Horde Catalytique Pour La Fin - Gestation Sonore (1971)

French free-improvisation at its finest, in the sole release from this quartet.  As per the group name, they envisaged themselves making music for the apocalypse, birthing an elemental new sound as per the album title/track titles. 

In practice, this means plenty of skronking, ill-sounding sax, slippery bass, bits of vibraphone tinkling around like animated skeletons, and atmospheric percussion.  At times the sax player switches to flute, either calming proceedings or enhancing the creepout according to the moment.  All of this comes together most effectively on the 19-minute closing track, the sustained atmosphere working best at length.  By the end of the decade, the sounds of this strange, great record had wafted across the Channel and onto a certain List - and deservedly so. You can definitely hear the influence on early Nurse With Wound.

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