Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Pierre Henry - Le livre des morts Egyptien 1988

Pierre Henry (born December 9, 1927 in Paris, France) is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music.
Between 1949 and 1958, Henry worked at the Club d'Essai studio at RTF, founded by Pierre Schaeffer. During this period, he wrote the 1950 piece Symphonie pour un homme seul, in cooperation with Schaeffer; he also composed the first musique concrète to appear in a commercial film, the 1952 short film Astrologie ou le miroir de la vie. Henry has scored numerous additional films and ballets. Among Henry's best known works is the experimental 1967 album Messe pour le temps présent, one of several cooperations with choreographer Maurice Béjart featuring the popular track "Psyche Rock".
Perhaps one of Henry's most well-known influences on contemporary popular culture is the theme song to the TV series Futurama. The tune is clearly inspired by Henry's 1967 song "Psyché Rock."
Ceremony (1969) (in collaboration with English band Spooky Tooth)
In 1999, Fatboy Slim issued a remix of Psyche Rock.
Starting the hommage at this very important composer with a slightly recent work.More to come!

15 comments:

  1. Hello,

    we post regularly your updates at totally fuzzy. you have a broad and in some aspects high interest in obscure and lesser known groups. i appreciate this.

    keep on going with this fine blog.

    herr k.

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  2. thank you very much for your kind words

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  3. Yes, your blog is definitely a great resource! And the Pierre Henry is greatly appreciated........I have not ever heard it, till now.

    And I should have the Cosentino/Di Martino for you in a week or so........

    william

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  4. Any blog that posts Pierre Henry and Paul Revere and the Raiders gets a big thumbs up from me - excellent work, sir.

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  5. Cosentino/Di Martino?can you please refresh my memory?

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  6. Cosentino/Di Martino?can you please refresh my memory?

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  7. Thank You for Pierre Henry's works.

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  8. Cosentino/Di Martino was mentioned by me in the comments for the Albergo album. Saro Cosentino and Mino Di Martino released a cd in the nineties that sounded a bit like the Richard Pinhas album EAST-WEST. Kinda mellow, but very nice.

    Saro Cosentino/Mino Di Martino - TV Dinner

    Just waiting to get it out of storage, if you are still interested.

    William

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    all the best
    mutantsounds

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