Brion Gysin – Junk LP

Description

Wewantsounds presents this reissue ofBrion Gysin‘s cult avant-funk album produced byRamuntcho Mattain the early ’80s. The hugely influential Gysin who, with his friendWilliam Burroughs, was revered by the likes ofDavid Bowie,Brian Jones,Laurie Anderson, andGenesis P-Orridge, is accompanied here by Matta — on his return from a two-year spell in New York — and French post punk stalwartsYann Le Ker(from the groupModern Guy) andFrederic Cousseau(fromSuicide Romeo) plus special guests includingDon Cherry,Elli Medeiros,Lizzy Mercier Descloux,Caroline Loeb, and Senegalese drummerProsper Niang(Xalam). This is the first time the album is reissued on vinyl, newly remastered from the original tapes, augmented with bonus tracks and a two-page color insert featuring new liner notes by Gysin scholarJason Weiss.