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Monde UFO – 7171 (Expanded Edition: LP + 7") – New LP
Monde UFO – 7171 (Expanded Edition: LP + 7") – New LP
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Monde UFO – 7171 (Expanded Edition: LP + 7") – New LP

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7171 is an Alien entity investigated by Jaques Vallee in France during the 1970's. This being conveyed to people in the French country Side , that it is here to be a messenger between Earth and the rest of the Universe.


2023 reissue of 2021 album

Singing Bowl: Kris Chau
Alto Saxophone, Bass, Keyboards, Guitars: Ray Monde

Drums on Track: 3,5,9 by: Evan Tetreault
Those drums are Recorded by Bailey Lawless
Drums on Tracks 10, : Jorden Brown
Those drums are Recorded by Nathaniel Kissel.
Saxophone on track 11: Nick Livingstone


Mixed and Mastered By Kevin K Smith.
All songs Written and Recorded By Ray Monde in Enfield CT and Los Angeles, CA.

Monde UFO, LA-based duo of Ray Monde and Kris Chau, are a monochromatic sunset for the senses. A sonic journey through psychedelia, space rock and jazz. A cosmic space where Spacemen 3 meets Vanishing Twin, by way of Sun Ra. 7171 perfectly embodies the framework of lo and hi-fi sounds which have helped define the band. Included in this expanded package is Four Songs, Monde UFO’s radical interpretation of Fugazi’s music, housed for the first time on LTD 7” with new artwork. In a downtown Los Angeles warehouse, on 7th Street, Ray Monde began writing songs on an old Yamaha church organ for a project that eventually became Monde UFO. Utilizing the organ as a bass, alongside keyboards and a drum machine, he began making demos on a four-track cassette recorder. Heavily influenced by the musician Sandy Bull, sonically landing in a similar no-man's land of Worldly Jazz and Psych Folk. Monde experimented with the themes mostly of meditation and UFO lore. In time Ray moved in with the artist Kris Chau. With little crossover in musical tastes, they exclusively started listening to jazz, ambient and new age music in the house. Increased interest in sound baths and experimental music led to seeing music in a different light. Envisioning something that would sound like Don Cherry making a record with Yo La Tengo. ‘7171’ is an amalgam of influences, interpretations and otherworldly sounds channeled through genre bending experimentation. This expanded edition of ‘7171’ includes the sought after ‘Four Songs’ EP, a reimagining Fugazi’s early classics, songs that take on a life of their own, lost amongst the haze and sugar sweet psych.

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