Rezension
Re-Issue des Bandprojekts, dem später die Solistin Isabel(la) Antena entsprang. Von 1982, damals auf Factory erschienen, also im Underground. Minimal-Electro-Bossa mit ganz leichter Hanglage hinsichtlich behutsam gesetzter Quertöne, aber natürlich mit der Stimme von Charmebombe Isabel Antena. Die Untergrund-Ausgabe von Bebel Gilberto nur dass hier im wohlsortierten Latinorhythmus einfach mehr Revolution war. Die einstige EP ist mit Bonus-Tracks und einigen Singles mächtig angewachsen. Alles remastered und dazu noch ein paar Überraschungen, die Antena Version vom Girl From Ipanema hat John Foxx produziert und Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant hat sich auch mit der Produktion eines Titels hervorgetan. Damals schon, damit sind keine neuen Remixe gemeint. (ICC)
Review
1982, Brussels: The former au pair for Rick Wakeman of Yes and two of her teenage friends are at the doorstep of Les Disques Du Crepuscule, ready to cut an album with Gilles Martin. Living on busking wages and next door to Tuxedomoon, their work results in a contemporary bossanova record that would provide a missing link between Antonio Carlos Jobim and Kraftwerk. Camino Del Sol was issued and promptly forgotten, with Isabelle Antena moving toward jazz in Asia and the others returning to France. Twenty years later, it was findable only as a VG+ LP with a sticker price of $4.99. Intrigued by the striking cover's sunlit patio furniture emptiness basking in the south of France, we scooped up Camino Del Sol and grouped the extant Antena recordings from that exceptional period by session. 2LP reissue of the original five-song mini-LP adds the group's first 12" (a cover of Jobim's "Girl From Ipanema," naturally), the Seaside Weekend 12", compilation tracks, and two previously unissued cuts, recasting this short-lived combo's forward-thinking milemarker as a modern-day masterstroke.
2x150g LP in a 2-pocket gatefold tip-on jacket with 2 printed inner sleeves.
Tracklisting
1.1. CAMINO DEL SOL< |
>1.2. TO CLIMB THE CLIFF< |
>1.3. SILLY THINGS< |
>1.4. SISSEXA< |
>1.5. ACHILLES< |
>1.6. BYE BYE PAPAYE< |
>1.7. NOELLE A HAWAI< |
>1.8. LES DEMOISELLES DE ROCHEFORT< |
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>2.1. SPIRAL STAIRCASE< |
>2.2. UNABLE< |
>2.3. THE BOY FROM IPANEMA< |
>2.4. SEASIDE WEEKEND< |
>2.5. FRANTZ< |
>2.6. INGENUOUS< |
>2.7. JOPPO + ENO [LP ONLY]< |
>2.8. ON THE BOAT |