Freedom To Spend 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Danielle Boutet's Pieces is a mysterious artifact of Quebecois marginalia, self-released in 1985. Seeming to land squarely in the French no wave niche, yet nonetheless defying it through sinister inversions of the form, the reissued album comes as a reminder of Boutet's impressive command over atmosphere and narrative. Arabesque monologues in her native French soar over warblingly warm arpeggios, which sound ready-primed for traversals of Transylvania, while the more languid cuts make use of impressively synthetic emulations of what could otherwise sound like affectedly acoustic instruments, such as the "harmonica" on 'En attendant l'aube'. This is a welcome unearthing of an otherwise unconscious album, made in the space between REM sleep and authentic, out-of-the-limelight living.

Review: Freedom To Spend finally make available again the great 1992 debut album by Chaleur Humaine. It has been remastered for the occasion and is the first time it's been available for many years. This limited edition bundles also comes with a bonus 45 featuring the singles 'Maelstrom' and 'Human' which are two more gems form the arsenal of the French duo of musicians and siblings, Danielle and Didier Jean. This album came after two records of pop songs that no one really cared for and so the pair head off to build their own studio un Orsay, Paris, to create this newly liberated sound which is a mix of new age electronics and dreamy vocals.