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Bloc Thyristors

Script Original
** Edition of 300 copies. Hard cardboard gatefold cover ** To Keith... “You were so afraid of death, you spoke about it often… often with lucidity, with reason, but this fear disappeared very quickly when you sat down at the piano… There, the demons …
Aux Antipodes De La Froideur
**Edition of 300, deluxe Purple tissue box** After “Brigantin” & “L’étau”, here’s the third and last boxset from Bloc Thyristors. Another meeting of free improvisors around the drummer Jean-Noël Cognard (also head of the record label) may be more und…
Dissemines ici et la
Kasper T. Toeplitz, bass & electronics, Jac Berrocal, trumpet and voice, , drums and objects. Live concert in Evreux, France, June 2014. Free rock by three very different musicians. Nice gatefold cover designed by Mika Pusse and 180g black vinyl limi…
Le passe' du Futur est toujours present
Jean-Noël Cognard is a big initiator of projects and collaborations both in the studio and on the stage. With his label, Bloc Thyristors, he documents these musical sparks. One recalls the great epoch of Soixante Étages, which, at the instigation of …
Choses clandestines
Keith Tippett piano & prepared piano. Michel Pilz bass clarinet. Paul Rogers doublebass seven strings. Jean-Noël Cognard drums & percussion. Unprecedented encounter between two talented free-improv musicians and two equally marvellous melodists: Keit…
La Fievre de l'Independance
Conny Bauer, trombone. Johannes Bauer, trombone. Barry Guy, doublebass. Jean-Noël Cognard, drums. Another meeting organised by Mister Jean-Noël Cognard. Here he got some of the best European free improvisation musicians. A very nice yellow box with 3…
Le retour de
Jac Berrocal, voice & trumpet, Jean-Noël Cognard, drums & percussion, Philippe Thiphaine, guitar (from Heliogabale), Quentin Rollet, alto saxophone, Ben Ajrab, bass, Rivkah, voice & keyboard.
Semelles de fondation
Ressuage: Michel Pilz (bass clarinet), Itaru Oki (trumpet, flugelhorn, reeds), Benjamin Duboc (doublebass, voice), Jean-Noël Cognard (drums, objects), Patrick Müller (electrosonic) and Sébastian Rivas (laptop). Recorded in 2010 by Patrick Müller. …
s/t
LP version. 'Jean-François Pauvros: guitars, voices. Patrick Müller: electrosonic. Jean-Noël Cognard: drums, objects. Recorded in July 2009 by Patrick Müller. Mixed by Patrick Müller. Coproduction: Disques Bloc Thyristors-Trace label.' Free rock.
Binome
Recorded in 1984, this issue on vinyl of a performance by German bass clarinetist Michel Pilz and French drummer Jean-Noël Cognard is everything my heart needs today, bringing raw but lyrical improvisations on two short album sides (really too sho…
Puissance 36KW
Chicco Gramaglia, trombone. Arnaud Rivière, turntable, springs, mixing board. Titus Oppmann, doublebass. Jean-Noël Cognard, drums, objects. Free jazz meets junk noise ! Recorded in 2007 and mix in 2008. Nice cover. Limited to 300 copies.
Assez de trop pas
Salmigondis is a collective (born in 2006) of musicians and graphist designers. Free rock, psychedelic, noise Ludovic Renaud (keyboard, turntables, electronics), Jean-Pierre Barja (bass, keyboard, electronics), Jérome Declercq (saxophones, keyboard, …
Trop de pas assez
Salmigondis is a collective (born in 2006) of musicians and graphist designers. Free rock, psychedelic, noise Ludovic Renaud (keyboard, turntables, electronics), Jean-Pierre Barja (bass, keyboard, electronics), Jérome Declercq (saxophones, keyboard, …
Entraxes inégaux
Mind-scrambling free jazz, noise, experimental drones, and uncategorizable sound experiments from the wilds of Judith Kan, voice. Jac Berrocal, trumpet, piano. Dan Warburton, violin, keyboards. Béatrice Godeau, cello. Jean-Noël Cognard, percussions. …
Craquer les liants
TANKJ is a studio project from the drummer Jean-Noël Cognard. He try to gather musicians from different musical origins. Serge Adam on trumpet. Jérome Noetinger on electroacoustic devices and tape recorder. Titus Oppmann on doublebass. Jean-Noël Cogn…
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