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01. Henk Badings - Arioso
02. Lasry-Baschet - Ballet Jeux D'Ombres
03. Alwin Nikolais - Glymistry
04. Remi Gassmann - Scherzo
05. Pierre Henry - Tam Tam
06. Karl-Birger Blomdahl - The Yurg/The Mimarobe
07. Henk Badings - Ragtime
08. Jean-Claude Vannier - L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches
09. Henk Badings - Konflikt
10. Lasry-Baschet - Ballet Du Soho
11. Igor Wakhevitch - Danse Sacrale
12. Alwin Nikolais - Aeolus
13. Jean-Claude Vannier - Le Ballet Des Accoucheuses
14. Pierre Henry - Transfiguration
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TITLE
Danse Sacrale: 14 Early Avant-Garde and Electronic Compositions for Ballet and Modern Dance
FORMAT
CD

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CACK 009CD CACK 009CD
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RELEASE DATE
11/27/2015

2014 release; mid-line-priced CD. The roots of electronic dance music by definition. An unlikely combination of early recordings by international electronic and avant-garde composers as well as infrequent collaborators retrospectively unified by their commitment to the musical enhancement of 20th-century ballet and the evolution of modern dance. Presenting key exponents of the musique concrète and tape music movements alongside masters of the early electric sound synthesizers, as well as pre/anti-electronic instrument designers with non-conformist and microtonal composers, Danse Sacrale reveals a broad range of truly revolutionary musical and academic advancements that found an improbable, sporadic, and vibrant creative outlet via one of Europe's proudest and most sacred cultural institutions. Featuring composers Pierre Henry, Lasry-Baschet, Igor Wakhevitch, Henk Badings, Jean-Claude Vannier, Remi Gassmann, Alwin Nikolais, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl alongside choreographers like Béjart, Balanchine, and Yvonne Georgi, Danse Sacrale unites the unanimously lauded and the relatively unknown with some of their earliest and underexposed achievements. These rare and remastered compositions provide a concise retrospective of a previously undocumented global phenomenon and a global synergy that formed the true foundations of electronic dance music and changed the perceptions of modern music and dance culture in the stern face of adversity and tradition.