UN DRAME MUSICAL INSTANTANÉ
Machiavel
GRRR 2023 CD audio / Rom, 1998

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Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizers, Theremin, video
Bernard Vitet - trumpets
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Steve Arguelles - drums, remix
Benoît Delbecq - synthesizers
DJ Nem - deck
Yves Robert - trombone
Philippe Deschepper - guitar
Luigee Trademarq - remix
Etienne Auger - drum'n bass, graphism
Agnès Desnos - remix, video
Antoine Schmitt - multimedia, video

English libretto

On CD part : UN DRAME MUSICAL INSTANTANÉ
Night Knight (Techno jazz) - Passage à l'acte (Jungle remix) - M'enfin (LP reissue) - Drama con leche (Post Electro) - Dynamo Rag (Gramophone mix) - L'aiguille creuse (Live Ambient) - Nusch (Recyclers mix) - Pour quoi la nuit (LP reissue) - 3/3 par 1/2 (LP puzzling) - Crimes parfaits (Electroacoustic version)

On BANDCAMP...

On CD-Rom part :AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO SCRATCH
Zapping of 111 video loops. Symphony of noises and music.
A critical and perceptive vision of the planet.
An interactive work with surprising behaviour conceived by Jean-Jacques Birgé and Antoine Schmitt.
(Mac OS9 & PC)
Free download for Mac OSX & PC

Press : Télérama - Inrockuptibles

tracklist / infos
n°1 / Night Knight (1998) / 5'41

Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Philippe Deschepper - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - strings, Theremin
Benoît Delbecq - sampler, synthesizers
Steve Arguëlles - drums
Recorded at Clam'Art Studio, 1998

n°2 / Passage à l'acte (1998 Jungle Remix) / 2'59

Agnès Desnos - mouse
Étienne Auger - grooveboxer
Steve Arguëlles, Raùl Barboza, Geneviève Birgé, Jean-Jacques Birgé, Marc Borgers, Francisco Cruz, Youssef el Idrissi, Talia Mouracadé, Jean-François Pauvros, Farhad S., Archie Shepp, Alan Spira, Topper, Lucinda Vieira Monteiro, Bernard Vitet, Otomo Yoshihide - voices
Words by Sub Commandante Marcos

n°3 / M'enfin (1980) / 5'59

Jean-Jacques Birgé - ambiances, synthesizer, percussion
Bernard Vitet - brass, percuvent
Francis Gorgé - guitars, percussion
Previously issued on LP Rideau ! and reissued on CD Machiavel
First lab piece of Un D.M.I., 1980

n°4 / Pour quoi la nuit (1982) / 5'47

Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer and all instruments
Bernard Vitet - trumpet and all instruments
Francis Gorgé - guitar and all instruments
Previously published on LP À travail égal salaire égal

n°5 / Luigee Trademarq Remix - Drama con leche (1998) / 4'15

Luigee Trademarq - production using Un D.M.I.'s LPs
Archie Shepp - voice

n°6 / Dynamo Rag (78rpm version - 1998) / 1'51

Yves Robert - trombone
Jean-Jacques Birgé & Bernard Vitet - programmation

n°7 / L'aiguille creuse (1998) / 3'12

Bernard Vitet - trumpet
DJ Nem - decks (scratching Un D.M.I.s LPs)
Jean-Jacques Birgé - vocal processor
Benoît Delbecq - sampler, synthesizers

n°8 / Steve Arguëlles Remix - Nusch (1998) / 3'30

Steve Arguëlles - production using Un D.M.I.'s LPs
Brigitte Fontaine's voice comes out from CD "Opération Blow Up" (GRRR 2020)

n°9 / 3/3 par 1/2 (1998) / 4'27

Jean-Jacques Birgé - puzzling, processor
Bernard Vitet - cutter, reverberation
Steve Arguëlles - filter, delay
DJ Nem - scratching
Puzzling: Let's cut 3 LPs of Un D.M.I. into 3 equal parts like a pie, then stick 3 different shares together on a turntable. The needle produces a regular rhythm while the musical sections are zapping by themselves...
Recorded at Clam'Art Studio, 1998.

n°10 / Crimes parfaits (1980 electroacoustic version) / 11'18

Jean-Jacques Birgé - radiophonie (plunderphonics), synthesizer
Bernard Vitet - radiophonie (plunderphonics), vocals, violin
Francis Gorgé - guitar

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