BATTEAUX by BATTEAUX
| SKU | 102705 |
| Artist | BATTEAUX |
| Title | BATTEAUX |
| Label | BE WITH RECORDS |
| Catalog # | BEWITH 027LP |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 11 - 2018 |
| Format | Vinyl - UKLP |
| € 27,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Tell Her She's Lovely
- Living's Worth Loving
- Wake Me In The Morning
- Mirror
- Joe Arnold
- "Dig Up The Love
- Katy
- Lady Of The Lake
- treat Me Right Treat Me Wrong
- High Tide
- Wishing My Father
- Maybe I'll Run Away
Description
A notoriously folk-funk-soul classic, long treasured by the Balearic fraternity, the self-titled LP from the brothers Batteau - now reissued!
Like a forgotten piece of baroque folk caught in 1973, Batteaux's eponymous album somehow sounds magically timeless. A full 45 years after the fact, it remains a mystery as to why they weren't better known. The lush production and virtuoso playing conforms with the ruling aesthetic of the time - well-crafted, melodic songs performed with precision and balance - whilst the shimmering AOR atmosphere and sun-dappled vocal washes align neatly with the best Crosby, Stills & Nash records.
Throughout, the beautifully penned tracks hold traces of Jimmie Spheeris, America and Seals & Crofts. The immaculately orchestrated percussion and additional instrumentation (electric piano and fiddle to name a few) are performed by perennially celebrated West-Coast cats including Tom Scott, John Guerin and Andy Newmark.
It's no surprise that the heavenly "High Tide" is such a Balearic touchstone. A free soul aqua-space groover, its sophisticated rhythms predict the swing of CSN's canonical "Dark Star" by a full four years. An alternative measure of its enduring magnificence can be gauged by MF Doom sampling Paul Horn's wonderful version, subsequently used by Ghostface Killah.
