Vivre Ici Maintenant (1981)
The trio of classic Languirand albums is completed by Vivre Ici Maintenant. Surprisingly there is no noticeable decline in the quality. On this album, Languirand takes us a bit further to the East Orient while adding some acoustic percussive elements. The sequencers and cosmic electronics are still ever present. And Languirand even adds a bit of Ashra styled echoed electric guitar to the stew, making this one perhaps a tad better than the previous album.Ownership: 1981 Minos (LP)3//08 (review); 6/27/14
Pascal Languirand is sort of the Richard Pinhas of Quebec. A one man show of dark electronics (primarily Moog) and searing electric guitar. He's a bit more cosmic than Heldon, which calls to mind Klaus Schulze. And he often uses wordless voice that reminds me of Franco Falsini (Sensations' Fix). Side 2 opens with a tripped out folk number in French that I find highly appealing in this setting. The album closes as it starts with a Heldon like psychedelic guitar electronic piece.
Ownership: 1978 Kebec (LP). Embossed.
While there does exist a compilation of the first two albums, none have been reissued in full (as of 2/21/25).
1994 (first listen); 2008 (review)
6/27/14 (new entry)
Looks like there *is* a compilation from 1993 (with some tracks missing) on a Spanish label that also released the second of the later albums in the same year. Someone's selling it on ebay.
ReplyDeleteGood catch Bas! I'd heard rumors of this comp, but didn't find evidence of it. And obviously RYM mixed up the cover for it. I updated this post accordingly. Still not reissued on CD, but better than nothing I guess :-/
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