Établissement d'un ciel d'alternance BIRGÉ - HOUELLEBECQ

I, II, III. Établissement d'un ciel d'alternance

Text by Michel Houellebecq
Music by Jean-Jacques Birgé
played by the authors

Michel Houellebecq - slam
Jean-Jacques Birgé - keyboard, voice processor

Creation at Fondation Cartier on Nov. 9 1996
for the Xth anniversary of Inrockuptibles

Book extracts from "Le sens du combat" et "La poursuite du bonheur"

Recorded et live mixed by Birgé at Studio GRRR, on Nov. 4 1996

Many informations on French Blog :
- Announcement (external link)
- Press articles 1 (external link) 2 (external link) 3 (external link)
- Comments (external link) from graphic designer Étienne Auger
- Les pochettes auxquelles vous avez échappé (external link)
- Les chiffres (external link)
(external link)- Exhibition at Palais de Tokyo
- Portrait of Michel Houellebecq (Cahiers de L'Herne)

IV. Tchernobyl
(external link)
Jean-Jacques Birgé - realtime electronics
Bernard Vitet - orchestra composition

Orchestra programmed in May 1994
Recording and live mix by Birgé at Studio GRRR in June 2002

Press
Citizen Jazz (external link)
Jazz Mag, Classica Répertoire, Impro Jazz
Jazzosphère, Marc Bruimaud, Jean Rochard
L'Humanité

Also on BANDCAMP !