PHILIPPE MATE & DANIEL VALLANCIEN - s/t LP reggae the Hate City E

the Hate City E

and some don’t use any at all

a name change is in order

and young people would come find me and tell me that my music meant something to them

PHILIPPE MATE & DANIEL VALLANCIEN - s/t LP reggae the Hate City EGatefold sleeve. OBI strip. The career of saxophonist Philippe Mat includes several indispensable albums. As for the man in the background, Daniel Vallancien, a sound engineer rarely featuring on the sleeves, the collection Actuel on the BYG label owes much to him (he is at the controls behind Anthony Braxton, Don Cherry, Sonny Sharrock or Steve Lacy). Behind this collaboration was the idea of creating music which was free, direct and spontaneous,