"Surrealistic tracks full of humor and eclectism." (Fnac Guide)

Music for ballet on one side (pour Nadj, Tompkins, Gaudin). Baudelaire, Duparc, Goethe, Schubert, Mallarmé on same side !

With Hélène SAGE, Bernard VITET, Mark TOMPKINS, Gérard GOURDOT, Michèle BUIRETTE, Daniel LALOUX, Jean-Jacques BIRGÉ, Francis GORGÉ, Elodie GONZALEZ, Ismel DA SILVEIRA, Karine SAPORTA

Artistic director - Bernard Vitet

Photo Philippe - Noiré

Album's player

n°1 / L'invitation au voyage / 7'47

Hélène Sage – vocals, piano
(Baudelaire-Duparc) 1989

n°2 / Les sept merveilles du monde / 3'35

Jean-Jacques Birgé – trombone, jaw harp, inanga, vocals, reed trumpet, harmonica, mukawina
Hélène Sage – bicycle, stool, flute, drums, kettle, double bass, prepared piano
(Birgé-Sage) 1989

n°3 / Le petit monstre et le gros soldat / 3'13

Michèle Buirette – accordéon
Hélène Sage – organ
Extract from Josef Nadj's ballet Sept peaux de rhinocéros
(Buirette-Sage) 1988

n°4 / Bal sombre / 6'06

Daniel Laloux – drum
Hélène Sage – organ
Extract from Josef Nadj's ballet Sept peaux de rhinocéros
(Laloux-Sage) 1988

n°5 / Un coup de dés / 6'36

In order of appearance : Bernard Vitet, Hélène Sage, La mouette, Elodie Gonzalez, Philippe Noire, Gérard Gourdot, Jean-Yves Bouchicot, Francine Ferrer, Jean Toscane, Lulla Card, Maryline Carton, Anne Fournier, Hélène Lassalle, Martha Moore, Isnel Da Silveira, Maryse Gautier, Caroline Vitet, Anne Bouchicot, Claude Perrin, Didier Silhol, Marianne Bono, Mistinguette, Léon Noiret, Jean-Jacques Birgé, Jean-Bernard Ducos, Lucienne Vitet, Michèle Buirette, Mark Tompkins, Jean Gaudin, Jean Danielou and the laughing birds
(Stéphane Mallarmé/Vitet-Sage) Extracts 1985 à 1989

n°6 / Erl König / 5'05

Bernard Vitet – vocals
Hélène Sage – piano
(Johan Wolfgang von Goethe/Franz Schubert) 1989

n°7 / Comment faire apparaître un enfer / 5'13

Léon Noiret – vocals
Hélène Sage – organ
(Nicola Sabattini/Hélène Sage) 1988

n°8 / Le rêve du comédon / 0'55

Gérard Gourdot – vocals
Hélène Sage – piccolo, percussion
(Gourdot-Sage) 1989

n°9 / La nuit n'a dormi que d'un œil / 4'12

Hélène Lassalle – laughing
Elodie Gonzalez, Isnel Da Silveira, Mark Tompkins – vocals
Hélène Sage – original instruments, vocals, percussion
(Sage) 1986

n°10 / Fric et fracas / 4'05

Élodie Gonzalez – vocals
Francis Gorgé – synthesizer, digital percussion
Hélène Sage – vocals, winds, acoustic percussion
(Gorgé-Sage) 1986

n°11 / Un matin de coccinelle / 0'13

Hélène Sage – vocals
1985

n°12 / Il n'y eut pas de remède / 3'55

Bernard Vitet, Karine Saporta, François Liège, Francis Gorgé – vocals, footsteps
Hélène Sage – organ, vocals, footsteps
(Sage) 1983-1987

n°13 / Tempête à la Tour Eiffel / 5'39

Daniel Laloux – drum
Mark Tompkins – vocals
Hélène Sage – double bass, percussion, vocals
Composed Mark Tompkins' ballet Haute trahison and also played during Récital of the duo Tompkins and Sage
(Tompkins/Tompkins-Sage) 1986

n°14 / Fanfare tupamarose / 1'03

Bernard Vitet – flugelhorn, trumpet, sliding bells, drums
Hélène Sage – tenor sax, piccolo, effects, percussion
(Vitet-Sage) 1989