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  1. #ThirtyDaySongChallenge #NowPlaying #RockInOpposition

    Day 21: A song you like with a person's name in the title

    "C'est Charles" - #AksakMaboul (2020)

    My guess is that this title is a reference to Baudelaire, but a total inability to speak French doesn't hamper enjoyment of this groovy little number one iota. Askak Maboul was a singular Belgian 70s Rock in Opposition band that somehow re-materialised in this dour 21st century to continue blowing the same 100 or so minds they melted the first time around. That the record this was taken from ("Figures") was my favourite album of 2020 is of no consequence.

    Hey: why hasn't anyone sampled that vicious 12 second intro yet? I'm expecting it to end up on a #KennySegal production in a matter of weeks.

    youtube.com/watch?v=8DqxDGodGs

  2. I want to drop one more 80s alternative album that’s a bit more obscure. Un peu de l'âme des bandits by #AksakMaboul. It’s very hard to describe. It’s kind of a #jazz album with string instruments and oboes. But it’s also artsy experimental rock. The album came out of “rock in opposition” which was a kind of indie rock movement in the late 70s of bands that didn’t fit into the music industry. The main guy behind this band runs the Crammed record label which puts out great oddball albums.

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