Label: Crammed Discs – cram 020 LP, Crammed Discs – CRAM 020
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Belgium
Released: Sep 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Modern Classical, Minimal
One of the jewels in the seminal Crammed Discs back catalogue, Benjamin Lew & Steven Brown’s ‘Douzième Journée: Le Verbe, La Parure, L’Amour’ – a bit of a tongue twister for the English speakers amongst us. Opener ‘Bamako Ou Ailleurs’ mixes pretty twisted, heart-of-darkness styled melodies and minimal drums for a sort of Muslimgauze-indebted chug with added SAX, whilst ‘Dans Les Jardins’ moves into ayahuasca-soaked tribal territory settling up the more delicate and altogether more intimate ‘Il, Les Quitta À L’Aube’ – a firm favourite at the Microdosing parties (RIP). Like most of the incredible Crammed output, definitely very difficult to categorise this one but one that’s only got better with age. (NM/VG+)
Tracklist
Bamako Ou Ailleurs 4:15
Passage 1:40
De L’Autre Côté Du Fleuve 4:05
L’Ile, L’Hôtel 3:30
Aveugle, Depuis 5:15
Elle S’Avança 3:40
Dans Les Jardins 7:37
Les Autres, Tous 7:10
Il, Les Quitta À L’Aube 4:30