Marc Hollander, Aksak Maboul ‎– Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine

Label: Crammed Discs – cram 011 LP
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Belgium
Released: 2015
Genre: Electronic, Jazz, Rock
Style: Art Rock, Avantgarde, Experimental, Musique Concrète

A rare perfect album that you could crawl inside and never leave, existing entirely alone on an island free from the strangle-like grip of preconceived genres - Marc Hollander / Aksak Maboul's widely-heralded 1977 treasure Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine.  Originally conceived on the short-lived yet disproportionately influential Kamikaze imprint, the cold-fusion of pan-european, ethnographic, proto-everything styles debuted here planted the seed that would grow into the vital Crammed Discs imprint.  There's SO many reference points entwined it's daunting, an amalgamation of feral free-jazz, classic american minimalism (echoes of Phillip Glass on' Mastoul Alakefak'??), premonitory detroit-esque drum machine techno, romantic Satie / Debussy impressionism, breezy Parisian cafe culture, hypnotic eastern-referencing hand-drumming, and MORE.  A ambitious compound of so, so much, executed to perfection to reveal more of itself every time.  If this is your first introduction, I seriously envy you.  All-timer - no comparison.  (NM // 2015 RP). 

Tracklist
A1 Mercredi Matin 0:22
A2 (Mit 1) Saure Gurke (Aus 1 Urwald Gelockt) 2:25
A3 Animaux Velpeau 0:34
A4 Milano Per Caso 3:18
A5 Fausto Coppi Arrive! 1:08
A6 Chanter Est Sain 3:09
A7 Son Of L'Idiot 3:20
A8 DBB (Double-Bind Baby) 3:25
A9 Cuic Steppe 4:20
A10 Tous Les Trucs Qu'il Y A Là Dehors 1:55
B1 Ciobane 0:21
B2 The Mooche 1:35
B3 Vapona, Not Glue 6:54
B4 Glympz 4:39
B5 Three Epileptic Folk Dances 2:16
B6 Autre Chose D'Autre 0:45
B7 Mastoul Alakefak 6:14
B8 Comme On A Dit 1:28