Label:Eurock – EDC03
Country:France
Used Cassette 1980
Tape:VG+ (plays fine)
J-Card:VG+ (light wear, not bad condition)
The first cassette album by Fondation, a husband-wife duo formed in the 1980s by French electronic musician Ivan Coaquette, who was also a member of the improvisation group Musica Elettronica Viva, and his wife, keyboardist/vocalist Anannka Raghel. Each artist contributed 3 tracks to the album, making for a total 6 tracks. Side A features two long tracks, the opening "Mandala" which carries the listener away for nearly twelve minutes and ”Fusion" is another long track, this one very liminal, dominated by static organ pads and haunted by Patricia Coaquette's vocals. Side B features the hallucinatory "La Voix De La Paix" with voice and synthesizers, the most melodic, cosmic-spacey "Horizon", total 4 tracks. Compared to the next two albums, this one has long Tracks with developments, and think its originality stands out. Distributed by Etourock in the US.
即興集団Musica Elettronica Vivaにも在籍していた仏人電子音楽家Ivan Coaquetteが80年代に入り妻でも鍵盤奏者/ヴォーカリストAnannka Raghelと結成した夫婦デュオFondationのファーストカセットアルバム。互いに3曲を手掛けた全6曲仕様。没入感のある音響空間を作り出している冒頭の12分を超える”Mandala”、境界的な雰囲気を醸す”Fusion”の長尺のトラックを2つ収録したA面。声とシンセサイザーによる幻覚的な”La Voix De La Paix”、最もメロディアスなコズミックスペーシー調”Horizon”他全4曲のB面。
次の2作と比べても長尺の楽曲が多く独創性は際立っていると思います。米Etourockによるディストリビューション。
A1 - Mandala
A2 - Fusion
B1 - Horizon
B2 - Balavano
B3 - Resonnance
B4 - La Voix De La Paix
