Perpignan Burning by Various Artists

Perpignan Burning: the Southern French capital of garage rock in search of the riff. Or as Lou Reed would put it: „You can’t beat two guitars, bass, and drums.“ Content: 27 previously unreleased tracks on the double LP and six digital-only bonus tracks.

All tracks on this compilation were recorded in or around Perpignan, France, and go to the musical extremes of an extreme city. Whether garage punks or freakbeat mods, country punks or city rockers, whether pioneers or new to the scene: the only thing that counts is the riff.

Pascal Comelade, infamous riff explorer since the 1970s, is the unlikely godfather of this bunch of punks and rockers. He opens the trip with his emblematic cover design and closes it with his own Riffifi orchestra to the ultimate riff of The Stooges’ „I Wanna Be Your Dog“.

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Tracklist

1.	Le GORI - Biencifer (Chanson Encagée)	3:22

2.	Johnny Tramuntana - Téléphonez-Moi	3:41

3.	Ghost Twist - La Plage	3:15

4.	The Hands - What I'll Be Tomorrow	2:04

5.	Henry - Boulevard De La Mort	2:21

6.	Yegg - Tranquil	2:34

7.	Radiola - Girls To The Front	2:19

8.	Jeune Senior Weekend - (We Found It In The) Legs	3:38

9.	Monsieur Paul Et Les Solutions - Comme Dali L'A Dit	3:10

10.	No Cunt Act - Out Of The City	2:42

11.	Santa Maria Death Trip - Sonic Lisa	3:41

12.	The Madcap Dreams - Dawn In The Galaxie	3:16

13.	The In-Fuzzed - Planète Hostile	2:04

14.	Sea Urchin - Fish In A Bowl	3:44

15.	L’Avant Garde - Givin’ Up	2:54

16.	Dino Karper & The Shale - Acacia Dealbata	3:14

17.	Lonely Nana - L’Ossa	3:30

18.	Lost Station - 6964	2:23

19.	Minerves - Fog	2:50

20.	Hugo Riché - Shewgaze	3:08

21.	Fuckboy - Who Gives A Fuck	2:48

22.	The Nothing - The Art Show Pt. 1 (Perpignan Burning Edit)	3:21

23.	Lords of Wags - I'm Stupid	2:10

24.	L'Impasse Humaniste - Are We Together	3:31

25.	Les Crotales - Lambda People	3:11

26.	Mammoüth - Tonton Roger	3:28

27.	Le Riffifi - I Wanna Be Your Dog	5:27

28.	Benefactor X - Go Anywhere (digital-only bonus track)	2:42

29.	Briane Santos - I Hope (digital-only bonus track)	2:38

30.	La Flèche - Avec Et Sans (digital-only bonus track)	4:29

31.	Supersonic Boy - Can’t Stop Lovin' (digital-only bonus track)	3:24

32.	Vae Nuntius - Theme Part 2 (digital-only bonus track)	2:29

33.	The Nightcomers - The Sanctuary (digital-only bonus track)	3:33

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released July 18, 2024

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