'Montparnasse' by Yoran is a surreal journey into an era wich has maybe existed but long gone. A melancholic phantasy about a time you'll never know and can only smell the atmosphere. Ciara goodies the evolution. Memories and flashes come from an ancient time, cobbled streets where heels crack far away surrounded by the tickle of a street musician, a classical dance class. 'Montparnasse' by Yoran is a surreal journey into an era wich has maybe existed but long gone. A melancholic phantasy about a time you'll never know and can only smell the atmosphere. A melancholic phantasy about a time you'll never know and can only smell the atmosphere. Yōran's 1981 EP 'Montparnasse' is a depressing release, not only because of its mood but because it is so unfortunately short and obscure that one is only left to wonder about it without ever really knowing anything about it. 'Montparnasse' by Yoran is a surreal journey into an era wich has maybe existed but long gone. A melancholic phantasy about a time you'll never know and can only smell the atmosphere.
Side A
Concert Maillol
Je Derve Avec Láir
Side B
Montparnasse
La Bou...
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The tracks contained here are comprised of cut-up and collaged recordings from various unspecified french movies intertwined with the occasional spoken word segments - all seemingly recorded using a cheap-o cassette player making for quite the lo-fi work. Nevertheless, 'Montparnasse' harbors a very intriguing surreal atmosphere - just check out the later part of 'Concert Maillol' with it's haunting looped piano, indistinct sound samples and Yorans bizarre hummings, mumblings and fumblings (of the tape recorder). I think this would sit well as the soundtrack to any fever dream.
Another favorite is the melancholic and paranoid title track and the ethereal dialogue-ladden murkiness of 'Je Derve Avec Láir', but reviews of individual tracks feel pointless as this is definitely meant to be consumed whole. For maximum impact; play this very late at night.
'Montparnasse' was followed up by two more singles (of a totally different nature, I should add) before Yoran temporarily disappeared from the music scene. He later reemerged as a trance DJ under the moniker Yoji Biomehanika and regularly plays at raves all over the world. Nevertheless, I'd say that his main musical legacy lie within the three singles he put out in the early eighties.
Again, I'd wish to give my thanks for being granted to post here on Stalking Duppi, and I sincerely hope you'll all enjoy this outlandish little EP.
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The tracks contained here are comprised of cut-up and collaged recordings from various unspecified french movies intertwined with the occasional spoken word segments - all seemingly recorded using a cheap-o cassette player making for quite the lo-fi work. Nevertheless, 'Montparnasse' harbors a very intriguing surreal atmosphere - just check out the later part of 'Concert Maillol' with it's haunting looped piano, indistinct sound samples and Yorans bizarre hummings, mumblings and fumblings (of the tape recorder). I think this would sit well as the soundtrack to any fever dream.
Another favorite is the melancholic and paranoid title track and the ethereal dialogue-ladden murkiness of 'Je Derve Avec Láir', but reviews of individual tracks feel pointless as this is definitely meant to be consumed whole. For maximum impact; play this very late at night.
'Montparnasse' was followed up by two more singles (of a totally different nature, I should add) before Yoran temporarily disappeared from the music scene. He later reemerged as a trance DJ under the moniker Yoji Biomehanika and regularly plays at raves all over the world. Nevertheless, I'd say that his main musical legacy lie within the three singles he put out in the early eighties.
Again, I'd wish to give my thanks for being granted to post here on Stalking Duppi, and I sincerely hope you'll all enjoy this outlandish little EP.
A walk in Paris somewhere between the 30's and the 50's made by a japanese lost soul. 'Montparnasse' by Yoran is a surreal journey into an era wich has maybe existed but long gone.
A melancholic phantasy about a time you'll never know and can only smell the atmosphere.
Memories and flashes come from an ancient time, cobbled streets where heels crack far away surrounded by the tickle of a street musician, a classical dance class directed by some piano notes or an announcement from an old train station.
Yoran Montparnasse
The cryptic french spoken-word infuses the extracts and sound collages taken from different french movies looped into a broken tape player. The result is one of the most mysterious and looked after japanese 80's underground record. Nomao for iphone 6s.
Montparnasse Yoran Rym
This reissue is pressed for the first time on 12' at 45 RPM.
Remastered and limited to 500 copies.
