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A Jackson in Your House is the first of the Art Ensemble of Chicago s renowned trio of albums for BYG s Actuel series This album is The Art Ensemble s most celebrated release and finds the American avant garde jazz collective at their most sensational mocking and startling original...
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Occupying a unique place in the history of black music Sun Ra took the big band aesthetic of his role model Duke Ellington into thrilling new territory A pianist and keyboard player with an ear for uncommon timbres a profound interest in a wide range of non Western cultures as...
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Formed in Rome in the late 60s the ever shifting collective Musica Elettronica Viva included such luminaries as Fred Rzewski Alvin Curran and Richard Teitelbaum among others and aimed to conduct the most radical experiments in sound possible Although the above were primarily composers they were greatly inspired by avant...
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Of all the African American jazz musicians who arrived in Paris at the end of the 60s Saxophonist Archie Shepp was arguably the most influential Still resident in the French capital to this day he became an integral part of the European scene and struck fruitful working relationships with the...
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DEBUT SOLO ALBUM BY THE LEGENDARY PURVEYOR OF MUSIC THAT DARINGLY BLURRED THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN PSYCHEDELIC ROCK AND RAUCOUS RIOTOUS DADAISM Australian vocalist guitarist Daevid Allen was a part of the highly experimental Canterbury scene alongside the likes of drummers Robert Wyatt and Pip Pyle before he relocated to Paris...
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The Solar Myth Approach was first issued in 1971 as a double LP set on the French BYG Actuel label then repackaged as two stand alone volumes in 1972 Founded in 1967 BYG was associated with the maverick arts journal Actuel The label issued dozens of fascinating and groundbreaking free...
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Vocalist multi instrumentalist Areski and singer Brigitte Fontaine are a legendary French musical couple that rose to prominence in the 60s making a series of albums that showcased a boldly unorthodox approach to the art of song Taken as a whole the 13 pieces on L Incendie stand as high...
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Having been part of the fabled Canterbury scene along with luminaries such as Robert Wyatt and Pip Pyle the irrepressible Australian guitarist vocalist songwriter Daevid Allen formed Gong with Welsh vocalist Gilli Smyth in Paris at the end of the 60s as France was in state of ferment The pair...
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Florida born saxophonist composer poet actor and playwright Archie Shepp was one of the most articulate exponents of politicized black culture in the late 60s a time of enormous upheaval and radical thought Relocating to Paris he made a number of highly influential albums such as Blasé that broached the...
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51st volume in the BYG Actuel series gatefold sleeve 180 gram vinyl Striking live performances recorded at the first Panafrican Festival in Algiers during July of 1969 Archie Shepp with a stellar line up including Clifford Thornton Grachan Moncur III Dave Burrell Alan Silva Sunny Murray and poets Ted Joans...
