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Yann Gourdon

Member of: France
Occitanie
Aguirre Records present the first vinyl edition of France's Occitanie, originally released in 2009. Savage pulsating drone-rock from France, the trio of Jeremie Sauvage on electric bass, Mathieu Tilly on drums, and Yann Gourdon on amplified hurdy-gur…
Voyage Spectral / Do Den Haag Church / Meltdown of Planet Earth (3LP in bundle)
Taking a deep dive into the output of France - the minimalist drone/psych outfit of Yann Gourdon, Mathieu Tilly, and Jeremie Sauvage (hurdy gurdy, bass, drums) - Standard In-Fi returns with some of the most hypnotic and intoxicating sounds we’ve hear…
Voyage Spectral
* Mono, 300 copies. Offset printed ultra-glossy cover with Pantone 877C, offset printed Pantone 877C labels. Ultra-raw, all-hail!-low-fidelity tape recordings of a memorable night in Saint Etienne where both bands shared the bill. The split LP featur…
Do Den Haag Church
"A french trio called France, using drums, bass and amplified hurdy-gurdy. They perform only live, in the middle of the audience - turned in to face each other - full on smoke machines and strobes. And they play only one ‘song’ for the duration of th…
Meltdown of Planet Earth
Tip! France is a trio from the Occitane region in France. The trio consists of Jeremie Sauvage on electric bass, Mathieu Tilly on drums, and Yann Gourdon on amplified hurdy-gurdy.  The sound of "Meltdown Earth" is akin to the aural experiments done b…
La Langue de l'Ophiolite
This configuration of a duo composed by Yann Gourdon (Vielle à Roue, or Hurdy-Gurdy) and Filipe Felizardo (guitar&amp) is the result of a mutual invitation which occurred already seven years ago. In January of 2020, thanks to Trás-os-Montes Records, …
Yann Gourdon
One third of the drone trio France and part of the La Nòvia collective, Yann Gourdon's practice focuses on acoustic phenomena and dynamic relationships with the environment. Having learned to play traditional music from Auvergne by listening to field…
Far Out Far West
The sickest French band, a trio called France, drums, bass and amplified hurdy-gurdy. They only performs live, in the middle of the audience - turned in to face each other - full on smoke machines and strobes. And they play only one ‘song’ for the du…
Live à Metamórfosi 2019
Recorded live in Paris in 2015 (not sure wht the title says' 2019' but...) here we have an new LP from France, the legendary trio (hurdy gurdy, bass, drums) of Yann Gourdon, Mathieu Tilly, Jeremie Sauvage, founded in Valence back in 2005. Over the la…
Ott
Limited to 300 vinyl version live at Ottfest 2014. France set out for a wild mesmerizing revelry of sound. The result is one of their best recordings to date. Imagine Tony Conrad & Faust reincarnated as a french trio in 2014, using only a minimal dru…
À La Recherche De La Flexitude Du Temps
Fierce 78minutes concert by France, recorded in 2016 released on the French label Fougère. With cartoons by Capony and Sauvage. Think Faust, Tony Conrad, early Can.
Do Den Haag Church
Mental Groove presents a vinyl reissue Do Den Haag Church from France, repress of the band's now well known live recording in Den Haag, 2008. The recording is raw and the mastering is fat. The first two pressings made in 2014 and 2015 were distribute…
Electric Zoi
A new Cdr from the legendary France recorded at the Bourse du Travail in Saint Etienne in March 2013. This live set is more than 70 minutes long and truly spaced out! France's massive sound bleats mournfully, endlessly; rising, breathing, sighing, …
Live at kraakfestival 2011
Imagine tony conrad & faust reincarnated as a french punk trio in 2011, using only a minimal drum kit, bass and hurdy-gurdy to drone you into another dimension. imagine this as a live performance during kraakfestival after your seventh glass of duvel…
Pau
After blowing everyone’s mind at the last Kraak Festival with an unbelievable (double) performance, and following the release of their first self titled lp, France come back with the definitive drone monument! There is still no better words to des…
Untitled
New LP for this really great French trio with elecric bass, drums and hurdy-gurdy. 22 minutes on one side going always in the same direction with the same idea. Will of course satisfy all lovers of Tony Conrad or Henry Flynt's works. Recorded in 2006…
Deux lives
Europe’s best kept secret comes from south of France, somewhere between the Rhone Alpes region and the Massif Central. Now, If you are wondering how the traditionnal music from there could meet La Monte Young’s “Theatre of ethernal music” in a very a…
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