FRIDAY FUSION
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Picking up from last weeks’ German excursion, I’m keeping it Continental with Belgian keyboard don Marc Moulin. He lays out a track here from his 1975 lp ‘Sam Suffy’ which opens up to a classic synth break that knocked me out the first time I heard it in a filthy little soho record shop many years ago, and is still a regular on the ‘Pod. To be honest, I could do with another 10 minutes of that and pass on the Hancock-esque piano breakdown at the end, but hey…
Moulin’s output tended to lean towards the funkier side of things, but it got much more interesting when he went more experimental in the ‘Placebo’ years. What really makes them stand out for me, is that while many other groups of the time were high on indulgence, low on substance, they were always the exact opposite… the tune, arrangement and production being far more important than any amount of ear-shredding solos. They may lack a touch of the edge that some of the other classic acts had, but their minimal approach and willingness to hang a whole track on just one or two sounds has stood the test of time, still sounds fresh as hell and more than merits a place in my top ten. Enjoy.
Check out Balek, Temse, Stomp & S.U.S. on the Placebo Years 1971-74 for more…
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January 16, 2010 | | Share This;
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