Label: Celluloid – CEL 6661 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: France Released: 1984 Genre: Electronic Style: Experimental
The big one.Une Éclipse Totale De Soleil from intrepid French autodidact Ghédalia Tazartès remains one of the most singular works within the realms of the avant-garde .There really is nothing that can prepare you for the work of Tazartès - his feral style across these two 17 minute pieces is a confronting and immersive mix of tape music scraps, ritualistic vocal acrobatics, spliced Middle Eastern music and crude electronics, often collided and collaged together to given a vision of a fragmented, disjointed Europe.Fully exposed and often vulnerable, its hard to think of any prior music that could have influenced Tazartès - instead he channels his nomadic roots and sense of displacement into a wandering, untethered montage of musical alchemy that would later leave lasting smears of inspiration in noise, industrial and much of experimental music thereafter.Not an easy ride but a crucial node for anyone journeying into the outer reaches of challenging music but unfortunately now super rare after the Celluloid factory flood..(NM/VG++)
Tracklist A Ghedalia Tazartès B Éclipse Totale De Soleil
