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Claude Fontaine - La Mer (LP, Album) Mint (M) / Mint (M)Summary: Vinyl, LP1, La Mer, Claude Fontaine (3), 2024, US Media Condition: Mint (M) Sleeve Condition: Mint (M) Country: US Released: 06 Sep 2024 Genre: Jazz, Reggae Style: Bossa Nova Comments: New, Sealed. Notes: Black Vinyl Edition A1. Vaqueiro A2. Love The Way You Love A3. Green Ivy Tapestry A4. Laissez Moi LAimer A5. Concha Do Mar A6. Lovers Vow B1. Camacari B2. Small Hours B3. Reliquia B4. Marmalade Haze B5. Kissing The Sun B6. Chuva De Verao
Summary: Vinyl, LP1, La Mer, Claude Fontaine (3), 2024, US
Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country: US
Released: 06 Sep 2024
Genre: Jazz, Reggae
Style: Bossa Nova
Comments:
New, Sealed.
Notes:
Black Vinyl Edition
A1. Vaqueiro
A2. Love The Way You Love
A3. Green Ivy Tapestry
A4. Laissez-Moi L’Aimer
A5. Concha Do Mar
A6. Lover’s Vow
B1. Camacari
B2. Small Hours
B3. Reliquia
B4. Marmalade Haze
B5. Kissing The Sun
B6. Chuva De Verao
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode 810874027108
IL-2117
There is a mythical island that exists only in Claude Fontaine’s imagination. It’s somewhere off the coast of France but the trade winds blow a soothing tropical breeze. The inhabitants converse in an alluring mélange of French and Portuguese. The air is fragrant and sweet. The water is the color of Lapis Lazuli. The stone citadels of this invisible city are scarred by time, but its people exist in a velvet eternity.
If you wander at night amidst the starlit cobblestone roads, you might chance upon the official house band of this halcyon offshore republic. A mysterious ensemble fronted by an American girl with a French name singing a romantic collection of spells assembled under the name, La Mer.
With their dulcet fusion of ‘60s French ye-ye pop, slinky Studio One reggae, and liminal Brazilian tropicalia, Claude Fontaine’s songs embody the best kept dreams of a globally connected world. The second album from the Los Angeles artist reflects the dream of creating the soundtrack for this utopia by the sea.
On “Vaqueiro,” the first single from the album out today, Fontaine spins the tale of a gaucho, a hardened man on horseback, a rugged soul who denies love and sweats out his sorrows from the isolation of a chaparral-strewn ranch.
At times, Fontaine channels Jane Birkin as backed by Jorge Ben. Francois Hardy locked into sonic reverie with Mulatu Astatke, or Margo Guryan making lovers rock. None of this is a happy accident. For her second opus, Fontaine assembled some of the most gifted musicians of the last five decades. First and foremost is her co-writer and producer, the multi-platinum Grammy-Award winning Lester Mendez, whose resume includes everyone from Grace Jones and Baaba Maal to Shakira and Nelly Furtado.
As with Fontaine’s self-titled first album, Tony Chin, foil for the likes of King Tubby, Dennis Brown, Lee Perry, Jackie Mittoo, Sly & Robbie, appears on guitar, bringing the orphic tones expected from someone who has played with some of the greatest reggae musicians of all-time. On bass, there’s Ronnie McQueen, one of the co-founders of Steel Pulse. Sergio Mendes’ percussionist, Gibi Dos Santos, supplies propulsive locomotion. So does Ziggy Marley’s drummer, Rock Deadrick. And that’s just the abridged list of storied instrumentalists who appear on La Mer.
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