BERNARD ESTARDY-LA FORMULE DU BARON -'67 CULT JAZZ-LP
LA FORMULE DU BARON
La Formule du Baron
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In an enigmatic, deceptively serene sleeve, bathed in strangely disturbing winter light, appears the deeply rooted shadow of a man staring miles into the distance.
His freakish, coat and confident stance, his thick horn-rimmed glasses and wind tousled hair give him every air of a slightly decadent aristocrat, while the gothic typeface to his left succeeds in adding a nice baroque touch. Standing to such ceremony, La Formule du Baron obviously cannot be a record like any other. To confirm our first impression, our mysterious Baron decides to invite us to an incredible and sumptuous musical banquet, defined by a freedom and inventiveness rarely found together on one same record. A crazy alchemist, let loose in his mythical CBE studio, our host concocts succulent musical recipes exuding the perfume of sparkling orchestral pop, an aroma of spicy funk, a sprinkling of unbridled jazz, and the incredible vapours of mutant variety of the curious vocals kind.
Behind this mind-blowing production, these generous creations and this old-fashioned pseudonym hides in fact one of greatest producers the hexagon has ever known, the passionate, and sadly missed Bernard Estardy. Loyal organist for Nino Ferrer, he also produced and rubbed shoulders with practically all of French variety’s personalities (for better or for worse,) composed several library music pieces, and gave birth to his fair share of cult space disco tracks. Impossible to categorise, La Formule du Baron remains his masterpiece, standing alongside the pop and psychedelic greats of the 60s and 70s. Cult, no less.
LP Gatefold 180-g - From original master tapes - From original artwork - Numbered & Limited.
1. Monsieur Dutour
2. Cha Tach Ka
3. Ala Mia Thra
4. Autoscopie
5. La Gigouille
6. Le Pain, Le Vin
7. La Valse du Vepar
8. Les Lahoutes
9. Meut's Boogie
10. De Temps en Temps
11. Bave à Roi
12. Sister Charlotte Abbaye
Born on the 19th of november 1939 under the sign of the Bear, Bernard ESTARDY, an authentic descendant of the baron of Méouilles (Basses-Alpes), had no possible predisposition to architecture. Still, it was with a diploma in Civil engeneering that he started a career of Jazz pianist. Playing organ with Nino Ferrer would develop one1s taste for electronics.
So, in 1967, he fulfilled his dream and built his own recording studio, CBE, from the door knobs to the mixing table.
These three letters, CBE, soon became legendary in the French music industry, something like what Abbey Road would be for the British. (The records produced in Estardy's studio during its first two decades amount to sales of about 200 million copies.) During the first years of the studio, between sessions for other artists, Bernard slowly perfected a concept-album that he now considers one of his masterpieces :
LA FORMULE DU BARON, the Baron's formula.
- a pinch of mathematical draughtsmanship
- a hint of Pop Jazz
- a dash of Estardian sound engeneering.
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