Press Color is the debut album of French no wave

No Wave

No Wave was a short-lived but influential underground music, film, performance art, video, and contemporary art scene that had its beginnings during the mid-1970s in New York City. The term No Wave is in part satirical word play rejecting the commercial elements of the then-popular New Wave genre...

 singer, Lizzy Mercier Descloux

Lizzy Mercier Descloux

Lizzy Mercier Descloux was a French singer and musician, a pioneer in the worldbeat genre, as well as a writer and painter....

. Although largely forgotten the album has received some critical acclaim, being called "the real thing" by Uncut magazine.

Side One

1. "Jim on the Move" (Lalo Schifrin
   Lalo Schifrin
   Lalo Schifrin is an Argentine composer, pianist and conductor. He is best known for his film and TV scores, such as the "Theme from Mission: Impossible". He has received four Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations...
   
   ) 2:29
2. "Aya Mood 3.5" 2:50
3. "Torso Corso" 1:48
4. "Wawa" 2:18

Side Two

5. "Fire
   Fire (Arthur Brown song)
   "Fire" is a 1968 song by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver and Peter Ker. Performed by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, it was released as a single and on the band's debut album, also called The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. The single made #1 in the UK and Canada. In October, it made #2...
   
   " (Arthur Brown
   Arthur Brown (musician)
   Arthur Brown is an English rock and roll musician best known for his flamboyant, theatrical style and significant influence on Alice Cooper, Peter Gabriel, Marilyn Manson, George Clinton, Kiss, King Diamond, and Bruce Dickinson, among others, and for his number one hit in the UK Singles Chart and...
   
   ) 5:11
6. "Mission Impossible" (Schifrin) 2:35
7. "No Golden Throat" 2:38
8. "Tumor
   Fever (1956 song)
   "Fever" is a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, who used the pseudonym John Davenport. It was originally recorded by Little Willie John in 1956. It has been covered by numerous artists from various musical genres, notably Peggy Lee in 1958....
   
   " (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport
   Otis Blackwell
   Otis Blackwell was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose work significantly influenced rock 'n' roll...
   
   ) 2:57

2003 reissue track listing

1. "Fire" (Brown) 5:11
2. "Torso Corso" 1:48
3. "Mission Impossible" (Schifrin) 2:35
4. "No Golden Throat" 2:38
5. "Jim on the Move" (Schifrin) 2:29
6. "Wawa" 2:18
7. "Tumour" (Cooley, Davenport) 2:57
8. "Aya Mood" 2:50
9. "Mission Impossible 2.0" (Schifrin) 2:20
10. "Rosa Vertov" (Descloux, D.J. Barnes) 1:43
11. "Decryptated" (Descloux, Barnes) 1:20
12. "Herpes Simplex" (Descloux, Barnes) 2:03
13. "Lacrosse Baron Bic"(Descloux, Barnes) 1:36
14. "Tso Xin Yu Xin" (Descloux, Barnes) 1:20
15. "Nina Con Un Tercer Ojo" (Descloux, Barnes) 0:58
16. "Birdy Num-num" 3:32
17. "Hard Boiled Babe" 4:28
18. "Morning High" (Rimbaud /Descloux, Patti Smith
    Patti Smith
    Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....
    
    ) 3:04

• Tracks 10-15 are originally from the Rosa Yemen EP.
• Tracks 16-18 are previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Musicians

• Lizzy Mercier Descloux: Lead Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion
• D.J. Banes: Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Backing Vocals
• Erik Elliasson: Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drums on « Wawa »
• Jimmy Young: Drums & Percussion

Guest on "Fire"

• Jack Cavari : Guitars
• Ken Smith : Bass
• Bud Maltin : Saxophone
• Chris Wiltshire, Mary-Jo Kaplan, Ramona Brooks : Backing Vocals
• Victoria : Percussion
• Allen Wentz : Synthesizer, Sequenzer

Guest on "Mission Impossible"

• Allen Wentz : Synthesizer, Sequenzer

Guest on "Tumour"

• John Rome : Guitars & Backing Vocals

Recorded by Bob Blank & Joe Arlotta at Blank Tapes Studio NYC February 1979

Arranged, Producer & Mixed by Banes, Elliasson, Mercier Descloux

Except "Fire" Mixed by Tom Savarese

Executive Producer Michel Esteban

Sound

Original Sound Recording Made by ZE Records

ZE Records

ZE Records was originally a New York-based record label, started in 1978 by Michael Zilkha and Michel Esteban. It has been re-established by Esteban since 2003.-History:Michael Zilkha ZE Records (always written with two capital letters) was originally a New York-based record label, started in...

 © 1978/1979/1980/2003
Executive Producer Michel Esteban

Michel Esteban

Michel Antoine Gaston Esteban is a French record producer, record company executive, cultural center director and former magazine editor, who founded the influential Paris shop Harry Cover in 1973, was influential in the early development of punk rock, and, together with Michael Zilkha,...

This Selection by Lizzy Mercier Descloux & Michel Esteban
Producer Michel Esteban p & © 2009 ZE Records Mundo Ltda

Design

Art Cover Design by Michel Esteban

Michel Esteban

Michel Antoine Gaston Esteban is a French record producer, record company executive, cultural center director and former magazine editor, who founded the influential Paris shop Harry Cover in 1973, was influential in the early development of punk rock, and, together with Michael Zilkha,...

Photos Credits : Front Cover 12 by Seth Tillet
Booklet Pages 2,8,912,12 by Seth Tillet • Page 5 by Edo •
Pages 6 & 14 by Michel Esteban •
Page 14 : Patti Smith

Patti Smith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....

 & Lizzy

Lizzy Mercier Descloux

Lizzy Mercier Descloux was a French singer and musician, a pioneer in the worldbeat genre, as well as a writer and painter....

as Isabelle & Arthur Rimbaud
Inspiration : Malevitch « Croix Noire » 1920 • Joseph Beuys « Gesundheitshotel » 1979 • Yves Klein « Monochrome Bleu » 1980