Très toxique is the first ever recording of Un Drame Musical Instantané as a trio, three weeks before Trop d’adrénaline nuit, but already a year and a half after Défense de by Birgé Gorgé Shiroc (Nurse With Wound List). On December 21, 1976, it was the first time the three musicians met together in the basement of Studio GRRR. They had no idea what they were going to play, but the session was full of energy.
Jean-Jacques Birgé plays the ARP 2600 synthesizer, the cassettes and many other instruments, as does Bernard Vitet, mainly on percussion, but also on sax and violin, while Francis Gorgé supports the backbone on electric guitar.
Half a century has passed. Birgé creates the cover of Très toxique entirely by hand, using a white pencil and two acid-burnt images he had created in 1969 and printed two years later by the art printer of Picasso, Dubuffet and the Collège de Pataphysique. The 85 numbered and signed copies of this limited edition have only one side of 19 minutes, already a collector! But can anyone tell me what this music sounds like?
Sold by Dizonord (Paris) - dist. The Pusher Distribution
Chou, new wonderful album with pianist Sophie Agnel and guitarist David Fenech recorded on October 10 2022 at Studio GRRR ! Article on French Blog...
Also on Bandcamp !
CD release of Les bons contes font les bons amis marks the end of the reissues of Un Drame Musical Instantané's LPs by the Austrian label Klang Galerie. If GRRR had released the first one, Trop d'adrénaline nuit, on CD, Walter Robotka's label had the following ones to its credit: Rideau ! (out of print), À travail égal salaire égal, L'homme à la caméra and Carnage.
15-piece orchestra. Beautiful cover by Jean Bruller, a.k.a. Vercors.
N.B.: for LP lovers, Rideau !, À travail égal salaire égal, Les bons contes font les bons amis, L'homme à la caméra are still available from GRRR (as well as from Les Allumés du Jazz, Orkhêstra and Souffle Continu) in their original pressing! On the other hand, LPs Trop d'adrénaline nuit and Carnage are sold out.
Article on French Blog...
***, new album with German violinist Fabiana Striffler and Hungarian guitarist Csaba Palotaï recorded on June 7 2022 at Studio GRRR ! Article on French Blog...
Also on Bandcamp !
Scénographie, a new album with electroacoustician Gwennaëlle Roulleau recorded on May 12 2022 at Studio GRRR ! Article on French Blog...
Also on Bandcamp !
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