Poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director, Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991) was the q u i n t e s s e n t i a l re b e l p ro v o c a t e u r. H i s decadent lifestyle, cynical sense of humor and propensity for scandal were as important to […]
The top-selling celebration of French girl singers of the 1960s released on the Ace International imprint a couple of years back. The collection spans the years 1964 to 1969 and is available in 24-track CD and 12-track deluxe vinyl album formats. Serge Gainsbourg, eminence grise of Gallic girl pop, is represented on the vinyl version […]
Gil Evans to Miles Davis…. Holger Czukay to the ensemble known as Can….Jean Claude Vannier to Serge Gainsbourg on Histoire de Melody Nelson. That’s the only way to explain the specificity of Four Tet and Madlib’s collaboration, in this special album that showcases a two-decade long friendship that has resulted in an album that follows […]
TOY, who released Happy In The Hollow, their fourth, and by far most acclaimed album to date, in January of this year on Tough Love Records, have announced details of Songs Of Consumption, an 8-song collection of unique interpretations of tracks which have inspired the band. The idea was originally birthed when the band recorded […]
Quentin Tarantino is likely the most imitated director of his generation, but his record collection has proved nearly as influential. “One of the things I do when I am starting a movie, when I’m writing a movie or when I have an idea for a film is, I go through my record collection and just […]
Old school style tip-on gatefold jacket with the original artwork. – Insert includes 1971 Q&A interview with Serge and liner notes by Andy Beta. – LP pressed at RTI 2024 Color Vinyl Editions Available in Two Variants: Crystal Clear Wax and Transparent Blue with White Wax. Non-Returnable. ‘’Almost unbelievably, the French masters best work was […]
No matter how provocative, edgy and anti-hero the guy was, every French person of every age loved and still loves Serge. He isnt like anyone else. For many French people, Gainsbourg belongs to their national heritage such as wine, the Tour de France, gastronomy and the Eiffel Tower. His influence in pop music is therefore […]
“In 1964 and 1966, when Serge Gainsbourg took part in two public radio recordings, he was undoubtedly the star of the evening. In his own words, this marked the end of his “”blue period””, a mix of left-bank chanson, jazz influences and exotic rhythms. Alone at the piano or accompanied by guitar and double bass, […]
The young pianist Khatia Buniatishvili is a unique phenomenon in classical music: her playing and her recordings for Sony Classical are highly praised, with the instinct of a film director she manages to tell stories with the music and put them in the right light, and she achieves them huge numbers of people, including many […]
TRACKLIST: A1. Et Si Tu NExistais Pas… A2. La Javanaise A3. Everybodys Talkin A4. Im Going Away Smiling A5. La Vie En Rose B1. Les Passantes B2. Syracuse B3. What Is This Thing Called Love? B4. Michelle B5. Only The Lonely Deified during his lifetime by the press, which for four decades has capitulated to […]
