Traite de Mechanique Populaire

by ZNR

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Sven B. Schreiber Oh yeah, great - it's always a lucky day when an old collector's item is reissued! This short-lived project of Hector Zazou (Z) and (N) Joseph Racaille (R) in the late 70's yielded two exciting albums that can be counted to the RIO movement emerging in France and Belgium then. However, contrary to several other RIO bands of that era, which created more epic works, ZNR was specialized on "musical miniatures" of typically just around one or two minutes. Hopefully, the debut album "Barricade 3" will resurface some day, too! Favorite track: Trou de Blé.

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1.	Ancien Automate Mexicaine 01:55	buy track
2.	Ecorcherie Romantique pour Coeur Fele 01:43	buy track
3.	Enchevetrement Désordonné 03:21	buy track
4.	Alia Lasse 02:25	buy track
5.	La Vielle Montre 01:44	buy track
6.	Tout Debut (contre l'etabli) 01:17	buy track
7.	Printemps au Jardin Potager vu d'en Haut 01:06	buy track
8.	Triste Prose et Vieux Billards 00:59	buy track
9.	Garden Party 02:01	buy track
10.	Chanson Triste pour Faire Danser les Petites Fille 02:10	buy track
11.	Nu au Bain 00:59	buy track
12.	Sérénades Italiennes 00:57	buy track
13.	Sérénades Italiennes 2 00:51	buy track
14.	Trou de Blé 01:59	buy track
15.	Vielle Chansons Irlandaise 01:13	buy track
16.	Memoire d'un Chien 03:07	buy track
17.	Printemps au jardin Potager vu d'en bas 01:10	buy track
18.	Un Véritable Monstre a Musique 00:52	buy track
19.	Retourne a Melbourne 00:14	buy track
20.	Retourne a l'école 00:23	buy track
21.	Prélude a la Graisse de Phoque 00:53	buy track
22.	Le Fils du Grand Compositeur 02:14	buy track

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A Marseille based left-field experimental group formed in the mid 1970's. ZNR stood for Zazou 'n' Racaille, two key members of the pioneering underground band Barricade (5) augmented by a floating roster of other talent of the left-field, folk and jazz scenes.

ZNR made two very different albums during their history "Barricade 3" widely regarded as a landmark and seminal album, and "Traité De Mécanique Populaire" a more reflective mixture of avant-classical and "café music".

After the band split, both Zazou and Racaille went on to solo and other projects.

Members:
Hector Zazou, Joseph Racaille, Patrick Portella

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released January 25, 2018

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