Collectif
Sarajevo Suite
L'empreinte digitale ED13039 CD audio, 1994

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Nothing comparable, maybe except the Liberation Orchestra !
This album, inspired by Abdulah SIDRAN's poems, puts together fifty artists under the artistic direction of Jean-Jacques BIRGÉ and Corinne LÉONET:

Lindsay COOPER, Henri TEXIER, Dee Dee BRIDGEWATER, le Quatuor BALANESCU, Willem BREUKER, Louis SCLAVIS, Pierre CHARIAL, Mike et Kate WESTBROOK, Linda SHARROCK, Wolfgang PUSCHNIG, Jane BIRKIN, Bulle OGIER, André DUSSOLLIER, Un Drame Musical Instantané, Phil MINTON, Bruno CHEVILLON, Chris BISCOE, Noël AKCHOTÉ, Sébastien TEXIER, Bojan Z, Tony RABESON, Thomas BLOCH, Gérard SIRACUSA, Michèle BUIRETTE, Jean-Jacques BIRGÉ, Bernard VITET, Dean BRODRICK, Brian ABRAHAMS, Carol ROBINSON, Michel GODARD, Emil KRISTOF, Lorre Lynn TRYTTEN, Richard HAYON, Abdulah SIDRAN…

At the benefit of the reconstruction of the National Library of Sarajevo. English, French and Bosnian words.

 

Texts from Abdulah Sidran's Sarajevski Tabut © Bosanska Knjiga, Sarajevo 1993
French translation by Mireille Robin Cercueil de Sarajevo © Ed. Francis Bueb et La Nuée Bleue, Strasbourg 1994
English translation by Suada Tozo-Waldmann and Carol Mann © Ultrason-Bosnie, Grenoble 1994


Producers: Jean-Jacques Birgé et Corinne Léonet, au nom de tous les participants
Associated producers: Catherine Peillon et Benoît Thiebergien, assistant Corinne Julien, for L'Empreinte digitale and Les 38e Rugissants

 

Final editing réalisé by Silvio Soave, Studio GAM, Waimes

Sound assistants: René Bensaïd, Emmanuel Conte, Emmanuel Payet and Oliver Jon Pigott

Premsastering Si2A



A live version is on YouTube (2h16).

tracklist / infos
n°1 / Nightmare / 6'02

LINDSAY COOPER (Sidran / L. Cooper)
Phil Minton - vocals
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, synthesizer, the mother's voice

Dean Brodrick - keyboards

Thomas Bloch - ondes Martenot

Gérard Siracusa - marimba, percussion
Brian Abrahams - drums
Recorded by Dick Katz, The Premises Studio, London

and mixed by Simon Zagorski-Thomas

Ademir Kenovic recorded on Lindsay Coope's answering machine

n°2 / Écrit sur un miracle / 2'01

(Sidran)
JANE BIRKIN recorded by Jean-Jacques Birgé, Studio GRRR, Paris
Mixed by Silvio Soave, Studio GAM, Waimes, Belgium

Night recorded by Richard Hayon, Sarajevo

n°3 / Hôtel de l'Europe / 1'52

UN DRAME MUSICAL INSTANTANÉ (Birgé-Vitet-Buirette)
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizers
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Michèle Buirette - accordion
Recorded by Jean-Jacques Birgé, Studio GRRR, Paris
Ruins recorded in 1993 by Richard Hayon, Sarajevo

n°4 / Prière de Sarajevo / 3'45

UN DRAME MUSICAL INSTANTANÉ (Sidran / Birgé-Vitet)
sung by DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER
with BALANESCU String Quartet
Alexander Balanescu - violin
Clare Connors - violin
Andy Parker - viola
Nick Cooper - cello
Text by Abdulah Sidran
Recorded by Dick Katz, The Premises Studio, London
and Didier Périer, Studio Acousti, Paris
Mixed by Alain Cluzeau

n°5 / Sarajevo Blues / 9'50

HENRI TEXIER (H. Texier)
Sébastien Texier - alto sax

Noël Akchoté - guitar
Bojan Zulfikarpašic, piano

Henri Texier, double bass, vocals

Tony Rabeson, drums

Recorded and mixed by Alain Cluzeau, Studio Acousti, Paris

n°6 / Ville assiégée / 0'13

Soupe kitchen recorded by Richard Hayon, Sarajevo

n°7 / Femme / 1'26

BULLE OGIER (Sidran)
Recorded by Alain Cluzeau, Studio Acousti, Paris
Mixed by Silvio Soave, Studio GAM, Waimes, Belgium
Pidgeon Youpi-Youpi recorded by Bernard Vitet

n°8 / Neko ipak mora (Someone Nevertheless Will Survive) / 9'04

WOLFGANG PUSCHNIG (Sidran/Puschnig)
Linda Sharrock - vocals
Wolfgang Puschnig - alto sax, bamboo flute, accordion

Carol Robinson - clarinet

Michel Godard - tuba
Emil Krištof - drums, vocals
Recorded by Jean-Marie Pinaud, Studio Acousti, Paris

n°9 / Imaginary Symphony of The Air / 6'52

WILLEM BREUKER (Breuker)
Willem Breuker - digital editing, vocals

Lorre Lynn Trytten - violin

Willem Breuker Kollektief: Willem Breuker, Alex Coke, Peter Barkema, Andy Altenfelder, Roy Raaymakers, Bernard Hunnekink, Nico Nijholt, Henk de Jonge, Arjen Gorter, Rob Verdurmen
Recorded by Sjoerd van den Broek, KRO Radio Huversum, Nederland

n°10 / La planète Sarajevo / 3'43

ANDRÉ DUSSOLLIER / PIERRE CHARIAL (Sidran / Charial)
André Dussollier - vocals
Pierre Charial - barrel organ

Recorded and mixed by Alain Cluzeau, Studio Acousti, Paris
Organ set and tuned by Françoise Terrioux

n°11 / Sniper Allée / 5'05

UN DRAME MUSICAL INSTANTANÉ (Birgé-Vitet)
played by BALANESCU String Quartet
Alexander Balanescu - violin
Clare Connors - violin
Andy Parker - viola
Nick Cooper - cello
Recorded by Dick Katz, The Premises Studio, London
Mixed by Alain Cluzeau, Studio Acousti, Paris

n°12 / Slijepac Pjeva Svome Gradu / 1'59

ABDULAH SIDRAN (Sidran)
Recorded by Fuad Mulahasanovic, Sarajevo

Mixed by Alain Cluzeau, Studio Acousti, Paris

n°13 / Un aveugle chante pour sa ville / 8'04

THE WESTBROOK TRIO (Sidran / K. Et M. Westbrook)
Kate Westbrook - vocals

Chris Biscoe - alto sax
Mike Westbrook - piano

Recorded and mixed by Dick Katz, The Premises Studio, London

Piano courtesy Steinway & Sons

n°14 / Ceux qui veillent la nuit / 6'25

LOUIS SCLAVIS (Sclavis)
Louis Sclavis - clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, percussion

Bruno Chevillon - double bass, percussion
Recorded and mixed by Gérard de Haro, Studio AID, Pernes-les-Fontaines

n°15 / Nuit d'été à la campagne / 0'53

ANDRÉ DUSSOLLIER (Sidran)
Recorded and mixed by Alain Cluzeau, Studio Acousti, Paris
Night recorded by Richard Hayon, Sarajevo

n°16 / Indigo - 1994 / 19'26

Radio program by Patricia Prigent with Jean-Jacques Birgé about Sarajevo Suite
France Culture, December 11 1994

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