LOSP - Poules Mortes (France, 1986?)

LOSP (or Losp, or L.O.S.P.) is another name for the group Los Paranos, an underground new-wave band from Lyon featuring Christophe Petchanatz, who would later found the Klimperei project, alongside Françoise Lefebvre/Petchanatz (also of Klimperei) and sometimes "M. Ferrero", "R. Sapin", and Laurent Fauconnet. This C60 was put out by Medicinal Tapes, a label which, according to Discogs, was "the house label for the Urbain Autopsy project." 1986 is my guess for the release date, since that's when most of the other Medicinal tapes were put out. Losp/L.O.S.P./Los Paranos were active from the late-70s through the 80s.

I unfortunately don't have a scan of the cover, and my copy of the tape is in storage in another country. The tape was given to me by José (who ran NANINANI mail-order and the Paha Porvari label) when I visited him in Nassandres back in 2006. This rip has been sitting on a hard drive since 2007 or so.

The tape is a mixture of several different styles prevalent in the 80s underground tape scene: lo-fi synth-pop, atmospheric industrial, acoustic vignettes with guitar or piano, children's melodies, field recordings, noise. The faux-naive instrumental style of Klimperei is definitely visible here, but mixed with equal parts punk attitude and psychedelic weirdness.

More info here and here. If you feel so inclined, you can make a donation to Christophe Petchanatz here.

LOSP - Poules Mortes 
C60, Medicinal Tapes, 1986?

A1  Moor I        
A2  Bavière        
A3  Each Element        
A4  Trottinette        
A5  Factory        
A6  Bibopeuloula        
A7  No Narrow Nights        
A8  Après Le Tilleul       
A9  Moor II        
A10  Mobile    
B1  Nappins!        
B2  A F.        
B3  Médecine
B4  Le Ponton        
B5  Vox        
B6  Assiette        
B7  Gloude       
B8  'Feel Like        
B9  Mystery        
B10  Au Bois  
B11  Ma Copine (Short Piece)        
B12  Exode        
B13  Tempête        
B14  Finale

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