Lard Free
I'm Around About Midnight (LP)
** 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 a band searching for constant musical absoluteness.
Lard Free's second album was recorded in Paris in a three day session and released in 1975 on Vamp. The lineup is totally different from the first LP and as mentioned it features long time friend Richard Pinhas, with whom Artman explores (in his own way) some sound passages with a strong Heldon influence, although in a less immediate register, building an organic layered sound that emanates a certain shadowy formal beauty. The strong Artman-Pinhas connection is also confirmed by the inclusion on Heldon's Third of the track Pâle Violence Under a Réverbère, with a different mix and a different title.
| A1 | Violez L'Espace De Son Réfrigérant | 4:34 | |
| A2 | In A Desert-Alambic | 5:40 | |
| A3 | Does East Bakestan Belong To Itself | 6:43 | |
| B1 | Tatkooz À Roulette | 7:52 | |
| B2 | Pâle Violence Under A Réverbère | 4:13 | |
| B3 | Even Silence Stops When Trains Come | 4:30 |
- Antoine Duvernot
- Alto Saxophone, Flute
- Gabriel Ibos
- Art Direction [Cover Concept], Producer
- Daphné Mouchoux
- Artwork [Drawing]
- Gilbert Artman
- Composed By, Arranged By, Drums, Percussion [Percussions, (CNDP)], Vibraphone [Vibes], Electric Organ [Hammond Organ], Piano [Steinway Piano], Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax]
- Bernard Beaugendre
- Design
- Jacques Dutilliet
- Engineer
- Patrick Chevallot
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Yves Galliand
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Richard Pinhas
- Guitar [Guitars], Bass Guitar, Synthesizer [Arp, Synthi Vks 3]
- Christian Orsini
- Lacquer Cut By
- Julien Louvet
- Layout
- Gilles Yeprémian
- Management
- Alain Audat
- Synthesizer [Synthi Vks 3], Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet [Clb]
- Alain Arman
- Technician [Equipment]
