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23 Aug 08 - 03:26 AM (#2420542) Subject: Les Primitifs Du Futur From: CarolC What could be better than this? Tribal Musette Webster Hall #1 (don't know the title, that's probably the location Don't know what this is On PRI's The World Sound samples and downloads "Legendary underground cartoonist Robert Crumb and guitarist Dominique Cravic founded Les Primitifs du Futur in 1986 craving real Parisian musette instead of poor imitations heard in variety shows. It sounds like they've stepped right out the 30's, the members of Les Primitifs du Futur brilliantly blend world-musette and Django-style guitar into old-fashion originals. What the Parisian band actually plays is "musette", a style developed in France at the turn of the century before exploding in Paris in the 30's and '40s. Mixing popular folk dancing from Auvergne with swing, gypsy inflections, and polka, musette is by definition dance music. The Primitifs leader, guitarist Dominique Cravic, wrote most of the material and gathered a crack team of experts on such instruments as the jazzo-flute, the xylophone, the cabrette or the musical saw. The band pays tribute to musette, mixing it up with as many dance styles as possible, leading to unholy dancefloor experiments that call to mind a Parisian fantasy in which 40's-style gangsters hang out with gypsy bad boys. With their three albums made up of original compositions, the Primitifs du Futur remain at the forefront of the renaissance of chanson francaise manifestly occurring in France today. The group first came to public attention via its most famous member - the late American cartoonist Robert Crumb. Even without him, they're definitely exciting... |
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23 Aug 08 - 03:29 AM (#2420543) Subject: RE: Les Primitifs Du Futur From: CarolC Oops. Forgot to close a parenthesis and a quote. |
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23 Aug 08 - 09:58 AM (#2420637) Subject: RE: Les Primitifs Du Futur From: Dave Hanson No shit eh ! eric |
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23 Aug 08 - 01:14 PM (#2420749) Subject: RE: Les Primitifs Du Futur From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy They've been around a while I have their earlier recordings, with R. Crumb artwork and performing, VERY FUN MUSIC, they just did a small tour of the US, New Orleand and the East Coast, NYC, would have loved to see them live, look for all thier music it's worth having |
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23 Aug 08 - 03:02 PM (#2420799) Subject: RE: Les Primitifs Du Futur From: fat B****rd I would sing in the bathtub but I don't have one. But I'll be checking these tracks out. Thankyou Carol, I hope you and your accordion are well, Charlie. |
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23 Aug 08 - 03:45 PM (#2420826) Subject: RE: Les Primitifs Du Futur From: CarolC We are indeed, thanks. And likewise. |