PIERRE DUTOUR Top Fiction

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Pierre Dutours infamous Top Fiction is the epitome of a 5-tracker. Coming to light in 1979 on Tele Music, its collection of environmental themes are all astounding. Were talking all-time heavy hitters, here. They come recommended as tracks youd choose to elegantly elevate deep selector sets or mixes.

Skip the irritating whistle-laced marching-band funk of Captain Parade and head straight to the glistening synths and proud horns of beatless ambient wonder Mountain Echoes. Arguably worth the price of admission alone. Its that good. The sci-fi atmospherics of Space Fiction are definitely sampleable whilst the proud horns of Mountain Trumpet definitely contain blasts that could be of creative use. Tambours Parade is more marching-band funk, only this time the drums go hard and theres a lot to like about this one.

Truly, its all about the B-Side. A real B-Side for the ages, in fairness. It opens with the gorgeous Deer Forest. Its one of the most beautiful songs youll ever hear. Like something off Brian Bennetts Voyage, it rides dreamily melodic synths, and comes on, as one fan claimed like something Angelo Badalamenti would have co-written with Final Fantasy composer, [Nobuo Uematsu]. Its jaw-dropping. Be instantly beguiled by the deep eerie nostalgia and pretty delicate piano of Magic Lake I and the whistling-synth-augmented Magic Lake II. The almost-title-track Pop Fiction is another hidden gem, containing dreamy, glistening arpeggios that are just begging to be sampled with a heavy knocking beat behind it. The set closes with Damnation Space, 2 minutes of spooky Musique concrte.

So, 5 absolutely incredible tracks and 2-3 good ones. An excellent ratio for a library album, I think we can all agree. Trust us when we say that the heavy hitters are just absolute gold, rendering this one an essential, buy-on-sight purchase. Go listen and discover for yourselves

The audio for Top Fiction has been remastered by Be With regular Simon Francis, ensuring this divisive release sounds better than ever. Cicely Balstons expert skills have made sure nothing is lost in the cut whilst the original space-age sleeve has been restored here at Be With HQ as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.

• First ever reissue
• Pressed on 140g Black Vinyl
• Part of Tele Music Reissue Campaign

BEWITH147LP -Artist-Pierre Dutour

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• Released: 7/6/23
• Internal ID: JIT
• Genre: Jazz
• Format: Vinyl
• Format Detail: LP Black