Label: Alga Marghen – plana-T 7TES.053
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Italy
Released: 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental, Minimal, Musique Concrète, Avantgarde
Two Tazartès masterpieces in one place! (NM)
Diasporas
There are very few records that scare us - but Ghédalia Tazartès' iconic 1979 debut Diasporas is still terrifying.
Highly underground, cult release of the avant-garde originally privately released on French imprint Cobalt in '79, the nomadic Tazartes' singular approach to 'music' literally sounds like NOTHING else, fusing demonic howling with ancient Parisian folk, tape loops, intrepid electronic and acoustic sound and a genuine sense of otherness. The late French artist channels the spirit of a possessed, dislocated wanderer, trying to make sense of the rapidly fading traditions of his families’ past through hacksawn collage arrangements and tormented vocal incantations. Mysterious, enigmatic and arcane, this one continues to live in the hearts of those never satisfied with the norm. Approach with caution, you’ll never been the same again.
Tazartès
Ecstatic and intrepid experiments for vocals and tape from the late artistic singularity and autodidactic Ghédalia Tazartès. His self-titled forth LP released in 1987 is an arresting, visceral experience - combining the artist’s ritualistic, nomadic vocal wanderings with raw tape loops and rough-hewn rhythmic spats to form a series of paralysing incantations that feels at times that Tazartès is thoroughly possessed and acting as a conduit for an ancient primordial spirit. Singing in his mother tongue of Ladino (an ancient Judeo-Spanish language passed down from his Spanish-Jewish parents), the wide-range of impulsive, impressionistic tones /textures conjured up from deep within his vocal chords take on a shaman-like quality, combing pain, confusion, loss and ecstasy all together into an alchemical mix, whilst the cut-up / collaged feel adds to the unsettled tone or feeling of displacement that echoes his own intra-European heritage. A total head-melter that tangles the roots of musique concrete, folk, DIY and early techno in its own idiosyncratic and unforgettable way. Personal all timer!!!
Tracklist
Diasporas
1 Un Amour Si Grand Qu'il Nie Son Objet 9:37
2 La Vie Et La Mort Légendaire Du Spermatozoïde Humuch Lardy 3:50
3 La Berlue Je T'aime 3:02
4 Quasimodo Tango 2:50
5 Reviens 2:03
6 La Fin Du Prologue 4:39
7 Ouverture Fragile 4:05
8 Rien Qu'au Soleil 2:19
9 Mourir Un Peu 3:45
10 Rien N'est Assez Fort Pour Dire 2:54
11 Une Voix S'en Va 2:02
Tazartès
12 Merci Stéphane 6:44
13 Le Crabe Ne Joue Jamais À La Poupée 1:59
14 Yama Yama 3:11
15 Un Ivrogne Sur Le Mont Blanc 6:41
16 Elle Eut Des Étouffement Aux Premières Chaleurs Quand Les Poiriers Fleurirent 8:35
17 Comme Cherchant À Comprendre 4:09
18 Voulez-vous? 5:51
