Enjoy the reuissue of the 7-inch From original master tapes. Limited edition, Numbered (universal-vadim music)

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" When Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier came together in 1969 to compose the music to an obscure Jean Gabin starring anti-drugs film, little did they know that the fruits of this legendary session would become, over the years, the object of a veritable sauce-ation. Hungrily sought out by all Made in France vintage groove lovers, the original 45t promo, sleeveless and an extremely rare pressing (300 maxi) is like gold dust. According to certain sources, this rarity comes from the fact that, moments after release, the record was called back for destruction due to legal reasons, meaning few survivors fetch explosive prices on the collector’s market today.

But the true value of this record lies in its stunningly modern and powerful music. Gainsbourg, fully immersed in his psychedelic and pop phase had just signed the original soundtrack to Lautner’s film “Le Pacha” with the precious help of Michel Columbier. Film producing the legendary and avant-gardist “Requiem pour un Con.” While this abstract track played on the themes of restraint and purgatory, “La Horse” preferred to place its bets on the exuberance of forms of liberation, a precursor to the dazzling “Cannabis” and undisputable masterpiece “Melody Nelson.” Vannier, as a demandingly cultivated master craftsman uses his exacting orchestral prowess to full effect to create a delicious layering of strange flavours from a simple harpsichord loop, spiced up with a soupcon of zither. Onto this he adds wraps a sinusoidal bass and a monster beat to give birth to a rebellious instrumental, launched at full speed in frenzy of magnificent flashes of violin. A short pause for a spurt of comedy banjo, and this infernal rhythmical spiral resumes its unrelentless movement, devouring everything in its path.

The pinnacle of Gainsbourg/Vannier’s partnership, “La Horse” is direct proof of the intensely creative period the two were traversing together, way, way ahead of the crowd. A great moment in baroque funk, a science, a groove and a reality that forces respect. "

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