Inspired by Star Wars, a young label manager decided that what the world needed was an album set in space
Sometimes the most throwaway ideas are the ones that resonate the longest. In 1977 Yves Hayat was a youthful label manager working for Barclay Records with a couple of solo LPs and a spot of production work under his wide leather belt. Aware, as everyone else was that year, of the snowballing cultural juggernaut that was Star Wars, and inspired by the movies' sense of clear-eyed, ying-meets-yang optimism, Hayat decided to spin the galactic fantasy shtick into his own musical tribute. Keyboard player Richard Lornac – who'd recently played on Barclay's Afrobeat exploitation LP Tumblack – and in-house drummer Jean-Paul Batailley were hired and Droids were born. A suitably space-opera themed electro-disco single called (Do You Have) The Force? was released soon after allowing Hayat and Lornac to make a remarkable appearance on...
Sometimes the most throwaway ideas are the ones that resonate the longest. In 1977 Yves Hayat was a youthful label manager working for Barclay Records with a couple of solo LPs and a spot of production work under his wide leather belt. Aware, as everyone else was that year, of the snowballing cultural juggernaut that was Star Wars, and inspired by the movies' sense of clear-eyed, ying-meets-yang optimism, Hayat decided to spin the galactic fantasy shtick into his own musical tribute. Keyboard player Richard Lornac – who'd recently played on Barclay's Afrobeat exploitation LP Tumblack – and in-house drummer Jean-Paul Batailley were hired and Droids were born. A suitably space-opera themed electro-disco single called (Do You Have) The Force? was released soon after allowing Hayat and Lornac to make a remarkable appearance on...
- 2/27/2013
- by Rob Fitzpatrick
- The Guardian - Film News
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