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Dominique Cravic & Les Primitifs Du Futur

Resume Des Episodes Precedents (2xLP)

Label: Souffle Continu

Format: LPx2

Genre: Experimental

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Nicknamed the Primdufs, the group have a passion for the obsolete French "valse musette". But their take has nothing in common with the smutty chords of popular balls and singalongs in little town halls. This is "bal musette" with balls, it's genuine, virile, and authentic. Though these noble savages like rummaging around in 1920s Paris, they don't shy away from including rhythms from all over the planet, rhumba from Zaireto, gypsy jazz, Hindu waltzes or Argentine tango, blues, "paso doble" or "chanson réaliste". It all began in 1986, when Dominique Cravic, "ukukeke" champion and a renowned guitarist who learned from jazzmen like Lee Konitz or Larry Coryell and also played with Georges Moustaki and Henri Salvador, met a certain Robert Crumb. Yes, the legendary comic book author from the great days of the US psychedelic underground in the '70s, the creator of Fritz the Cat (1972) and Mr Natural in person, the same man who also created the cover for Cheap Thrills (1968) by Janis Joplin. Crumb plays banjo and mandolin, collects 78s of blues, jazz and musette. The two cronies then composed their own made-to-measure orchestra, alongside many famous names including accordionist Daniel Colin, clarinetist Bertrand Auger, saxophonist Daniel Huck, bassist Jean-Philippe Viret or singer Claire Elzière (sorry, it's impossible to name them all). This great group has recorded four albums since 1986 (all with sleeves drawn by Crumb), some including guest stars such as Pierre Barouh, Jean-Jacques Milteau, Allain Leprest, Sanseverino or Olivia Ruiz. For thirty years, the Primitifs du Futur have carried the torch of musette to the four corners of the earth, from fiestas to festivals, and today release a double vinyl, entitled Résumé Des Épisodes Précédents which brings together the best of their adventures. It is a refreshing and heartening cocktail of "world tribal musette", as they call it, which, in these electro digital times, has a rejuvenating effect, a magic swing potion.

Double-LP with 20-page booklet with all Crumb previous artworks for the band's albums plus unseen photos. Edition of 1500; No repress.

"The Primitifs Du Futur travel on sound waves back in time to the early twentieth century and make the world seem like a far better place than it ever actually was. I can't get the band's music off my turntable or out of my head. Accordion, mandolin, harmonica, saxophone, musical saw, and beautiful haunting melodies--what's not to love? Even their sad songs make me happy." --Art Spiegelman

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Cat. number: FFL 050LP
Year: 2019
Notes:
Record Store Day 2019 release Double-LP with 20-page booklet with all Crumb previous artworks for the band's albums plus unseen photos. Edition of 1500; No repress. A1, A2, B1: from [r=2735316] (Media 7 ‎- JB 112), Recorded and mixed at Studio Bob Mathieu, Montgeron, April 1986. By courtesy of Dominique Cravic. A3: from [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/9668303]Le Voyage De Django - Dominique Cravic & Friends[/url] (Respect Record - RES-241). Recorded at Studio Microbe. Villetaneuse, August 2013. By courtesy of Kenichi Takahashi-San A4 to A6: Live in Concert. Recorded, April 2012. By courtesy of Denis Leblond. B2 to C4: from [m=1065445] (EMARCY-Universal - 530 591-6). Recorded at Studio Acousti, Paris, October & November 1999. By courtesy of Valérie Pinaud. Under license from Universal. C5 to D6: from [url=https://www.discogs.com/master/492963]World Musette[/url] Sketch - SKE 333012. Recorded at Studio Acousti, Paris, November 2007 & January 2008.