Malicorne

The Traditional Years
Malicorne was founded by Gabriel Yacoub and Marie Yacoub in 1974. It is also the name of a French town, famous for its porcelain and faience. Since several of their albums are called simply Malicorne it had become the custom to refer to them by number, even though no number appears on the cover. Malicorne 1 consisted of the Yacoubs, Laurent Vercambre and Hughes de Courson. The combination of electric guitar, violin, dulcimer, bouzouki and female vocalist immediately brings to mind Steeleye Span, their English equivalent, thus placing them squarely in the electric folk genre. The four of them were masters of twelve instruments. Their first four albums consisted of mostly traditional French folk songs, with one or two songs by Gabriel Yacoub and one or two instrumentals per album. Again like Steeleye Span, they occasionally sang group harmonies a capella. On Malicorne 4 they were joined by Olivier Zdrzalik on bass, percussion and vocals. The exuberant art-work on the album sleeves, featuring elves and dragons makes them collectors pieces.

The Experimental Years
L'Extraordinaire Tour de France d'Adelard Rousseau (1978) was very much a concept album, concerning a guild craftsman's travels around France, with an implied spiritual exploration. It is perhaps the most exciting of their albums, with some gothic and prog-rock elements in the music. Like their next album Le Bestiaire, it contains mostly of songs by Gabriel, with a few by Zdrzalik and de Courson. The range of sounds of these albums is huge. Their appeal goes well beyond the French-speaking world, and still gives them a dedicated following, but most of the albums are only sporadically in print. Some sections are clearly classical music, but electronic wizardry and bagpipes also appear.


Malicorne I aka Colin 1974


EAC Rip | APE, image+cue, log / 203 Mb | MP3 CBR 320Kbps / 95 Mb | 11 tracks | Covers

Tracklist:

1 colin [instrumental]
2 dame lombarde [paroles
3 la pernette [paroles
4 les filles sont volages | ronde [instrumental] [paroles
5 la fille soldat [paroles
6 landry [paroles
7 le chant des livrées [paroles
8 bourrée
9 réveillez-vous belle endormie | branle poitevin [instrumental] [paroles
10 le deuil d'amour [paroles
11 colin [reprise]




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Malicorne 2, Le Mariage anglais from 1975


EAC Rip | FLAC (Image + Cue + Log + Covers) | Folk | 1 CD | 265.47 MB | 1975

Le Mariage Anglais is an album of traditional Celtic folk music by Malicorne. Released in 1975 on the Hexagone label (Catalogue No 883 004, distributed by WEA). Running time approx: 42 mins. The musical arrangements are similar to the contemporary English Albion Band but with a lesser electric element and more emphasis on traditional Celtic instrumentation.


Tracklist:

1. Le Mariage Anglais
2. Le garçon jardinierme Lombarde
3. La fille aux chansons ( Marion s'y promène )
4. J'ai vu le loup, le renard et la belette
5. Cortège de noce
6. Branle La Peronelle
7. Le galant indiscret
8. Marions les roses
9. Suite : bourrée, scottish-valse
10. Le Bouvier

* Gabriel Yacoub (acoustic and electric guitar, epinette de Vosges, vocals)
* Marie Yacoub (electric dulcimer, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, vocals)
* Laurent Vercambre (violin, bouzouki, psaltery, harmonium, mandolin, vocals)
* Hughes de Courson (electric guitar, bass, crumhorn, percussion, vocals).




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Almanach from 1976


EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks + Cue + Log + Covers) | Folk | 1 CD | 288.10 MB | 1976

Almanach is an album by Malicorne. As before, it has a complex sound. The arrival of Hughes de Courson has given the album a more classical feel. It was recorded and released in 1976. Running time 49 minutes 02 sec.


TrackList:

1. Salut ala Compagnen (Trad)
2. Quand j'etais chez mon pere (Trad)
3. Margot (Gabriel Yacoub)
4. Les tristes noces' (Trad)
5. Voici venir le joli mai (Trad)
6. Voici la Saint Jean (ronde) (Trad)
7. Le luneux (Trad)
8. Branle de la haie (Trad/ Malicorne)
9. Quand je menai mes chevaux boire (Trad)
10. La Fille au cresson (Trad)
11. L'Ecolier assassin (Trad)
12. Noel est arrive (Trad)
13. La fiancee du timbalier (Words: Victor Hugo/music: Trad)

* Gabriel Yacoub (acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, vocals)
* Marie Yacoub (electric dulcimer, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, epinette de Vosges, psaltry, vocals)
* Laurent Vercambre (violin, cello, keyboards, mandolin, vocals)
* Hughes de Courson ( bass, crumhorn, flute a bec, percussion, vocals)
* guest group : "La Bamboche" on "Les Tristes Noces"




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Malicorne 4 (1977)


EAC Rip | FLAC (Image + Cue + Log + Covers) | Folk | 1 CD | 226.05 MB | 1977

Malicorne 4 is an album by Malicorne. It is sometimes called "Nous sommes chanteurs de sornettes" because the album is called "Malicorne" and that is the first track. For the first time electronic effects and synthesisers are heard on a few tracks. The final track in particular is a slightly crazy assemblage of medieval and modern instruments. "Daniel mon fils" is either a translation of the English folk song "Lord Randal", or the French equivalent of it. It was recorded and released in 1976. Running time 40 minutes 51 sec.


TrackList:

1. Nous Sommes chanteurs de sornettes / gavotte (Gabriel Yacoub/Trad)
2. Couche tard, leve matin (Words:Trad/Music Gabriel Yacoub)
3. Daniel mon fils (Gabriel Yacoub)
4. Le deserteur / Le conge (Trad/Olivier Zdrzalik and Gabriel Yacoub)
5. La blanche biche (Trad)
6. Bacchu ber (Trad)
7. Le jardinier de couvent (Trad)
8. Misere (Trad)
9. La fiancee du timbalier (Words: Victor Hugo/music: Trad)
10. Ma chanson est dite (Trad)

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# Gabriel Yacoub (acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin-cello, banjo, vocals)
# Marie Yacoub (vocals, hurdy-gurdy, epinette des Vosges, vocals)
# Laurent Vercambre (vocals, violin, cello, viola, acoustic guitar, mandolin, mandolin-cello, keyboards, vocals), *Hughes de Courson (vocals, flute a bec, positive organ, piano, elka, synthesiser, crumhorn, percussion, glockenspiel)

# Olivier Zdrzalik (vocals, electric bass, elka, percussion)




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Le Bestiaire (1979) @320




Tracklist:

1 les sept jours de mai [paroles
2 la mule [paroles
3 le branle des chevaux [instrumental]
4 les transformations [paroles]
5 la chasse-gallery [paroles
6 le ballet des coqs [instrumental]
7 alexandre | danse bulgare [instrumental] [paroles
8 jean des loups [paroles]





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Les Cathédrales de L'Industrie (1986) @320




Tracklist:

1 les cathédrales de l'industrie
2 dormeur
3 il me reste un voyage à faire
4 la nuit des sorcières
5 big science
6 le temps
7 robe blanche robe noire
8 sorcier
9 je resterai ici




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Vox from 1995


EAC Rip | APE, image+cue, log / 254 Mb | MP3 CBR 320Kbps / 106 Mb | 17 tracks | Covers

Tracklist:

1 nous sommes chanteurs de sornettes
2 le prince d'orange
3 marions les roses
4 margot
5 la mule
6 paysans sans peur
7 la blanche biche
8 salut à la compagnie
9 daniel mon fils
10 les filles sont volages
11 la conduite
12 les couleurs
13 la complainte du coureur de bois
14 voici venir le joli mai
15 c'est le mai
16 le navire de bayonne | paye paysan
17 marions les roses [remixage]




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Marie de Malicorne from 2005


EAC Rip | APE, image+cue, log / 304 Mb | MP3 CBR 320Kbps / 138 Mb | 14 tracks | Covers
Celtic / French Folk | Le Roseau ROS 105 | RAR 3% Rec. | Time: 49:29 | FileSonic, FileServe, Uploaded
This compilation includes tracks sung by Marie Yacoub.

Tracklist:

Tracklist:
01. Le Mari Jaloux / La Valse Druze
02. Misere
03. Petite Oasis
04. Je Suis Trop Jeunette
05. Le Luneux
06. Robe Blanche Robe Noire
07. La Vieille Fille
08. Une Fille Dans le Desespoir
09. Marions les Roses
10. Vive la Lune
11. Alexandre
12. La Nuit des Sorcieres
13. Le Couteau Blond
14. La Blanche Biche



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