Opération Blow Up UN DRAME MUSICAL INSTANTANÉ

GRRR 2020 CD audio, 1992

"Shifts and juxtapositions of timbre and/or style are, along with unexpected sonic overlays, the group's great strengths." (Cadence)

Second volume
of URGENT MEETING

Jean-Jacques BIRGÉ (synthesizers, vocals, trombone, inanga, percussion)
Bernard VITET (trumpets, reeds, flute, vocals, piano, percussion)
Francis GORGÉ(guitar, percussion)
and 14 new guest stars :
Brigitte FONTAINE (vocals), Frank ROYON LE MÉE (vocals), Henri TEXIER (oud), Valentin CLASTRIER (hurdy-gurdy), Joëlle LÉANDRE (double-bass, vocals), Michel MUSSEAU (piano), Stéphane BONNET (harmonica), Jean-Louis CHAUTEMPS (tenor sax), György KURTAG (synthesizer), Didier PETIT (cello), Luc FERRARI (voice, documentary), Hélène SAGE (one-woman-band), Carlos ZINGARO (violin), René LUSSIER (guitar)

Amore 529 / Comedia dell'amore 121 / Pour garder l'ADN en état 409 / Nos amis les hommes 423 / Urgent meeting 221 / Les distances du vide 424 / Terminal démographique 421 / Éduquons, éduquons toujours, éduquons partout 225 / Comedia dell'amore 224 / Terminal démographique 113 / Pour garder l'ADN en état 110 / Nos amis les hommes 201 Also available on BANDCAMP

Album's player

n°1 / OBU 1 / 0'12

n°2 / Amore 529 / 3'33

Brigitte Fontaine - vocals
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn
Jean-Jacques Birgé - machines
Text: Brigitte Fontaine
Music: Birgé-Vitet-Fontaine

n°3 / OBU 2 / 0'25

Intermède 2

n°4 / Comedia dell'amore 121 / 5'26

Frank Royon Le Mée - vocals
Bernard Vitet - reed, flugel horn and vocals
Jean-Jacques Birgé - sampler, synthesizer

n°5 / OBU 3 / 0'11

Intermède 3 (with Bernard Vitet)

n°6 / Pour garder l'ADN en état 409 / 6'02

Henri Texier - oud
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn, frying pans
Jean-Jacques Birgé - arpeggiator, bendirs, vocals

n°7 / OBU 4 / 0'11

Intermède 4 (with Marie-Christine Gayffier)

n°8 / Nos amis les hommes 423 / 5'56

Valentin Clastrier - hurdy-gurdy
Jean-Jacques Birgé - sampling, synthesizer, vocals
Bernard Vitet - trumpet

n°9 / OBU 5 / 0'07

Intermède 5 (Padirac)

n°10 / Urgent Meeting 221 / 5'32

Joëlle Léandre - double bass, vocals
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, reed
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, vocals

n°11 / OBU 6 / 0'07

Intermède 6 (Padirac)

n°12 / Les distances du vide 424 / 3'32

Michel Musseau - piano, vocals
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, vocals

n°13 / OBU 7 / 0'15

Intermède 7 (with Bernard Vitet and Jean-Jacques Birgé)

n°14 / Terminal démographique 421 / 5'37

Stéphane Bonnet - harmonica
Jean-Louis Chautemps - tenor sax
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn
Jean-Jacques Birgé - arpeggiator, vocals

n°15 / OBU 8 / 0'15

Intermède 8 (Padirac)

n°16 / Éduqons, éduquons toujours, éduquons partout 225 / 3'53

György Kurtag Jr - synthesizer
Didier Petit - cello
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - vocals

n°17 / OBU 9 / 0'05

Intermède 9 (Padirac)

n°18 / Comedia dell'amore 224 / 6'04

Luc Ferrari - reportage (field recording) & voice
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, flugel horn
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, mix

n°19 / OBU 10 / 0'16

Intermède 10 (Padirac)

n°20 / Terminal démographique 113 / 4'20

Hélène Sage - one-woman band
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, alto sax
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Jean-Jacques Birgé - arpeggiator, trombone, vocals

n°21 / OBU 11 / 0'07

Intermède 11 (Padirac)

n°22 / Pour garder l'ADN en état 110 / 3'31

Carlos Zingaro - violin
Bernard Vitet - reed, flugel horn
Francis Gorgé - guitar, percussion
Jean-Jacques Birgé - inanga, vocals

n°23 / OBU 12 / 0'11

Intermède 12 (with Bernard Vitet and Jean-Jacques Birgé)

n°24 / Nos amis les hommes 201 / 6'48

René Lussier - guitar
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, flugel horn, flute, receipe
Jean-Jacques Birgé - sampling, reed, vocals, cooking