Label: INA-GRM – 9 101 BA, INA-GRM – G 101 BA Series: Série Gramme Format: Vinyl, LP, Black labels Country: France Released: 1979 Genre: Electronic, Classical Style: Musique Concrète, Experimental
DNA-altering electro-acoustic wizardry meticulously constructed by musique concrète deity François Bayle for the influential Parisian INA-GRM research lab. A-side piece ‘Tremblement De Terre Très Doux’ (very mild earthquake?) is cut from the same cloth as the later Erosphère release, alternating between a dream sequence of torrential tonal blips ’n blops and soft, mollifying drones cut with tele-zoomed sound fragments of what feels like the sonic properties of marbles or some sort of spherical objects being refracted. I stand by my theory that Bayle is actually trying to communicate with some sort of extra-terrestrial entities of a much-higher intelligence with this stuff - it feels like it could be the sonic backdrop to the infamous DMT elf space described by psychonaut Terrance McKenna - it’s self-morphing geometric fractals just too intense for our mere brains to process. The other side piece ‘Trois Rêves D'oiseau’ is equally hallucinogenic albeit with a tougher, collagey approach, exploring and augmenting the sonic properties of natural sounds with a feel of unpredictability. The best night in you could ever have.. (NM/NM - with insert, fancy fold out sleeve)
Tracklist A Tremblement De Terre Très Doux 28:20 Espaces Inhabitables (18:00) B1 Jardin De Rien B2 Hommage À Robur B3 Géophonie B4 Le Bleu Du Ciel B5 Amertunes Trois Rêves D'oiseau (9:45) B6 Moqueur 3:25 B7 Triste 2:30 B8 Zen 3:50
