MAHOGANY BRAIN sick lights LP 1976 berrocal znr nww

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Mahogany Brain "Smooth Sick Lights" LP issued by Tapioca (TP 10015) in France, 1976. ****** Rec:ex Cov:ex ****** Drug damaged willful perversity and inspired amateurism from this Nurse With Wound-listed anarchic French underground mob. Corollaries could be made with The Godz and the like, but the particular taste left on the palate here (burned brains in black butter?), is decidedly specific; it's structural disjunctions clearly paving the way for later French units like Heratius. Existing for only a couple years in the early 1970s, and playing only one live gig, Mahogany Brain still managed to record a couple of albums as well as garner themselves a place on the Nurse With Wound list of influences. Their music has been derided as incompetent and amateurish, sounding like the band had just picked up their instruments for the first time, though at the same time their raw sound predates punk and no wave. Mahogany Brain was not really band as much as the work of one man, poet and filmmaker Michel Bulteau and whatever musicians he collected around him. The group was formed in 1970 in Paris, France as a way for him to turn his surrealist poetry into music, as well as to experiment with sounds. Their main influences were the Velvet Underground and Captain Beefheart, as well as a lot of drug use, and their music was freeform avant-rock and loose improvisations. Unlike many French rock groups of that era most of their lyrics were in English. They played their one concert in the summer of 1970 at the Lucemarie, and after that became a studio project. In the middle of December, 1970 Mahogany Brain recorded the album "With (Junk-Saucepan) / When (Spoon-Trigger)" released by the legendary Futura label early the next year, and they also provided the soundtrack to a short film of Bulteau's "Main Line". Another record, "Smooth Sick Lights", was recorded in one day in June of 1972, but not released until several years later by the Tapioca label, and this album also had the "Main Line" soundtrack, "Green Winter of Revolvers". The sound is naive and cathartic, atonal guitar wailings, free-rock percussion and a beautiful continuation of the spirit of "Sister Ray". The whole thing has an out of time pounding flair that's quite unique. After that Bulteau returned to his William Burroughs-inspired poetry. Pattrick Geoffrois, guitarist for Mahogany Brain, moved to New York in the late 1970s and played with No Wave pioneers James Chance and the Contortions. ****** Although the records is in top conditions and has not been played more than a couple of times ever, there is some surface noise typical of the poor Tapioca pressing. ****** (references: avant, experimental, Velvet Underground, Godz, Heratius, Jac Berrocal, ZNR, Red Noise, Jacques Thollot, Nurse With Wound) ****** the following are the correct postage costs: unregistered priority mail is about 12 US dollars to europe and 14 US dollars to the rest of the world (except for oceania to which it is 17 US dollars), registered airmail is about 15 US dollars to europe and 19 US dollars to the rest of the world (except for oceania to which it is 22 US dollars). please note that winning multiple items can make you save on postage. preferred payment is paypal, although other options may be available. PLEASE WAIT FOR MY INVOICE BEFORE SENDING ANY PAYMENT. thank you.