Aqsak Maboul – Teatro dell'Elfo, Milano - RIO Festival '79 (1979, CD-r, Belgium)

Aksak Maboul ‎– Before And After Bandits (Documents 1977-1980, 2015) (2018, CD, Belgium)

Tracklist:
1. Vapona Au Tour De France (Demo) - 01:10
Bass, Guitar, Sounds [Radio] – Vincent Kenis
Organ, Drum Machine – Marc Hollander
Written-By – Hollander, Kenis
2. Onze Dents/Son Of L'Idiot (Live) - 09:47
Bass Guitar, Percussion – Vincent Kenis
Bassoon, Oboe, Percussion – Michel Berckmans
Cello [Electric], Voice, Percussion – Denis Van Hecke
Drums – Guigou Chenevier
Electric Piano, Percussion – Marc Hollander
Flute – Geoff Leigh
Percussion – Chris Joris
Piano, Percussion – Frank Wuyts
Written-By – Aksak Maboul, Hollander
3. Cinema [Knokke] (Original Version) - 23:28
Bass Guitar – Vincent Kenis
Bassoon, Oboe – Michel Berckmans
Cello [Electric], Voice – Denis Van Hecke
Organ, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Celesta – Marc Hollander
Percussion, Drums – Chris Joris
Piano, Synthesizer – Frank Wuyts
Written-By – Wuyts, Hollander, Kenis
4. Three Epileptic Folk Dances (Live) - 04:01
Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Marc Hollander
Cello [Electric], Voice – Denis Van Hecke
Drums – Guigou Chenevier
Guitar – Vincent Kenis
Piano, Synthesizer, Whistle – Frank Wuyts
Tenor Saxophone – Geoff Leigh
Written-By – Hollander
5. Venise Improv - 09:04
Bassoon, Oboe – Michel Berckmans
Cello – Denis Van Hecke
Drums – Chris Cutler
Electric Piano, Organ – Marc Hollander
Guitar – Fred Frith
Piano, Synthesizer – Frank Wuyts
Written-By – Aksak Maboul
6. Mastoul Alakefak (Milano Improv) - 04:54
Bassoon, Oboe – Michel Berckmans
Drums – Chris Cutler
Guitar – Fred Frith
Organ – Marc Hollander
Synthesizer – Frank Wuyts
Written-By – Hollander
7. A.T.A./Horreurs - 11:44
Drums, Percussion – Jean-François Jones Jacob III
Guitar – Gérald Fenerberg
Guitar, Alto Saxophone, Bass, Vocals, Text By ["Horreurs"] – Yvon Vromman
Keyboards, Bass, Melodica, Synthesizer [Synths] – Marc Hollander
Oboe, Bassoon – Michel Berckmans
Written-By – Fenerberg, Jones Jacob, Hollander, Vromman
8. Alluvions/Truc Turc - 06:01
Drums, Percussion – Jean-François Jones Jacob III
Guitar – Gérald Fenerberg
Guitar, Alto Saxophone, Bass, Vocals – Yvon Vromman
Keyboards, Bass, Melodica, Synthesizer [Synths] – Marc Hollander
Oboe, Bassoon – Michel Berckmans
Written-By – Hollander, Kenis
9. Before J - 04:29
Drums, Percussion – Jean-François Jones Jacob III
Guitar – Gérald Fenerberg
Guitar, Alto Saxophone, Bass, Vocals – Yvon Vromman
Keyboards, Bass, Melodica, Synthesizer [Synths] – Marc Hollander
Oboe, Bassoon – Michel Berckmans
Written-By – Hollander
10. Paysage Vole (Live) - 03:44
Bass – Faustine Hollander
Drums – Christophe Claeys
Keyboards – Marc Hollander
Synth – Sebastiaan Van den Branden
Vocals, Text By – Véronique Vincent
Written-By – Hollander, Vincent

Note
'These tracks come from varied sources, including very lo-fi live recordings. Aside from the fact that they contain some strange, wild & often shambolic music, they might have the merit of documenting the transitions between the various phases* of the still-unfolding Aksak Maboul story.

Track 1 belongs to what can be described as Phase One of Aksak Maboul (1977-78). Tracks 2 to 6 exemplify Phase Two (1978-79). Tracks 7 to 9 are from Phase Three (1980-81). Phase Four is Ex-Futur Album (1981-83 and 2014). Track 10 marks the beginning of Phase Five, in 2015.'

1 - Recorded in Brussels, April 1977
2 - Recorded live in Brussels and Libramont, April & November 1978
3 - Live studio recording, Brussles, June 1978
4 - Recorded live somewhere in Belgium, November 1978
5 - Recorded live at Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels, February 1979
6 - Recorded live at the RIO Festival, Milano, April 1979
7, 8, 9 - Recorded live at the Musiques de Traverses festival, Reims, April 1980
10 - Recorded live at Les Ateliers Claus, Brussels, February 2015

Various ‎– Made To Measure Vol. 1 (1984, CD, Belgium)

Volume 1 initiated Made to Measure, a series of records of experimental soundtrack music, in high form as a compilation with several artists from Crammed Discs' roster. Minimal Compact offer some songs from a ballet, Tuxedomoon weigh in with three pieces from a film score, Benjamin Lew with a sound backdrop to a fashion exhibition, and Aksak Maboul bring in an excerpt from a private movie, as well as music composed for a play. Except for the Minimal Compact cuts, these are instrumentals of various moods and textures, and the various contributors complement each other with similar Euro-art rock aesthetics. Though Tuxedomoon expatriated from the U.S. and Minimal Compact from Israel, both groups have a very European sound, though Minimal Compact do throw some Middle Eastern flute and chanting on "Too Many of Them." Otherwise their tracks don't differ too much from what is on their regular albums, clunky rhythms, creepy and subdued art-rock songs. Lew's track is far more gothic, with symphonic overtones. Aksak Maboul end side one of the LP with the best track on the disc, "Scratch Holiday." Using only a turntable and an old 7" from the '60s, "Scratch Holiday" layers repetitive sound on top of repetitive sound to create hypnotic ambient textures of incredible beauty. The six Aksak pieces on the flip side of the LP are quite different, beginning with the baroque chamber music of "Odessa" and throwing in several piano solos, from the dreamy "Lili Danse" to the more sullen "Ossip et Lili." The three Tuxedomoon instrumentals also offer drastically different moods; "No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition" is a scary track with disturbing drones and breaking glass, while "Driving to Verdun" has a bouncy electro-rhythm and a droll melody. For the most part, excellent stuff with lots of dynamics that rise well above the concept of background music. (search: AllMusic)

Pieces For Nothing
1–Minimal Compact/ Bat-Yam (4:33)
2–Minimal Compact/ Too Many Of Them (4:32)
3–Minimal Compact/ Immer Vorbei (4:00)
4–Minimal Compact/ Animal Killers (3:33)
A La Recherche De B.
5–Benjamin Lew/ A La Rechèrche De B. (2:51)
Scratch Holiday
6–Aksak Maboul/ Scratch Holiday (4:15)
Featuring – The Honeymoon Killers
Recorded By – Aksak Maboul, Alig
Un Chien Merite Une Mort De Chien
7–Aksak Maboul/ Odessa (4:00)
8–Aksak Maboul/ Chez Les Futuristes Russes (1:23)
9–Aksak Maboul/ Ossip & Lili (1:05)
10–Aksak Maboul/ Lili Danse (1:42)
11–Aksak Maboul/ Retour Chez Les Futuristes (0:38)
12–Aksak Maboul/ Mort De Velimir (3:33)
Verdun
13–Tuxedomoon/ Fanfare (4:37)
14–Tuxedomoon/ No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition (4:50)
15–Tuxedomoon/ Driving To Verdun (2:33)

Producer – Gilles Martin (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 15), Marc Hollander (tracks: 7 to 12), Peter Principle (tracks: 1 to 4), Tuxedomoon (tracks: 12 to 15), Vincent Kenis (tracks: 7 to 12)
Recorded By – Gilles Martin (tracks: 1 to 4, 7 to 12), Marc Hollander (tracks: 7 to 12), Peter Principle (tracks: 1 to 4), Vincent Kenis (tracks: 7 to 12)
Saxophone, Clarinet – Steven Brown (tracks: 1 to 4)
Violin – Jeannot Gillis (tracks: 1 to 4)

Note
Tracks 1 to 4 made to measure for a ballet by Pierre Droulers.
Track 5 is an aural backdrop made to measure for a fashion exhibition ("Huit Jeunes Stylistes Limbourgeois").
Track 6 made to measure for The Honeymoon Killers' "Pan! Dans Les Vacances" private movie.
All sounds generated with a turntable.
Tracks 7 to 12 made to measure for a play by Michel Gheude based on the life of Maïakovsky.
Tracks 13 to 15 made to measure for "Het Veld Van Eer", a film by Bob Visser.
(search: Discog)