Product Code: FPZU15154752
Original price was: $43.01.$25.81Current price is: $25.81.Guy Pedersens magical Maxi Music, originally released on cult Parisian library label tele Music in 1972, is psyche-rock and jazz-funk gold. Its a vital Pederson outing, oscillating between the rough and the smooth, but always with those hypnotic grooves. Its a start-to-finish winner, yet the final 13-minute-long opus will blow minds. Trust!
Stirring opener, Prtexte Pour Indicatifs is so mighty, it was covered by Keith Mansfield on Hot Property from Big Business/Wind Of Change on KPM. Its a track in 4 deliberate parts, the first a rapid tour de force, the second and third presenting organ-and-wah-wah-drenched slo-mo funk workouts and the fourth a return to the frenetic energy of the opening bars. Phew, pretty sensational. Purgatoire Mood (Interlude) is a beautiful segue into the stunning horn-laced, swift-paced aggressive jazzy excellence of Purgatoire Mood 1 and the more poetic Purgatoire Mood 2. Fast-paced funk beats and dramatic interplay!
Christophus Colombus is another song with multiple sections; the intro a rapid wah-wah-enhanced psych-rock statement that truly thrills before settling into a more steady yet no-less unrelenting guitar-funk showcase with wordless vocals and, later, reflective guitar and piano in gorgeous harmony. Closing out this electrifying side, the elegant Bass In Love is a softnsultry slo-mo funk instrumental, as rough cello, jazzy piano and salacious, breathy vocals combine to create the scent of lingering heat to pretty rousing effect.
Ushering in Side B, Sing Song Bass is a slow starter but, once the drums kick in brilliantly, were treated to a deeply melodic, propulsive, organ-flute-piano-bass gem its truly memorable and absolutely fantastic. The wonky, delirious psych-pop of Petit Moujik De Nuit is a curiously compelling number but it serves, for us at least, only as the pre-curser to the phenomenal closing track. An absolute beast that totally slays all before it!
Yes, despite Maxi Music being that rarest of library records a record that can stand up on its own from front to back it really does contain that one absolute killer track. And Peterson saved the best until last. The real highlight can you imagine theres better?! is the blazing psych-rock funky burner that is the infamous 13 minute thriller Kermesse Non Hroique. Containing a wicked flute solo it genuinely sounds like something off the first Dungen album. Yes, that good. What a way to go out!
The audio for Maxi Music has been remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring this release sounds better than ever. Cicely Balstons expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the original, iconic Tele Music house sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.
