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Aside from their split with Phaidia this 7“ from 1981 was the only release by Gilles De Rais. The a-side, Vampire, starts out with omnious noisey soundscapes before turning into an equally ominous, synth-laden, lo-fi gothic rock song with even more noisy injections and warbling vocals. The b-side is calm, synth and vocals only, some sort of twisted ballad. Definitely a cool 7“.
This split 7″ flexi has some really wild shit by Phaidia and Gilles De Rais. Japanese music magazine Marquee Moon released the single, and from the looks of it the flexi probably came with the magazine.
Phaidia’s track starts out with a 3+ minute long intro of atonal synths, quiet pianos and flutes before morphing into a great goth rock song (which keeps the synths, pianos and flutes).
Gilles de Rais -named after the french serial killer of children- is just as weird: a slow, dark 5 minute dirge of synths, drum machines, whining guitars and wild vocal effects.
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