ERIC DEMARSAN Le Cercle Rouge LP

OPAKOWANIE: HEAVY CARDBOARD OLD STOUGHTON TIP-ON-SLEEVE
180G VINYL
HALF SPEED MASTERING

We Release Jazz is delighted to present the official reissue of the original soundtrack of Jean-Pierre Melvilles 1970 film noir classic Le Cercle Rouge (starring Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, and Yves Montand) composed by French soundtrack master Eric Demarsan, available on limited edition 180g vinyl LP mastered at half speed and including 4 bonus tracks not available on previous pressings of the album.

Eric Demarsans compositions for Le Cercle Rouge draw from the orchestral spirit of the Modern Jazz Quartet (as requested by Melville who loved John Lewis work), abstraction and minimalism to create a suspenseful and hypnotizing audio landscape which elegantly underlines the tense atmosphere of unavoidable fate that shrouds the movie and the doleful beauty of its characters. Simply put, its the finest combination of underworld existentialism, coldblooded chic, and crime jazz!

Le Cercle Rouge boasts the participation of celebrated jazz players Guy Pedersen (bass), Daniel Humair (drums), Georges Arvanitas (piano), and Bernard Lubat (vibraphone).

Starting as a collaborator of François de Roubaix and Michel Magne in the 60s, Eric Demarsan went on to become a mainstay of French cinema soundtracks, composing for directors such as Jean-Pierre Mocky, Costa-Gavras, and Patrice Leconte among others. He also recorded the cult album Pop Symphony (for Pierre Cardin in 1970) under the Jason Havelock pseudonym.

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- For fans of jazz, movie soundtracks, orchestral jazz, abstraction, John Lewis, Modern Jazz Quartet, François de Roubaix, Michel Magne, film noir, coldblooded chic, crime jazz, Alain Delon, Bourvil, French cinema, Nouvelle Vague cinema, solitude, gloomy elegance, underworld existentialism.
- Original soundtrack of Jean-Pierre Melvilles Le Cercle Rouge by Eric Demarsan available on 180g vinyl mastered at half speed, with 4 bonus tracks never released on vinyl before.
- 3rd release from We Release Jazz, following Ryo Fukuis Scenery and Mellow Dream. We Release Jazz is the new sister-label of WRWTFWW Records (Midori Takadas Through The Looking Glass and Lunar Cruise with Masahiko Sato, MKWAJU ensembles KI-Motion, Jun Fukamachis Nicole, Bruno Spoerris Voice of Taurus and The Sound of the UFOs, Piero Umilianis Tra Scienza e Fantascienza and Il Mondo Dei Romani)