{"product_id":"mar-vista-visions-of-sodal-ye","title":"Mar-Vista - Visions of Sodal Ye","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally self-produced in 1977, \u003cstrong\u003eMar-Vista\u003c\/strong\u003e's only album is one of France's most strange and radical records. Psychedelic electronic music, experimental, and acid folk – a collector's grail (with only 150 copies originally released) for fans of \u003cstrong\u003eKlaus Schulze\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eTerry Riley\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eNeu!\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eHeldon\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eSilver Apples\u003c\/strong\u003e. This reissue includes a second disc of previously unreleased recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of Mar-Vista begins in northern France, in Lille, in the early 1970s, with the meeting of two music enthusiasts: Claude Cuvelier and Jean Skowron. They connected through Claude's brother. The duo gradually equipped themselves: a Mini Korg in 1972, a Yamaha synthesizer, a Farfisa organ, and even a drum machine. The home studio became their creative sanctuary. Jean worked on a 4-track Teac tape recorder, Claude on a Philips model. Each freely composed their own side of the future album, while collaborating on each other's ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide A, led by Jean, is more rooted in the progressive electronic music of the time, influenced by \u003cstrong\u003eHeldon\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAmon Düül II\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eSoft Machine\u003c\/strong\u003e. Side B, bearing more of Claude's imprint and his influences (\u003cstrong\u003eTerry Riley\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLa Monte Young\u003c\/strong\u003e), is far more experimental and consists of a 22-minute trippy instrumental piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs for concerts, the band performed live only rarely, mainly within the squat and anarchist circuits of the time. However, the second part of this reissue features improvised pieces without synthesizers, recorded live in August 1973 on a hill near Valence, in the garden of friends. These rediscovered tracks had until then existed only on a cassette tape kept by a close acquaintance. The tracks \u003cem\u003eExpedition\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCrash73\u003c\/em\u003e, meanwhile, date from 1975 and remained in demo form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Born Bad Records","offers":[{"title":"Black Vinyl 2LP","offer_id":58470644253017,"sku":"SDZ-48289","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/MAR.png?v=1783010435","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/mar-vista-visions-of-sodal-ye","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}