Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits

Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits
Original LP release with the band's name spelt "Aqsak Maboul"
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1980 (1980-01)
RecordedFebruary and August 1979
StudioSunrise Studios, Kirchberg, Switzerland
GenreAvant-rock
Length43:21
LabelCrammed (Belgium)
ProducerAksak Maboul
Aksak Maboul chronology
Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine
(1977)
Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits
(1980)
Ex-Futur Album
(2014)

Un Peu de l'Âme des Bandits (English: A Little of the Bandit Spirit) is the second album by Belgian avant-rock band Aksak Maboul. It was recorded at Sunrise Studio in Kirchberg, Switzerland, in February and August 1979, and released on LP in January 1980 on founding member Marc Hollander's Belgian independent record label, Crammed Discs. At the time, the band had changed the spelling of their name to "Aqsak Maboul", and this is reflected on the album's record sleeve. When the album was re-issued on CD in 1995 (also on Crammed Discs) the spelling of their name reverted to "Aksak Maboul".

In addition to the Aksak Maboul line-up at the time, the album also featured ex-Henry Cow musicians Fred Frith and Chris Cutler, whose contribution and names helped bring the album to the attention of a wider audience. Aksak Maboul's co-founder, Vincent Kenis, did not play on this album, although he did arrange two of the tracks.