Lard Free
Lard Free was a bit the project of Gilbert Artman much the same way that Heldon was Richard Pinhas's project. Both groups hold many common points namely highly experimental but yet accessible music that can be linked to Krautrock, a good understanding of minimalist music such as Terry Riley, constant personnel changes and the same musical influences, namely Can, Brian Eno and Robert Fripp. Both Pinhas and Artman collaborated on each other's albums.
Synths, Sax & Situationists (Music From The French Underground 1973-78)
France's near-revolution of May '68 kicked the country's small but vibrant counter-culture into overdrive and birthed a local underground music scene. The bands it spawned made music with far less rock purity than groups from the UK and US - their in…
Gilbert Artman's Lard Free
** 500 copies ** Recorded in just three days and released in 1973, mixing jazz, kraut and prog rock, Lard Free’s first album is a musical land-mark in the French underground scene. To this day, it still matches the perfection of their English and Ger…
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I'm Around About Midnight
** 500 copies ** Released in 1975 with a slight line-up change, I’m Around About Midnight shifts from rock to a more electronic ap-proach thanks to Richard Pinhas (Heldon) skills with keyboards. More experimental and sophisticated than ever, it shows…
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Lard Free III
** 500 copies ** Released only one year prior to their split, III digs even deeper into electronic and experimental territories. Lard Free’s music has never sounded more cinematographic and spacey than on this record which perfectly blends the player…
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Camizole + Lard Free
Souffle Continu presents Camizole + Lard Free, unreleased 1978 recordings from both groups performing as a collaborative. The ranks of Camizole included some of the most essential personalities of the French underground, notably Dominique Grimaud (Vi…
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Now out of print collection of Lard Free's four albums: Lard Free, I'm Around About Midnight, III/Spirale Malax and Unnamed, all remastered, made in Japan in strictly limited editions and released in mini-lp sleeves. We managed to get a very few of t…
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