Figures

by Aksak Maboul

Figures cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 May 2020
  • Label: Crammed Discs
  • Country: Belgium
  • Length: 1:15:38
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Fred Frith, Marc Hollander, Benjamin Glibert, Faustine Hollander, goblet drum, Erik Heestermans, Audrey Ginestet, Sebastiaan Van den Branden, Jordi Grognard, Michel Berckmans, Julien Gasc

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Reactivating his legendary avant-pop moniker for its first studio album in three decades, Marc Hollander delivers a sprawling, double-disc opus. Featuring vocals predominantly from Véronique Vincent, the record draws from a deep well of European jazz, 1970s electronic minimalism, and surrealist spoken word. It serves as a brilliant, unexpected revival that honors the project's roots while sounding entirely modern.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, progressive, melodic, experimental, diverse, theatrical, electronic

Tracklist

  1. Among The Naeporu (0:28)
  2. C'est Charles (4:20)
  3. Taciturne (6:54)
  4. Silhouettes (4:39)
  5. True, False, Fictive (1:25)
  6. Histoires de fous (5:32)
  7. Sophie La Bévue (1:57)
  8. Formerly Known As Défilé (3:20)
  9. How Should One Read a Book? (0:28)
  10. Spleenétique (5:47)
  11. Sgraffites (4:20)
  12. The Untranslatable (1:32)
  13. Retour chez A. (5:00)
  14. Dramuscule (6:42)
  15. Excerpt from Uccellini (1:16)
  16. Un Caïd (5:26)
  17. Martial Arts for Boys (0:16)
  18. Un certain M. (1:26)
  19. Ins Bleistiftgebiet (1:33)
  20. Fatrasie pulvérisée (3:33)
  21. Qu'est-ce que c'est "mot "? (1:01)
  22. Tout a une fin (8:35)

Credits

  • Aksak Maboul - primary artist
  • Véronique Vincent - artwork [drawings], painting, vocals, words by, voice [found voices], sounds [les étres de la réverie sinuante]
  • Julien Gasc - music by, synth, voice, vocals
  • Catherine Jauniaux - voice [words spoken here and there]
  • Thierry Smolderen - voice [words spoken here and there]
  • Tom Cora - voice [words spoken here and there]
  • Sebastiaan Van den Branden - guitar, electronic drums [additional electronic percussion], rhythm guitar
  • Fred Frith - viola, guitar, viola, guitar [conversing guitars on part 2]

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