''Vous et Nous'' is the ninth album by

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Brigitte Fontaine Brigitte Fontaine (born 24 June 1939) is a French singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and world. She has collaborated with Stereola ...

and the seventh by

Areski Belkacem Areski Belkacem (born 23 January 1940), also known simply as Areski, is a French singer, multi-instrumentalist, comedian and composer. Biography Areski grew up in Versailles (city), Versailles, where his parents, of kabyle people, kabyle (Ber ...

, released in

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on the

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label. ''Vous et Nous'' is an

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double album mixing a variety of instruments and vocal styles. The album uses synthesizer and drum machine on some songs. Other, more acoustic, songs show the Algerian/African influence that Fontaine and Areski were known for. The album was not well understood upon release, but in later years was championed by musicians such as Jim O'Rourke and

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.Allmusic review by Stewart Mason http://www.allmusic.com/album/vous-et-nous-r482285

Track listing

References

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