Label: Rangehen – R 8428 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: Mar 1986 Genre: Electronic Style: Noise, Experimental
Anne Gillis!!!!Rare early artefact self-published by the legendary and somewhat mythical Parisian sound-artist, plastician and composer released via her own Rangehen press in 1986.As previously blabbed about over the last couple of years, Anne Gillis is held at the zenith of appreciation here - along with the likes of her fellow French compatriots François Bayle, Eliane Radigue and Ghédalia Tazartès.But there’s something cruder, more outsider and altogether more punk about Gillis’ work than what was happening over at the GRM.Her pieces are dense, uncompromising and impulsive, stitched together with collaged sensibilities.Bishérigori collects up nine tape pieces ranging from surging alien drone pieces to roughshod loops and harsher feedback works, each with their own oppressive atmosphere and unusual sense of timbre and space.A rare glimpse into the enigmatic work of a genuine artist working on the fringe of the avant-garde for the last 40+ years… (NM/NM - top copy)
