Fatal Encounters

• Artist: Jac Berrocal
• Rating:
• Total Time: 60:58
• Genre: Rock

Review

Fatal Encounters is the indispensable Jacques Berrocal compilation, featuring not only extracts from the French trumpeter's work dating from as far back as 1971, before he recorded the mythic Musiq Musik for Futura Records, but also from his later solo albums Parallèles (including the celebrated "Rock'n Roll Station" with Vince Taylor), Catalogue, Hotel Hotel, and La Nuit Est au Courant, plus rare and hard to find material previously only available on limited-edition collector's items. Especially worthy of mention is poet Jacques Doyen's intense reading of Ginsberg ("Sacre") and the haunted/haunting version of "Lili Marleen" originally released as a 7" on Tago Mago. Describing Berrocal as just a trumpeter hardly does him justice, and his work has continually straddled genres, mixing elements of free jazz, performance art, cold wave, and straight-ahead rock & roll. From the cod Dixieland of "Rideau" to the riotous raw punk power of the Catalogue trio (with Gilbert Artman on drums and Jean-François Pauvros on guitar, not to be confused with the Berrocal album of the same name), from the surrealism of his collaborations with Nurse With Wound's Steven Stapleton to the suave sexy "Japan's Garden," there's enough material on this excellent compilation to keep you entertained for years. ~ Dan Warburton, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Ultim Arlene	Gilbert Artman, Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(2:04)
Afternoon	Jacques Berrocal, Gilbert Artman	Jacques Berrocal	(1:57)
Rideau	Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(1:50)
R.A.S.	Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(1:55)
Lili Marleen	Hans Leip, Norbert Schultze	Jacques Berrocal	(3:57)
Poubelle	Jacques Berrocal, Roger Ferlet, Michel Potage	Jacques Berrocal	(:24)
Tibet	Steve Stapleton, Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(1:43)
Palmyre	Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(1:49)
K.G.B./C.I.A.	Gilbert Artman, Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(1:29)
Rare Interview		Jacques Berrocal	(:32)
Rock'n Roll Station	Jacques Berrocal, Vince Taylor	Jacques Berrocal	(4:41)
Unterrichten	Jacques Berrocal, Jean-Pierre Arnoux	Jacques Berrocal	(:22)
Jonathan Game	Jonathan Kane, Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(2:52)
Giardino Virgiliano	Jacques Berrocal, Gilbert Artman	Jacques Berrocal	(1:33)
Time	Jacques Berrocal, Jonathan Kane, Jean-François Pauvros	Jacques Berrocal	(1:09)
Cafe Slavia		Jacques Berrocal	(1:39)
Früh in Berlin	Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(1:04)
Sacre	Jacques Berrocal, Allen Ginsberg, Jacques Doyen	Jacques Berrocal	(4:17)
Signe Particulier	Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(2:20)
Midnight	Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(1:51)
Ornette	Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(2:30)
Tango	Jacques Berrocal, Claude Parle	Jacques Berrocal	(3:09)
Japan's Garden	Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(2:39)
Ritmos del Fedayin	Jacques Berrocal, Pascal Comelade	Jacques Berrocal	(1:33)
It's Raining on N.Y.	Jonathan Kane, Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(3:15)
Ministres en Conseil	Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(3:04)
Police in My Bed	Gilbert Artman, Jacques Berrocal	Jacques Berrocal	(5:20)

Credits

Jacques Berrocal (Oboe), Jacques Doyen (Vocals), Jean-Loup Passek (Producer), Jacques Berrocal (Percussion), Nick Rogers (Producer), Michel Potage (Vocals), Claude Parle (Accordion), Steve Stapleton (Percussion), Jean-François Pauvros (Guitar), Michel Potage (Siren), Gilbert Artman (Drums), Jonathan Kane (Drums), Vince Taylor (Vocals), John Berndt (Graphic Design), Gaby Bizien (Drums), Roger Ferlet (Trombone), Jacques Berrocal (Synthesizer), Herman Pathak (Electronics), Jacques Berrocal (Vocals), Alian Velluet (Guitar), Daniel Deshays (Remastering), John Foghergill (Electronics), Jean-Pierre Arnoux (Drums), Claude Giverne (Sax (Alto)), Philippe Jaquet (Tuba), Pascal Comelade (Synthesizer), Jacques Berrocal (Cornet), Didier Breland (Guitar), Daniel Deshays (Producer), Nick Rogers (Engineer), Jerome Boivin (Violin), Pascal Comelade (Producer), Jacques Doyen (Adaptation), Jacques Berrocal (Toy Piano), Jean-Marc Foussat (Producer), Pascal Bussy (Liner Notes), Jason Willett (Producer), Steve Stapleton (Producer), Patrick Prado (Harmonium), Patrick Prado (Vocals), Jason Willett (Realization), Annick Mevel (Clarinet), Andras Wahorn (Electronics), Pascal Bussy (Producer), Pierre Bastien (Cello), Jacques Berrocal (Trumpet), Jean-Marc Foussat (Electronics), Marc Duford (Bass), Steve Stapleton (Radio), Jacques Berrocal (Conch), Takato Yamaguchi (Vocals), Jacques Berrocal (Electronics), Georges Berrocal (Introduction), Jacques Berrocal (Vocals (Background)), Jean Rochard (Producer), John Berndt (Typography), Erich Duterter (Vocals), Krista (Vocals), Michel Potage (Percussion), Georges Berrocal (Vocals)