Planete Sauvage

Vanishing Twin is songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Cathy Lucas, drummer Valentina Magaletti, bassist Susumu Mukai, synth / guitar player Phil MFU and visual artist / film maker Elliott Arndt on flute and percussion; and on this album they have made their first artistic statement for the ages. Some of its great power comes from liberation. The album was produced by Lucas in a number of non-standard, non-studio settings. KRK (At Home In Strange Places) summons up the spirit of Sun Ra’s Lanquidity and Broadcast And The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio was simply recorded on an iPhone during a live set which crackled with psychic connectivity on the Croatian island of Krk.

Nous vivons presque tous en ville et pourtant chacun cherche à sa façon à redevenir « sauvage » : rêve d’une vie à la campagne, de congés au vert, de forêts urbaines. La perspective d’un effondrement, qu’il soit écologique ou pandémique, attise ce besoin d’ensauvagement. Idéalisée, la nature devient à la fois quête, refuge et solution face à une société de consommation qui manque de sens et détruit la planète. Le retour à la terre et à une vie plus autonome n’est pas nouveau ; ce qui est inédit, c’est l’intensification du phénomène et sa démocratisation. …

French composer Alain Goraguer who first made a name for himself as a sideman and arranger for Serge Gainsbourg wrote very few soundtracks, but amongst them, the legendary La Planète Sauvage (1973) is an absolute staple of France’s essential music.