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unknown grooves

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miscellaneous eclipses

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Annular eclipse of 1836

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"Coscinodiscus" - Arno Vater - 1931

&

"lunar eclipse" (a book cover) - Nobuyuki Wakabayashi - 1971

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Guitare pneumatique

   Guitare pneumatique conçue par François Baschet

Bernard Baschet (1917-2015) est un facteur d'instruments de musique singuliers.
Avec son frère François, ils expérimentent dans le domaine de la lutherie acoustique notamment au moyen de tiges vibrantes encastrées et ils inventent une nouvelle famille d'instruments musicaux utilisant le verre pour les archets et le métal comme conducteur de vibrations sonores et comme élément vibrant. De multiples instruments sont ainsi créés et le plus connu d'entre ces nouveaux instruments est le "Cristal Baschet".

En s’associant aux musiciens Yvonne et Jacques Lasry, ils créent en 1955 le groupe "Les Structures Sonores Lasry Baschet".

En 64/65, Bernard travaille avec Pierre Schaeffer sur la classification des sons complexes ce qui aboutira au fameux "Traité des objets musicaux".
 

Emission de télévision avec François Baschet, Jacques et Yvonne Lasry. 
François Baschet joue de sa guitare pneumatique.

Jacques Lasry joue ses œuvres au Cristal.

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Time sequence

 Toshi Ichiyanagi & Yoko Ono(1961)

The composer Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933) is a leading japanese figure of the avant-garde 

who studied with different artists as John Cage. 

He was married with Yoko Ono from 1956 to 1963.

He wrote graphic and aleatoric scores as well more classical ones.

He was involved in electronic music in the 60s, avalaible on "Edition Omega Point".

     ”Music for Electric Metronome” - 1960 - published in ”An Anthology of Chance Operations”

”Music for Electric Metronome” is an aleatoric composition for 3 to 8 players.
Toshi Ichiyanagi uses numbers as instructions for an erratic drift with chance for support.

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Under influence of Fluxus, 

Toshi Ichiyanagi organized in 1962 at Galerie Minami in Tokyo a huge exhibition 
which was visited by John Cage: ”International Graphic Scores Exhibition”.

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"Time Sequence" for piano was composed in 1976

here played by the bodybuilder Gene Hirano,

strangely suited for such a concert!

Fair_Play

The second "Fair_Play" compilation brings together 80 works by 90 female identifying or trans artists from France, India, Tasmania, Syria, Brazil, Egypt, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria, USA, UK, Australia, Spain, Canada, Czech Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Zimbabwe, China, Morocco ... 

La deuxième compilation "Fair_Play" rassemble 80 œuvres de 90 artistes se reconnaissant comme femmes ou trans, non seulement de pays francophones mais aussi d'Inde, Tasmanie, Syrie, Brésil, Egypte, Estonie, Danemark, Suède, Allemagne, Autriche, USA, Royaume-Uni, Australie, Espagne, Canada, République tchèque, Mexique, Argentine, Irlande, Italie, Pologne, Zimbabwe, Chine, Maroc ... 

with

Léa Bertucci, Alexandra Spence, DJ Kwe Favel, Isabel Nogueira,  
DinahBird, Julie Rousse, Myriam Pruvot, Valerie Vivancos, 

and many many others.

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Christine Groult, élève de Pierre Schaeffer, a été jusqu’en 2015
professeur de composition électroacoustique au conservatoire de Pantin.

Charo Calvo is a Spanish electroacoustic composer.




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In the first compilation "Fair_Play 1", published in 2017,

a nice Soizic Lebrat's dialogue in between a cello and birds to listen to:

Thanks to the production team:
DinahBird, Valérie Vivancos, Aline Pénitot,
Sophie Couronne, Myriam Pruvot,
Marie Lisel, Pôm Bouvier b.

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A as "Alviverde"

In passing
... for the sunny days which are floating around, one of my personal hits for a long time. 

"Alviverde" is a brilliant  composition by Jun Miyake, with the smooth and voluptuous Arto Lindsay' voice, issued from "Stolen From Strangers" published in 2007.
Just enjoy!

Ah!... More orchestras!

from the archives of the amazing blog Phono-Optica

A guitar duet

free improvisation, sonic experience, mechanical hiccups hiding pulsating drifts,
psychedelic thunderbolts and rough spaces

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an amazing duet with two french masters of electric guitar,
Jean-François Pauvros & Jean-Marc Montera,
live at Instants Chavirés (Montreuil) in april 2018

thanks to  NiloNilaz

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