L'empreinte digitale ED13039 CD audio, 1994
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).
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
(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
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
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
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
Soupe kitchen recorded by Richard Hayon, Sarajevo
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
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
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
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
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
ABDULAH SIDRAN (Sidran)
Recorded by Fuad Mulahasanovic, Sarajevo
Mixed by Alain Cluzeau, Studio Acousti, Paris
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
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
ANDRÉ DUSSOLLIER (Sidran)
Recorded and mixed by Alain Cluzeau, Studio Acousti, Paris
Night recorded by Richard Hayon, Sarajevo
Radio program by Patricia Prigent with Jean-Jacques Birgé about Sarajevo Suite
France Culture, December 11 1994
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