RUTH "Mescalito"/"Mon
pote"
(7”,
Poutre Apparente, PAPE-004, 2007)
ARCANE, ILITCH, BREAKING POINT,RUTH and
CRASH or the many facets of a diamond in
the rough. Wrongly identified as Növo with RUTH, Thierry Müller has undertaken
since the beginning of the 70s an innovating production in perpetual entropy,
anticipating the musical movements to come, without being altered by time and
the waltz of the in-crowd. “Mescalito”, initially released on the legendary
french compilation “125 grammes de 33 1/3
tours” on Oxygène records (together with tracks from A 3 DANS LES WC,
STRYCHNINE, ELECTROCHOC,…), is already well known in the punk record collector
circles. “Mon pote”, an unreleased track on vinyl, is a tragic and cruel
thriller led at an epileptic rhythm accompanied by high pitched singing
subjected to the slashes and cuts of a psychedelic boosted guitar. Ruth
surprises us by leaving any sophistication behind as bare and savage. Simply
beautiful. (listen to mp3 excerpts)
Both
tracks are available on CD format on the recommended Thierry Müller compilation
“Rare & unreleased 1974-1984”
recently released by fractal records.
More information concerning other Thierry Müller projects can be found on his website.
REVIEWS
“(…) All of this stuff
is quality, but I have to say that Ruth was the big surprise; it's like a
raw-ass, garage version of Kim Gordon-led, Evol/Sister-era Sonic Youth but with
its own French charm/snot embedded within the snarl. Wish there was more than
just two tracks. (…)” Scott Mou, www.othermusic.com, August 2007 (USA), from a review of THIERRY MÜLLER - Rare & Unreleased 1974-1984, fractal records.
« (…) Et puis après c'est le choc ! Avec les deux
incroyables morceaux de Ruth qui suivent. C'est l'explosion punk, inattendue,
absolument jubilatoire. On est très loin de la sophistication de
"Polaroid/Roman/Photo" avec ses arrangements travaillés et
voluptueux. Là, c'est plutôt rythmique savamment désarticulée, guitare et basse
cinglées et chant de fillette effrontée. D'ailleurs on ne comprend pas qu'une
bombe comme "Mescalito" n'ait été un hit ! Jouissif. (…) » Cyril
Lacaud, Popnews
(www.popnews.com), Août 2007 (France),
from a review of THIERRY MÜLLER
- Rare & Unreleased 1974-1984,
fractal records.
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