COSMIC MACHINE 2xLP+CD/France/French Cosmic & Electronic Avant-garde/Synth

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(various artists) 'Cosmic Machine' Double LP + CD (France, Because Music, Catalogue #BEC5161471) Brand new/unplayed copy of Because Music label Double LP vinyl (plus included CD) edition/compilation of "French Cosmic & Electronic Avant-garde" music spanning the 1970s and 1980s. Gatefold cover, 2 vinyl LPs, 1 CD and booklet. First volume in this series

(NOTE: LIMITED FIRST PRESSING HAND NUMBERED 2xLP VINYL + CD EDITON!)

At the start of the '70s, France had no petrol, but it had ideas and artists that managed to tip them into the 21st century a full 30 years in advance. Cosmic Machine compiles 20 rare tracks put together with passion and erudition by Uncle O (who previously did the Shaolin Soul compilations) and throws together a collection of stars, a few free-spirits, and also shooting stars. This group of people don't form a scene per se, they're more like a collection of individuals who, through sheer ingenuity and with all their singularity, managed to break down the barriers between pop and experimental to give birth to a mutant variety of electronic music that owes as much to mobile discos as sound illustration, to the GRM, to the Bogdanoff brothers, to Métal Hurlant, and the European Space Program. Cosmic Machine is a panoramic dive into this epic era when the synthesizer was man's best friend and when the future had a future: our present time. Daft Punk, Air, Justice, Zombie Zombie, or Add N To (X), Stereolab, and Broadcast weren't born in incubators. The electric fairy stood above their cradle and they're all the children of these French pioneers who were among the first to celebrate the union of flesh and circuits. Androids, robots, humans and other celestial creatures, now board the Cosmic Machine. Artists include: Patrick Juvet, Didier Marouani, Droids, François De Roubaix, Space, Universal Energy, Pierre Bachelet, Space Art, The Atomic Crocus, Jean Michel Jarre, Bernard Fevre, Cerrone, Frederic Mercier, Quartz, Rene Roussel, Serge Gainsbourg, Dvwb, Alain Goraguer, Jean-Jacques Perrey, and Rockets.

- Because Music presents a voyage across French cosmic and electronique avant-garde music circa 1970-1980.
- Twenty rare and must-have tracks, compiled for the first time ever.
- Including the ultimate crème de la crème of French electronic and retro futurism: Jean Michel Jarre, Serge Gainsbourg, Patrick Jouvet, Jean-Jacques Perrey, etc.
- Double LP version comes in a gatefold sleeve with a CD copy of the album.
- "Throwing together a diverse collection of artists from synth rockers Space and moustachioed disco don Cerrone to effortless romantic Serge Gainsbourg and the inimitable Jean-Jacques Perrey, Cosmic Machine: A Voyage Through French Cosmic and Electronic Avant-garde (1970-1980) captures the frontier spirit of 70?s France, unleashing the potential of the synthesizer for the first time." --The Vinyl Factory   

Artists/Tracks on this Double LP + CD edition are as follows:

• Patrick Juvet - 'Le Reve' (1:39)
• Didier Marouani - 'Temps X' (5:06)
• Droids - 'Shanti Dance Pt. 1 & Pt. 2' (6:28)
• François De Roubaix - 'Survol' (1:31)
• Space - 'Magic Fly' (4:14)
• Universal Energy - 'Disco Energy (I)' (6:47)
• Pierre Bachelet - 'Motel Show' (2:28)
• Space Art - 'Love Machine' (3:51)
• The Atomic Crocus - 'Ombilic Contact' (2:33)
• Jean Michel Jarre - 'Blackbird' (3:06)
• Bernard Fevre - 'That Is To Be' (3:53)
• Cerrone - 'Generique-Debut' (3:14)
• Frederic Mercier - 'Spirit' (7:43)
• Quartz - 'Chaos' (5:57)
• Rene Roussel - 'Caramel' (4:22)
• Serge Gainsbourg - 'Le Physique Et Le Figure' (2:26)
• DVWB - 'Aqua' (4:59)
• Alain Goraguer - 'Le Bracelet' (1:25)
• Jean-Jacques Perrey - 'E.V.A.' (3:08)
• Rockets - 'Rocket Man' (Instrumental) (2:53)

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