VIDEO-AVENTURES
Camera (in focus) Camera (al riparo)
Format: LP vinyl.
Label: Tago Mago (France).
Recording date: 1981/1982.
Release date: 1984.
Dominique Grimaud: Synthi AKS, Korg 700, guitar, alto sax, Monique Alba: keyboards, bass, Jac Berrocal: vocals, trumpet, Guigou Chenevier: drums, tenor sax, Sophie Jausserand: piano, Cyril Lefebvre: lap steel guitar, Gilbert Artman: artistic production, Daniel Deshays: recording , Katherine Tanneau: pictures.
Jac Berrocal and Guigou Chenevier are the privileged guests of these sessions and we find Cyril Lefebvre on a song. Recorded by Daniel Deshays, extraordinary sound recorder, to whom we owe a number of historical free music recordings. Gilbert Artman's role as artistic director is of the utmost importance. When it was released less noticed than Musiques pour Garçons et Filles, the album would later benefit from several reissues: in 1997 Spalax Music reissued it on vinyl and CD (with an unreleased bonus track). Then, two decades later, in the U.S.A., Jason Willett (Jad Fair, Half Japanese ...) rewarded him with a new mastering and a luxurious gatefold cover for a vinyl reissue on his label Megaphone / Knock’n Dead Records.
Press:
“Sountracks imaginaires, effluves sonores surréalistes qui s'inspirent de Tex Avery, Raymond Roussel, Georges Perec, ou d'un poète latin du IVème siècle....” L'ART VIVANT
“Camera tourne unes à une, les pages d'un cahier secret, d'un carnet de bord, un journal mystérieux découvert par hazard, au sortir d'un sommeil bien étrange… Un disque important vient de sortir.” MINIMUM VITAL
“Un mélange intelligent et fin, de rythmes synthétiques et de percussions, de bruitages et de mélodies, de nappes électroniques et d'instruments acoustiques, nous permet de voyager dans le temps et l'espace et de vivres diverses aventures.” INTRA MUSIQUES
“A supreme exercise in extremes and minimal complexity. Electronics, percussion, winds, keyboards, guitar and other strange sounds combine into a charming and bizarre set of tracks that are surprisingly listenable as well....” EUROCK USA
“Camera (in focus) / Camera (al riparo), comme son faux-frère Musiques pour garçons et filles s'affirme aujourd'hui comme le parrain caché de toute une génération à la pointe, où Air, Stereolab, Tortoise et Mouse on Mars agitent de leurs bras menus un certain goût de déjà-vu.” NOUVELLE VAGUE