Valentine Clastrier
»Grand maitres de la Vielle à Roue«
1987
Auvidis, A 6130
01. L'heure dégourdie
02. Madranque
03. Organistrum
04. Ile flottante
05. Petite musique de chanvre
06. Saga
07. Marche anti-militaire du Gué de la pierre
08. Introduction et Ouanigou
09. Danse du tilbet da Haljama
10. Doli doulou
11. Eko Yégoung
12. Abzébef béassda
13. Cigada synthética
»Migrations«
14. Baraka
15. Rituel I
16. Migration 1
17. Migration 2
18. Migration 3
19. Migration 4
20. Rituel II
21. Etude 0001
22. Baraka [rappel]
French musician Valentin Clastrier (b. 1947) is one of the few performers in the world specializing in contemporary music for the hurdy-gurdy; before Clastrier, the instrument was used primarily in the performance of European Medieval and folk musics.this totally épique post punk hurdy gurdy slab beats any crummy canterbury twaddle hands down. clastrier unleashes a monster of mad genius. 320 daps to vespucci fer this insanely great 320 rip + pimped out booklet skans.
He began his career as a guitarist, and was introduced to the hurdy-gurdy in 1970. His instrument has 27 strings rather than the conventional six.
Clastrier's strikingly original compositions for the instrument (in both acoustic and electroacoustic versions) have been recorded, in collaboration with other musicians (including tubist and serpent player Michel Godard, accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier, saxophonist/clarinetists Michaël Riessler and Louis Sclavis, and percussionists Gérard Siracusa and Carlo Rizzo).
