LP - Various Artists - Des Jeunes Gens Modernes Vol 2- Post Punk, Cold Wave Et Culture Novo En France 1978-1983 - Import
"The long-awaited follow-up to Des Jeunes Gens Mödernes (BORNBAD
012LP, 2008), with five killer previously unreleased tracks. Volume 2
continues to explore the vaults of French post-punk, electropop, and no
wave. Between the late '70s and mid '80s, in the wake of punk wave and
in parallel to other types of music like disco, funk, ska, and reggae, a
prolific and chaotic music scene began to develop in France, combining
the energy of rock and the nihilism of punk with electronic
experimentation. The period was not, on the whole, one of optimism and
joy, played out as it was against a background of economic crisis and
the cold war. A whole section of France's youth found itself confronted
by the contradictions of the times it was living in: young people were
torn between the sensation of living on the edge of an abyss and hope
for the dawning of a new world; they were deprived of tangible
ideological landmarks but resistant to the post-hippy utopias of the
previous generation. In search of an identity, they recognized
themselves in the dark lyrics, the cold synthetic music, and the
laid-back attitude of the new groups bursting up all over the country,
as much in the provinces as in Paris. Des Jeunes Gens Mödernes (Modern
Young Men) reactivates this French post-punk/novo diskö/new- and
cold-wave scene, highlighting a cross-section of the specific creative
diversity of this scene. The new wave drew upon artistic avant-garde
movements from the past (Constructivism, Futurism, symbolism, Dadaism,
socialist realism, and so on), as well as literature (Romanticism,
science fiction, etc.), cinema (new wave, German expressionist cinema),
and the latest technological advances (electronic, robotic, nuclear).
Drawing on traditional culture as well as the underground subcultures to
which various magazines and fanzines gave voice (American
countercultures; endless references to William S. Burroughs, for
example; pop art, etc.), the new wave embraced all areas of creativity
together, and built bridges between the different artistic disciplines
(music, visual art, design, literature, cinema...) to an extent never
before seen. Digipak CD includes 32-page booklet. Includes tracks by ADN
Ckrystall, X Ray Pop, Eli & Jacno, Les Fils De Joie, Les
Stagiaires, Medikao, La Bande Au Col Roule, Radio Romance, A.R.T, KaS
Product, Frantz Kultur & Les Krames, Meca Rythm, and Perspective
Nevski." - Born Bad
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