Super Freego, France

Pourquoi es-tu si Mechant? 1982 RCA

If you ever wondered what it would sound like if The Human League or Missing Persons were a Zeuhl influenced group, then Super Freego gives you a window into that world. Stylistically it fits in the early 80s New Wave synth pop camp. Except all these irregular rhythms combined with the familiar male/female chanting clearly point to that most unique French school of music. And it gets weirder as you go through the album, that by Side 2 it's almost purely Zeuhl. I've seen a couple of YouTube videos that demonstrate that Super Freego were a far wilder group on stage than in the studio, which gives me some hope there might be some crazy Zeuhl music sitting in a canister somewhere. The only other album that even comes close to sounding like this is Eskaton's Fiction, though that album is far closer to pure Zeuhl than Super Freego. Maybe Foehn's Faeria, though Super Freego are much more intense than that. Excellent album.

Priority: 2

10/24/10; 4/14/20