{"product_id":"yamasuki-le-monde-fabuleux-des-yamasuki-new-lp","title":"Yamasuki - Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki - New LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: LP Label: Sdban Ultra  Cat. No \u003cspan\u003eSDBANLP22 \u003c\/span\u003eBarcode: 5414166692088\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Released: 03\/04\/2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA delirious cult concept album disguised as pop, first released in 1971, where psychedelic grooves, funk and global rhythms meet phonetic pseudo-Japanese chants, judo-master ritual cries and a children's choir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSampled by Erykah Badu, Madlib and DopeLemon, and the unlikely spark behind\u003cbr\u003eBananarama's debut. This can only be the fabulous world of Yamasuki. In the spring of 1971, somewhere between Brussels, Paris and a collective pop fever dream,\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLe Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003elanded on vinyl. It sounded like nothing else then and it still does not today. More than half a century later, Sdban Records proudly presents a reissue of this singular cult album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was produced by Jean Kluger and written both by Jean and Daniel\u003cbr\u003eVangarde (aka Bangalter, later the father of Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk), who\u003cbr\u003ewere already well ahead of their time, long before electronic music rewrote the rules\u003cbr\u003eof pop culture. Released under the name Yamasuki, also referred to as The Yamasuki Singers, or The Yamasuki's, the project was never intended as a conventional band. It was a studio-born fantasy, a concept album disguised as a pop record. What began as a standalone single quickly expanded into a full-blown pan-cultural pop opera that\u003cbr\u003eignored genres and common sense with joyful abandon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMusically, the album sits at a delirious crossroads. Psychedelic pop collides with funk\u003cbr\u003erhythms, samba and bubblegum melodies, full of chants and choruses in a phonetic\u003cbr\u003epseudo-Japanese, written with the help of a dictionary. Kluger and Vangarde\u003cbr\u003efamously recruited a children's choir to perform the vocals, and for added spectacle,\u003cbr\u003ethey brought in a Japanese judo grandmaster, whose ritualistic shouts and battle\u003cbr\u003ecries erupt throughout the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeveral singles were released. One of them, Yamasuki, with accompanying dance\u003cbr\u003emove, appeared in the United Kingdom and France on John Peel's Dandelion label, a\u003cbr\u003efitting home for a record that thrived on the margins of pop culture. Its B-side,\u003cbr\u003eAieaoa, proved even more potent. In 1975, the song was reborn as A.I.E. (A Mwana)\u003cbr\u003eby Black Blood, an African group recording in Belgium, this time sung in Swahili. That\u003cbr\u003emelody would travel even further. Aie a Mwana became the debut single of English\u003cbr\u003epop group Bananarama, and in 2010 it resurfaced once more as Helele, an official\u003cbr\u003esong of the FIFA World Cup, recorded by South African singer Velile Mchunu with\u003cbr\u003eDanish percussion duo Safri Duo. That version became the most widely known\u003cbr\u003eincarnation of the song. With Jean Kluger directly involved, it was less a cover than a\u003cbr\u003econtinuation of the original idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album's afterlife did not stop there. Over the years, Yamasuki has been quietly\u003cbr\u003esampled, covered, and featured across media far beyond the realm of novelty pop.\u003cbr\u003eKono Samourai was sampled in The Healer by Erykah Badu (2007), produced by\u003cbr\u003eMadlib, while Yama Yama has found its way into recent pop culture as well:\u003cbr\u003eappearing in the television series Fargo, on Angus Stone's project Dope Lemon, and\u003cbr\u003eon the 2008 Late Night Tales compilation curated by Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt\u003cbr\u003eHelders. Proof, if any were needed, that this strange little record carries a deeper\u003cbr\u003emusical DNA than its playful exterior might suggest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new reissue of Le Monde Fabuleux Des Yamasuki proves the renewed interest\u003cbr\u003eand respect for this cult album, faithful to the original spirit while finally giving it back\u003cbr\u003ethe physical presence it deserves. In an era obsessed with genres and algorithmic\u003cbr\u003eneatness, Yamasuki still laughs, dances and karate-kicks its way past definitions. It\u003cbr\u003ereminds us that pop music can be playful without being disposable, strange without\u003cbr\u003ebeing cynical and joyful without explanation. The world of Yamasuki was always\u003cbr\u003efabulous, we are just lucky it found its way back to us!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sdban Ultra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56648518795644,"sku":"5414166692088","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/9763\/5678\/files\/artwork_SDBANLP22-Yamasuki.webp?v=1776427393","url":"https:\/\/offthebeatentracks.co.uk\/products\/yamasuki-le-monde-fabuleux-des-yamasuki-new-lp","provider":"Off The Beaten Tracks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}