Label: Isadora – ISA 9002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: France Released: 1976 Genre: Electronic Style: Abstract, Experimental
OG FRENCH PRESS OF THIS 1976 MASTERPIECE!
A typical dose of Hector Zazou magic on this early, uncatagorisable anti-pop masterpiece together with Joseph Racaille (ZNR - geddit!). Rightly occupying a place on the prestigious NWW list, Barricade 3 is a slippery, genre-swerving piece that clashes typical prog / avant-rock tropes with jazz influences, odd analogue electronics with a heavy helping of eccentric Satie-styled touches and an air of breezy European cafe culture mystique. Nebulas of idiosyncratic, abstract electronics and spontaneous piano études eventually coalesce into an actual songs - like the priceless electric guitar / synth hybrid ‘La Pointe De Tes Seins Est Comme Un Petale De Pavot’ or the stoned, dream-like rock lullaby ‘Solo Un Dia’ that carries us off and away on a cloud. It’s a record that gives something different each time, creating it’s own unique habitat much like Mark Hollander and Ask Maboul sprawling prime-number epic ‘Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine’, Nuno Cannavaro’s outlier ‘Plux Quba’ or the intrepid, unconventional styles of Leven Signs. A total gem.. (NM/VG+ - some discolouration which is normal for this, see pics)
Tracklist Face « Serpent » Proumier Assai Per S'Amourousis D'Un Moustre A1 Prélude Aux Mémoires D'Un Chien 0:48 A2 Première Tentative 0:45 A3 Trop De Douceur Ou Les Trois Soeurs: 2e Soeur 0:38 A4 L'Armoire 1:37 Le Grand Compositeur Vu De Dos (4:50) A5 Boston Mexicain N° 1 2:35 A6 Boston Mexicain N° 2 0:04 A7 Boston Mexicain N° 3 1:10 La Pointe De Tes Seins Est Comme Un Pétale De Pavot A8 1er Movement 3:25 A9 2e Movement 0 A10 3e Movement 3:40 A11 Solo Un Dia 2:45 A12 La Vieio Mostro: Part II 1:45 Face « Rat » B1 Espelisoun D'Uno Ribambello D'Evenimen Espetaclous Valentin Bilot 1:15 B2 Armistice Couronné De Feuillages 2:23 B3 Le Grand Compositeur Vu De Face 2:55 B4 Seynete 3:45 B5 Editioun Especialo D'Uno Griho De Jardin 5:35 B6 Annie La Telie 0:03 B7 Naïve Description De La Formation D'Un Sentiment 2:05 B8 Avril En Suède 1:30
