New recordings of self-styled ‘world tribal musette’ by this long-standing orchestra fronted by the ukulele of Dominique Cravic and the banjo of Robert Crumb. The valse musette of 1920s Paris, blending with Congolese rumba, gypsy jazz, Hindu waltzes, Argentine tango, blues, Paso Doble, chanson réaliste…
‘The Primitifs Du Futur travel on sound waves back in time to the early twentieth century and make the world seem like a far better place than it ever actually was. I cant get the band’s music off my turntable or out of my head. Accordion, mandolin, harmonica, saxophone, musical saw, and beautiful haunting melodies — what’s not to love? Even their sad songs make me happy’ (Art Spiegelman).