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ARTIST
ESTARDY, BERNARD
TITLE
Fragments D'une Empreinte Magnetique
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
GONZAI RECORDS
CATALOG #
GONZ 024LP
GONZ 024LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
6/29/2018
After a series of mythic reissues, (
Pole
,
Marie Et Les Garçons
, etc.) Gonzaï Records confronts a French production legend:
Bernard Estardy
. The album
Fragments D'une Empreinte Magnétique
is a collection of 12 originals, rare and collectable songs, composed and recorded by the producer between 1966 and the year of his passing, 2006. If you don't know him by his real name, you might know him under the nickname: "The Giant". Whether you're aware of it or not you've certainly heard his music, leaving behind him over 1,500 songs, some of which have made history. Bernard Estardy started by playing in Parisian jazz clubs as a young pianist backing great acts such as
Bill Coleman
or
Nancy Sinatra
. After becoming an expert on the keys, his next adventure was playing the organ for
Nino Ferrer
and creating the riffs which are known today as classics. You've guessed it, behind the songs "Mirza" or "Les Cornichons"; it's Bernard. Nino Ferrer being like a volcano, always on the edge about to blow, Estardy co-founded the CBE Studio in 1969 -- one of Paris's legendary studios. There, the most popular songs and albums of the French repertoire were recorded from
François Hardy
's "Comment Te Dire Adieu" to
Manset
's "La Mort d'Orion", even
Bert Jansch
or
Lee Hazlewood
visited the studio. CBE has been the home of many great acts from
Johnny Hallyday
to
Serge Gainsbourg
, and one way or the another, the very man behind the mixing desk is responsible for more than 400 million record sales all over the world. Impressive, right? As a tinkerer of tunes for many others, he forgot to sell his own talent. He secretly recorded two albums and made more than a hundred instrumentals, all of which were kept in storage for years. Until now. His style? A mix of post-jerk, library music and cosmic disco.
Fragments D'une Empreinte Magnétique
reveals the story of his mysterious life: a collection of originals songs, some of them forgotten, but they all have the The Giant's signature sound.
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