Vive Mouna C'est Le Pied! (Ecologiste Avant La Lettre, Il Lutte Contre Toutes Les Pollutions)

Released in the early 1970s on the Disques Vendémiaire label, this record serves as an auditory artifact of the eccentric French activist and street performer known as Aguigui Mouna. Mouna, born André Dupont, was a fixture of the Parisian counterculture who famously ran for the French presidency multiple times on a platform of pacifism, anti-pollution, and communal living. The recording captures the raw, spoken-word energy of his public performances, which often took place in the streets of the Latin Quarter.

The record aligns with the broader tradition of independent protest music that flourished in post-1968 France, emphasizing ecological awareness and anarchist philosophy. Mouna’s design choices for his releases typically reflected his DIY ethos, prioritizing the transmission of his manifesto over polished production. While these records were largely fringe items at the time of their release, they are now regarded by archivists of French protest culture as significant primary documents of a unique voice in grass-roots political activism.