Songs (click on the -icons
for a small audio-sample) 1.
fish and chips
2. cigarette
3. ladybugs
4. the ranch
5. belmondo
6. bleu
7. ming
8. waterpussy
9. cosmostar
10. bulldozer
11. octopus
12. disparue
Produced by Peter Clasen & Glyth
Recorded at the 508.
Sleeve design : hubert de jamblinne (le.cartel@bigfoot.com)
Digital drawings by Cristophe Bailleau
My opinion
That "le beat Français" has conquered the beats-loving part
of mankind cannot only be read from the successes of Daft Punk, Etienne de Crécy,
Charles Schillings, Mr. Oizo ... also Glyth seems to be a new form of it.
Initially geared towards the black rock and industrial that was being made in
these parts, Frenchman Christophe Bailleau came over here with a breeze from the
South, and he hasn't left since. Since then, his music has been evolving from
dark industrial noise to a danceable mixture in tune with the wave of french beat
that since the breaktrough of Daft Punk has been produced in a steady stream by
our neighbours.
On "Redefine Love", the third full-cd of Christophe Bailleau as "Glyth",
Peter Clasen of the eclectic Belgian dance-formation Neven was recruited. Apart
from a few rare expeptions, the result is a almost completely made up of electronics
and keyboards on the verge of slow-motion beats, lounge, disco and some echo's
from far corners of the globe ("Ming", "Fish & Chips"
...). The disadvantages of this approach haven't been avoided : the thing has
a cold and clinical feeling to it. It also "faceless" music, almost
completely instrumental.
However, a number of the songs are of the catchy kind : thus "Belmondo"
invites you to a car chase from a fine movie, "cigarette" invites you
to the stilishly lighting of a "gauloise bleue", "Waterpussy"
and "Bulldozer" invite you to some moronic moving on the dance-floor,
and "Disparue" invites to shaking your ass off.
"Cosmostar" also seems to be coming from a movie, and it turns out that
this was the case : it is an adaptation of the "Star Trek"-theme (written
by Gene Roddenberry himself).
Groovy.
And your opinion?
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Where to buy this CD ?
Apparently, ordering this CD online is difficult (researched on November 18,
1999. Perhaps the album is sold in these shops when you read this).
The lowest price is in yellow, the highest in red. This price comparison doesn't
take things into account like deduction of shipping expenses when ordering more
than 1 cd, bonus points, differences in guarantees ... Shipping prices are those
for customers in Belgium.
Have you seen this record elsewhere on the net, do you own an online-CD-shop
with Belgian products in it, or if there's something wrong with my calculations
: let me know.
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Mail : exit.recor@skynet.be
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Tel : +32(0)3/324.29.02
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