Pierre Jean Croset – Harmoniques Du Temps / Overtones Of All Times

Label: Ocora – 558661
Series: Musiques traditionnelles vivantes, VIII. Création
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: France
Released: Jun 1986
Genre: Classical
Style: Contemporary

Weightless and culturally disorientating solo recordings from French artist, instrument builder and ethnographer Pierre Jean Croset, derived from his purpose-built 18 string harmonic lyre.  Painfully managing just two releases in his musical career, one a self-released live recording taken in 1979, and this one just under 10 years later for French ethnographic institution Ocora, Croset’s suspended overtones are rooted in the cultural crossroads of east & west, owing as much to ancient European court music as it does to the centuries-old Chinese t’chin technique used on string instruments.  It’s a music where time stands still, sounds erupting, resonating in unison to produce richly complex harmonies and then fading away into the ether.  Like a detailed painting, the sound picture reveals more and more each time around, never appearing the same and is equally enjoyable at micro or macro level.  A true masterwork of improvisation and ingenuity.. (NM/NM)

Tracklist
Danse Pour Une Paix Intérieure
A Présence / Le Réceptif / Danse Au-Delà D'Un Rêve / Danse D'Une Lune Oubliée / Transformation / Le Réceptif / Le Créatif 19:50
Harmoniques Du Temps
B Danse De La Mer Douce / Danse Des Dunes / Danse Du Vent 20:40