
Passé Composé Futur Conditionnel
Le Ton Mité
Available Formats | Tracks | Price | Buy |
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CD Album | 50 tracks | £9.99 | |
12" Vinyl Album | 50 tracks | £19.99 | |
Download Album (MP3) | 50 tracks | £7.99 | |
Download Album (FLAC) | 50 tracks | £7.99 | |
Download individual tracks | From £0.79 |
Description
Le Ton Mité - Passé Composé Futur Conditionnel
LE TON MITÉ is a musical cooperative that revolves around the compositions of itinerant musician, instrument maker and fine artist McCloud Zicmuse, an American expatriate in permanent residence in Brussels.
Having left the United States in the mid-noughties on a European sojourn that never ended, McCloud wound up in the Belgian capital in the fall of 2008. Half a decade on, a time in which he has embedded himself in European life via puppet shows, archery guilds, folkloric events, theatre projects and a catalogue of idiosyncratic solo and group works (perhaps most recognisably the 2011 Hoquets album on Crammed Discs called 'Belgotronics'), McCloud returned to the States, to revisit places he had not seen, in some cases, for 15 years.
Passé Composé Futur Conditionnel is the stunningly realised soundtrack to this voyage. A finely woven double album patchwork of 50 songs, in its 67 minutes it absorbs a lifetime's worth of landscapes, reflections, encounters, anecdotes and movements. In addition to a core group of Belgian master musicians, a number of songs feature the fruitful intervention of Deerhoof's John Dieterich as well as a keyboard cameo from Heather Trost (A Hawk and A Hacksaw), with the resolutely pop sound of the LTM group rendered dynamic by infusions of jazz, baroque, folk & R'n'B. Thus the album takes endless playful musical diversions in its bittersweet stride, including deep-fried protest soul ('Class War'), Seattle-homaging alt.rock joy ('Space Needle'), spectral synth balladry ('Mystery Trail') and micro-bursts of tumbling free jazz ('Gaspillage'). McCloud is your navigator throughout: showman, troubadour, puppeteer, sage...sometimes everything at once.
On one level a joyous testament to the fast-evaporating wonders of cultural pluralism and roving human spirit, Passé Composé Futur Conditionnel is, at heart, a swan song to McCloud's motherland, a place that never will exist again. It is the battle cry against nostalgia, and the fruit of years of work from a true nomad artist of our culturally flatlined times, the liberation of knowing that home is no longer a place, but a state of mind.
Having left the United States in the mid-noughties on a European sojourn that never ended, McCloud wound up in the Belgian capital in the fall of 2008. Half a decade on, a time in which he has embedded himself in European life via puppet shows, archery guilds, folkloric events, theatre projects and a catalogue of idiosyncratic solo and group works (perhaps most recognisably the 2011 Hoquets album on Crammed Discs called 'Belgotronics'), McCloud returned to the States, to revisit places he had not seen, in some cases, for 15 years.
Passé Composé Futur Conditionnel is the stunningly realised soundtrack to this voyage. A finely woven double album patchwork of 50 songs, in its 67 minutes it absorbs a lifetime's worth of landscapes, reflections, encounters, anecdotes and movements. In addition to a core group of Belgian master musicians, a number of songs feature the fruitful intervention of Deerhoof's John Dieterich as well as a keyboard cameo from Heather Trost (A Hawk and A Hacksaw), with the resolutely pop sound of the LTM group rendered dynamic by infusions of jazz, baroque, folk & R'n'B. Thus the album takes endless playful musical diversions in its bittersweet stride, including deep-fried protest soul ('Class War'), Seattle-homaging alt.rock joy ('Space Needle'), spectral synth balladry ('Mystery Trail') and micro-bursts of tumbling free jazz ('Gaspillage'). McCloud is your navigator throughout: showman, troubadour, puppeteer, sage...sometimes everything at once.
On one level a joyous testament to the fast-evaporating wonders of cultural pluralism and roving human spirit, Passé Composé Futur Conditionnel is, at heart, a swan song to McCloud's motherland, a place that never will exist again. It is the battle cry against nostalgia, and the fruit of years of work from a true nomad artist of our culturally flatlined times, the liberation of knowing that home is no longer a place, but a state of mind.
Tracklisting
CD Album (MTM43)
- Le Ton Mité - Décalage Horaire
- Le Ton Mité - Oude Dworp
- Le Ton Mité - Cantina Mexicana
- Le Ton Mité - L'Orage Qui Nous Accueille
- Le Ton Mité - Class War
- Le Ton Mité - La Danse Carré
- Le Ton Mité - Did Pharoah Saunders Ever Come Back?
- Le Ton Mité - Sources Chaudes
- Le Ton Mité - Petit Jean
- Le Ton Mité - Anse De Liberté
- Le Ton Mité - Encounter Group (Ultimately We March!)
- Le Ton Mité - Petit Bis
- Le Ton Mité - Hooch Wine
- Le Ton Mité - Buffalo
- Le Ton Mité - Eureka!
- Le Ton Mité - Gaspillage
- Le Ton Mité - 5' = 45'
- Le Ton Mité - Indépendance
- Le Ton Mité - Paysages Éphémères
- Le Ton Mité - Al-BBQ-uerque Pizza
- Le Ton Mité - Antonio
- Le Ton Mité - Mystery Trail
- Le Ton Mité - Tamale Claus
- Le Ton Mité - El Camino Real
- Le Ton Mité - Un Litre De Salsa
- Le Ton Mité - Dans L'Ombre De Georgia O'Keefe
- Le Ton Mité - Holy Dirt
- Le Ton Mité - Space Needle
- Le Ton Mité - A Dog
- Le Ton Mité - Retour À La Double Cime
- Le Ton Mité - Olympia By Bus
- Le Ton Mité - Donne Moi Une Heure Dans Un Lac
- Le Ton Mité - Ghost Buildings Of A Past Life
- Le Ton Mité - Butoh Dancers
- Le Ton Mité - Al Gives Us A Ride
- Le Ton Mité - L'Esprit Viking
- Le Ton Mité - Micro-Capitalism (My Friends Are Hustlers)
- Le Ton Mité - Amtrak Cascades
- Le Ton Mité - Haceta Head
- Le Ton Mité - Mare Résiduelle
- Le Ton Mité - Pois Frais
- Le Ton Mité - Jamming Foiré
- Le Ton Mité - Crater Lake Majesty
- Le Ton Mité - Les Ricocheteurs
- Le Ton Mité - An Awkward Moment
- Le Ton Mité - One Minute Later
- Le Ton Mité - Last Of The Boxes
- Le Ton Mité - Hommeling
- Le Ton Mité - There Was A Dome Of Awesome But Now It's Gone
- Le Ton Mité - Passé Composé Futur Conditionnel
12" Vinyl Album (MTM43LP)
- Le Ton Mité - Décalage Horaire
- Le Ton Mité - Oude Dworp
- Le Ton Mité - Cantina Mexicana
- Le Ton Mité - L'Orage Qui Nous Accueille
- Le Ton Mité - Class War
- Le Ton Mité - La Danse Carré
- Le Ton Mité - Did Pharoah Saunders Ever Come Back?
- Le Ton Mité - Sources Chaudes
- Le Ton Mité - Petit Jean
- Le Ton Mité - Anse De Liberté
- Le Ton Mité - Encounter Group (Ultimately We March!)
- Le Ton Mité - Petit Bis
- Le Ton Mité - Hooch Wine
- Le Ton Mité - Buffalo
- Le Ton Mité - Eureka!
- Le Ton Mité - Gaspillage
- Le Ton Mité - 5' = 45'
- Le Ton Mité - Space Needle
- Le Ton Mité - Mare Résiduelle
Download Album (MTM43.1)
- Le Ton Mité - Décalage Horaire
- Le Ton Mité - Oude Dworp
- Le Ton Mité - Cantina Mexicana
- Le Ton Mité - L'Orage Qui Nous Accueille
- Le Ton Mité - Class War
- Le Ton Mité - La Danse Carré
- Le Ton Mité - Did Pharoah Saunders Ever Come Back?
- Le Ton Mité - Sources Chaudes
- Le Ton Mité - Petit Jean
- Le Ton Mité - Anse De Liberté
- Le Ton Mité - Encounter Group (Ultimately We March!)
- Le Ton Mité - Petit Bis
- Le Ton Mité - Hooch Wine
- Le Ton Mité - Buffalo
- Le Ton Mité - Eureka!
- Le Ton Mité - Gaspillage
- Le Ton Mité - 5' = 45'
- Le Ton Mité - Indépendance
- Le Ton Mité - Paysages Éphémères
- Le Ton Mité - Al-BBQ-uerque Pizza
- Le Ton Mité - Antonio
- Le Ton Mité - Mystery Trail
- Le Ton Mité - Tamale Claus
- Le Ton Mité - El Camino Real
- Le Ton Mité - Un Litre De Salsa
- Le Ton Mité - Dans L'Ombre De Georgia O'Keefe
- Le Ton Mité - Holy Dirt
- Le Ton Mité - Space Needle
- Le Ton Mité - A Dog
- Le Ton Mité - Retour À La Double Cime
- Le Ton Mité - Olympia By Bus
- Le Ton Mité - Donne Moi Une Heure Dans Un Lac
- Le Ton Mité - Ghost Buildings Of A Past Life
- Le Ton Mité - Butoh Dancers
- Le Ton Mité - Al Gives Us A Ride
- Le Ton Mité - L'Esprit Viking
- Le Ton Mité - Micro-Capitalism (My Friends Are Hustlers)
- Le Ton Mité - Amtrak Cascades
- Le Ton Mité - Haceta Head
- Le Ton Mité - Mare Résiduelle
- Le Ton Mité - Pois Frais
- Le Ton Mité - Jamming Foiré
- Le Ton Mité - Crater Lake Majesty
- Le Ton Mité - Les Ricocheteurs
- Le Ton Mité - An Awkward Moment
- Le Ton Mité - One Minute Later
- Le Ton Mité - Last Of The Boxes
- Le Ton Mité - Hommeling
- Le Ton Mité - There Was A Dome Of Awesome But Now It's Gone
- Le Ton Mité - Passé Composé Futur Conditionnel