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01. X RAY POP - Rana
02. X RAY POP - Ding Dong
03. X RAY POP - Petit Animal
04. X RAY POP - Bulle De Sang
05. X RAY POP - Dream Of A Shadow
06. X RAY POP - Marilyn Au Paradis
07. X RAY POP - Klac Klac
08. X RAY POP - Louche
09. X RAY POP - Le Bateau Cellulose
10. X RAY POP - BAL
11. X RAY POP - Ca Te Mouille Le Bec
12. X RAY POP - Pam Pam
13. X RAY POP - Alain Aime Samantha
14. X RAY POP - Living Dead
15. X RAY POP - Oh Quel Supplice
16. X RAY POP - Rock n' Popoff
17. X RAY POP - Pamela
18. X RAY POP - Les Nonnes En Noir
19. X RAY POP - Oh Oui J'aime
20. X RAY POP - Le Mouchoir Violet
21. X RAY POP - La Mort
22. X RAY POP - Alcool
23. X RAY POP - L'Eurasienne
24. X RAY POP - La Mort (Doc Pilot solo)
25. X RAY POP - Alcool (Doc Pilot solo)
26. X RAY POP - L'Eurasienne (Doc Pilot solo)
27. X RAY POP - Contact/I Wanna Be A Dog Medley [Live]
ARTIST
TITLE
Ding Dong Songs
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
BMS 053CD BMS 053CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/19/2014

2013 release. Femme fronted pocket punk and domestic-synth pop from French DIY workaholics X Ray Pop. Compiled from the mastertapes of the original 1980s privately pressed vinyl LPs and minuscule cassette runs. X Ray Pop are a group of whom are easy to scratch the surface, but almost impossible to get the bottom of. With an iconic moniker, telltale graphic style and demanding 'buy me' Day-Glo color coding policy the French vinyl output of X Ray Pop as a specialist subject is, at first glance, memorable and achievable. Cocksure fans of Euro wave pop often proclaim X Ray expertise from behind many a record shop counter or blog page but the truth of the matter is that no-one, not even the band members themselves, have the knowledge or mental capacity to truly understand the splatter range of the god speed anti-tactics that have turned this interchangeable, unarrangable and thirty-year sustainable auto-pop combo into one of uber-legendary status. For those that tread the chemins of 80s Gallic record racks, from agit pop to Zeuhl-school (bridging synth pop to Celluloid) these 7" square flags reading El Gato, L'Eurasienne, Alcool and Fuzzy Christmas are merely alluring landmarks pointing to another sebaceous underground of magnetic tape that flows swiftly (like Magma) awaiting Pirates and liberators alike. Peeping out of a warren of unexplored passages their seminal self-distributed debut singles and appearances on the genre defining alternative funk Alternative Funk Folie Distinguée compilation in 1984 made them an omnipresent fixture for the French tape wave scene that shaped a generation and influenced many more to follow. But beneath the trademark fluorescent sleeves stands the highly stacked foundations of endless cassette-only releases that give this pocket punk husband and wife duo one of the most impressive and elusive back catalogues of all their cut 'n' paste French funk contemporaries.