Art In Another Way
Jacques Charlier
Art In Another Way
Boomkat Product Review:
Initially known for punk and psychoacoustic minimalism(!), Belgian poet, comic writer, filmmaker and actor Jacques Charlier, pivoted to DIY synthpop in the early '80s, harmonizing with Crammed/Les Disques Du Crépuscule modes. This lengthy set collects the best moments from Charlier's self-released tapes.
Inspired by Philip Glass, John Cage, La Monte Young and Meredith Monk, Charlier was drawn to psychoacoustic music in the 1970s, and performed his own approximations throughout Europe, moonlighting in the punk band Terril. But when the1980s turned a stylistic corner - and home recording techniques developed considerably - Charlier began to dub his own pop music, using a synthesizer, a drum machine, effects pedals, a custom guitar and a 4-track recorder. Between 1984 and 1985, Charlier produced three cassette releases: "Musique Regressive", "Chansons Idiotes" and "Chansons Tristes", all of which are pillaged for "Art in Another Way".
The best material has been selected here and presented alongside unreleased tracks, all of which have been remixed and mastered from Charlier's original 4-track tapes. It's good stuff too, funelling chanson pop through the avant ideas of the time, from the opening track 'Crepuscule (Jingle)' with its tape-fucked disco voidwalking, and the Antena-adjacent 'Samba', to the slow fuzz of 'Vampirella' and slippery EBM of 'Perki Show'. But Charlier is at his best when he's pushing the envelope and ignoring pop altogether. Head to the wyrd atmospheres of 'L'aube' for a more eccentric surprise, or to our fave 'Top', that sounds like a proto dub techno accident a good few years before Mark Ernestus and Moritz Von Oswald were hotwiring their patchbays.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Initially known for punk and psychoacoustic minimalism(!), Belgian poet, comic writer, filmmaker and actor Jacques Charlier, pivoted to DIY synthpop in the early '80s, harmonizing with Crammed/Les Disques Du Crépuscule modes. This lengthy set collects the best moments from Charlier's self-released tapes.
Inspired by Philip Glass, John Cage, La Monte Young and Meredith Monk, Charlier was drawn to psychoacoustic music in the 1970s, and performed his own approximations throughout Europe, moonlighting in the punk band Terril. But when the1980s turned a stylistic corner - and home recording techniques developed considerably - Charlier began to dub his own pop music, using a synthesizer, a drum machine, effects pedals, a custom guitar and a 4-track recorder. Between 1984 and 1985, Charlier produced three cassette releases: "Musique Regressive", "Chansons Idiotes" and "Chansons Tristes", all of which are pillaged for "Art in Another Way".
The best material has been selected here and presented alongside unreleased tracks, all of which have been remixed and mastered from Charlier's original 4-track tapes. It's good stuff too, funelling chanson pop through the avant ideas of the time, from the opening track 'Crepuscule (Jingle)' with its tape-fucked disco voidwalking, and the Antena-adjacent 'Samba', to the slow fuzz of 'Vampirella' and slippery EBM of 'Perki Show'. But Charlier is at his best when he's pushing the envelope and ignoring pop altogether. Head to the wyrd atmospheres of 'L'aube' for a more eccentric surprise, or to our fave 'Top', that sounds like a proto dub techno accident a good few years before Mark Ernestus and Moritz Von Oswald were hotwiring their patchbays.
Boomkat Product Review:
Initially known for punk and psychoacoustic minimalism(!), Belgian poet, comic writer, filmmaker and actor Jacques Charlier, pivoted to DIY synthpop in the early '80s, harmonizing with Crammed/Les Disques Du Crépuscule modes. This lengthy set collects the best moments from Charlier's self-released tapes.
Inspired by Philip Glass, John Cage, La Monte Young and Meredith Monk, Charlier was drawn to psychoacoustic music in the 1970s, and performed his own approximations throughout Europe, moonlighting in the punk band Terril. But when the1980s turned a stylistic corner - and home recording techniques developed considerably - Charlier began to dub his own pop music, using a synthesizer, a drum machine, effects pedals, a custom guitar and a 4-track recorder. Between 1984 and 1985, Charlier produced three cassette releases: "Musique Regressive", "Chansons Idiotes" and "Chansons Tristes", all of which are pillaged for "Art in Another Way".
The best material has been selected here and presented alongside unreleased tracks, all of which have been remixed and mastered from Charlier's original 4-track tapes. It's good stuff too, funelling chanson pop through the avant ideas of the time, from the opening track 'Crepuscule (Jingle)' with its tape-fucked disco voidwalking, and the Antena-adjacent 'Samba', to the slow fuzz of 'Vampirella' and slippery EBM of 'Perki Show'. But Charlier is at his best when he's pushing the envelope and ignoring pop altogether. Head to the wyrd atmospheres of 'L'aube' for a more eccentric surprise, or to our fave 'Top', that sounds like a proto dub techno accident a good few years before Mark Ernestus and Moritz Von Oswald were hotwiring their patchbays.
Boomkat Product Review:
Initially known for punk and psychoacoustic minimalism(!), Belgian poet, comic writer, filmmaker and actor Jacques Charlier, pivoted to DIY synthpop in the early '80s, harmonizing with Crammed/Les Disques Du Crépuscule modes. This lengthy set collects the best moments from Charlier's self-released tapes.
Inspired by Philip Glass, John Cage, La Monte Young and Meredith Monk, Charlier was drawn to psychoacoustic music in the 1970s, and performed his own approximations throughout Europe, moonlighting in the punk band Terril. But when the1980s turned a stylistic corner - and home recording techniques developed considerably - Charlier began to dub his own pop music, using a synthesizer, a drum machine, effects pedals, a custom guitar and a 4-track recorder. Between 1984 and 1985, Charlier produced three cassette releases: "Musique Regressive", "Chansons Idiotes" and "Chansons Tristes", all of which are pillaged for "Art in Another Way".
The best material has been selected here and presented alongside unreleased tracks, all of which have been remixed and mastered from Charlier's original 4-track tapes. It's good stuff too, funelling chanson pop through the avant ideas of the time, from the opening track 'Crepuscule (Jingle)' with its tape-fucked disco voidwalking, and the Antena-adjacent 'Samba', to the slow fuzz of 'Vampirella' and slippery EBM of 'Perki Show'. But Charlier is at his best when he's pushing the envelope and ignoring pop altogether. Head to the wyrd atmospheres of 'L'aube' for a more eccentric surprise, or to our fave 'Top', that sounds like a proto dub techno accident a good few years before Mark Ernestus and Moritz Von Oswald were hotwiring their patchbays.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Initially known for punk and psychoacoustic minimalism(!), Belgian poet, comic writer, filmmaker and actor Jacques Charlier, pivoted to DIY synthpop in the early '80s, harmonizing with Crammed/Les Disques Du Crépuscule modes. This lengthy set collects the best moments from Charlier's self-released tapes.
Inspired by Philip Glass, John Cage, La Monte Young and Meredith Monk, Charlier was drawn to psychoacoustic music in the 1970s, and performed his own approximations throughout Europe, moonlighting in the punk band Terril. But when the1980s turned a stylistic corner - and home recording techniques developed considerably - Charlier began to dub his own pop music, using a synthesizer, a drum machine, effects pedals, a custom guitar and a 4-track recorder. Between 1984 and 1985, Charlier produced three cassette releases: "Musique Regressive", "Chansons Idiotes" and "Chansons Tristes", all of which are pillaged for "Art in Another Way".
The best material has been selected here and presented alongside unreleased tracks, all of which have been remixed and mastered from Charlier's original 4-track tapes. It's good stuff too, funelling chanson pop through the avant ideas of the time, from the opening track 'Crepuscule (Jingle)' with its tape-fucked disco voidwalking, and the Antena-adjacent 'Samba', to the slow fuzz of 'Vampirella' and slippery EBM of 'Perki Show'. But Charlier is at his best when he's pushing the envelope and ignoring pop altogether. Head to the wyrd atmospheres of 'L'aube' for a more eccentric surprise, or to our fave 'Top', that sounds like a proto dub techno accident a good few years before Mark Ernestus and Moritz Von Oswald were hotwiring their patchbays.
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