Posted in avant rock, french on July 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
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Music submitted by Vespucci. Thanks.
01 Un portrait de Catherine 1 (4:13)
02 Un portrait de Catherine 2 (1:49)
03 Winter rain (3:33)
04 Fragments/Accidents (4:59)
05 La malédiction du pharaon (3:00)
06 Un crime parfait (1:02)
07 Antoni Gaudi (1:36)
08 Liebeslied (0:56)
09 The curious sofa (4:11)
10 Sentimientos (0:55)
Total time: 26:00
Cassette released 1983 on Tago Mago (ref Camouflage [...]
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READERS TAKE CONTROL ON CONTINUO!
Music submitted by Rainier. Thanks.
01 Mauvais rêve (1:12)
02 Conversation (1;07)
03 Les Enfants de la Bière (1:08)
04 Cérémonie (1:07)
05 La Dynastie (1:13)
06 Voyage Immobile (1:11)
07 Voyage Enchanté (1:09)
08 Magie (1:09)
09 Eskimo (1:06)
10 Silence Une Minute (1:26)
Total time: 11:50
12” released 1985 on Repli Strategic (Picture Wave Records)
Théatre Commercial was a french quatuor including [...]
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01 Oiseaux Exotiques (15:24)
02 La Bouscarle [from Catalogue d'Oiseaux] (11:46)
03 Réveil des Oiseaux (20:53)
Yvonne Loriod: piano
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann cond.
Total time: 48:00
LP released 1959 on Candide Records, USA
(recorded between 1956 and 1959).
This LP gathers 3 compositions entirely based on bird songs, as collected and notated by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). Birdcalls were collected in the [...]
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Posted in french, sound art on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
01 Serra De Mira (5:35)
02 A Flor Encarnada (5:56)
03 Bestial (4:16)
04 Figueira Ardente (2:45)
05 Trevas (2:46)
06 Pepa (3:30)
07 Cova Da Iria (1:58)
08 Ossário De Cinza (5:57)
09 Borboleta (1:11)
10 Comó Está Longe O Tempo Do Amor (6:08)
11 Um Dia Sem Fim (2:21)
12 Meu Gatinho (7:48)
Total time: 50:00
CD released on Body Soul/MSI, 1994
Gorgeous suite of tracks composed [...]
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01 Kristoff K-Roll ‘Jacques le Propagandiste - Portrait en Forme de Rebus’ (12:16)
02 Aka Bondage ‘E-lettrism’ (04:13)
03 Black Sifichi ‘Yours Faithfully’ (03:55)
04 Christine Webster ‘A Metaphysical Layback’ (10:21)
05 Costes ‘Tête De Mort’ (03:29)
06 Dragibus ‘A Dos de Chameau’ (03:16)
07 Jean-François Pauvros ‘Sans Titre’ (08:16)
08 Mika Pusse ‘Vide’ (04:24)
09 D.E.F. ‘ A Last Glass of White [...]
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Posted in french, jazz on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »
01 Transit I (5:43)
02 Transit II (2:45)
03 Transit III (5:28)
04 Bekummernis (5:10)
05 NoSi Part I-V (19:03)
Total time: 38:10
LP released 1984 on Ménélas/Harmonia Mundi
Bekummernis was a french big band created by brothers Xavier and Luc Le Masne in 1982, comprising as much as 50 musicians and lasting till 1992. On other LPs, much space was devoted [...]
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Posted in avant rock, french on June 4, 2008 | No Comments »
01 Océan (8:36)
02 Prométhée Foudroyé (4:47)
03 Phineos 1 (3:55)
04 Phineos 2 (2:58)
05 Variation (9:45)
Total time: 30:00
Live recording Paris 1989.
Released 1989 on Auricle (Ultima Thule), UK
Alain Ballaud: electric bass
Sylvette Claudet: voice
Jean-Luc Herve: electric guitar
Michel Kervinio: drums
Jean-Pierre Lourdeau: voice
Véronique Verdier: bass trombone, percussion
Shub-Niggurath was a French band with a various membership, led [...]
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Posted in french, sound art on May 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
01 Urban Sax Part I (17:48)
02 Urban Sax Part II (18:04)
Total time: 35:52
LP released 1977 on Cézame-Cobra (reissued 1986 on Celluloid)
16 saxophone players gathered to record the 1st Urban Sax LP, after several years of touring festivals and outdoor venues. They were perhaps reluctant to actually record their music events, hence reducing the spatial effects [...]
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