GUY
SKORNIK "Pour Pauwels"
Guy Skornik was a mystic explorer, psychonaut,
and gifted musician, who was a key member of François Wertheimer's
Popera Cosmic collective; he was also deeply immersed in the
metaphysical revolutions of his time. He presented television
reports, laced with elements of Eastern mysticism, on LSD
experiences. And then there was Skornik's album, "Pour
Pauwells", inspired by the revolutionary writings of Louis
Pauwells, one-time counterculture hero and disciple of
esoteric spiritualist G. I. Gurdjieff. It is one of a handful
of classic French progressive pop concept albums of the
early 1970's, together with Serge Gainsbourg’s “Melody
Nelson," Igor Wakévitch's "Hathor", Gérard Manset's
“La Mort D’Orion," and Michel Berger's “Puzzle.” Licensed
from Parlophone, A Warner Music Group Company. Limited to
500 copies. Digipack + 28-page booklet.
"If you have not heard of Guy Skornik you do not know what you've
lost... but don't worry, it's never too late. Guy was brought
to the public's attention for the first time in the beginning
of 1970. Then it was the release in the middle of the year of a magnificent
LP (on Pathé, of course!) I strongly recommend it to you
as it is a masterpiece. He starts with a taste for surrealism
and for all the strange things that have occurred over thousands
of years on the earth’s surface; Skornik tried, and succeeded perfectly,
to create with his music what Louis Pauwels did with his huge
best-seller The Morning of the Magicians—a book that can be quickly
defined as a popularization of many disturbing problems poorly
understood by the general public, such as flying saucers, Atlantis,
and Easter Island." —Jacques Allemand (Extra magazine)
•one of a handful of classic French progressive pop concept albums
of the early 1970's, together with Serge Gainsbourg’s “Melody
Nelson," Igor Wakévitch's "Hathor", Gérard
Manset's “La Mort D’Orion," and Michel Berger's “Puzzle”
•key member of François Wertheimer's Popera Cosmic collective
•arrangements by Ivan Jullien (Françoise Hardy, Johnny
Hallyday, Quincy Jones, & Elton John)
Track list:
01. What Is Realite? (4:10)
02. Je Ne Sais Pas, Je Ne Sais Plus Rien (2:50)
03. Qu’est-ce Que Le Dream? (3:25)
04. Je Vois Ce Que Je Crois (3:10)
05. Fulcanelli (3:00)
06. L’ile de Paques (4:25)
07. What Is Realite? (1:05)/Qu’est-ce Que Le Dream? (0:45)
08. Magdalena (3:25)
09. What Is Realite? (0:55)/Qu’est-ce Que Le Dream? (0:30)
10. Gurdjieff (5:30)
Catalogue number: LION 676
UPC: 778578067625