UN DRAME MUSICAL INSTANTANÉ
Other Unissued
GRRR 3038 online, 1978/2023

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Unissued tracks by Un Drame Musical Instantané
Picture destroyed by Jacques Monory
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tracklist / infos / donwloads
n°1 / Souvenir - 1986 / 9'48
Music for film "Souvenir" directed by Dominique Belloir on painter Jacques Monory, projeté at the entrance of Planétarium of La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, sampler, vocoder, harmonizer, pocket trumpet, flute, birdcalls
Bernard Vitet - trompette
Francis Gorgé - E-Bow guitar, synthesizer, melophone, birdcalls
Bruno Girard - violin
Kent Carter - viola
Hélène Bass - cello
Marie-Noëlle Sabatelli - cello
Geneviève Cabannes - double-bass
Mixed on June 17 1986
n°2 / La Bourse et la vie - 1984 / 21'41

Yves Prin directs the Ensemble Instrumental du Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer PPG
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
Unissued original version of Novembre 10 1984 live performance at Grand Auditorium de Radio France - Artistic direction of the recording Michel Bernard - Sound Alain Duchemin)
Introduction by Marc Texier
A shorter and remixed version features on LP Carnage
but we can find this version on the CD reissue (KlangGalerie)

n°3 / Le Dandy des Gadoues 1 (avec F.Royon Le Mée) - 1987 / 4'55
Jean-Jacques Birgé - piano
Bernard Vitet - violin
Francis Gorgé - synthesizer
Frank Royon Le Mée - vocals
Improvisation recorded on January 22 1987, same day as Le poil et la plume published in CD L'hallali. Text by Michel Tournier (Les Météores).
French article
n°4 / Le Dandy des Gadoues 2 (avec F.Royon Le Mée) - 1987 / 6'46
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, sampler, harmonizer
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
Frank Royon Le Mée - vocals
Improvisation recorded opn January 22 1987, same day as Le poil et la plume published in CD L'hallali. Text by Michel Tournier (Les Météores).
n°5 / Contrefaçons - 1989 / 19'34
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer VFX-SD, jaw harp
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn, trumpet, reed trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
Orchestre départemental d'harmonie des Yvelines,
dir. Jean-Luc Fillon
Two weeks before, the 70 musicians had played J'accuse by Émile Zola with actor Richard Bohringer, singer Dominique Fonfrède and the trio
Prelude Ludite, adaptation by Un D.M.I. of the jingle composed by Sylvain Kassap for Avis aux amateurs, a radio program by Alex Dutilh
Recorded at Radio France for Avis aux amateurs by Alex Dutilh on December 2 1989
n°6 / Phagocytations - 1989 / 18'38
Jean-Jacques Birgé - vocals, harmonica, synthesizer, percussion, ambiences
Bernard Vitet - piano, flugel horn, vocals
Francis Gorgé - rhythm, violin, synthesizer 
Recorded en 1987 to feature the first track of a collective piece with American band Controlled Bleeding who should have sent Un Drame Musical Instantané their own track over it, and a second track to play on. Nothing followed.
At the end, song The Last Word (here with a speed problem ;-) has been issued on CD Qui vive ? d'Un Drame Musical Instantané (GRRR 2015)
1989 ?
n°7 / Fear of Vacancy (Alternate take & false starts) - 1983 / 11'12

Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, trumpet, bulbs
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, reed trumpet, violin
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar, percussion
9'16 + false starts
Recorded by Alain Nedelec, Paris, June 1983

n°8 / Légitime Défense - 1983 / 6'20
Jean-Jacques Birgé - piano, tapes
Bernard Vitet - violin
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar, synthesizer
Recorded by Alain Nedelec, Paris, June 1983
n°9 / Le directeur paiera pour ses crimes - 1983 / 6'18
Jean-Jacques Birgé - trombone, synthesizer, flute, jaw harp, tape, trumpet
Bernard Vitet - percussion, double bombarde, tympani, trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric bass, percussion
Recorded by Alain Nedelec, Paris, June 1983
n°10 / Maudit manège - 1987 / 10'00

Jean-Jacques Birgé - piano, sampler
Francis Gorgé - trumpet, piano
Bernard Vitet - electric bass & guitar
Music by Un Drame Musical Instantané for Philippe Djian's Maudit manège read by Annie Girardot (Ed. Ducaté, forbidden by the author!)
Générique 1 / Attaque cardiaque / La mercédès file / Générique 2 / Générique 3 / Piano Jazz/ Piano Tragédie / Sprint des 2 petites filles / Attaque cardiaque / Générique 4
Recorded at Studio GRRR, September 10 1987

n°11 / Protée 1 - 1989 / 5'53
Unissued music composed at the end of 1989 by Un Drame Musical Instantané (Birgé-Vitet-Gorgé) for a theater show whose athors have disappeared without paying us!
Studio GRRR, Paris, Winter 89
n°12 / Protée 2 - 1989 / 30'22
Unissued music composed at the end of 1989 by Un Drame Musical Instantané (Birgé-Vitet-Gorgé) for a theater show whose athors have disappeared without paying us!
Studio GRRR, Paris, Winter 89
n°13 / La colonisation - 1987 / 1'44
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboard, ambiances
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Music of an unissued clip, collection Traces (CD Sous les mers) directed by Patrick Barbéris
1987
n°14 / Perestroïka - 1986 / 2'58
Jean-Jacques Birgé - échantillonneur, synthétiseur, percussion, wolf
Bernard Vitet - vocals, piano, reed trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
Recorded at Studio GRRR, Paris, for France Musique, 1986
n°15 / February Trio - 1983 / 2'33
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - guitar
7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris, 1983
n°16 / Trio Swing - 1983 / 6'18
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizers, tape, reed trumpet, percussion, vocals
Bernard Vitet - electric trumpet, bendir
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar, cymbal
7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris, February 1983
n°17 / Improvisation with Colette Magny 1 - 1983 / 7'59
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, melodica, tape Lacan, inanga
Bernard Vitet - percussion, violin, trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
Colette Magny - vocals
1983
n°18 / Improvisation with Colette Magny 2 - 1983 / 18'16

Jean-Jacques Birgé -  toy-piano, water, melodica, reed, pocket trumpet, senza ikembé, organ, tape, flute
Bernard Vitet -  bombarde, trumpet, flute
Francis Gorgé - electric & acoustic guitars, flute
Colette Magny - vocals
1983

n°19 / Improvisation with Colette Magny 3 - 1983 / 7'38

Jean-Jacques Birgé - flute, harmonica, vibraslap, jaw harps, vocals, synthesizer, bells
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn
Francis Gorgé - acoustic and electric guitars
Colette Magny - vocals
1983

n°20 / Improvisation avec Colette Magny 4 - 1983 / 18'18

Jean-Jacques Birgé - inanga, hou-kin, lion's roar, pocket trumpet, percussion, jaw harp, synthesizer
Bernard Vitet - trumpets, reed trumpet, violin
Francis Gorgé - acoustic and electric guitars
Colette Magny - vocals
1983

n°21 / Trio June 5 - 1981 / 12'12
Jean-Jacques Birgé - hou-kin, ambiances, synthesizer, flute, percussion, inanga, vocals, jazzoflute
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris, 1981
n°22 / Trio concertant - 1980 / 12'30

Jean-Jacques Birgé - jaw harps, voice, synthesizers, reed
Bernard Vitet - bendirs, flugel horn, voice
Francis Gorgé - guitars, voice
Improvisation in 3 parts:
In Part 2 Gorgé comments what he's playing as Birgé explains the technical pattern of what he will play in Part 3.

n°23 / Bonne nouvelle - 1987 / 6'49

Bernard Vitet - voice and piano
Pidgeon Youdi Youpi - himself
Paris, 1987

n°24 / No title - 1980 / 34'33
Jean-Jacques Birgé - Farfisa organ, drum box, percussion, birdcalls, pocket trumpet, flute, melodica
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, maracas & bendir, toy-piano, flute, organ
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar, percussion, jazzo-flute, electric bass
1980
n°25 / Mais quoi ? - 1979 / 15'59

Jean-Jacques Birgé - percussion, vocals, synthesizer, tape, pocket trumpet
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris, 1979 ?

n°26 / Dans la foule - 1979 / 10'46
Text by Colette read by Marianne Bonneau
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, percussion, alto saxophone
Francis Gorgé - guitar, percussion, melophone
Recorded 7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris 13e, February 18 1979
n°27 / Ylang-Ylang (Birgé-Gorgé) - 1979 / 8'11
4 hands piano by
Jean-Jacques Birgé and Francis Gorgé
Recorded at 7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris 13e, February 11 1979
n°28 / Le vestiaire - 1979 / 14'41
Jean-Jacques Birgé - old tapes, flutes, synthesizer, reed, lion's roar
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn, percussion, trumpet, alto sax, reed trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar & bass
Recorded 7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris 13e, Summer 1979
n°29 / Bal nocturne au Jardin des Plantes - 1979 / 30'47

Jean-Jacques Birgé - birdcalls, percussion, synthesizer, flutes, harmonica, melodica, reed, voice
Bernard Vitet - electric bass, percussion, flugel horn, vocals, reed, violin, Pakistanese banjo
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar & bass
Recorded 7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris 13e, Summer 1979

n°30 / Un couple américain - 1979 / 14'15
Jean-Jacques Birgé - jaw harps, flutes, synthesizer, melodica, koto
Bernard Vitet - violon, flute, trumpet, reed trumpet, percussion
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar & bass
Recorded with 4 tracks, 7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris 13e, Summer 1979
n°31 / Trio Without Any Title 1 - 1979 / 31'12
Jean-Jacques Birgé - radio ambiences, flute, synthesizer, trumpet, toy-piano, voice
Bernard Vitet - violin, flugel horn, trumpet, reed trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
Recorded 7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris 13e, Summer 1979
n°32 / Trio Without Any Title 2 - 1979 / 5'37
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, percussion, toy-piano
Bernard Vitet - percussion, flugel horn
Francis Gorgé - percussion, mélophone
December 1979
n°33 / Qu'est-ce t'en penses ? - 1979 / 16'06
Jean-Jacques Birgé - flute, synthesizer
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
With the voice of Max Pinson
Recorded 7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris 13e, Summer 1979
n°34 / Et hop ! - 1979 / 45'43
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, flute, melodica, cigar, percussion, nose flute, jazzo-flute, toy-piano, tapes, jaw harp, alto sax, balloon, hou-kin, voice, pocket trumpet
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn, double bombarde, violin, alto sax
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
Recorded 7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris 13e, Summer 1979
n°35 / Deuxième prise - 1978 / 16'59

Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, hou-kin, jaw harp, flute, alto saxophone, guimbarde, percussion
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, reggy, reed
Francis Gorgé - guitar, bass
7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris, 1978 ?

n°36 / Morceaux d aphorismes (Birgé-Gorgé) - 1978 / 37'53

Jean-Jacques Birgé - alto sax, percussion, synthesizer, vocals, reed trumpet, RM toy-piano, tapes, reeds
Francis Gorgé - electric bass & guitar, reed trumpet, violon, percussion
Dedicated to Josef von Sternberg
Recorded 7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris 13e, May 7 1978

n°37 / Chromium Dioxide - 1978 / 30'52
Jean-Jacques Birgé - violin, flute, synthesizer, tapes, reed, double trumpet, melodica, mandolin
Bernard Vitet - violin, trumpet, reed, alto sax
Francis Gorgé - violin, percussion, electric guitar & bass
First recording on cassette with diffusion on loudspeakers
Recorded 7 rue de l'Espérance, Paris 13e, February 17 1978
n°38 / Zeyesramal - 1984 / 3'31
MIDI prefiguration of Contrefaçons, for brass orchestra, by Francis Gorgé
1984
n°39 / Chasseur chassé - 1991 / 0'34
Jean-Jacques Birgé -  vocals, sampler
Bernard Vitet - vocals
Francis Gorgé - vocals, sampler
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n°40 / Kung Funk -1991 / 3'57
Jean-Jacques Birgé -  vocals, piano, sampler
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - drumbox, electric guitar
n°41 / Marseille -1991 / 3'55
Jean-Jacques Birgé -  harmonica, synthesizer, reed, percussion
Francis Gorgé - drumbox, electric guitar
n°42 / Jingles? - 1991 / 2'00
Jean-Jacques Birgé - percussion, synthesizer
Bernard Vitet - piano
Francis Gorgé - percussion, synthesizer
n°43 / Vendredi 13 Part 1 - 2023 / 17'13

Jean-Jacques Birgé - Terra, ambiences, reed trumpet, susu
Francis Gorgé - guitar, sampler
Amandine Casadamont - vinyls
Recorded live at Le Souffle Continu on October 13 2023
to mark the reissue of the LP In Fractured Silence

n°44 / Vendredi 13 Part 2 - 2023 / 6'08

Jean-Jacques Birgé - Terra, radiophonie, reed trumpet
Francis Gorgé - guitare
Amandine Casadamont - vinyls
Recorded live at Le Souffle Continu on October 13 2023
to mark the reissue of the LP In Fractured Silence

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