SPACE ODDITIES – 1979-1984 (vinyl)

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MYTHICAL, CULT, ESSENTIAL!In the perpetually expanding universe of French sound illustration of the 70s and 80s, Sauveur Mallia holds an exemplary place. His career, his multifaceted work, and the singularity of his talent epitomize the work of those musicians in the shadows who then decided, often for economic reasons, to conquer space with only a few synthesizers in their luggage.The modesty of their means is not commensurate with their ambition, but it is the condition for sound experiments that build a new sound space: that of a country shifting into modernity.From the land of France to the confines of the cosmos, there were only a few steps to take. It was within the Tele Music label, aboard the Arpadys vessel and with the Voyage crew, that Sauveur Mallia took the plunge."THE PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN FRANCE.""This compilation will be a great retrospective to (re)discover Sauveur Mallia's space disco and vintage electro compositions, which one imagines were inspired as much by Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze (Robot avenue, Spacial escapade, Synthetic Suspense...) and Vangelis (Radium One) - which strongly recalls the track Pulsar (1976) - as by early 80s hip hop and Herbie Hancock (Surfissimo, Supersmurf, African break)."