Pierre Bastien is a french underground hero. Involved in improvised sound research till the end of the 60's, with 'Nu Creative Methods', collaborations or on solo.

"Musiques Paralloidres" is a sound collage that pays tribute to record player, a portable instrument that comes complete with its own case. A few singles are subjected to cursory treatment by several turntables that have been stripped of all but their primary function, that of reading grooves. Instead of slowly spiralling inwards towards the center of the disc and the mechanism that cuts the motor, their arms ignore the laws of inertia and gravity : they rise and fall in accordance whith the variety of rythmic patterns. Of course, the records on these turntables are revolving, but not always at the right speed. And whenever they are played backwards immediately afterwards.
Following on from the mecanium, the author of these subversive collages is still composing with his screwdriver. But manual experimentation was not the only motivation behind this record. Cultural influences - adolescent parties and early musical discoveries ranging from John Cage's "imaginary Landscapes" to Gordons Monahan's "Music from Nowhere". As well as Guy Debord's shifted films and oulipo's S+7 method all played their part in generating the paralloïdrical music on this recording. - english translation by Rahma Khazam

1-ODOVINIL 3:48 2-OMAJOSAFIR 10:38 3-LE DECALJDESSON 8:02 4-ELOJ DU PIQUEUPE 6:47 5-SINETIC SANTIC 1:26 6-FONOTEK EDE 16:39

It's the occasion to create a new category on this blog : Jazz/free/impro.

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Pierre Bastien, Musiques Paralloïdres, Lowlands, CD, 1998

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