Gilles Rivard - En Couleurs +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Artist ..... : Gilles Rivard | | Album ...... : En Couleurs | | Year ....... : 2017 | | Label ...... : Return To Analog | | Cat.No ..... : RTA 016 | | | +-------------------------------[Release Info]-------------------------------+ | | | Genere ..... : Soul | | Tracks ..... : 08 | | Duration ... : 29:56 min | | Source ..... : WEB | | Street Date : Oct-20-2017 | | URL ........ : www.discogs.com/release/11027968 | | Webstore URL : http://returntoanalogrecords.bandcamp.com | | | | Release Size : 68.7 MB | | Ripping Tool : n/a | | Encoder .... : Lame 3.99.5 | | Quality .... : 320kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo | | Rip Date ... : May-09-2018 | | | +--------------------------------[Track List]--------------------------------+ | | | 01. Je Reviens 03:38 | | 02. Entre Parentheses 04:04 | | 03. Vivre Seul 03:59 | | 04. Etoile De Mer 03:24 | | 05. Partir 03:41 | | 06. Dimanche De Mai 03:10 | | 07. Ca Va, Ca Va Brazilia 03:55 | | 08. Mirages 04:05 | | ----- | | Total: 29:56 | | | +-------------------------------[Release Notes]------------------------------+ | | | Out of print since 1981, this forgotten gem of Quebecois pop showcases | | a seamless blend of soft rock, soul jazz and Brazilian influences with | | lush arrangements and smooth, impeccable production. Official reissue | | pressed on random coloured vinyl. | | | | * * * | | | | Good music was all around and its nearly all forgotten these days. You | | might have heard the name Gilles Rivard on that dope AOR Mix by | | Brazilian expert Ed Motta (for Wax Poetics) that was released at the | | beginning of 2014. Well that track, "Je Reviens", also opens a very | | unusual album, by the Quebec singer-songwriter "En Couleurs" that sits | | somewhere between the French answer to Steely Dan and a warm samba- | | boogie-funk hybrid. Call it cheesy soft-rock all you want, a great | | groove is a great groove. Who would have thought some kind of modern | | soul aesthetic was shaping in the French speaking Quebec repertoire? | | Maybe not every song on "Tanger" by Dwight Druick or the very popular | | "En Fleche" by Diane Tell (both released in 1980) was astonishing, but | | "En Couleurs" by Gilles Rivard is the kind of obscure classic that | | deserves the same kind of praise West Coast favorite Ned Doheny is | | getting right now.Behind the mellow vibes "Je Reviens" keeps reminding | | you that musicianship was at its peak with players such has guitarist | | Jean-Marie Benoit or synth composer Daniel Barbe (who also put out the | | cosmic-disco influenced "Destination" in 1979). Released just before | | new wave FM pop would invade the charts during the mid-eighties, "En | | Couleurs" feels like a major statement from an artist who would vanish | | from the Quebec music scene a few years later. What really strikes me | | here is that underneath the sophisticated arrangements of most songs | | shines a brazilian-jazz smoothness. For instance, "Partir" talks about | | flying to Rio and there's even a track called "Ca Va, Ca Va Brazilia". | | Was Gilles Rivard on some kind of path close to Jorge Ben or Marcos | | Valle Brazilian funk makeover on "En Couleurs"? | | David Cantin. | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+