ecole Samira Bellil / ecole Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Continuing in a tradition that started circa 1957 of free expression by kids, this record is the first vinyl-release in more than 30 years of music from Freinet primary schools.

These are not reworkings of well known pop-nuggets or reinterpretations of the “sound du jour”, but original material. And wholly original it is!

The kids from l’École Samira Bellil in St. Denis – a “socially challenged” Paris suburb start us of with an ESG-style no-wave romp, musing about the impossibilities of childhood they will soon overcome (“if I could go to Paris all by myself I would/but hey PAS POSSIBLE”) before delving into some completely gratifying electro-accoustic experiments.

On the flipside the kids from l’École Jaques-Yves Cousteau in Plougonven – way out in the middle of nowhere Bretange - seem to be echoing the sounds of illegal raves floating out over the pastures on the early morning bus ride to school.
They’ll have their own party in the music studio during recess.

This is not music for kids or even “kids-music”, it is simply one of the freshest records of the year (yes, that’s right!) that just happens to be made by a bunch of pre-teens from France.

• 1 ecole Samira Bellil - Amis Pour La Vie : Si Je Pouvais
• 2 ecole Samira Bellil - Ange : Maxance
• 3 ecole Samira Bellil - Wande
• 4 ecole Samira Bellil - Wisdom
• 5 ecole Jacques-Yves Cousteau - C'est De La..
• 6 ecole Jacques-Yves Cousteau - Tommy
• 7 ecole Jacques-Yves Cousteau - Electro Death
• 8 ecole Jacques-Yves Cousteau - Hoooooooooo
• 9 ecole Jacques-Yves Cousteau - Le Desert