Alain Pierre - Ô Sidarta '2007; 2020

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Wow OK - this spooky soundtrack to recently-rediscovered 1974 short film Ô
Sidarta is a doozy, all fuzzy analog synth drones, Popol Vuh/Klaus Schulze
wobbles and choppy, dubbed-to-death Luc Ferrari vs. Radiophonic Workshop squeak.
Gasping.
Just when you think that everythings been dug out of the cult
electronic-music-meets-horror-sci-fi treasure sack, Finders Keepers pop out with
this absolute jewel. Ô Sidarta was released in 1974 and directed by Swiss
filmmaker Michel Jakar, documenting the process of comic artist Philippe
Druillet, but its the soundtrack were obsessed with, a truly haunting set of
avant electronics from synthesist, sound designer and ethnological instrument
enthusiast Alain Pierre.
Pierre popped up a few years ago on the STROOM label with a reissue of his
soundtrack to cult Flemish animated movie Jan Zonder Vrees, and this short
soundtrack might be even better. The album is split into two side-long pieces,
the first finds Pierre wrangling creepy samples (crashes, screams, rattling
chains, bells, robot voices) and unusual vocals, dubbing them out with
Radiophonic FX and adding carnivalesque synth sequences. Its like Delia
Derbyshire and being let loose on the INA-GRM catalog at King Tubbys and we dont
say that lightly.
On the flip, Pierre takes a kosmische trip with rolling psychedelic analog synth
bubbles that sound like Moondawn-era Klaus Schulze before mutating into
microtonal rhythmic funk that sounds more like Suicide. Finders Keepers
describes this one as space raga and honestly, we cant disagree. So, so killer.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Alain Pierre - Ô Sidarta (11:13)
1.02 - Alain Pierre - Notions de physique intérieure (16:57)

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