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AKSAK MABOUL — Charles F. Bleistift
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This limited-edition 7 EP follows the release of Aksak Maboul's acclaimed new double LP 'Figures' (out May 22, 2020), which is the legendary experimental pop bands first real new album in decades.
These four tracks are reworks, which dont appear as such on the album. They expand on the imaginative world of the 'Figures' album, with its unique instrumentation, its sound collages and diverse, enigmatic moods.
Tout a une fin (short version)
A tight 3-minute track including a song part (in which Vronique Vincents voice performs sinuous variations around the words in the title) and a section featuring electronic, rock and orchestral instrumentation rising to a wild, crescendo finale.
Blaue Bleistift
Unveiling some of the more electronic and experimental aspects of the new LP, with its criss-crossing keyboard lines and sound collages. Kind of a mysterious, ambient cousin of Aksak Mabouls Saure Gurke?
C'est Charles (edit)
An edited version of a song which ends on the sound of a crowd chanting slogans (What we want Is)
Silent Silhouettes
This almost-instrumental track might be evoking a kind of electronic tango, or a dream scene in a Fellini movie?
'Tout a une fin' was also released in the shape of a dizzying music video directed by animator/collagist Yoann Stehr (whose recent work includes short films for fashion designer Paul Smith).
Just like the Figures album, this EP was written and produced by Marc Hollander & Vronique Vincent (respectively founder of Aksak Maboul & Crammed Discs, and former vocalist with The Honeymoon Killers). The tracks were performed by the protagonists with contributions by the rest of bands current line-up of Faustine Hollander, Lucien Fraipont (Robbing Millions), Erik Heestermans, and by guest such as Fred Frith and members of Aquaserge.
From the press on Aksak Mabouls Figures:
The long-running Belgian avant-garde band explore complicated gender dynamics on their ambitious new double album. (Pitchfork, US)
Hollanders inventive arrangements and programming make Aksak Mabouls music so exhilarating and durable. Mischievous and purposefully eclectic wide-ranging appeal (The Wire, UK)
A masterful lesson in contemporary pop. Across 22 tracks, Figures jumps from the craziest experimentations to irresistible pop songs, with joyful ease (Les Inrockuptibles, FR)
The focus is on playfulness and the joy of experimenting. And these delights are contagious. Album of the Week (ByteFM, DE)
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released September 18, 2020
https://aksakmaboul.bandcamp.com/album/charles-f-bleistift-ep
These four tracks are reworks, which dont appear as such on the album. They expand on the imaginative world of the 'Figures' album, with its unique instrumentation, its sound collages and diverse, enigmatic moods.
Tout a une fin (short version)
A tight 3-minute track including a song part (in which Vronique Vincents voice performs sinuous variations around the words in the title) and a section featuring electronic, rock and orchestral instrumentation rising to a wild, crescendo finale.
Blaue Bleistift
Unveiling some of the more electronic and experimental aspects of the new LP, with its criss-crossing keyboard lines and sound collages. Kind of a mysterious, ambient cousin of Aksak Mabouls Saure Gurke?
C'est Charles (edit)
An edited version of a song which ends on the sound of a crowd chanting slogans (What we want Is)
Silent Silhouettes
This almost-instrumental track might be evoking a kind of electronic tango, or a dream scene in a Fellini movie?
'Tout a une fin' was also released in the shape of a dizzying music video directed by animator/collagist Yoann Stehr (whose recent work includes short films for fashion designer Paul Smith).
Just like the Figures album, this EP was written and produced by Marc Hollander & Vronique Vincent (respectively founder of Aksak Maboul & Crammed Discs, and former vocalist with The Honeymoon Killers). The tracks were performed by the protagonists with contributions by the rest of bands current line-up of Faustine Hollander, Lucien Fraipont (Robbing Millions), Erik Heestermans, and by guest such as Fred Frith and members of Aquaserge.
From the press on Aksak Mabouls Figures:
The long-running Belgian avant-garde band explore complicated gender dynamics on their ambitious new double album. (Pitchfork, US)
Hollanders inventive arrangements and programming make Aksak Mabouls music so exhilarating and durable. Mischievous and purposefully eclectic wide-ranging appeal (The Wire, UK)
A masterful lesson in contemporary pop. Across 22 tracks, Figures jumps from the craziest experimentations to irresistible pop songs, with joyful ease (Les Inrockuptibles, FR)
The focus is on playfulness and the joy of experimenting. And these delights are contagious. Album of the Week (ByteFM, DE)
credits
released September 18, 2020
https://aksakmaboul.bandcamp.com/album/charles-f-bleistift-ep