Published
Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 04:00
- A Voyage Across French Cosmic & Electronic Avant-Garde (1970-1980) will drop in October.
Because Music have unveiled a new compilation called Cosmic Machine: A Voyage Across French Cosmic & Electronic Avantgarde (1970-1980).
The album will collect artifacts from the French electronic music scene throughout the 1970s, chronicling an era "when the synthesizer was man's best friend and when the future had a future" according to the press release. Cosmic Machine is meant to shed light on a country that the label claims is often neglected in electronic music history, overshadowed by the contemporary German and American electronic music communities.
Featuring everything from the spacey drift of Jean-Michel Jarre to the pumping disco of Cerrone, the record looks to be quite a mixed bag of material. Serge Gainsbourg, Bernard Fevre and François de Roubaix are among the others included on the 20-track LP. A remix single will precede the release of the album, and a Prins Thomas remix of Frederic Mercier is up for streaming here.
Tracklist
01. Patrick Juvet - Le Reve
02. Didier Marouani - Temps X
03. Droids - Shanti Dance Part 1 & Part 2
04. François de Roubaix - Survol
05. Space - Magic Fly
06. Universal Energy - Disco Energy (I)
07. Pierre Bachelet - Motel Show
08. Space Art - Love Machine
09. The Atomic Crocus - Ombilic Contact
10. Jean Michel Jarre - Blackbird
11. Bernard Fevre - That Is To Be
12. Cerrone - Generique (Debut)
13. Frederic Mercier - Spirit
14. Quartz - Chaos
15. Rene Roussel - Caramel
16. Serge Gainsbourg - Le Physique Et Le Figure
17. DVWB - Acqua
18. Alan Goraguer - Le Bracelet
19. Jean-Jacques Perrey - E.V.A.
20. Rockets - Rocket Man (Instrumental)
Because Music will release Cosmic Machine: A Voyage Across French Cosmic & Electronic Avant-Garde (1970-1980) on October 14th, 2013.