Luc Marianni Featuring André Viaud ‎– Video Screens Control - Delphes Records DR 284

Probably the most breathtaking album by Luc Marianni for all the electro/techno fans, Video Screens Control is a journey inside a television, with its anchormen, sports, and entertainment. The result is an outstanding collection of proto-techno tracks, synth-pop and leftfield music. Check quickly A3 A4 B1 C3 D1 D2 and get ready for the brand new volume 2 soon on DDD!

Luc who Marianni This reclusive french composer paved the underground music history with a handful of mind-blowing LPs but still managed to surprisingly fall under the radar. Even the experts seem to have forgotten about him when there were clues all over the place! It's true Luc Marianni didn't belong to no family but his own, with his constant work-in-progress through the gathering of friends and the odd random musical chance meeting.

Most famous for his collaboration with Pataphonie's André Viaud and its leftfield experimental jazz antics (Nurse With Wound's list!), Luc Marianni released Souvenirs du Futur (also available while stock lasts) on Pataphonie's Fééri Music label, his first solo LP that pushed the envelope towards more electronic fields. Originally influenced by Michel Polnareff, Faust, and Pink Floyd, he soon went far away, trying to make the guitar sound like anything but a guitar, which eventually led to electronics. Firmly stuck in the studio, Marianni never really performed live, which might have helped to surround him with mystery, even though he never ceased to give all he had to music, be it alone or with Jean-François Papin for his Rock Critics improv band (he actually was a rock critic and published many fanzines). Although he regularly pays tribute to his mentors, it never seems Luc Marianni's creativity abides by any trend or anything you would expect from him.