VOX POPULI & PACIFIC 231 Cut Chemist Presents Funk Off (2xLP + 7")
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Dec 16, 2018
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Vox Populi! & Pacific 231
Cut Chemist Presents Funk Off
Format: 2xLP + 7"
Record Label: A Stable Sound/Vox Man
Condition: New
- This is the first pressing from 2012 that includes a 7" - contains material released from 1983-1986 as well as some previously unreleased tracks - remastered from the original master tapes - also includes a 12-page booklet with extensive liner notes
- Vox Populi!, a 1980's French post-punk/industrial/minimal collective known for circulating cassette-only releases, gets the reissue treatment lovingly curated by turntablist/producer DJ Cut Chemist. In 2004, while on tour/record-digging in Milan, Italy, Jurassic 5 founder and DJ Cut Chemist picked up a compilation featuring a group named Vox Populi!, whose track "Megamix" caught his attention. As familiar as he was with early hip-hop releases that pioneered the megamix (The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash, Double Dee & Steinski's Lessons series), this was clearly coming from a different set of cultural reference points. Originally released in the '80s, the track was not rooted in disco, hip-hop, or in DJ history, but rather in the sounds of post-punk and industrial music. The rudimentary "scratching" present on the song was abrasive, and probably executed with a reel-to-reel tape machine rather than a turntable. Its intended effect was not to bridge two songs or breaks, but to jar the listener out of what was otherwise a seamless club track experience. "Musique concrète" is what the collective (Vox Populi!, Pacific 231, H.N.A.S., X Ray Pop, and others) might have called their approach at the time. "Wild Style On Dust," was how Cut's collaborator Tom Fitzgerald described it. Finding this record ultimately led to Cut Chemist tracking down the group, bonding over shared aesthetics and getting their blessing for this collection, which includes unreleased tracks, photographs and little-seen flyers and art from the group. Their original output was primarily on cassette with the occasional vinyl LP/EP released on their own Vox Man Records imprint, or on other like-minded independent labels.
- Track Listing for the double album: VOX POPULI! - Bala Mala / Mind / Sine Die Sane Corpe / Interlude 1 (unlisted track) / I, The Mad / Funk Off / Megamix / Alternative Fresh / Sur Les Rochers Du Flueve / PACIFIC 231 - Chair Morte / Mass Male / Radio Moscou/Satyrisais / VOX POPULI! - Interlude 2 (unlisted track) / Les Dames De Copenhague / PACIFIC 231 - Ma Douce Amie / VOX POPULI! - Chabman
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Track Listing for the 7": VOX POPULI! - Funk Off (alternate version) / Bala Mala (alt. ver.) / PACIFIC 231 - Track 38 Part 1 / Track 38 Part 2
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