Monday 6 August 2012

Ripping Vinyl - April March

I can't believe it's been nearly 4 months since I posted that ace early 60s Tienou 45! But I have finally made myself a little time to get some more vinyl ripped, and now I just need to find the time to post it. So if you enjoy this one, please do leave a comment and it will certainly encourage me to post some more...

Today we have a rare and tasty treat from April March: a 10" clear vinyl ep Dans les yeux d'April March, with Bertrand Burgalat on production duties, released in 1999 on French label Tricatel (the first release from their 'Tricatel Club' series).


Track 1 is a sparkling synth/lounge pop re-working of Chantal Goya’s delectable Mon Ange Gardien. This is a slightly different mix to the version you may have heard on All's Fair In Love and Chick Factor, with cleaner production and a little lighter on the reverb and effects.

April March - Mon Ange Gardien

Glucide is a purely instrumental mix of the song Sugar (the opener on her Chrominance Decoder album). Removing April’s (occasionally too cloyingly) sweet vocal has allowed Monsieur Burgalat’s retro-futurist production sensibilities to shine. The result: a sinister 70s synth-funk workout.

April March - Glucide



And first on Face B is Magic Ass: A raw'n'gutsy freakbeat-y number, with a cool sitar breakdown and a chorus which seems to go “Cos Johnny’s is a magic… I can tell by the way she walks”. I like to think it’s a reference to Jane Birkin’s character in the taboo Gainsbourg-directed film Je T’aime, Moi Non Plus. Magic Ass indeed!

Whoever Johnny is, the song is ace and I defy you not to get up and get down to it!

April March - Magic Ass


The final track is another instrumental (this time a version of Mignonette, also from Chrominance Decoder), and it would seem Burgalat’s intention here was to give April her very own Brigitte Bardot Show-style dance workout. Dance, April, dance!

April March - Ningette


[Dans Les Yeux d'April March has long been deleted, but there are 2nd hand copies out there if you are willing to pay good money, see Discogs.com or CDandLP.com.]

6 comments:

Darby said...

Mon ange gardien is a really great track, both April's & Chantal's.. the instrumental Mignonette & Glucide is very cool.. thanks for ripping it & for sharing!!

Dom said...

Thanks Darby, pleased you enjoyed the April March post.

herm said...

I really hope you'll find time to post more of your obvious exeptional vinylcollection

Dom said...

so you enjoyed the April March, herm? I shall be dipping into my vinyl collection again sometime soon.
Thanks

georgebucio said...

Thanks for the post!

I'm gonna listen to this stuff right now,

If you have any other rare Burgalat or April March stuff
you should definitely post it up!

Thanks again.

Dom said...

Thanks George. Now that you mention it I do have some more Bertrand Burgalat stuff, including a 10 inch from the same series as this one. Will put it on my to-do list

cheers!