Fantaisie militaire
by Alain Bashung
- Type: Album
- Released: 6 January 1998
- Label: Barclay
- Country: France
- Length: 49:19
- Community rating: 3.97/5 from 7 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Fantaisie militaire' is a lush, profoundly poetic masterpiece of the 'nouvelle chanson fran莽aise' movement. Alain Bashung collaborates with a vast array of musicians to merge elegant chamber pop with subtle downtempo electronics, creating a somber, highly existential, and atmospheric listening experience.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, existential, french, literary, theatrical
Tracklist
- Malaxe (4:32)
- La nuit je mens (4:24)
- Fantaisie militaire (4:47)
- 2043 (3:44)
- Mes prisons (4:07)
- Ode 脿 la vie (4:16)
- Dehors (3:29)
- Samuel Hall (5:05)
- Aucun express (4:05)
- Au pavillon des lauriers (4:43)
- Sommes-nous (3:55)
- Angora (2:06)
Credits
- Alain Bashung - primary artist
- Tim Young - mastered by, mastering
- Virginie Michaud - conductor
- Jean Lamoot - engineer, assistant producer, programming, recording, assistant sound
- Martyn Barker - membranophone percussion
- Simon Edwards - electric bass guitar harpsichord percussion
- 脡dith Fambuena - acoustic guitar electric guitar, programming
- Richard Mortier - synthesizer, programming
- Jean-Louis Pi茅rot - Hammond organ harpsichord piano synthesizer vibraphone, programming
- Adrian Utley - electric guitar
- Joseph Racaille - stringsarranger
- Ian Caple - mix, producer, sound
- Andr茅 Horftmann - assistant mix
- Alhambra - performing orchestra
- Laurent Seroussi - photography
- Anne Lamy - executive producer
- St茅phane Prin - assistant recording