The Scooter Scene and Beyond
Celebrating 30 Years of Detour Records 1990-2020
V/A - Bippp : French Synth-Wave 1979/85 LP (NEW) (P)
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Artifacts from an era that grows more elusive as more of its secrets come out to play, the 13 songs on BIPPP signify the '80s well enough to argue that most working notions of the '80s don't work so well. The collection of obscurities proves unerringly strong, and the acts enlisted span from pent-up post-punk (Casino Music) to strobing synth-disco (Les Visiteurs Du Soir) to new-wave pop in the mold of Kraftwerk and Human League (The Comix). The highlights don't just slot into their respective niches, but expand them with musical deviations (incongruous horn lines, synths doing weird things) or deliciously bleak sentiments angled to shine ("it's a pretty day to die" in a track by Mary Moor). The best song does a little of both: In "Game And Performance," the minimaliste band Deux strains an excess of melody out of a confined keyboard chorus and makes evocative poetry of words as mundane as "computer programs… shadows in the night."
FEATURES
A1-–A Trois Dans Les WC - Contagion
A2-–Act - Ping Pong
A3-–Les Visiteurs Du Soir - Je T'écris D'un Pays
A4-–Vox Dei - Terroriste
A5-–Comix - Touche Pas Mon Sexe
A6-–TGV - Partie 1
B1-–C.K.C - 20h25
B2-–Marie Möör - Pretty Day
B3-–Deux - Game And Performance
B4-–Ruth - Polaroid Roman Photo
B5-–Vitor Hublot - Aller Simple
B6-–Visible - Le Jour Se Lève
B7-–Casino Music - Viol AF 015
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