Various Artists - Crammed Global Soundclash - The Connoisseur Edition

Crammed Global Soundclash - The Connoisseur Edition

Various Artists

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CD Boxed Set 62 tracks £12.99

Description

Various Artists - Crammed Global Soundclash - The Connoisseur Edition

Since the early ‘80s, the Crammed label has been exploring new forms of musical fusion, mixing elements of world, rock & electronic music, and often anticipating the musical movements which bloomed during the next two decades. Crammed have now re-issued 12 essential albums from that fertile and exciting period period.

The series consists of 14 releases: a double compilation and 12 artist albums (some of which had never been released on CD, including the long-awaited Honeymoon Killers album and the first Aksak Maboul opus, which laid the foundations of the Crammed aesthetics).

The Crammed Global Soundclash compilation is an introduction to the label's own strange '80s. It features a total of 57 tracks or fragments, by artists from Congo, the UK, Iran, Japan, France, Iraq, Belgium, Norway, Israel, Ethiopia & the USA, and was compiled and mixed by Crammed originator Marc Hollander.

Each of the two volumes explores a slightly different aspect of Crammed's '80s output, as witnessed by the subtitles (World Fusion and ElectroWave).

Also included in this boxed set is a bonus CD with five remixes of '80s tracks, and a 52-page illustrated diary of “the ’80s according to Crammed”.

Reviews

“Staggeringly diverse re-releases from Belgian label ten years ahead of its time” (Uncut, UK)
”Unique and unrivalled” (Le Monde de la Musique, France).
“Iconoclastic and visionary... ” (Les Inrockuptibles, France).
“Original and visionary” (Update, UK). “Visionary...quasi-prophetic...” (Magic, France).
“20 years ahead of its time” (Rolling Stone, France).
“To this day, Crammed remains an obscure object of desire” (Coda, France)

Tracklisting

CD Boxed Set (CRAM 100)
    1. Munipe Wa Kati (CGS)
    2. Dans Les Jardins (CGS)
    3. L’Apparition (CGS)
    4. Jounieh (CGS)
    5. Mangungu (CGS)
    6. Hommes Assis Devant Un Mur Chaule (CGS)
    7. Ishtar (CGS)
    8. Vera C. (CGS)
    9. When It's War (CGS)
    10. Sidetegnash Negn (CGS)
    11. Sub-Lunar Folly (CGS)
    12. The Glassmaker
    13. Le Maka
    14. Milano Per Caso (CGS)
    15. Mama Lenvo (CGS)
    16. Ravishments In The Seraglio (CGS)
    17. Cine Città (CGS)
    18. The Big Dig (CGS)
    19. Bonus b/EA/S/T (CGS)
    20. Desert Equations (CGS)
    21. In A Manner Of Speaking (CGS)
    22. Tippi Rider (CGS)
    23. Retour Chez Les Futuristes (CGS)
    24. Un Celte (CGS)
    25. Hole Version (CGS)
    26. Decollage (CGS)
    27. Bamako Ou Ailleurs (CGS)
    28. Volo Vivace (CGS)
    29. Sunny Day (CGS)
    30. Bolingo (CGS)
    31. Scratch Holiday (CGS)
    32. Low Flight (CGS)
    33. The Waltz (CGS)
    34. Romeo Sama (CGS)
    35. Blue Angel (CGS)
    1. Saure Gurke (CGS)
    2. Next One is Real (CGS)
    3. Wait & See (Histoire A Suivre) (CGS)
    4. Marseille (CGS)
    5. Take Me Away (CGS)
    6. La Morte (CGS)
    7. Marienbad (CGS)
    8. Blank Sheets (CGS)
    9. M’Pasi Ya M’Pamba remix (CGS)
    10. Statik Dancin’ (CGS)
    11. Tritone (CGS)
    12. Chez Les Aborigenes (demo) (CGS)
    13. Jinx (CGS)
    14. The Observatory (CGS)
    15. Better Later Than Never (CGS)
    16. Lovely Lady Of The Roses (CGS)
    17. I Don't Like Music (CGS)
    18. Tales Of Taboo (CGS)
    19. Guilty (CGS)
    20. Some Guys (CGS)
    21. Fonce A mort (CGS)
    22. O My Beautiful Song (CGS)
    1. Saure Gurke (Juryman Mix)
    2. Autumn Leaves (International Observer Mix)
    3. Decollage (Bigga Bush Mix)
    4. The Waltz (Chilluminati Mix)
    5. M'pasi Ya M'pamba (Château Flight Mix)