Reissue of stunning 1977 album where electronic experiments, North African trance, refined acoustics and medieval drones gracefully blend with the acid and candid tongues of the singers. 180gr gatefold double vinyl with hot foil printing TIP!
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Art is a matter of different phases and influence. The artists' core reaches out like heat waves. And very rarely do these artists' core merge like Brigitte Fontaine and Arseki Belkacem have. Their Saravah Era lasted ten years (1969 to 1979), ten years of "folle sagesse" (crazy wisdom), above all genres and song limitation.


"Le plaisir secret que donne une chanson, dessin à la craie sur le mur de tes sons" (the personal delight within song, a chalk drawing on your wall of sounds) whispers Areski, right after Brigitte's voice on the penultimate song of the double album "Vous et nous". Released in 1977, this free flowing record contains 33 songs, it's their 6th album and it continues to spread the wide and generous spectrum of the couple fully blossoming talent.

It started out as a solo effort by Areski at Jean-Pierre Chambard's studio. Little by little, as Areski was filling tapes with poems and improvised skits, Brigitte would sneak into the studio at nightfall, adding her voice here and there, her whispers then became screams, giving fuel to the fire in a total blaze, a surreal blaze. The solitary work ("je") thrived to become us ("nous") and you ("vous") …

Full tracklisting:

A1 Vous Et Nous
A2 Patriarcat
A3 Mon Enfance
A4 Vent D'Automne
A5 Le Serveur Du Dôme
A6 Je Suis Venu Te Voir
A7 Rien Que Changer
A8 Le Ciel Est Doux
B1 Les Epis
B2 Le Repas Des Dromadaires
B3 Vous Et Nous
B4 L'Amour Parfait
B5 Un Soleil
B6 Dans Ma Rue
B7 L'Orage Est Fini
B8 Gamme
C1 Le Brin D'Herbe
C2 La Harpe Jaune
C3 Je T'Aimerai
C4 Diabolo
C5 Cher
C6 Ce N'Est Pas Un Ennemi
C7 Encaustique
C8 Petit Sapin
D1 Mon Lit
D2 Je T'Aimerai
D3 La Déchirure
D4 Le Petit Cheval Bleu
D5 Personne
D6 Les Roses Sont Farouches
D7 Le Bouc
D8 Dessin
D9 Les Muzdus