Encore + Grande — Total Bliss (Reissue) (1986/1997)

10 Oct, 07:36
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Artist: Encore + Grande
Title: Total Bliss
Year Of Release: 1986/1997
Label: Gazul Records
Genre: Art Rock, Prog Rock, Avant-prog
Quality: Flac (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 39:09
Total Size: 278 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Encore + Grande — Total Bliss (Reissue) (1986/1997)

Tracklist:

01. Gimme Printemps
02. Dud Splurge Part Two
03. Polking Finger
04. Chinoiserie
05. Sous l’Étendard du Soleil
06. Total Bliss-o-Bill
07. Sister Into Rundfunk
08. Pauvre Comme Moi/Perversions In A Flat Perspective
09. Tune Is Mood
10. Damp Feet
11. Wriggling In Volcano Mud
12. Amorphous Overall
13. № 13

Line-up:
Han Buhrs — vocals, add. slide guitar (3, 11)
Guy Sapin — guitars, backing vocals & handclaps (5)
Raymund Van Santen — soprano/alto/tenor saxophones, clarinet, synthesizers, piano (3), backing vocals & handclaps (5)
Guigou Chenevier — drums, percussion, voice (3), backing vocals & handclaps (5), tenor saxophone (10)
Additional musicians:
Tim Hodgkinson — voice (3), marimba (5), radios (7), clarinet (8), loop (12)
Frank Van Berkel — bass (5), end-loop (12)
Sophie Jausserand, Marian Verkerk, Chris Uiterwijk, Alfred Bueno — choir (3)

Encore + Grande is a multinational avant-gardiste band (French and Dutch) consisting of Guigou Chenevier (Étron Fou Leloublan, Volapük, Guigou Chenevier & Les Figures), Guy Sapin, Han Buhrs (Nine Tobs) and Raymund Van Santen (Nine Tobs). Chenevier and Sapin had already worked together in Chenevier?s project with Sophie Jausserand, À l?abris des micro-climats. They also worked on Chenevier?s first solo album named Le diapason du Père Ubu.
Encore + Grande made only one album named Total Bliss. It was released in 1987. Everyone who loves Étron Fou Leloublan should also be appealed by their music. They have a lot of similarities musically but in Encore + Grande, the vocalist is not Chenevier but Han Buhrs. His voice is something of an acquired taste. Some would love it, and some will hate it too. Of course, if you have never heard avant-garde music, this could frighten you right away, but if you are a lover of experimentalism and RIO sound, this might just be a great band for you.

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