Pierre Henry electronic Variations..Philips Prospective

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Pierre Henry: Variations pour une porte et un soupir (1963-5 for magnetic tape)


label & cat. no.:
Philips prospective 21e siecle 836.898 pressed in:
France date:
196? format:
LP condition:
Vinyl: ex (couple of faint scuffs, looks rarely played)
Cover: ex+ (sticker on front and back, minor wear) description:
Beautiful original reflective silver cover issue of this seminal work of musique concrete "Variations for a door and a sigh," ingeniously derived entirely from recordings of breathing, a creaking door, and a musical saw. "These basic sound premises were then mixed, transformed, and composed using all the resources of recording tape, as a whole or in fragments, for their rhythm or for their melody, with multiple variations in intensity, pitch, etc." The door "becomes in turn a violin, a bassoon, a saxophone, a muted trumpet or a motorcycle... " while the sighs "become a soft breeze, the bellows of a forge, a far-away church bell or the hooting of an owl..." A highly recommended classic of the genre.

artist info from album notes etc.:
Henry studied under Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen, and together with Pierre Schaeffer founded the world's first tape music studio; the Groupe de Recherches Musicales/INA-GRM became a center of study for electroacoustic pioneers like Francois Bayle, Michel Chion, Michel Philippot, Philippe Arthuys, Luc Ferrari, Francois Bernard Mache, Ivo Malec, Bernard Parmegiani, Michel Redolfi, Ragnar Grippe, Jon Appleton, Jean Michel Jarre, Jean-Claude Risset, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Francis Dhomont, Guy Reibel, Edgar Varese, Jacques Lejeune, Jean Schwarz, Ilhan Mimaroglu, and Iannis Xenakis. Henry's groundbreaking work would influence contemporaries like John Cage, Tod Dockstader, Cecil Leuter, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Mort Garson, Bruce Haack, Paul Beaver, Bernie Krause, Claude Denjean, Dick Hyman, Electrosoniks/Electrosonicks, Tom Dissevelt, Dick Raaijmakers, Gershon Kingsley, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Kraftwerk, and Piero Umiliani. He has worked with Nicolas Schoffer, Urban Sax, Spooky Tooth, Coldcut, DJ Vadim, William Orbit, Fatboy Slim and Funki Porcini. Check out my other items for more avant garde/experimental, early electronic/electroacoustic, audiophile, 20th century classical, free jazz, soundtracks, poetry/spoken word, space age pop, microtonal, and sound art vintage vinyl. US Shipping - Media Mail is $5.00 for 1-2 single records, then $0.65 for each additional; Priority Mail is also available but pricing depends on zipcode (you can check eBay's calculated shipping price at the bottom of this page); other expedited shipping options and insurance are all available on request. Combine multiple items to save on shipping.
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