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01. Jean-Claude Vannier - La bête noire (Intro)
02. Jean-Claude Vannier - Chasser la bête noire
03. Jean-Claude Vannier - Histoire de Daniel
04. Jean-Claude Vannier - The Black Beast (Effets Cords)
05. Jean-Claude Vannier - Rythme de la bête noire
06. Jean-Claude Vannier - Danse de la bête noire
07. Jean-Claude Vannier - Le dealer
08. Jean-Claude Vannier - Karen/Antonia
09. Jean-Claude Vannier - The Black Beast 2 (Effets Cords)
10. Jean-Claude Vannier - The Writer/Yves
11. Jean-Claude Vannier - Chasser bête noire (Revenir)
12. Jean-Claude Vannier - The Juvenile Judge
13. Jean-Claude Vannier - La bête noire (Generique)
14. Jean-Claude Vannier - Paris n'existe pas (Opening Titles)
15. Jean-Claude Vannier - Angela en ambré
16. Jean-Claude Vannier - Télékinésie en turquoise
17. Jean-Claude Vannier - Simon Slips
18. Jean-Claude Vannier - La chambre rose
19. Jean-Claude Vannier - Fantôme félicienne
20. Jean-Claude Vannier - Le feu
21. Jean-Claude Vannier - La tête
22. Jean-Claude Vannier - Les chemins n'existent pas
23. Jean-Claude Vannier - Fantôme soirée
24. Jean-Claude Vannier - Le temps passe
25. Jean-Claude Vannier - Flipbook
26. Jean-Claude Vannier - Fantôme soiree (Outtake)
27. Jean-Claude Vannier - Flipbook (Outtake)
ARTIST
TITLE
La bete noire/Paris n'existe pas
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
FKR 109LP FKR 109LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/23/2022

Finders Keepers Records present both the hallucinogenic orchestral music to Robert Benayoun's Paris n'existe pas (1969) and the rhythmic onslaught and cyclic waltzes from Patrick Chaput's La bête noire (1983) complete with an extensive booklet of essays, interviews, secrets, and rare images from both of these mythical cinematic obscurities. From deep in the vaults of the Parisian composer, Jean-Claude Vannier finally liberates two previously unreleased and fabled film soundtracks that mark significant milestones in the career of this legendary composer and his close connection to the French free jazz scene. Comprised on this one vinyl disc you will find the only existing original historic recordings to his first ever 1968 collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg as well as the entire lost musical score for Vannier's first major star-studded solo film commission.

La bête noire: From the furious pen of controversial author Jean-Pierre Bastid (Let The Corpses Tan/Massacre Of Pleasure) and directed by one-time realisateur Patrick Chaput the gritty street crime thriller precedes the likes of La haine. Revealing itself to be one of Jean-Claude Vannier's most unique scores these previously unreleased studio master tapes capture self-styled batucadas and furious rhythm tracks next to frenzied carousel waltzes free from the stylistic time-stamp of their 1983 recording date. These experimental recordings remain independent from the pop and rock idiom and are both timeless as well as groundbreaking due to the deployment of key players from the French free jazz scene and the reunion of Vannier's long-standing Insolitudes. Showcasing a crack team of Palm/Futura/Actuel/Saravah label regulars such as saxophonist Philippe Maté alongside drummer Bernard Lubat, Arpadys/Voyage rhythm masters Marc Chantereau and Pierre-Alain Dahan, and session legend Michel Zanlonghi, this thunderous group bridges an authentic gap between The Jef Gilson Group and France's signature "cosmic" revolution. Previously unheard compositions, rhythms, and sound design experiments.

Paris n'existe pas: Previously the subject of biographical rock history, archival documentaries, and cruel bootlegging opportunity, the official master tapes to Jean-Claude Vannier's first ever studio date with Serge Gainsbourg poetically mirrors the title of the film... They didn't exist, until now. Culled from reference recordings, rehearsals, playback tapes, and work-in-progress TV magazine features, Finders Keepers in close collaboration with Jean-Claude present the genuine hallucinogenic orchestral and experimental sound design recordings that appeared on the 1968 film Paris n'existe pas. The brooding orchestrations and experimental music found on this record comes complete with interjections of modern jazz courtesy of French free jazz mainstays Philippe Maté and Jean-Louis Chautemps. With the help of an esteemed string ensemble Vannier also lays down an early orchestral blueprint for his own "approximately-Orient" signature sound in its earliest naked form just three years before Histoire de Melody Nelson would cause widespread controversy on its release.