Musique Concrete: Parmegiani+Schaeffer+Bayle+Ferrari++

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Musique Concrete-- Pierre Schaeffer: Objets lies (1959) / Francois-Bernard Mache: Terre de feu 2nd version (1963) / Michel Philippot: Etude III (1962) / L'Oiseau-Chanteur 2nd version (1963) / Luc Ferrari: Tete et queue du dragon 2nd version / Ivo Malec: Dahovi 2nd version / Bernard Parmegiani: Danse (1962)



Candide CE 31025 USA undated LP Vinyl: vg+
Cover: vg+ (some edge wear, 1" split at right edge of bottom seam) Rare and superb anthology compiled by Ilhan Mimaroglu of early electronic tape music spliced at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales studios, with several exclusive tracks which remain unreissued. These amazing pieces move from cut up noise to densely organized collages of field recordings to atonal segments grounded in more familiar instrumental timbres, often all within the space of a few minutes. The elemental Mache piece is built of sounds modeled after fire and water noises. Parmegiani's work, one of his earliest, is derived entirely from tape-manipulated voice. The version of Malec's Dahovi included here is further evolved and longer than its earlier release on the Philips Prospective 21e Siecle series (an lp which I am also currently auctioning). Includes insert with notes by Mimaroglu, himself a onetime GRM resident. Highly recommended.

Schaeffer was a radio engineer involved with the French resistance during WWII and a researcher of television technology in addition to being the inventor of musique concrete; he founded the world's first tape music studio (which would become the INA-GRM), was among the earliest composers to use the turntable as an instrument, invented the Phonogene (a proto-sampling keyboard), worked with Pierre Henry, Jon Appleton, Jean-Michelle Jarre, Michel Chion, Michel Redolfi, Jean-Claude Risset, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Edgar Varese, Olivier Messiaen, and Iannis Xenakis, and his groundbreaking work influenced contemporaries like John Cage, Tod Dockstader, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Tom Dissevelt, and Jean-Jacques Perrey, and later electronic artists like Nurse With Wound, Christian Marclay, Otomo Yoshihide, and Merzbow. Malec is a Croatian composer who studied under Messiaen. Ferrari is an electro-acoustic composer who studied under Honegger, Alfred Cortot, and Messiaen. Mache studied composition under Messiaen and is also a writer and an expert in Greek archaeology. Bayle studied with Messiaen, Henri Pousseur, Schaeffer, and Stockhausen. Parmegiani was a television sound engineer who became an understudy of Schaeffer. Check out my other auctions this week for more Malec, Ferrari, Mache, avant garde, experimental, early electronic, electroacoustic, synthesizer, 20th century classical, space-age pop, psych, sound sculpture, and sound effects records. Shipping - US shipping is 4.20 for 1-2 single records by Media Mail, then 0.50 for each additional (Priority Mail, other expedited shipping options, and insurance are all available on request). International shipping for 1 12" lp to Western Europe/UK/Scandinavia is 8.00 surface or 13.00 air; to Japan/Taiwan/Australia is 8.00 surface or 14.50 air; to Canada by air is 7.00; other international destinations vary. 7" and 10" records will cost less; heavy box sets will cost more. Combine multiple items to save on shipping. Note: I can now offer international buyers the super-cheap M-Bag bulk mail rate for orders of 7 or more lps; to most destinations this starts at 21.50 for surface mail or 33.50 for air for up to 17 lps, a huge per-record savings over standard rates for smaller parcels! Feel free to email with any shipping questions. Payment - I prefer Paypal (which allows for fastest possible shipment) and also accept cash, money order (from US financial institutions only, including BidPay, US Postal, certified US bank check, etc., international bidders please take note!), and Western Union money transfer. If you are paying by Paypal and have won multiple items, please use a single Paypal payment. I will send an invoice email to all winners shortly after my auctions close, and another email after payment has been received to confirm item shipment. Packing - I pack professionally using new record mailers exclusively from Cameron Packaging (which I have determined are the best and most protective). For used lps, I remove the lp and inserts from the jacket, cover it in a layer of bubble wrap, and then reinforce it with a cardboard insert. All records are shipped with poly plastic sleeves. All packages are completely sealed with strong packing tape covering all openings. If you'd like your package done any differently, just let me know. Feel free to email me if you have any questions (need more info, want more pictures, etc.); you can use the 'ask seller a question' link above. My condition rating scale is -G+/-VG+/-EX+/-NM/M (only sealed records are M). Satisfaction guaranteed; if you have any problems with your order please contact me directly. Check out Ebay[track], my free realtime ebay auction tracker (currently in beta), which can refresh multiple auction statuses every second, alert you when bids are placed and when auctions end, let you place bids, and more. It's a useful tool for bidders, snipers, sellers, watchers... This item description is (c)opyright 2006 keymap records; please contact keymap records for permission before reproducing any text.