Ted Atking/ Alain Feanch/ Cecil Wary – Scoop (1981, LP, France)

Tracklist:
A1 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – International Scoop 1 4:57
A2 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – International Scoop 2 1:59
A3 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – International Scoop 3 2:31
A4 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – International Scoop 4 2:09
A5 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – European Scoop 1 2:24
A6 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – European Scoop 2 2:19
A7 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Evanescent Time 1 2:10
A8 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Evanescent Time 2 0:32
B1 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – Mondial Space 1 2:35
B2 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – Mondial Space 2 1:42
B3 Ted Atking / Alain Feanch – Mysterious Forest 3:27
B4 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Naides 3:42
B5 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Mysteres Aux Bermudes 1 3:29
B6 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Mysteres Aux Bermudes 2 2:08
B7 Cecil Wary / Alain Feanch – Mysteres Aux Bermudes 3 1:58

The album was released on the German Sonoton label and is subtitled: Contemporary Documentary Themes, Mood and Underscores.

Scoop is a quintessential piece of early 80s Library Music, designed for dramatic and documentary use. The album delivers a vivid, cinematic blend of Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock, and early Electronic styles.
The mood is generally energetic, tense, and modern, reflecting the contemporary sound of a television newsroom or action report. Tracks are driven by strong, often frantic, rhythms, slick basslines, and punchy horn-like synthesizers, balanced by moments of ambient, reflective underscore. It’s a groovy, sought-after relic from the transition between 70s funk and the colder 80s synth sound.