Ragnar Grippe

Gatefold Cover with Artwork by Ragnar Grippe. Signed by Ragnar Grippe. Unpublished Work from the 80’s by the Swedish  legendary composer, who had relocated to Paris in the early 70’s to study at the famous Groupe de Recherches Musicales (more commonly known as GRM) founded by musique concrète pioneers Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Henry and Jacques Poullin. Around the same time, Grippe had struck up a close friendship with French avant-garde minimalist Luc Ferrari. It was under Ferrari’s direction and guidance that the young Grippe started to build a shared experimental music studio, aptly named l’Atelier de la Libération Musicale (ALM), in which Ferrari shared his knowledge and instrumental supplies, thus forging Grippe’s implementation of harmonic tone within the confines of musique concrete (evident in his solo LP debut 'Sand' on the famed Shandar imprint).