Eskaton - Ardeur vinyl lp + 12” EP (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
SKU
SZ 60/61
Emerging in the very late 1970's, Eskaton were an early Zeuhl band. This was their first album, and is reissued on vinyl for the very first time.
Dual female vocals chant and soar above the churning bass and drums which ably support the busy dual Rhodes piano/synth and guitar work! If you like Magma, Weidorje, Potemkine, you will enjoy this tremendously.
“Eskaton is part of that generation of French Zeuhl bands that arrived on the scene a little too late in the 1970s, on the cusp of the shift to punk and then new wave, to have benefited from the media coverage of the glory years of progressive rock in all its forms and currents.
Originally released in 1980, it was their first official album. But it was actually their second, since ‘4 Visions’ had been recorded in 1978 but only released in 1981 on cassette by the American label Eurock.
When Ardeur was released in 1980, the band was very disappointed with the muffled sound of the mastering, which did not do justice to the band's power. The 2003 CD reissue, using on the original tapes and thanks to the Parélies studio, made it possible to correct the errors of the time and restore the sound quality originally intended by the band. This vinyl reissue was once again produced with the help of Parélies studio, a renowned specialist in vinyl engraving.
While ‘4 Visions’ is generally considered Eskaton's masterpiece, “Ardeur” is very similar in style (only a little over a year separates their respective recordings) and contains some of the collective's most iconic tracks, such as ‘Dagon’.
The original album is complemented by a maxi 45 rpm single (a format that allows for much better dynamics due to the optimised spacing of the grooves, a format rarely used in ‘our’ music but very common in techno for this reason) which contains on side A the group’s first single from 1978 (Le chant de la terre/If) and on side B three completely unreleased tracks...until now.
Limited edition of 500 copies.”
- LabelSoleil Zeuhl
- UPC0698147087659