Urgent Meeting UN DRAME MUSICAL INSTANTANÉ

GRRR 2018 CD audio, 1991

"Multiform portrait of the true improviser." (La Nouvelle République)
"Eclectic and heretical." (Compact)


Jean-Jacques BIRGÉ (synthesizers, vocals, jaw harp, inanga, percussion)
Bernard VITET (trumpets, piano, cross-bow, flutes, reed trumpet)
Francis GORGÉ (synthesizers, guitar, percussion)
and 19 guest stars :
Colette MAGNY (vocals), Raymond BONI (guitar), Geneviève CABANNES (double-bass), Didier MALHERBE (sax, flutes), Pablo CUECO (zarb), Michèle BUIRETTE (accordion), Youenn LE BERRE (flutes), Michael RIESSLER (baritone sax), Laura SEATON (violin), Mary WOOTEN (cello), Jean QUERLIER (English horn, soprano sax), François TUSQUES (piano), Dominique FONFRÈDE (vocals), Michel GODARD (tuba), Gérard SIRACUSA (bumpers), Yves ROBERT (trombone), Denis COLIN (bass clarinet), Louis SCLAVIS (clarinet, bass clarinet), Vinko GLOBOKAR (trombone, Alpen horn)

Comedia dell'amore 315 / Nos amis les hommes 524 / Éduquons, éduquons toujours, éduquons partout 530 / La logique du profit 410 / Nos amis les hommes 412 / Les distances du vide 611 / Urgent meeting 531 / La logique du profit 612 / Éduquons, éduquons toujours, éduquons partout 328 / Comedia dell'amore 329 / Pour garder l'ADN en état 314 / Les distances du vide 409

Coproduced with Recommended Records No Man's Land in Germany as nml/GRRR 2018

Also available on BANDCAMP

Album's player

n°1 / Comedia dell'Amore 315 / 6'27

Colette Magny - vocals
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn & multishifted trumpet
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesis, vocals & birds

Recorded on March 15 1991 at Studio GRRR, Paris

n°2 / Nos amis les hommes 524 / 4'03

Raymond Boni - guitar
Bernard Vitet - piano, flute, vocals
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - sampler, vocals

n°3 / Éduquons, éduquons toujours, éduquons partout 530 / 7'13

Didier Malherbe - saxophones, flutes
Geneviève Cabannes - double-bass
Bernard Vitet - cross-bow
Francis Gorgé - break-bow
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, rattle, vocals

n°4 / La logique du profit 410 / 5'22

Michèle Buirette - accordion
Pablo Cueco - zarb
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn
Francis Gorgé - synthesizer, guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, sampler

n°5 / Nos amis les hommes 412 / 4'18

Youenn Le Berre - flutes
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, piano, breathing
Francis Gorgé - guitar, sampler, breathing
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, sampler, breathing

n°6 / Les distances du vide 611 / 7'45

Michael Riessler - baritone sax
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, reed trumpet, charivari
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, jaw harp

n°7 / Urgent Meeting 531 / 5'21

Laura Seaton - violin
Mary Wooten - cello
Bernard Vitet - bass flute, reed trumpet
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, sampler

n°8 / La logique du profit 612 / 4'15

Jean Querlier - English horn, soprano sax
François Tusques - piano
Bernard Vitet - trumpets
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, sampler

n°9 / Éduquons, éduquons toujours, éduquons partout 328 / 6'37

Dominique Fonfrède - vocals
Michel Godard - tuba
Gérard Siracusa - bumpers
Bernard Vitet - piano
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, vocals

n°10 / Comedia dell'amore 329 / 2'06

Yves Robert - trombone
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn, multishifted trumpet
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer

n°11 / Pour garder l'ADN en état 314 / 6'47

Denis Colin - bass clarinet
Bernard Vitet - cross-bow
Francis Gorgé - percussion
Jean-Jacques Birgé - inanga, vocals

n°12 / Les distances du vide 409 / 10'47

Louis Sclavis - clarinette, clarinette basse
Vinko Globokar - trombone, cor des Alpes
Bernard Vitet - arbalète
Francis Gorgé - sampler, guitare
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthétiseur, sampler, jouets