Cerrone Poll

Listened to the Don Ray album last night, the vocal on "My Desire" sounds like Bid from the Monochrome Set!

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Was surprised and very happy to hear Steve Wright play Supernature on Radio 2 yesterday.

Not sure if I voted in this, would have gone for Supernature. Love in C Minor would be my second choice.

needs a lyrics poll. Been listening to the kevin saunderson extended edit thin that stretches it out to a really good length

supernature was my intro to cerrone and seems to be his most well loved. but Africanism is the only one I have on LP and therefore it gets a lot of play around my house during that magic 9pm hour

KONGAS - "Africanism" is cool - I just checked it out as part of my chronological listening attempt. I'm up to 1978, i.e. mostly the well-known albums so far. Anticipating a precipitous drop in quality very soon.

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i'm curious about the post-'78 journey!

don ray album is sooo good

The Don Ray album and some of the peak Cerrone albums have been re-released in the last couple of years, for people who like compact discs.

>>i'm curious about the post-'78 journey!

I think it's pretty much consensus that the first four albums are great and worth hearing.

Cerrone V: Angelina has the excellent eurodisco groover "Call Me Tonight," could totally be mashed up with "Souvenirs" by Voyage. The rest isn't up to much.

Cerrone VI: Portrait Of A Modern Man pretty much drops disco for tacky synths and drum machines, and is sloppy all around (there is one track that's basically just a five minute drum solo.) Only salvage-able track is "Rendez Vous," lush mid-tempo with tasteful trumpet solos, would probably work well in a Prins Thomas type mix.

Cerrone VII: You Are The One brings back Joceyln Brown to sing every track, and is worth checking out, it's the real successor to The Golden Touch. "Hooked On You" is awesome, also good is the title track and "My Look."

Cerrone VIII: Back Track and Cerrone IX: Your Love Survived are synthy 80s R&B records that are quite listenable, but little stands out. There are head-scratching re-recordings of Supernature, Give Me Love, Look For Love, etc.

Cerrone X: Where Are You Now hasn't aged well at all, stiff clunky drums and synth-bass everywhere. "Club Underworld," a sort of new wave/hip hop hybrid, is the only thing that sticks.

"Hysteria" from 2002 is a curio, basically his best take on French House/Filter Disco.

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Just recently heard and fell in love with Don Ray's "Standing in the Rain." Can't get enough of this one and need to get the album. When he sings "the sky was cryin'" I always think of the Tiny Trendies' "The Sky is Not Crying" as a response tune.

So hey all -- if all holds as planned, I'll be interviewing Cerrone later this week. Anyone have burning questions for him?

This is tying into this forthcoming anthology early next year:

http://www.factmag.com/2014/10/23/the-best-of-cerrone-to-be-compiled-on-deluxe-double-album/

That comp looks pretty awful, who'd want to listen to Cerrone's tunes as 4 minute radio edits? The full version "Love in C Minor", for example, lasts four times as long.

Interview done and I asked him just that -- he said it was the record company decision, he would have loved it to be the full versions, but that it would also be something like 20 discs...

The edits are a terrible idea. Would have been been better to drop some of the weaker tracks than mutilate his best stuff.

Unexpected highlight for me: the Brigade Mondaine soundtracks.

Annnnd here's the interview

http://thequietus.com/articles/16964-cerrone-interview

I missed out on last year's reissue of his three late-70s soundtracks. Aside from a few disco tracks, they are very nicely arranged and spacious with a lot of sci-fi synths and plenty of kick drum. The two versions of "Make Up" and "La Secte De Marrakech" are amazing cosmic trips.

Official you tube playlist with all the tracks: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDvzY-QvzhOIVMp_u_KgXSZ5Hhs2x1MI0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgGK4qBTwpw

Great accidental Spotify find

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5wmFNq18AU

Cerrone VII: You Are The One brings back Joceyln Brown to sing every track, and is worth checking out, it's the real successor to The Golden Touch. "Hooked On You" is awesome, also good is the title track and "My Look."

i've been listening to this and it's full of amazing grooves. just a great sounding record.