Philip Ilson of the London Short Film festival / Branchage Festival is a massive Gainsbourg fan. So, when he heard about the new film about Serge, Gainsbourg, due for release at the end of this month, he got quite excited and wanted to celebrate the release of the film, and the music of the man.
Rather than revisiting Gainsbourg’s best-known work Phil wanted to dig up a “lost classic” – Charlotte For Ever, an album written by Serge for his daughter, Charlotte, and released in 1986 when she was just 12. A product of it’s time, Charlotte Forever hasn’t aged well – its 80s production values make it sound very dated.
But Phil is convinced it’s a songwriting masterclass, and wanted someone to re-record the entire album, stripped of the worst of its 80s excesses, and re-imagined to reveal the beautiful songs hidden within. So he came to us, and Hige Club was born to take on the challenge (there’s more info about them and the project on our Artists page).
We’re pressing up a limited run of just 200 Hige Club CDs, so make sure you get your order in early! We’ll be selling them mail order exclusively though this site, and at the two Hige Club live shows that are lined up:
30th July @ Curzon (Soho) Cinema, London
23-26th September @ Branchage Film Festival Jersey
You can pre-order the CD from our Shop page right now to make sure you’re among the first to get their hands on it – offical release date is 3oth July, but if we get the CDs back from the manufacturers before then we’ll send pre-ordered copies straight out.
And in the meantime, to whet your whistle, you can listen to the whole album right here:
1. Charlotte for ever
2. Ouvertures eclair
3. Oh Daddy Oh
4. Don’t Forget to Forget Me
5. Pour ce que tu n’etais pas
6. Plus doux avec moi
7. Elastique
8. Zero pointe vers l’infini
9. Lemon Incest
(We’d like to be able to post the original album here in it’s entirety too, for comparison, but we might get in trouble for that, so we’ll leave it up to you to seek it out – it’s well worth a bit of detective work!)
xx
Tags: Branchage Festival, Charlotte For Ever, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Curzon, Gainsbourg, Hige Club, Lemon Incest, London Short Film Festival, marketstall records, New Releases, Serge Gainsbourg
20th July, 2010 at 21:43 |
Shame you tunes just buffer and don’t play! I was really looking forward to hearing those new tunes!
20th July, 2010 at 21:57 |
I think I just fixed it – ta for the heads-up
20th July, 2010 at 21:53 |
That is annoying isn’t it? I’m just not getting the hang of this … gis a sec … OK try again now …
26th July, 2010 at 09:02 |
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27th July, 2010 at 16:48 |
Great idea – sounds really nice, I’ll have to go and dig out the original!
Check back to http://www.flashlightmusic.co.uk and I’ll try and get it in the Tracks section…
27th July, 2010 at 17:16 |
Thanks a lot Harry, that’s great! I’ll keep my eye out for that and link to you when the tracks are up.
28th July, 2010 at 09:24
Cheers guys – latest Tracks section here – http://www.flashlightmusic.co.uk/tracks/article/flashlight-week-in-music-beginning-26th-july-2010.html
24th August, 2010 at 15:39 |
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