PATRICK VIAN - BRUITS ET TEMPS ANALOGUES

• patrick vian: bruits en temps analogues
      (1976, lp, fr, egg records)

Patrick Vian is the son of French writer, musician and critic Boris Vian. He first gained notability as a member of the progressive rock / protopunk band Red Noise. The band formed at the Sorbonne in 1968, and played its first show during the occupation of the university. According to Vian, these were exciting times. He later commented that in Red Noise's early days, "their concerts wouldn't end until the cops came." The band released one album, Sarcelles - Lochères, in 1970, before breaking up. Given the revolutionary times, the band split rather appropriately into a socialist and a Trotskyist section, the latter of which continued under the name Komintern.

In 1975, Patrick Vian composed some of the music for the film Hu-Man (starring Jeanne Moreau and Terence Stamp) by Jérôme Laperrousaz. In 1976, he recorded "Bruits et Temps Analogues", originally on the Egg label, which was owned by Barclay Records and designed to present young and innovative musicians.

"Bruits Et Temps Analogues" is a very enjoyable album. It mixes experimental electronic music with jazz.  It's hard to imagine why we had to wait almost 40 years to get it rereleased.

release date = May 10, 2013
Out on the Staubgold label : www.staubgold.com