| Description | : RAFT RECORDINGS RAFT118, 2002; THIS 10 IS CLEARLY AN ODD BALL IN THE CATALOGUE OF THE HAFLER TRIO. FOR THOSE NOT AWARE, ANDREW MCKENZIE WASN'T MUCH OF A SINGER ON THE HAFLER TRIO RECORDS, BUT HERE HE DOES ACTUALLY SING. LIKE ON HIS VERY FIRST RECORD, WHICH HE RELEASED AT THE AGE OF 13 - SO MANY YEARS AGO. THEN HE SANG 'MY BOY LOLLIPOP' AND HE SINGS LA CHANSON DADA, BY THE POET TRISTAN TZARA AND MUSIC BY GEORGES AURIC (ONE OF THE 'GROUPES DES SIX', SIX YOUNG FRENCH COMPOSERS, AROUND THEIR MASTER ERIC SATIE). ANDREW MCKENZIE SINGS, A STRING QUARTET WITH HARP AND HARMONIUM ADDS THE SOUNDS. NOTHING UNLIKE SO MANY RECORDINGS BY THE HAFLER TRIO, AND EVEN THE DADAIST, ABSURDIST TEXT SEEMS AN UNLIKELY EVENT FOR THE HAFLER TRIO. MELANCHOLICALLY SUNG, IT IS A BIT OF SAD SONG. UNSETTLING FOR THE TRUE HAFLER TRIO FANS, BUT CERTAINLY ONE THAT FITS THE TIME OF THE YEAR. THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF 2002, I'D SAY." [VITAL WEEKLY] LA CHANSON DADA IS ONLY AVAILABLE AS AN INVISIBLE 10 RECORD, IN A DINNER JACKET, WITH CHOIR SHEET AND POSTCARD (BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT). THE SONG 'LA CHANSON DADA' IS MADE HISTORY IN THE LIVING... TZARA, TRISTAN: ROMANIAN-BORN FRENCH POET AND ESSAYIST KNOWN MAINLY AS A FOUNDER OF DADA, WRITING THE FIRST DADA TEXTS AND THE MOVEMENT'S MANIFESTOS, MEMBER OF THE SURREALIST MOVEMENT, THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND THE FRENCH RESISTANCE. GEORGES AURIC: COMPOSER FOR FILM, OPERA AND BALLET, MUSIC CRITIC AND DIRECTOR OF THE PARIS OPERA." [FROM THE LABEL DESCRIPTION] |
