Friday, July 18, 2008

LE GONG DU BALAYEUR-PAS IMPORTANT, LP, 1981, FRANCE



An exceptionally obscure album from the waning days of France's prog glory run (which continued to go from strength to strength years after other countries prog scenes died off or largely turned to cheese), Le Gong Du Balayeur can initially be a somewhat difficult nut too crack, with their curious conflation of electrified folk themes (sometimes quite close in spirit to Belgium's Nuit Caline A La Villa Mon Reve), and Zappa-by-way-of-Komintern whimsy taking several spins to wrap your brain around, but the rewards for the diligent are ample.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Located in Pau, France, this band recorded this unique LP with Bernard LUBAT on drums.

Armute

Anonymous said...

hello, i'm in france, this lp is really obsucre, recorded at le "studio" in the city of pau, sud of france.. Great !

cmazarski said...

hello

apparently, fileducky site is down. is there any chance you could reupload this rare gem some other site, mediafire maybe?

thanks in advance
x.