Four song 7” from
your favourite pre-apocalyptic psychedelic popster!
I've written about the
music of Anton Barbeau before on a sadly now defunct website, his Empire Of Potential LP
being something of a delight and a great entry point into his work.
With that in mind it's good to know that since re-locating from
Cambridge to Berlin he's still coming up with the goods musically.
His latest single on the ever reliable Fruits de Mer label is
a four song affair, sixteen minutes of music on one coloured 7”
(nice work by the cutting engineer!)
The bad news is
there's only one Barbeau-penned track here – 'Secretion Of The
Wafer' is melodic, elegant, driven by synthy swells and sparse piano
notes, and full of sphinx-like mystery. The musical equivalent of a
Buddhist koan.
To say that's bad news
is misleading as the the rest of the single is made up of three very
enyoyable (and brave) covers. Traffic's 'Heaven Is In Your Mind'
being the title track of along with versions of Big Star's 'September
Gurls' and David Bowie's 'Scary Monsters'.
This blue or yellow
vinyl only set is released on July 24th but if you want
more Anton Barbeau head to Fruits de Mer's annual three-day summer
festival in Wales where Mr. Barbeau will be playing a solo set. The
15th Dream of Dr. Sardonicus runs over the weekend of
August 4th-6th in Cardigan. Visit the Fruits de Mer
website for more info.
Click here for the
Fruits de Mer website.
Click here for more on
Anton Barbeau.
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