{"product_id":"yamasuki-le-monde-fabuleux-des-yamasuki-reissue","title":"YAMASUKI - Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki (Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Standard Edition Black Vinyl (2026 Reissue). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1971, somewhere between Brussels, Paris and a collective pop fever dream, \u003cem\u003eLe Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki\u003c\/em\u003e landed on vinyl. It sounded like nothing else then and it still does not today. More than half a century later, \u003cstrong\u003eSdban Records\u003c\/strong\u003e proudly presents a reissue of this singular cult album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album was produced by \u003cstrong\u003eJean Kluger\u003c\/strong\u003e and written both by \u003cstrong\u003eJean\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Vangarde\u003c\/strong\u003e (aka \u003cstrong\u003eBangalter\u003c\/strong\u003e, later the father of \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Bangalter\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong\u003eDaft Punk\u003c\/strong\u003e), who were already well ahead of their time, long before electronic music rewrote the rules of pop culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased under the name \u003cstrong\u003eYamasuki\u003c\/strong\u003e, also referred to as \u003cstrong\u003eThe Yamasuki Singers\u003c\/strong\u003e, or \u003cstrong\u003eThe Yamasuki’s\u003c\/strong\u003e, the project was never intended as a conventional band. It was a studio-born fantasy, a concept album disguised as a pop record. What began as a standalone single quickly expanded into a full-blown pan-cultural pop opera that ignored genres and common sense with joyful abandon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusically, the album sits at a delirious crossroads. Psychedelic pop collides with funk rhythms, samba and bubblegum melodies, full of chants and choruses in a phonetic pseudo-Japanese, written with the help of a dictionary. Kluger and Vangarde famously recruited a children’s choir to perform the vocals, and for added spectacle, they brought in a Japanese judo grandmaster, whose ritualistic shouts and battle cries erupt throughout the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral singles were released. One of them, Yamasuki, with accompanying dance move, appeared in the United Kingdom and France on \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Peel\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cstrong\u003eDandelion\u003c\/strong\u003e label, a fitting home for a record that thrived on the margins of pop culture. Its B-side, Aieaoa, proved even more potent. In 1975, the song was reborn as \u003cem\u003eA.I.E.\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eA Mwana\u003c\/em\u003e) by \u003cstrong\u003eBlack Blood\u003c\/strong\u003e, an African group recording in Belgium, this time sung in Swahili. That melody would travel even further. \u003cem\u003eAie a Mwana\u003c\/em\u003e became the debut single of English pop group \u003cstrong\u003eBananarama\u003c\/strong\u003e, and in 2010 it resurfaced once more as Helele, an official song of the FIFA World Cup, recorded by South African singer \u003cstrong\u003eVelile Mchunu\u003c\/strong\u003e with Danish percussion duo \u003cstrong\u003eSafri Duo\u003c\/strong\u003e. That version became the most widely known incarnation of the song. With Jean Kluger directly involved, it was less a cover than a continuation of the original idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album’s afterlife did not stop there. Over the years, Yamasuki has been quietly sampled, covered, and featured across media far beyond the realm of novelty pop. \u003cem\u003eKono Samourai\u003c\/em\u003e was sampled in \u003cem\u003eThe Healer\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eErykah Badu\u003c\/strong\u003e (2007), produced by \u003cstrong\u003eMadlib\u003c\/strong\u003e, while \u003cem\u003eYama Yama\u003c\/em\u003e has found its way into recent pop culture as well: appearing in the television series \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFargo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, on \u003cstrong\u003eAngus Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e’s project \u003cstrong\u003eDope Lemon\u003c\/strong\u003e, and on the 2008 \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLate Night Tales\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e compilation curated by \u003cstrong\u003eArctic Monkeys\u003c\/strong\u003e drummer \u003cstrong\u003eMatt Helders\u003c\/strong\u003e. Proof, if any were needed, that this strange little record carries a deeper musical DNA than its playful exterior might suggest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new reissue of \u003cem\u003eLe Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki\u003c\/em\u003e proves the renewed interest and respect for this cult album, faithful to the original spirit while finally giving it back the physical presence it deserves. In an era obsessed with genres and algorithmic neatness, Yamasuki still laughs, dances and karate-kicks its way past definitions. It reminds us that pop music can be playful without being disposable, strange without being cynical and joyful without explanation. The world of Yamasuki was always fabulous, we are just lucky it found its way back to us! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sdban Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Vinyl","offer_id":57256017068377,"sku":"SDZ-43525","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Yamasuki_-_Le_Monde_Fabuleux_Des_Yamasuki_-_2026_Reissue.jpg?v=1770641796","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/yamasuki-le-monde-fabuleux-des-yamasuki-reissue","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}