{"product_id":"cst090-pacha-affaires-etrangeres","title":"CST090 Pacha | Affaires Étrangères","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePacha is the solo work of percussionist Pierre-Guy Blanchard, who recorded this album at home with engineer Radwan Moumneh in 2009 and subsequently self-released it in a tiny run of CD-Rs. \u003cem\u003eAffaires Étrangères\u003c\/em\u003e features intensely satisfying rhythm-heavy instrumentals often propelled by fried, amped-up Middle-Eastern synth lines and sprinkled with guitar, bass and oud along with the odd looped field recording. Think early Trans Am if they had come out of Cairo or Beirut, or Oneida in their motorik mode and with an Arabic pop fixation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"posts\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"post-21798\" class=\"post\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"postcontent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"r_top\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlanchard received a BA in music in 2003, majoring in percussion performance, and then escaped the 'new music' trajectory by traveling extensively and immersing himself in Middle Eastern and Balkan traditions, studying under various masters and playing with a wide range of regional groups. During his periods back in Canada he performed in countless ensembles and first came to Constellation's attention when he was recruited as guest percussionist for Black Ox Orkestar and ultimately appeared on that group's \u003cem\u003eNisht Azoy\u003c\/em\u003e album, about which Tiny Mix Tapes wrote \"Blanchard's freeform jazz-indebted playing opens the album up to even more adventurous terrain… the second leg plays like a Balkan Henry Cow\". Pierre-Guy has also performed regularly with Sam Shalabi's jazz\/psych\/arabic orchestra Land Of Kush.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConstellation re-sequenced and remastered the \u003cem\u003eAffaires Étrangères\u003c\/em\u003e CD-R for vinyl and is proud to be giving this album a more substantial life. It marks Blanchard' first attempt at a definitive musical statement of his own and we think it succeeds wildly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Constellation Records","offers":[{"title":"MP3","offer_id":56361826189604,"sku":"mjc1789925047428","price":4.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"WAV","offer_id":56361826222372,"sku":"tfk1789925047429","price":4.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2772\/3044\/files\/cst090-pacha-affaires-etrangeres_1.jpg?v=1789925050","url":"https:\/\/burtprimehub.shop\/products\/cst090-pacha-affaires-etrangeres","provider":"burtprimehub","version":"1.0","type":"link"}