Black Devil Disco Club presents: The strange new world of Bernard Fevre

Lo Recordings / (1975) 2009 / download

Dupa “28 Later” ce putea sa urmeze decat “34 Later”? Daca la primul album BDDC sustineau ca e o re-editare din 1978 si rupeau lumea in doua, cel de fata ar fi compus in 1975. Astia ori se joaca cu noi ori sunt printre cele mai mari genii muzicale ale secolului.

Bernard Fevre – Dangerous Mixture

Bernard Fevre – Pendulum

Bernard Fevre – Molecule Dance

“Bernard Fevre’s career as Black Devil Disco Club exists as a murky counter-point to the implied importance of concrete chronology. When Rephlex Records first re-released Black Devil’s Disco Club in 2004, many questioned (and continue to question) the authenticity of the original 1978 date. This isn’t because the music felt like a poor imitation, but rather because it was too good. What made the date so hard to believe is that music of such high quality, and of such influence, managed to remain largely unknown for nearly three decades. Rephlex had seemingly unearthed some of the best sci-fi ’70s ghoul disco ever pressed on wax. But in this case, truth turned out to be stranger than fiction, and Disco Club is currently regarded as authentic as it gets.
The only comparable precedent for Black Devil Disco Club seems to have been the work of Fevre’s well-known Italian contemporary, Georgio Moroder.
With the latest release from Lo Recordings, Black Devil Disco Club Presents: The Strange New World of Bernard Fevre, the question of when continues. If Fevre is to be believed, this is his pre-Disco Club full-length LP from 1975, originally titled sans “new” as The Strange World of Bernard Fevre. However, all signs currently point to this album being a coherent synthesis of material both old and new (as implied by the addition to the title), and therefore not a straight-up reissue. To describe it by way of its original progeny, much of Fevre’s Strange New World sounds like a club-edit of Vangelis’ Blade Runner soundtrack: robo-noir in full effect, the machines retooled to the dark side of a disco beat. Fevre’s analog heartbeats wobble along atop thick waves of synthesized afro-funk, creating some of the moodiest electronic music around. It’s best to prepare your mind for a serious bout of tunnel vision, because the hypnotic hold of Strange New World is not easily broken.” sursa

Posted in de-dans, download on September 23rd, 2009 by de-dans | 3 Comments