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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
Musique Concrete
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
CACOPHONIC
CATALOG #
CACK 017LP
CACK 017LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
6/24/2016
2021 restock; reissue of 1960 BAM label release.
Musique Concrete
represents an important milestone in the development and progression of the genre of the same name. It marks a crossroad for the genre and its originator,
Pierre Schaeffer
and another of the genre's most important protagonists,
Pierre Henry
. In 1942, Schaeffer and
Jacques Copeau
founded the Studio d'Essai (renamed Club d'Essai in 1946) as part of Radiodiffusion Française studios in order to experiment with radiophonic techniques. In 1948, Schaeffer occupied his time with the manner in which sound recordings "revealed what was hidden in the act of basic acoustic listening". This resulted in a series of studies known as
Cinq études de bruits
(Five Studies of Noises) (1948). With word of his theories and experiments spreading, Schaeffer's studies grew in size and he would need assistance. Pierre Henry was an obvious choice and sound engineer,
Jacques Poullin
, completed the sonic powerhouse. The group was renamed the
Groupe de Musique Concrete
. In 1951, RTF gave the trio access to one of the earliest purpose-build electroacoustic studios, furnishing it with state of the art equipment such as a morphophone and a phonogene, both designed by Poullin. The studio attracted composers such as
Karlheinz Stockhausen
and
Edgard Varèse
and in that same year Schaeffer and Henry produced and premiered the first opera concrète, "Orphèe 51". Pierre Henry began pursuing projects closer to his own heart, working with experimental filmmakers and choreographers like
Maurice Béjart
. In 1957, following a particularly prolonged absence on RTF duties, Schaeffer returned unhappy with the direction the group had taken and tabled an idea to revitalize both their approach as well as personnel. As a result, Henry and several other key members soon left. Schaeffer lay the foundations in 1958 for a new collective called
Groupe de Recherches Musicales
recruiting new members
Iannis Xenakis
,
Henri Sauguet
,
Luc Ferrari
and
Michel Philippot
as well as ushering in a new steady stream of musicians eager to study, including a young
Jean Michel Jarre
. Featuring the full versions of these seminal early works (abridged versions of which had previously appeared across two 7" singles on Disques BAM) the recordings presented here are the first fruits of this new alliance and served to lay the bedrock for the future of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales which would later count the likes of
Ivo Malec
,
Philippe Carson
,
Romuald Vandelle
,
Edgardo Canton
and
François Bayle
.
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