Benjamin Lew / Steven Brown – Douzième Journée: Le Verbe, La Parure, L'Amour.

Label: Crammed Discs – MTM 15
Series: Made To Measure – VOL. 15
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Modern Classical, Minimal

One of the jewels in the seminal Crammed Discs back catalogue, Benjamin Lew & Steven Brown's 'Douzième Journée: Le Verbe, La Parure, L'Amour' - a bit of a tongue twister for the English speakers amongst us.  Opener 'Bamako Ou Ailleurs' mixes pretty twisted, heart-of-darkness styled melodies and minimal drums for a sort of Muslimgauze-indebted chug with added SAX, whilst 'Dans Les Jardins' moves into ayahuasca-soaked tribal territory settling up the more delicate and altogether more intimate 'Il, Les Quitta À L'Aube' - a firm favourite at the Microdosing parties (RIP).  Like most of the incredible Crammed output, definitely very difficult to categorise this one but one that's only got better with age.  (NM/NM )

Tracklist
A1 Bamako Ou Ailleurs 4:15
A2 Passage 1:40
A3 De l'Autre Côté Du Fleuve 4:05
A4 L'île, L'hôtel 3:30
A5 Aveugle, Depuis 5:15
B1 Elle S'Avança 3:40
B2 Dans Les Jardins 7:37
B3 Les Autres, Tous 7:10
B4 II, Les Quitta À L'Aube 4:30