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L' Enfant Assasin des Mouches - Jean-Claude Vannier

L' Enfant Assasin des Mouches

Jean-Claude Vannier

Finders Keepers UK

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  • Format: Import
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  • Studio: Finders Keepers UK
  • Theatrical Release Date: Dec 31, 1969
  • DVD Release Date: Apr 19, 2005
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  • ASIN: B000776MCG
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  • Sales Rank: 188329
Tracks:
1: L' Enfant la Mouche Les Allumettes (The Child the Fly and the Matches)
2: L' Enfant au Royaume des Mouches (The Child in the Fly Kingdom)
3: Danse des Mouches Noires Gardes du Roi (Dance of the Black Flies, ...)
4: Danse de l'Enfant et du Roi des Moushes (Dance of the Child and ...)
5: Le Roi des Mouches et la Confiture de Rouse (The King of the Flies ...)
6: L' Enfant Assassin des Mouches (The Child Fly-Killer)
7: Les Garde Volent au Secours du Roi (The Guards Fly to the King's Rescue)
8: Mort du Roi des Mouches (Death of the King of Flies)
9: Pattes de Mouches (Spidery Scrawl/Fly Legs)
10: Le Papier Tue-Enfant (The Paper Child-Killer)
11: Petite Agonie de l'Enfant Assassin (The Death Throes of the Child ...)
12: Je M'Appelle Geraldine
13: Je M'Appelle Geraldine
Editorial Review from Album Description:
2008 mini LP sleeve reissue of this album from Serge Gainsbourg's right-hand man Jean-Claude Vannier, originally released in 1972. Recorded during the same sessions as Gainsbourg's highly acclaimed masterpiece Melody Nelson it follows in a similar avant-garde rock-opera vein. L'Enfant Assasin Des Mouches (The Child Fly-Killer) is a supernatural tale written by Gainsbourg depicting the journey of the young child travelling through a nightmarish "Fly Kingdom". Vannier narrates the story with sparse music concrete sounds coupled with choirs, funky beats, cowbells, wah-wah guitars and ethnic strings. Comparisons could be made with some of Frank Zappa's Hot Rats material and Alain Goraguer's creepy Le Planet Sauvge. Warner. 2008.
Amazon Customer Reviews:

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

***** For once, the hype was worth it., 2007-01-18
I'm trying to be a more educated and wary rare-groove connoisseur. I can recall being burned time and again by reissues that promise you Thomas's but can't even make toast when the smoke clears. So, even though I've come to trust Andy Votel's recommendations a lot more over the past year, I was a little uncertain when I looked over the albums he's putting his weight behind on the Finders Keepers label--namely, this one. br / br /But, ya know something? This would have to rank as my first favorite discovery of 2007--the hype turned out to be worth it. "L' Enfant Assassin des Mouches" is just as twisted, graceful and psychedelic as the liner notes and tons of hipster critics say it is--it most definitely qualifies as the "psychedelic symphony" it claims to be on the cover. br / br /If you need an idea of what to expect, loosen yourself up with some music in a similar vein--music like Aphrodite's Child's "666," the "Fantastic Planet" soundtrack and (of course) Serge's "Melody Nelson." If you can get down with those three albums, this one'll take you on yet another tour through those same trippy landscapes. Votel's picked another gem...check it out.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

***** Mind Blowing, 2006-11-02
This is not an easy album to review. I don't agree that this is a difficult album. This is an amazing album. I love Melody Nelson, but i don't think there are any similarities, these are totally different albums, don't compare them. If you want something nice that creates an atmosphere to play in the back round don't get this. When you listen to this be ready to be torn out of your present reality and plunged into something you've never experienced. L' Enfant Assasin des Mouches, plays like a genius concept album. Buy this buy this buy this, holy crap buy this. Way ahead of its time. Buy it! br /

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

***  Difficult, 2006-05-15
Just a warning to listeners coming to this album because of Vannier's association with Gainsbourg (which is probably most people). The music on this doesn't resemble the music on Histoire de Melody Nelson in the slightest, save for some of the choral arrangements. There's none of the funky spaciousness that characterises Gainsbourg's classic album and it's also entirely instrumental which means that it comes off almost as some kind of film score.....from a very bizarre, avant-garde film. br / br /What I'm trying to say is that this album is a pretty difficult listen and offers few rewards for the casual listener. Make sure you listen to some of it before you make the purchase.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

**** Discover more Vannier, 2005-05-17
If you thought Melody Nelson was too short at a sublime 28 minutes, here is the remedy. Not in the Melody Nelson league, so 4 stars, but a sweeping mind-expander of a 1972 album. Funky, soulful, unself-conscious soundscapes. Yeah baby.