This record is no stranger to many library collectors or just collectors in to big ass beats. The whole side A is just killer! "Cite" is a monster, with that classic Giordano sound, essential! "Tablasse" is perfect, every element dialing in that perfect french funk sound. "Jumba" takes the "Tablasse" riff and speeds it up into a much longer jam out sesh full of jazz wanderings. "Motion" eventually works its way into undeniable funky territory full of wah wahs and jazzy trumpets. "Alti" might be the most melodic jam here, even if it's a strange melody, haha, and incredibly funky and driving it is.
Unfortunately the first 4 songs on side B by Stephane Grappelli & Francis Personne are pretty boring jams that have nothing to do with the vibe on sibe A, which if this were different, this record would be absolutely perfect, oh well, no need to nit pick, just move on to "Cool" a pretty playful funky vibe and "Orient Express" which mixes up the time signature to give an off kilter and stony jazz funk feel.
I said before that Timing 6 was my favorite Timing record and that is still true but that's only because I choose great melody and song structure over great big beats every time but this record is a god damn monster and a very close second in my book and definitely the hardest Timing to put your hands on, took me a bit at least.
As the previous rip that was floating around was in mono (many computer rip software defaults to mono for some reason,) this is a nice upgrade for many I'm hoping. Ripped from my personal collection @320K stereo enjoy! Chris Tillotson GET IT HERE!
So if you do a popsike search for the Timing label, you'll see that the most sought after Timings are No.1 & No.3. Time and time again I see those 2 go for ridiculous money, now while the other timings don't go for cheap they are nothing compared to those 2. This is crazy! Now I'll give you that Timing N.1 is goddamn essential, Timing N.6 blows Tim N.3 out of the water. Not only are the 2 Jacky Giordano jams better than the 2 Tim 3 ones but I would take the Kaufman & Jerome songs over Yan Treggers offerings any day. I do absolutely love Yan Tregger but just a little dissapointed with his TIM 3 jams.
Now let's get to this library record. I always keep coming back to this one cause it is just so so good! The first 15 songs are short clips by a mysterious Yves Boringes, but when I hear a song like "Skratch" I have to think Jacky Giordano. Discogs only credits Yves Boringes to this one album, so either he made this one offering or it's Jacky Giordano in disguise. Then we get 2 songs by Christian Sarrel that are very nice slow groove and Bossa tracks with some wordless vocals. Jacky is up next with a couple essentials. The middle of "Plink" is just so creative and unique, deep deep groove. "La Gigue Bleau" is just amazing, he has the coolest afro jazz sound their is. Then when you think you've heard the best this record has to offer Kaufman & Jerome just destroy your brain for the next 20 min of you're life! You might remember them from their amazing Chappell CHA offering, "Screen And Pleasure" Unlike most library music they make songs, not just parts. These songs will take you on a journey, very cosmic and stoney. My 2 Fav's though are the last 2 songs, "Linda" & "Zoroastre", I could just listen to these over and over. Just amazing chord changes, epic and triumphant! When that beat kicks back in on "Zoroastre" What!!
So please enjoy one of the finest french library's ever created and if you see it, buy it, cause you do not see this one every day. From my personal collection ripped @320K! GET IT HERE!
Very weird record by Jacky Nodaro, AKA Jacky Giordano. This stuff almost reminds me of Rino De Filippi's crazy melodic,prog funk style. Bottom line for me though is, I absolutely love this shit. The crazy thing about Giordano is you know right away it's him, I don't care if he calls himself Barak Obamanos, you know when you hear those drums and psych lo-fi recordings, you're getting down with some Jose Pharos. First off you got "Furtif" that just builds on a hi hat and distorted bass with some Filippi style flute melodies. Then you get a joyous mccartney funky jam with a kick drum that belongs in a 90's pop punk song, What!!! Next we got "Desinvolte" which is my 2nd fav jam on here, just listen to that intro, that's the vibe I want to live in every day! "Off Tune" is just amazing, it gets me super pumped even with no snare drum hits. My Favorite though is "Mignonne" by Bernard Hilda & Pierre Gossez, with it's ever so sample able intro followed by doo doo's that will ease anyone's ears, just perfect. I will say that a bunch of the jams are nothing to amazing but hey, that's library.
Please enjoy my rip @320K from my personal collection. Thanks, Chris Tillotson GET IT HERE!
Now, my friends, I am going to take some time and share some records from one of my favorite French Library Labels, Timing! Timing is very similar to Jacky Giordano's Freesound label, maybe because he is heavily featured on these releases, as well as frequent contributer and heavy psych god, Yan Tregger. Out of the first 7 releases (don't even bother with the 8-16, well maybe 13) this is one of the best. Jacky Giordano only contributes 2 jams, the rest are by Roger Bourdin,Patric Tarnaud,Marc Chaussin and Gerard Gustin. Unfortunately for my taste, the whole side A, by Roger Bourdin, is all forgettable flute stuff, which by the way was scaring me when I first heard the record. Then I flipped the record and with a sigh of relief was transported into Progressive Heaven with, Patric Tarnaud's "Son". It does have that ridiculous Deep Purple organ pumping but I still love it. Then Marc Chaussin's, "L'Important" starts in with total Floyd stoniness rolling into a prog funk freakout and those overcompressed drums are killing me! And what anyone who seeks this record out care about, "How are the Giordano jams" well Mr. Sherylee does deliver here. Though not totally badass, "Pink" is an interesting stony trumpet & fuzz guitar, tribal funk tune. The real treat though is, "Golden Blend". This is the kind of Giordano jam that will perk even the most boring person out of a stupor. Oh my lord, that snare drum sound, I wish there was a Giordano preset for snare drums because I would use it, haha. The record finishes with 2 Gerard Gustin songs. "Revery In Stereo" does the precious flute & Vibrato Guitar into funk part pretty well as well as "Semiaramis My Love", oh so precious, haha. By the way if you were wondering if the dope Timing releases were rare, the answer is yes and the word is out so good luck picking one up for less than 100 bucks, especially TIM 001, but you can head over to the Library Music Themes forum and pick up mp3's of most of em. Enjoy and more to come my rip @320K from my personal collection! GET IT HERE!
