Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson Artist_Urban Volcano Sounds

Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson Artist_Urban Volcano SoundsIt's safe to say that Serge Gainsbourg wouldn't have fared well post #metoo and Operation Yew Tree. This 1971 LP was a concept album about a middle aged man running his Rolls Royce into a teenage girl who he later seduced. It was probably less romantic when Stuart Hall did this kind of thing because Gainsbourg had a gallic flair for words and music that took him between folk, easy listening a proto hip hop on an album often considered his masterpiece.

For all the band’s talk of free jazz and no wave influences

I wanted to not only incorporate all those techniques in the compositions but also wanted them to become part of my general improvisatory language

The finest vinylite compound is used

Recent Songs is the sixth studio album by Leonard Cohen

We pay our respects to their Elders

and a wide collection of tracks from his solo career

It was a fortuitous moment to arrive in New York

” they sing

Inspired by everything from Satie to the Cocteau Twins

A ritornello that awakens

fulfilling expectations and generally confining their sound within a specific set of parameters

as a limited edition LP for the first time with an iconic obi strip attached