Pépé Bradock ‎– What A Mess!

Description

Label: Atavisme – ATA 0π, Atavisme – ATA π
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition
Country: France
Released: 10 May 2019
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Experimental, House

Tracklist:
A Untitled 22:16
B Untitled 22:50

Companies:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atavisme
Copyright © – Atavisme
Mastered At – Schnittstelle

Credits:
Artwork By, Words By – Claudine, Julien
Mastered By – Kitaro Beeh
Music By, Sounds – Pépé Bradock
Painting [Paintings & Sewings] – Claudine Bès

Notes:
Limited numbered edition of 1000 copies.

Staggeringly, "What A Mess!" marks Pepe Bradock's first full-length excursion for over two decades. As you might expect, it's unusual in the extreme, with inspirations including a "special diplomatic elephant" and a sound shaped via "a few mundane terms, picked randomly, then coupled with frequencies chosen in a spontaneous way for their presupposed properties or synchonicities". Musically, the LP stretches one continuous suite of title-less tracks over two sides of vinyl, with Bradock cannily combing far-out ambient sounds, deep space electronics, off-kilter rhythms, layered spoken word snippets, mind-altering lo-fi bass and deliciously weird experimental electronics. It's akin to the sort of fuzzy, out-there sample collage you'd get on a Tolouse Low Trax mix tape, but that's no bad thing. In fact, it's a very good thing indeed.
AJ 93

Etched in the deadwax on both sides of the record: "Hallelujah! Let's embrace this Fine Mess"
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 4251648411451