#Jean-Claude Vannier

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Les Fleurs De Pavot - Hippies Nous Voila (1968)

Les Fleurs De Pavot tried to create a bit mystery about their identity. claiming their members were Groovy Pat from London and Jesus from San Francisco, who met at a Soft Machine concert.  Instead, with the help of Jean-Claude Vannier and Bernard Estardy, they recorded an LP of crazed French psych.

[exsqueezememacaroni]

lol Mike, lol

[thebettybang]

Jean-Claude Vannier — “Les coups de poing dans la gueule”

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Claude Planson & Jean-François Vannier - Vaudou: rituels et possessions / Voodoo: rituals and possessions - Pierre Horay - 1975

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Mike Patton sings Serge Gainsbourg’s “L’Hôtel Particulier”, with Jean-Claude Vannier conducting

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jean-claude vannier -- les gardes volent au secours du roi

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Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)

Sad to see the magnificent Jane Birkin go ... another icon gone. No matter what she did over the decades — music, fashion, film, etc. — Jane was the absolute coolest. Histoire De Melody Nelson, her classic 1971 LP with Serge Gainsbourg, is well established today as a valuable touchstone for countless artists. But have you seen its accompanying film?

"Melody Nelson is a dream, you know," said arranger Jean-Claude Vannier. "But I don’t think it was a good thing to put pictures on the music. If you see the girl, it is dead. The film is not very good, I think, and I believe that Serge felt the same way as me."

Well, it might not be very good, but it's definitely got a good vibe, Gainsbourg glaring moodily behind the wheel of his Rolls-Royce, Birkin shimmying to those orchestral funk grooves. Goodbye to Jane ...

[aquariumdrunkard]

The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)

Outré California. Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

Intro ++ Maston w/ L’éclair – Souvenir ++ Sessa – Gostar do Mundo ++ Soyuz – How Are You ++ Tim Bernardes – Nascer, Viver, Morrer ++ Gabriel da Rosa – Jasmim Parte 1 ++ Sessa – Pele da Esfera ++ Molly Lewis – Cabana de Mel ++ Misha Paniflov Sound Combo – Follow The Clouds ++ Jean-Claude Vannier – La Horse ++ Chuck “Big Guitar” Ernest With The Satellite Band – Blue Oasis ++ Piero Umiliani – Rite ++ Bernard Estardy – Cha Tatch Ka ++ Marius Cultier – – Zandoli (excerpt) ++ Michel Polnareff – Computer’s Dream (Reflex Edit) ++ Earth Girl Helen Brown – Feed Me ++ The Slits – Walkabout ++ Johnny Clarke – Babylon (Babylon OST Version) ++ Cos – Mein Maschine Ist Schön ++  Alain Bellaïche – Sea Fluorescent ++ Erasmo Carlos – Sorriso Dela ++ Chico Bernardes – O Espelho ++ Sven Wunder – Hanami ++ Yusef Lateef – Psychicemotus ++ Kit Sebastian – Rain (باران) ++ Molly Lewis – Satin Curtains ++ Shintaro Sakamoto – In A Phantom Mood ++ Ronald Langestraat – In The Middle Of The Night ++  Gene Lawrence – After Sunrise ++ Pete Brandt’s Method – What You Are ++ Hervé Imare – Mêle-Mêle Pas Toué P’tit Pierre ++ Takuro Okada – Brown Rice (Don Cherry) [Aquarium Drunkard Session] ++ Arsivplak – Seker Oglan ++ Okay Temiz – Penguin ++ Kutiman – Maasai In Dub

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[instanttunes]

Jean-Claude Vannier - Depuis Que Tu M'aimes Je M'aime

[alexstorm]

According to most fans he is going for the Gainsbourg look for a few years now // I think fans are too much invested in this Gainsbourg thing. When was the last time he talked about Gainsbourg himself? In 2016 I guess. In 2018 he only mentioned his Melody Nelson album as inspiration and he actually praised Jean-Claude Vannier’s work on that album. Imo he doesn’t dress like Gainsbourg, at least not anymore. I think he admires his music, which, to be honest, is really good, if you put the lyrics and vocals aside. I really hope he never turns into him lol.

So Alex likes his instrumentals, huh? It’s like me when people sent me the leaked Lana Del Rey Thunder song in 2020 and asked me how I liked it given Alex is on it (narrator’s voice “Alex is not on it”). I liked the instrumentals too. 😂🤣

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breaking news: older Mike Patton still hot-but-awkward in posed photos

Mike Patton and Jean-Claude Vannier, Paris Match Issue 3672, 2019 Photos by Patrick Fouque

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M2S2 (2023)

As always, I choose a release and listen to it all [week?] long and choose my favorite song and add it to this compilation. At the end of the semester[s?] it makes a nice little time capsule playlist. I listen to the weekly release mostly at home now that I do not have any more coursework and am focusing on writing. On the occasion when I go to the laboratory at school for my internship, I take 9 to the Pont de l’alma and cross it to go down into RER C.

1. “C2 - Misplaced in Time” by The Caretaker from Everywhere at the End of Time - Stage 2 (2017)

2. "The River (Demo)” by PJ Harvey from Is This Desire? Demos (2021)

3. “Sleight of Hand” by Wild Nothing from Laughing Gas (2020)

4. “Big Time Sensuality (Dom T. Growly Dub Mix)” by Björk from Big Time Sensuality (1993)

5. “Car on a Hill” by Joni Mitchell from Court and Spark (1974)

6. “My New House” by Sonic Youth from 4 Tunna Brix (1990)

7. “Solstice” by Nookie from LOGICAL PROGRESSION Level 4 (2001)

8. “Melody” by Serge Gainsbourg from Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)

9. “Danse des mouches noires gardes du roi” by Jean-Claude Vannier from L’enfant assassin des mouches (1972)

10. “Zero Point” by Tori Amos from A Piano: The Collection (2006)

11. “Thursday Night” by Benoît Pioulard from Eidetic (2023)

12. “Goldfinger” by Shirley Bassey from Goldfinger (1964)

13. “No Horses” by Garbage from No Horses (2017)

14. “You Might Think” by The Cars from Heartbeat City (1984)

15. “Operation Lifesaver, A.K.A. Mint Test” by Madvillain from Madvillainy (2004)

16. “Regret” by New Order from Republic (1993)

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History of Melody Nelson (Part I - Some groundwork)

“La femme d’argent” / “Cargo Culte”

Regardless of the man’s character, here’s why this album is dear to many of us -and not just the french pop/70′s/90′s music.

Let’s start with the instance of Air the band and Moon Safari...

See before I was in on the “Melody”, the echoes of Melody was all around, either by sampled version of the tracks, or flat out inspirational tracks of my own time as I started to get into music (late 90′s when I was a kiddie).

I think I was around 10-12, where this french band called Air came to be in my soundscape, first with “Playground Lover” I think, then the “Moon Safari” album, and after 10.000Hz Legend, the rest was history. Yet for now let’s dwell into this Moon Safari and the musical parallels with Melody.

Before I make it about Serge and Jane, let’s settle this fact first, what I’m about to tell is more about Jean-Claude Vannier than anyone else in the story, the parallels that I’m about to mention that is, after that we can then make it about the storytellers, as this will be the mainline of this story core, shall you read it or not. I don’t, and am not allowed to know such things you see. So it would be nothing but proper for me to not invite you into further secret diaries.

So here we are,

“Ah Melody”

Let’s start random, well it is not random actually it was playing, non-chronological let’s say.

No wait, that’s not how it goes,

“La femme d’argent”

Before I move further, I’m not saying they “copied” anything, they might not be even aware, or it might be -as with everything else, might just be connected in my mind. So the music goes, I shall still make the parallels to tell a bigger story.

I really love that band, the french duo Air.

Here’s in comparison, “Cargo culte” of Serge Gainsbourg and Air’s “La femme d’argent” (see above)

Both great albums, production and impact wise, the story I wish to underline is far more than the likeness of these two babies,

Then we’ll move on to the production takes of Serge and compare the two,

In fact let’s do that while I wait for the thing to upload,

Vannier’s orchestral touch, that makes the most of the album indeed, but the Beatles-like drums (probably compressed much), and everything being close-mic’d especially the vocals,

It is so closely microphoned, you can hear the slightest articulation, close to what you do but with more bass I suppose, different times different mixing/mastering approaches but reminds me of a certain story-bearing voice.

Air on the other hand, although I think with more volume and comparably less dynamic, is more reflecting of the 90′s soundscapes.

ps: Chronologically speaking it started with a Tricky/massive attack remix for me, where these rather famous bass line was sampled, Portishead too sampled it as I reckon, I’ll get to those as well...

[abelkia]

La playlist de l'émission de ce jeudi matin sur Radio Campus Bruxelles entre 6h30 et 9h : Alice Coltrane "Andromeda's Suffering" (Lord of Lords/IMPULSE/1972) Barney Wilen "Tindi Abalessa" (Moshi/Saravah-Souffle continu records/1972-2017) Van Dyke Parks & The Esso Trinidad Steel Band "Aquarium" (7"/Bananastan Records/1972-2011) Tom Waits "Table Top Joe" (Alice/Anti Records/2002) RIchard Dawson "Museum" (The Ruby Cord/Weird World/2022) Greg Weeks "The One True Song" (Awake Like Sleep/Alice In Wonder/2002) Luster "Out of Time" (Luster/Morctapes/2022) John Cunningham "While They Talk of Life" (Fell/Microcultures/2016) Françoiz Breut "Contourne-moi" (Une Saison Volée/Caramel Beurre Salé/2005) Saint Etienne "Don't Back Down" (Sound of Water/Sub Pop Records/2000) LEM "La bombe sonore" (Vanitas/Slouch Hat/2022) Mirwais "V.I. (The Last Words She Said Before Leaving)" (Production/Naïve/2000) Beck "Round the Bend" (Sea Change/Geffen Records/2002) The Cure "From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea" (Wish/Fiction/1992-2022) Michel Cloup "Lacher prise" (Backflip au-dessus du chaos/Ici d'ailleurs/2022) The Pastels "Wake Up" (Wake Up EP/Surf City Recordings/1985) Palace "Gezundheit" (7"/Hausmusik/1995) The Living End "Brigitta" (Ghost Riders/EFFICIENT SPACE/2022) Blossom Dearie "Comment allez-vous ?" (Blossom Dearie/Public Domain Recordings/1957-2022) Claude Nougaro & Jean-Claude Vannier "Grain de folie" (Soeur Âme/Philips/1971) Pierre Tchana & T.P. Orchestre Polyrythmo de Cotonou "Il n'est jamais trop tard" (Africa Boogaloo: The Latinization Of West Africa/Honest Jon's Records/1976-2009) L'International Challal d'Hamed Gazonga "Les jaloux saboteurs" (Golden Afrique/Network Medien/1983-2017) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmMJ2zZN4GC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=