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A1. Trois Études Pour Maldoror (1) 3:57 1962
A2. Feu D'Artifice 8:13 1963
A3. Trois Études Pour Maldoror (3) 4:21 1962
B1. Metastasis 14:07 1963
B2. Étude N°2 Pour 2 Pianos Préparés 9:00 1964/71
C1. Un Monde En Création 11:13 unknown
C2. AS980804 9:00 1998
D1. Mutations (1) 3:56 1979
D2. Incantation 13:14 1981
D3. Rosio Kama (3) 3:32 1988
E. Imaginaires Irisées 25:33 1982
F. Attente 23:55 1992
Music By, Producer, Liner Notes [Track Notes], Score - Arsène Souffriau
'titanic triple-lp-box ltd to 200 copies; gorgeous, embossed blue linen box with the credits screen-printed on the inside cover, along with the three audiophile-grade lps each housed in their own poly-lined sleeve, offering a treasure-chest of unreleased music from belgian early electronic & experimental music composer arsene souffriau....
even for someone well-versed in 60’s electronic music, souffriau’s name only rings a bell due to his contributions to the moogsploitation lp 'free pop electronic concept' ... whereas his work there is relegated to only ancillary bleep-out, the fully realized musique concrète & dark tape-music compositions here paint a much broader picture of souffriau, a veritable renaissance man, working well into present day at his 'private' bimes studio, chugging out pieces along the lines of contemporaries such as andre almuro and luis de pablo, yet entirely without academic or commercial support...
making him of course the perfect candidate for a boutique compiling such as this, ranging from some particularly woolly early-60’s flare-out [much of which matches the mutant energies of oosterlynck’s 'outsider' prepared-piano takes] through his dalliances with electro-acoustic improv in the 70’s & 80’s [spiky, clangorous group-sound] straight up through a peppering of 90’s 'digital' work [heavy, spectral hysteresis] ...
trust me, once you see this thing, you’ll be able to justify the (admittedly, hefty) price tag ; i can’t think of another edition that even comes close to the production-value / detail-obsessing-over that clearly went into this thing ... highly recommended !!!' ~ mimaroglu
yea, i like it. crazy, cost-prohibitive package of monstrous gloops n' gleeps that are strangely compelling & listenable. have seen this bra likened to daphne oram as well, but he seems slightly more sinistral to my ears. 320 rips later
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