BIRGÉ - MARTIN
Fictions (complete)
GRRR 3105 online, 2021

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Improvisations recorded on May 11 2021
at GRRR Studio by Jean-Jacques Birgé
in the order which they have been played
chosing themes randomly from sentences in Fictions
the famous novel by Jorge Luis Borges

Lionel Martin plays a Keilwerth saxophone

Cover and picture JJB
Photos of the duo © Christophe Charpenel

Articles on French Blog 1 2

88 minutes

 

An LP with five of these pieces is issued in May 2022 on the record label Ouch!

tracklist / infos / donwloads
n°1 / Le jardin aux sentiers qui bifurquent / 3'45

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboards

n°2 / Nul ne le vit débarquer dans la nuit unanime / 4'23

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboards

n°3 / La loterie est une part essentielle du réel / 4'11

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboards

n°4 / Nos coutumes sont saturées de hasard / 3'51

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboard, erhu, vocals, jaw harp, flute

n°5 / Ut nihil non iisdem verbis redderetur auditum / 14'25

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – Lyra 8, The Pipe, jaw harp

n°6 / Une autre inquiétude se répandait dans les bas quartiers / 5'51

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboard

n°7 / Dormir c’est se distraire du monde / 5'37

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboard, reed trumpet, shahi baaja

n°8 / Le dialogue ambigü de quelques inconnus sur un quai / 4'37

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboards, kazoo

n°9 / La visuelle et la tactile / 13'46

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboard, harmonica

n°10 / À l’espoir éperdu succéda, comme il est naturel, une dépression excessive / 14'28

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboards, brake, percussion, reed trumpet

n°11 / Le nord magnétique / 12'22

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – Tenori-ons, flute, erhu, shahi baaja

n°12 / Prologue / 1'40

Lionel Martin – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboard







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