HORRIFIC CHILD - L'ETRANGE MR. WHINSTER

· The follow up to the critically acclaimed ‘Midnight Massiera: The BMusic
Of Jean Pierre Massiera’, ‘L’Etrange Mr. Whinster’ is a disturbing
mix of dismembered tape samples, paranoid-poetry and cosmic chaos
resurrected from the crypt of Studio Antibes 1976, ‘… Mr. Whinster’
was marketed in the format of a psychological experience rather than a pop
record.

· A bloodstained patchwork of surrealism and brooding psychedelic rock, the
LP stitched together Massiera's own shock-tactical spoken word (in the style
of his earlier exploitation record 'Erik' which described the ‘Streets Of
Desolation’ after the Nazi occupation) and a cacophony of live
instrumentation and de-tuned and collaged samples from the vaults of the
Antibes Studio. Most of the contributors, loosely described as the
'personnel’, were featured in snippet and sample form apart from some
short custom written passages that were performed by musicians from the
Nice Music Conservatory directed by Antibes regular Gérard Pontieux
who would later appear on the credits as an arranger for Human Egg and
Turn Radio On (Massiera's rare proto-disco collaboration with his half
brother Bernard Torelli). Extra electric basslines were dubbed onto the
record courtesy of ex-Pyranas / Hermaphrodites bassist Tony Bonfils
(who would later appear in Synthesis and Human Egg). Beneath the deep
theatrical growls of JPM himself, backing vocals came from the two singing
duos Paul & Virginia and Micky & Joyce including samples lifted straight
from precious sessions such as Visitors or Les Chats Renaissance.
Massiera also credits vocal appearances to two bizarre figures from the
French glitterati in the form of stage singer Roberto Galbés and the larger
than life celebrity impresario Bob Damiano (who would later write lyrics for
Massiera’s extra terrestrial Venus Gang project).

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