ARESKI BELKACEM - L'INCENDIE - RECORD

Vinyl LP pressing. Original 1973 BYG album facsimile edition. Newly mastered to vinyl from original BYG tapes. Lacquers cut by Alchemy Mastering at AIR STUDIOS. Exclusive liner notes by author, journalist and BYG-authority Kevin Le Gendre. Vocalist-multi-instrumentalist Areski and singer Brigitte Fontaine are a French musical couple that rose to prominence in the '60s, making a series of albums that showcased a boldly unorthodox approach to the art of song. While their defiantly esoteric style, which could veer from North African folk to Brazilian samba to subversive takes on French chanson, was striking their lyrics were no less provocative, broaching anything from mental health to social injustice.

Label: Charly