Black and Noir - Mutant Synth-Punk from France 1980 - 83

Soul Jazz release Black and Noir, a pack of lost recordings by overlooked French electronic duo KaS Product. Last year, the duo appeared on the London label’s collection Punk 45 – Les Punks: The French Connection. Mainly recorded on early tape, synth and drum machines Kas Productʼs mixture of Spatszʼ hypnotic, electronic and angular hard-edged beats matched to the spiky vocals and guitar of Mona Soyoc have led to comparisons with Suicide, Liliput / Kleenex, Cabaret Voltaire as well as to the group being forerunners of the cold wave / synth wave movement. The collection of eleven tracks were all originally recorded between 1980 and 1983 and released on local label Punk Records.