Comme A La Radio (1969) [Japanese Edition 1987]
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 169 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 81 MB | Covers - 38 MB
Genre: Free Jazz, Avant-Pop, Chanson | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Nippon Columbia (30CY-1557)

Of all the strange records this French vanguard pop chanteuse ever recorded, this 1971 collaboration between the teams of Brigitte Fontaine and her songwriting partner Areski and the Art Ensemble of Chicago - who were beginning to think about returning to the United States after a two-year stay - is the strangest and easily most satisfying. While Fontaine's records could be beguiling with their innovation, they occasionally faltered by erring on the side of gimmickry and cuteness. Here, the Art Ensemble provide the perfect mysterious and ethereal backdrop for her vocal explorations. Featuring the entire Art Ensemble of that time period and including fellow Chicago AACM member Leo Smith on second trumpet, Fontaine and Areski stretched the very notion of what pop had been and could be…