Volcanic Tongue Catalogue

Crash
Pile ou Face/Vaughn’s Ballad

Poutre Apparente No Cat

7”
£6.99


Amazing single from this brief-lived duo that united two of the key underground avant/garage conceptualists to come out of the French underground, Thierry Muller (Ilitch/Ruth et al) and Philippe Doray. A fantastic follow-up to the Ruth single that floored so many people last year. “Early 80, years after the release of Nouveaux modes industriels and 10 suicides while I was working on the first recordings of Polaroid/Roman/Photo, Philippe Doray and myself decided to work jointly on a project for concerts: Crash (both great readers of JG Ballard) was born. This project included new songs, tracks' adaptations of each and improvisations. We made some concerts in France and the Netherlands.” – Thierry Muller. Both tracks are taken from rehearsals recorded in 1984. Pile ou Face has been released within a different mix on a single sided 7” which was given away with the first issue of Inaudible magazine (this version can be found on CD format on the excellent Thierry Müller compilation Rare & unreleased 1974-1984). Vaughan's Ballad is previously unreleased.