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"Songs Made from Plastic" is the debut album from Mon Electric Bijou (aka Martin Saz) straight out of the Montreal underground scene. Martin Saz/Mon Electric Bijou has some great influences, including Lou Reed, Gram Parsons, MC5, and The Kinks.
Track listing:
01 murder your love
02 being a rhino
03 blue on the blue beaumont
04 le zodiac
05 vietnam's cashews
06 the 50/50 spyglass
07 cold-blooded killer
08 mission control
09 love is the face
10 back to business
11 instant trust
12 primal technology
13 dial "R" for raw
14 mold to sold
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The most evident is MC5, because Mon Electric Bijou's music runs thick with that basic loud, rock-n-roll sound. I suspect an unnamed influence is Guided By Voices, because the overall style of the music reminds me of a more heartfelt and sexy early GBV (plus he thanks Robert Pollard in the liner notes). This is a great album, it makes you want to dance like Elaine from Seinfeld. It is brimming with subtle sexual reminders that it is French-Canadian, one example of this is Martin Saz's delivery style which is similar to Jarvis Cocker's (of Pulp) sexy and dramatic style. I urge you to learn more about this band at www.monelectricbijou.com and then purchase the album from www.matchboxrecordings.co.uk.
-Jason Hall 10/04/03
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