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

Label: Crammed Discs ‎– CRAM 011
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Belgium
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic, Jazz
Style: Art Rock, Experimental, Avant-garde Jazz

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/NM)

Tracklist

A1.1 Mercredi Matin 0:22
A1.2 (Mit 1) Saure Gurk (Aus 1 Urwald Gelockt) 2:25
A2 Animaux Velpeau 2:25
A3.1 Milano Per Caso 3:18
A3.2 Fausto Coppi Arrive! 1:08
A3.3 Chanter Est Sain 3:09
A4 Son Of L'Idiot 3:20
A5 DBB (Double Bind Baby) 3:25
A6 Cuic Steppe 4:20
A7 Tous Les Trucs Qu'Il Y A La Dehors 1:55
B1.1 Ciobane 0:21
B1.2 The Mooche 1:35
B1.3 Vapona, Not Glue 6:40
B1.4 Glympz 4:49
B2 Three Epileptic Folk Dances 2:16
B3.1 Mastoul Alakefak 5:00
B3.2 Mastoul, One Year Later (Live) 3:30
B4 Comme On A Dit 1:15