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“Le cinéma constitue un nouveau mode de communication par viol de la personnalité - la plus développée des communications à sens unique. Ainsi soit dit.”

In 1974, CAN positioned itself at the junction where the most potent manifestations of various musical genres met. The band did so firmly and assertively and the result was a stunning album that further ...

"A network can be destroyed by noises that attack and transform it, if the codes in place are unable to normalize and repress them. Although the new order is not contained in the structure of the old, it is nonetheless not a product of chance. ...

Rock Bottom, Robert Wyatt’s first post-Soft Machine solo album, was completed and released in the year that followed his fall from a third floor window, which left him paralyzed from the waist down. ...

The Parable of Arable Land kicks off in a free-form freak-out that resurfaces obstinately throughout this first album by The Red Crayola. This is the unfamiliar landscape of Texas 67. It is the sound of The Red Crayola with the Familiar Ugly.

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"One of the very few films made by Etienne O’Leary, all of which emerged from the French underground circa 1968 and can be very loosely designated ‘diary films’. Like the contemporaneous ...

I recently found myself in a position that allowed me to legitimately start buying 8 track tapes. Not out of nostalgia but because I finally addressed one of my many obsessions and acquired an early 1970’s sedan. ...

Aguirre, Wrath of God was first released in 1972. Written and directed by renowned German filmmaker, Werner Herzog, the film is a troubling tale of delusion and failure. It tells the story of Spanish conquistadors traveling down the Amazon River in search of riches and power. ...

Inventions for Electric Guitar is Ash Ra Tempel’s sixth album although it would probably be more accurate to describe the album as Manuel Göttsching’s first solo effort.

There is something particularly interesting about soundtracks that were pressed onto 7" vinyl ... and Cléo de 5 à 7 is no exception. The four songs that appear on this Philips release summarize in a concise and vivid way the essence of this 1961 film. ...

The Chilean-born director’s ability to perturb audiences was already apparent with the releases of La Cravate (1957), Fando Y Lis (1967) and El Topo (1970). Jodorowsky’s third feature film, The Holy Mountain, premiered at Cannes in 1973 and proved a serious contender to its predecessors. ...

With the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) and Halloween behind us, it seems but only appropriate to dedicate today's post to the music of Goblin and Claudio Simonetti.