Ghédalia Tazartès – Une Éclipse Totale De Soleil (CD)
Ghédalia Tazartès – Une Éclipse Totale De Soleil (CD)
Ghédalia Tazartès – Une Éclipse Totale De Soleil (CD)

Ghédalia Tazartès – Une Éclipse Totale De Soleil (CD)

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Label:    Alga Marghen – plana-T 1TES005
Format:     CD, Album
Country:    Italy
Released:    1996
Genre:    Electronic
Style:    Abstract, Experimental

The big one.  Une Éclipse Totale De Soleil from intrepid French autodidact Ghédalia Tazartès remains one of the most singular works within the realms of the avant-garde .  There really is nothing that can prepare you for the work of Tazartès - his feral style across these two 17 minute pieces is a confronting and immersive mix of tape music scraps, ritualistic vocal acrobatics, spliced Middle Eastern music and crude electronics, often collided and collaged together to given a vision of a fragmented, disjointed Europe.  Fully exposed and often vulnerable, its hard to think of any prior music that could have influenced Tazartès - instead he channels his nomadic roots and sense of displacement into a wandering, untethered montage of musical alchemy that would later leave lasting smears of inspiration in noise, industrial and much of experimental music thereafter.  Not an easy ride but a crucial node for anyone journeying into the outer reaches of challenging music but unfortunately now super rare after the Celluloid factory flood.  90s Italian CD issue. (NM)

Tracklist
1        Part I    16:35
2        Part II    16:57
3        Il Regalo Della Befana - Part III    23:47l