For the first time, Fontaine and Belkacem split the vocal duties about evenly his gruff, mumbled vocals contrast nicely with her much sweeter tone, and the North African and Eastern European influences he had brought to her previous few albums are much more in evidence here. The instrumentation alternates between bleeping synthesizers and rattlingly primitive electronic drums on some songs and acoustic guitars and hand percussion on others. The album was not well understood upon release, but in later years was championed by musicians such as Jim O'Rourke and Stereolab. Other, more acoustic, songs show the Algerian/African influence that Fontaine and Areski were known for. It's an avant-garde double album mixing a variety of instruments and vocal styles, with synthesizer and drum machine on some songs. Vous et Nous is the ninth album by experimental pop French musician Brigitte Fontaine and the seventh by Areski Belkacem, released in 1977 on the Saravah label.
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