{"product_id":"michele-mercure-eye-chant-vinyl-lp","title":"Michele Mercure: Eye Chant Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrivate press minimal synth gem rescued from opulent obscurity by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=rvng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eRVNG Int’l\u003c\/a\u003e sub label \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?q=Freedom%20To%20Spend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eFreedom To Spend\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Originally released by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=michele+mercure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMercure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e under her married name, \u003cstrong\u003eMichele Musser\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=eye%20chant\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Michele%20Mercure%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEye Chant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e initially went unnoticed in a sea of self-released DIY synth records that were ubiquitous in the mid eighties. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=eye%20chant\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Michele%20Mercure%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEye Chant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e later became a collector holy grail, in part for its bizarre original cover art but mostly due to Mercure’s singular approach to electronic music. Hailing from rural Pennsylvania and detached from any regional “scene” of likeminded progressive musicians, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=michele+mercure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMercure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s synthesizer experiments are guided solely by her own objective intuition, and it shows: no two tracks on \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=eye%20chant\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Michele%20Mercure%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eEye Chant\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e sound even remotely similar. After opening with three placid helpings of FM synth and TR-606 exercises , \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=michele+mercure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMercure\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e wakes you up with the insanely-bizarre “100% Bridal Illusion”. After a soothing palette cleanser (the title track), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=eye%20chant\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Michele%20Mercure%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEye Chant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e really gets going on side B; don’t give up before you hear 7-minute reverie “Proteus \u0026amp; The Marlin” and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=blade+runner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e-on-a-budget noir boogie joint “Too Much”. Includes extensive liner notes detailing the album’s inception and photo spread of the original album art. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eextensive liner notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edigital download included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Freedom To Spend 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by peanut dust 05\/2017 \u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"review-ig\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc\/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5\/p8\/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo\/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli\/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif\/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BUNukhoBbFW\/\" style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eA post shared by @turntablelab\u003c\/a\u003e on \u003ctime style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-05-18T01:01:12+00:00\"\u003eMay 17, 2017 at 6:01pm PDT\u003c\/time\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cscript async=\"\" defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e.","brand":"Michele Mercure","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":35508850632,"sku":"lp-8644","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/michelemercure-eyechant.jpg?v=1759269219","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/michele-mercure-eye-chant-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}