La Plančte Sauvage (Fantastic Planet)

On the planet Ygam, a race of blue giants called Traags live in abstracted peace. They spend much of their time meditating, sending their consciousnesses sailing over their planet's surface in colorful bubbles. They merge and distort their bodies in a ritual called "Imagination." Their only enduring problem is the presence of a race they call Oms, a species of tiny pink-skinned bipeds brought back to Ygam as pets after a trip to a planet called Terra. Some Traags debate the wisdom of keeping Oms as pets at all - back on Terra, they show signs of organized life and it's possible they may even be intelligent. But the Traags, appalled at the Oms' increasing numbers, are considering wiping out the entire species once and for all.

With a full complement of surreal sights and sounds, a score composed by Serge Gainsbourg's arranger Alain Goraguer, and enough subtext to fuel philosophical debates, Fantastic Planet is an experience not easily forgotten. No need to tell this to the headz turned on by Goraguer's score, a much-sought psychedelicacy treasured by DJs. DC Recordings head J. Saul Kane (Depth Charge) has seen to the re-release of the score on LP.