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Les Shadoks (50th Anniversary Edition) - CD Digipack: French + English liner notes poster inlay folded to digipack format, hype sticker

- Les Shadoks soundtrack by Robert Cohen-Solal available for the first time ever in its entirety, cut and mastered from the original reels, made in cooperation with the artist.
- For fans of musique concrète, electro-acoustic, psychedelic, early electronics, experimental, soundtrack, library, oddities, cartoons, 60s and 70s music, Prospective 21ème Siècle series, Bernard Parmegiani, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Luc Ferrari, Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Henry, Bruno Spoerri, Groupe de recherches musicales (GRM).


WRWTFWW Records is delighted to announce the release of the complete soundtrack of cult French animated TV series Les Shadoks (1968-1974) by Robert Cohen-Solal, available for the first time ever in its entirety. Right in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jacques Rouxel and René Borg's legendary television cartoon, this collector's item comes in two versions: a limited edition 12" + 7" vinyl album housed in a high glossy gatefold and with an exclusive Shadok drawing by Robert Cohen-Solal, and a digipack CD. Both versions are cut and mastered from the original reels under the supervision of the artist, and contain liner notes in French and English.

Electro-acoustic pioneer and eminent member of the illustrious GRM (Groupe de recherches musicales, the French equivalent of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop), Robert Cohen-Solal has explored music and sound alongside luminaries such as Bernard Parmegiani, Pierre Henry, Luc Ferrari, and Iannis Xenakis, and is responsible for numerous projects in the field of applied music, soundtracks (documentaries, shorts etc.), and experimental recordings. His work on Les Shadoks is simply extraordinary - a fascinating and bizarre collage of wacky electro pop (à la Jean-Jacques Perrey), drones, musique concrète, classical, and dadaist sound experiments seamlessly mixing into a cohesive and cinematic listening experience. The ideal soundtrack for what will remain one of the weirdest animated TV series ever created!

A true literary, cultural and philosophical phenomenon in France, Les Shadoks caused a sensation while airing between 1968 and 1974. Its unique combination of Alfred Jarry-style surrealism, off-centered British humor, and US comic strip inspiration, all brought to life by illustrated bird-like creatures (reminiscent of Paul Klee's La machine à gazouiller), left a lasting mark, making the term Shadok an often-used satirical expression to describe policies and attitudes considered to be absurd.


Tracklisting CD

01 Introduction
02 C'était il y a très très très longtemps
03 Cosmogol 999 carburant de la fusée Gibi
04 Au fond du cosmos
05 Le lancinant voyage dans l'espace
06 Les humeurs géophysiques de la planète Shadok
07 Le devin plombier soigne un Shadok malade
08 La machine à pomper dite Cosmopompe
09 Le professeur Shadoko parle de son invention
10 Shadok à bicyclette dans une route et sur et sous et dans des escaliers
11 Thème Gibi classique
12 Air Gibi hot
13 Air Gibi sériel
14 Menuet variation
15 Départ solennel de la Shadokaravelle
16 Sérénade à Gégène
17 Faux départ
18 Fête Gibi et errance des Shadoks dans l'espace
19 Fuite dans l'espace
20 La planète à poissons
21 Guerre musicale
22 Ambiance nouilles
23 Difficile de cuisiner dans l'espace !
24 Arrivée des Shadoks sur terre
25 Fuite des Shadoks
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