{"product_id":"il-ne-pense-qu-a-ca-1967-1970","title":"Il Ne Pense Qu'a Ca 1967-1970","description":"\u003cp\u003e14 track compilation covering the unique pop\/rock career of \u003cstrong\u003eÉvariste\u003c\/strong\u003e, a scientist and former singer, whose music incorporates experimental pop, psychedelic rock, beat, and garage rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eÉvariste\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the rare specimens of artist-cum-scientists. His songwriting, joyful and full of energy, shrouds a tragedy - his father was killed at Auschwitz during WWII.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early '60s, he obtained his doctorate in theoretical physics (3rd cycle) at the University of Lyon (whilst also taking his first steps in songwriting), which led to further studies and a position as an assistant professor in physics at Princeton, USA from 1966-67.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBack in France, he started writing songs under the pseudonym \u003cstrong\u003eÉvariste\u003c\/strong\u003e (a reference to the French mathematician Évariste Galois, 1811-32) and he got a recording deal with Disc'Az where he released a string of singles and EPs, among which \"\u003cem\u003eConnais-tu l'animal qui inventa le calcul integral?\u003c\/em\u003e\" became a novelty hit in 1966, with music written by Michel Colombier (later of Hollywood fame).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1968-1970, he released 3 self-produced singles and an EP, all with covers by the great Tunisian-French cartoonist Georges Wolinski, who was murdered outside the offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable as a CD digipak with 24-page booklet and LP with 4-page and download code, liner notes are in English and French.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Born Bad","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP.","offer_id":50458724172107,"sku":"1160111","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50458724925771,"sku":"1160112","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cff95d79-5192-415f-8691-c185642d0e0a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727213391","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/il-ne-pense-qu-a-ca-1967-1970","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}