Music from France

Luc Ferrari's composition Archives sauvées des eaux for two DJs was premiered in Japan and performed by the composer himself and Otomo Yoshihide at SuperDeluxe in Tokyo in 2003. This CD is a live recording of their first and the only performance, before the French composer passed away in 2005. The included are the intimate liner notes by Brunhild Ferrari and Otomo, and a 10 minute CD-Extra edition of live video clip slow landing, produced by studio Malaparte, as a bonus track for the initial pre…

Éliane Radigue's L'île re-sonante, one hour-long movement for ARP 2500 inspired by her face reflected in a lake: slow oscillations, ghostly voices and shifting drones. First Shiiin release, Golden Nica at Ars Electronica 2006.

RESTOCKED! A must for Magma fanatics, fans and freaks everywhere. An opportunity not to be missed. For the first time ever, the full set of 9 incredible studio albums - from Kobaia to K.A - in deluxe digipack form. Each volume has its own 32 to 48 page booklets, containing photos and previously unpublished documents re-telling the story of MAGMA in 9 detailed chapters. Also includes a bonus double CD of archive documents: the first demo recorded by the band in 1970, the original sound track from…

New jewel case edition of this singles compilation (replaces the now o/p paper sleeve edition). "The rare 7" single track compilation. Featuring; Schizo (pre-Heldon), Heldon, T.H.X, Richard Pinhas (solo). Most tracks are first release on CD. Fifteen tracks, digital remaster, jewel case version. (Some materials are taken from the original 7" record).

First volume of Mode's Luc Ferrari series: Chansons pour le corps, built on interviews with women recorded in the Jardin du Luxembourg, and the symphonic tale Et si tout entière maintenant for actress, tapes and orchestra.

Archives Génétiquement Modifiées (2000). Société II (1967). Robot Records is honored and pleased to present two historic compositions for the first time on CD by the late, great Luc Ferrari. The programme opens with Archives Génétiquement Modifiées (Genetically Modified Archives), a work for memorized sounds from 2000. This composition (subtitled: Exploitation of the Concepts 3) was the third in a series of later pieces in which Mr.Ferrari revisited aspects of his early concepts and compositiona…

RESTOCKED The first DVD release on Elica is a beautiful 50-minute portrait of composer Luc Ferrari made by his friend Jacqueline Caux with Olivier Pascal, which is fully informative and acutely representative of Ferrari's spirit. Featuring Elise Caron, as Luc Ferrari and herself, and Luc Ferrari, as himself only, going through archive documentation, intriguing dialogues, invented autobiographies, music performances, evocative installations, sidewalk accidents, encounters with sound-sculptor Chri…

A fantastic album by this enigmatic French singer -- one of her first truly experimental albums! The record differs from some of her other albums quite a bit -- and has a very strange mix of styles that go from straight ahead (only a track or two), to wildly experimental. Although longtime partner Areski did contribute to this album, the record also features work by Saravah labelmate Jacques Higelin, plus French jazz players like Georges Arvanitas and Philippe Mate. Great stuff all 'round, and t…

This is Ryoji Ikeda's fifth solo CD and his third for Touch, following the highly acclaimed +/- [1996] and 0*C [1998]. He previously released 1000 Fragments on his own cci recordings, and Time and Space, a double 3” CD, for Staalplaat. Ryoji is constantly touring as part of the Japanese performance group Dumb Type, who are shortly to undertake a tour of Japan, and also as a solo artist.

Crystal transparent 7' vinyl encrusted with white sprayings, numbered and stamped edition limited to 470 copies. Stunning collaboration between four entities who all left an indelible track in various spheres and in different eras, such as Jac berrocal, a mythical figure, improvisator in his music and his encounters, a visionary poet and avant garde trumpeter who went against the grain in jazz and punk, amongst others, and his associate Jack Belsen, a virtuoso with the machines, guitarist and in…

An incredible collaboration that sweeps across the generations of electronic music. Richard Pinhas is internationally recognized as one of France's major experimental musicians: the 'father' of French electronic music. He was the founder of Heldon, a band whose violent fusion of electronics and guitar in the 70s rivalled the German electronic school. As a guitar player he has been compared to Robert Fripp. Cited as an influence by many electronic musicians, Richard Pinhas has helped to define th…

The fabulous "La nuit est au courant", documenting a rare tour by an extraordinary quartet featuring enfants terribles Jac Berrocal (trumpet) and Jacques Thollot (drums), with bassists Francis Marmande and Hubertus Biermann. Long out of print

This album is somewhat a departure for French drummer Jacques Thollot. Gone are the uncompromising free jazz experiments of the 60s and 70s - but not forgotten. He is clearly able to channel them in order to profit a more structured environment which betrays a renewed interest for the melody. The set features a core quartet comprised of pianist Tony Hymas, guitarist Noël Akchoté, and bassist Claude Tchamitchian, with special guests trumpeter Henry Lowther on a couple of tracks, and Thollot's dau…

Back in stock: Irreverent, psychosexual and always fascinating, Ferrari's work manifests itself in texts, instrumental textures, electroacoustic compositions, reportings, films, theatre, etc. It is an honor for Tzadik to release two of his most important works from the 1970s, recorded under the supervision of the composer himself. 'Place des Abbesses,' the first electro acoustic portrait work realized at his home studio in Paris, 1977, is an evocative portrait of a small square between The Sacre…

Following dataplex cd (raster-noton, r-n068), test pattern is the second audio release in Ryoji Ikeda's multimedia project datamatics; an ongoing exploration of the potential to perceive the invisible multiÐsubstance of data that permeates our world. test pattern acts as a system that converts any type of data (text, sounds, photos and movies) into barcode patterns and binary patterns of 0s and 1s. through the conversion of raw data into digital audio files, ikeda enables us to listen to the flo…

One of their best work, released as double LP in 1975 by the French electronic band led by RICHARD PINHAS: If you're looking for really uncompromising and rough music - this is it. Very neurotic and tough, driving electronic drones all over, this is music not for the faint-hearted! It's quite aggressive stuff, usually very alien sounding, with cold and abstract synthetic drive. If you like sweet twittering music for relaxation, you will probably have a heart attack when listening to this.

One of their best work, released as double LP in 1975 by the French electronic band led by RICHARD PINHAS: If you're looking for really uncompromising and rough music - this is it. Very neurotic and tough, driving electronic drones all over, this is music not for the faint-hearted! It's quite aggressive stuff, usually very alien sounding, with cold and abstract synthetic drive. If you like sweet twittering music for relaxation, you will probably have a heart attack when listening to this.

Heldon's Live recordings in Paris 1975 to 1979. Disc 1: "Live Electronic Guerilla," live 1976 (featuring: Richard Pinhas (g, moog), Patrick Gauthier (mini-moog, moog bass), Francois Auger (drums). Disc 2: "Well And Alive In France," live 1979 (featuring: R. Pinhas, P. Roussel, F. Auger)." This 3CD set is a special reissue of two previous Captain Trip releases that were issued separately: Live Electronik Guerilla (CT 550CD) and Well And Alive In France (CT 551/52CD). A terrific electronic powerdr…

Performed (Arp synthesizer) and recorded by Eliane Radigue; Robert Ashley, English voice; Lama Kunga Rinpoche, Tibetan voice. Milarepa is a great saint and poet of Tibet who lived in the 11th Century. His autobiography, the Mila Kabum or Namthar, as told to his closest disciple, Rechungpa, has been translated into several Western languages. In this story of Milarepa's life, we can see how, through years dedicated to meditation and related practices in the solitude of the mountains, Milarepa achi…

another beautiful 10" issued in a very limited private pressing picture-disc (330 copies), beautiful tape collage and electronic work