Make no mistake The Free Pop Electronic Concept is like the advertising suggests a New Exciting Experience. It’s the ultimate in weird rare groove from 1969. It’s so over the top you couldn’ ask for more. It’s basically b-movie bass heavy grooves over which all manner of primitive synthesized electronics fly around haphazardly. It’s danger with a capital D, sleazy with a capital S, hilarious with a capital H and genius with a capital G. It’s 60′ psychedelic heaven where the evils of rock, space jazz, grinding soul, and of course off kilter Forbidden Planetesque electronics all coalesce in one heady instrumental brew. It’s free pop – as opposed to free jazz. We’ve got Moogs, mellatrons, funky Latin percussion, whacked out bass, wah wah guitar, sleazy organ and of course (?) honky tonk piano. And the jams feel like they’re never going to end they’ll just keep grinding away like the soundtrack to an outer space stag film. The musicianship is truly masterful and it actually comes from Portuguese brothers Jess and James Lameirinhas, alongside American jazz man Scott Bradford and Belgian experimental electronic composer Arsene Souffriau. This is so weird and obscure that up until now it was fetching stupid amounts on ebay. Vampisoul as usual don’ skimp on the liner notes, but then why would you? Genius like this comes around all too rarely.
Bob Baker Fish
