Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

FKR115LP

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-07-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5060099507922

Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Daniel Schell and Dick Annegarn

Genre GB

Prog Rock

Label GB

Finders Keepers

Welcome to Finders Keepers, an independent archival collective founded by Andy Votel and Doug Shipton. With a passion for unearthing lost musical treasures, we are dedicated to preserving and sharing *rare* and *obscure* sounds from around the world.

Our extensive catalogue features a diverse range of genres including *psychedelic*, *funk*, *library music*, *soundtracks*, and more. We take pride in our meticulous approach to curating releases, ensuring that each album is carefully remastered and packaged with love.

As champions of forgotten artists and overlooked gems, we strive to bring these hidden musical treasures into the spotlight. From obscure European film scores to rare Middle Eastern funk, our releases offer a unique listening experience that transcends boundaries.

Part fantastical historic sonic biopic, part anthropologic journey into the deep roots of
Belgium’s monstrous cosmic rock sound, this wholly individualistic concept album combines
the lead members of the mighty COS (Daniel Schell and Pascale Son) with studio genius
Alain Pierre (Ô Sidarta/Des morts) and celebrated Dutch progressive rock singer Dick
Annegarn, for what many consider to be both the overlooked hiding place of Belgium’s
deepest psychedelic moment and European prog’s lost map to the ‘Franco-Flemish Boom’.


Emerging from the wider musical family that counted Marc Moulin, Placebo and Marc
Hollander amongst its creative kin, Daniel Schell’s most profound conceptual project
ambitiously combines the tale of the heroic historical figure of Count Egmont (1522–1568),
while simultaneously tracing the evolution of the ud, or oud, (‘the grandfather of the guitar’)
in this multifarious hallucinogenic epic. Featuring key members of other collectable groups
such as drummer Felix Simtaine from Solis Lacus and bass player Jean-Louis Baudoin from
the mythical Classroom (COS predecessor), this best-kept secret vinyl release also harbours
the voices of Dirk Bogaert (of Belgian hard rockers Waterloo) as well as Catalan singer Ilona
Chale (Marc Hollander/Aksak Maboul) before her later tenure as the COS front woman.


Initially released in 1978 via Zeuhl school distributors Free Bird alongside French pressings
of Don Cherry, Jacques Thollot and CAN, it is plain to understand the niche nature of this
maligned “lost COS” LP as it finally blooms from between the cracked branches of European
jazz-rock-synth-psych-prog-pop history... and beyond!


Egmont and the FF Boom

Music GB