Vannier,Jean-Claude L'Enfant Assasin Des Mouches CD

The debut release from Finders Keepers Records, we present the seminal 1972 album from Serge Gainsbourg's right-hand man Jean-Claude Vannier. Recorded during the same sessions as Gainsbourg's highly acclaimed masterpiece "Melody Nelson" it follows in a similar avant-garde rock-opera vein. "L'Enfant Assasin Des Mouches" (The Child Fly-Killer) is a supernatural tale written by Gainsbourg depicting the journey of the young child travelling through a nightmarish "Fly Kingdom". Vannier narrates the story with sparse music concrete sounds coupled with choirs, funky beats, cowbells, wah-wah guitars and ethnic strings. Comparisons could be made with some of Frank Zappa's "Hot Rats" material and Alain Goraguer's creepy "Le Planet Sauvge".

1. Enfant la Mouche Les Allumettes (The Child the Fly and the Matches) 2. Enfant Au Royaume Des Mouches (The Child in the Fly Kingdom) 3. Danse Des Mouches Noires Gardes Du Roi (Dance of the Black Flies,...) 4. Danse de L'enfant Et Du Roi Des Moushes (Dance of the Child and...) 5. Roi Des Mouches Et la Confiture de Rouse (The King of the Flies...) 6. Enfant Assassin Des Mouches (The Child Fly-Killer) 7. Garde Volent Au Secours Du Roi (The Guards Fly to the King's Rescue) 8. Mort Du Roi Des Mouches (Death of the King of Flies) 9. Pattes de Mouches (Spidery Scrawl/Fly Legs) 10. Papier Tue-Enfant (The Paper Child-Killer) 11. Petite Agonie de L'enfant Assassin (The Death Throes of the Child...) 12. Je M'appelle Geraldine [Mid-Tempo] 13. Je M'appelle Geraldine [Up-Tempo]