Jean-Jacques Birgé invites
Samuel Ber, Sophie Bernado, Amandine Casadamont, Nicholas Christenson, Médéric Collignon, Pascal Contet, Elise Dabrowski, Julien Desprez, Linda Edsjö, Jean-Brice Godet, Alexandra Grimal, Wassim Halal, Antonin-Tri Hoang, Karsten Hochapfel, Fanny Lasfargues, Mathias Lévy, Sylvain Lemêtre, Birgitte Lyregaard, Jocelyn Mienniel, Edward Perraud, Jonathan Pontier, Hasse Poulsen, Sylvain Rifflet, Eve Risser, Vincent Segal, Christelle Séry,
Ravi Shardja, Jean-François Vrod
Instant compositions by all musicians,
recorded and mixed by Jean-Jacques Birgé
at Studio GRRR, Bagnolet (2010-2019)
except 1 and 4 at Studio 107 de Radio France, Tapage Nocturne
6 and 14 live at Le Triton
10 live at Studio 106 de Radio France, À l’improviste
It is about playing to meet and not the opposite as it is usual.
The double CD brings together 22 pieces composed in the moment between 2010 and 2019, most of them recorded by Jean-Jacques Birgé at Studio GRRR, all unreleased on CD.
The theme of each is drawn just before pressing the button.
Warm thanks to all the musicians who accepted my invitation and shared this joyful complicity, to mc gayffier who played with graphic constraints with the helpful Étienne Mineur, to the photographers (Sonia Cruchon, Elsa Birgé, Françoise Romand, Jean Rochard, Peter Gabor, Rémi Angeli…), to Richard Hayon for Sarajevo, to Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt for the Oblique Strategies game, to Bruno Letort and Anne Montaron for France Musique, to the Triton and to all those who trusted me…
Artwork: mc gayffier
Double CD (same price as a single CD) - 120 minutes
Listening and orders available also available on Bandcamp
A Fantastique NEW Dbl album! (Archie Patterson, Eurock)
Vincent Segal - cello
Jean-Jacques Birgé - Tenori-on (Elsa Birgé's voice samples as a child)
in « Comme la rencontre fortuite sur une table de dissection d’une machine à coudre et d’un parapluie » (10/03/2010)
Ravi Shardja - electric mandolin
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, Jew's harp, vocals, electronics
in « Court-circuit » (20/04/2012)
Antonin-Tri Hoang - alto sax
Vincent Segal - cello
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboard, electronics
in « Dans tous les sens du terme » (12/23/2012)
Alexandra Grimal - tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboard
in « Récréation » (01/25/2013)
Alexandra Grimal - tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé - electronics
in « Récréation » (01/25/2013)
Antonin-Tri Hoang - alto sax
Edward Perraud – drums, electyronics
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboard, Jew's harp
in « Rêves et cauchemars » (01/31/2013)
Fanny Lasfargues - electroacoustic bass
Antonin-Tri Hoang - bass clarinet
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboard
in « Animé » (03/01/2013)
Edward Perraud – drums, electronics
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboards, electronics, brake, vocals
in « Anatomy » (04/04/2013)
Eve Risser – vocals, melodica
Jocelyn Mienniel – flute, bass flute, Korg MS20
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizers
in « Game Bling » (03/06/2014)
Linda Edsjö - marimba
Birgitte Lyregaard - vocals
Jean-Jacques Birgé - plunderphonics, Tenori-on
in « Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard #1 » (11/10/2014)
Birgitte Lyregaard - vocals
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboards
in « Chansons imprévisibles » (11/13/2014)
Médéric Collignon - vocals
Julien Desprez - electric guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - electronics, balloon
in « Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard #2 » (11/28/2014)
Sophie Bernado - vocals, bassoon
Linda Edsjö - percussion, vibraphone
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboard
in « Arlequin » (10/19/2015)
Pascal Contet - accordion
Antonin-Tri Hoang - bass clarinet, clarinet
Jean-Jacques Birgé - electronics, plunderphonics
in « Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard #3 » (11/12/2015)
Amandine Casadamont – vinyls
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboards
in « Harpon » (03/28/2016)
Samuel Ber - drums, percussion
Antonin-Tri Hoang - piano, alto sax, bass clarinet
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboard
in « L’isthme des ismes » (11/02/2017)
Sylvain Rifflet - tenor sax
Sylvain Lemêtre - percussion
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboard
in « Chifoumi » (12/20/2018)
Mathias Lévy - violin
Élise Dabrowski - double bass, vocals
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboards, a street under siege
in « Questions » (05/07/2019)
Hasse Poulsen - guitar
Wassim Halal - percussion
Jean-Jacques Birgé – chronoscaphe, keyboard
in « La révolte des carrés » (05/13/2019)
Christelle Séry - electric guitar
Jonathan Pontier - keyboards
Jean-Jacques Birgé - harmonica, electronics, poultry, flute
in « WD-40 » (11/14/2019)
Jean-François Vrod - violin
Karsten Hochapfel – cello
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboards, flute, bullroarer
in « Ball of Fire » (11/22/2019)
Jean-Brice Godet - cassettes, clarinet
Nicholas Christenson - double bass
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboards, percussion, birdcall, Jew's harp
in « Duck Soup » (12/18/2019)