wh056 Vincent Bergeron audio webbed_hand netlabels From the artist: "For this concept album, the idea was to make new songwriting. All structures were influenced by rock and also by experimental techno and prepared improvisation (which i still don't really enjoy most of the time though). There's choruses, verses, bridges, introductions and endings. They don't appear in the order, all the times, but they are there. The vocals and the lyrics came after. All lyrics were inspired by the instrumental music. It's marvelous to treat human voice like an instrument instead of the driving force behind the music. I'm making the music i have in my head since many years. I hope the excitation, discovery of infinite possibilities can be heard. "I also tried to associate general concepts of human existence. "Thanks for listening!" --Vincent Bergeron Recorded and Produced by Vincent Bergeron Credit pochette (cover) : Vincent Bergeron Track List: 1) la naissance - 5:15 2) reve-realite (histoire d'un clown) - 7:26 3) communication-isolation - 11:35 4) spiritualite-profanite - 8:19 5) harmonie-chaos - 7:51 6) passe-present-futur - 8:21 7) la mort (d'un artiste) - 7:37 Visit the <a href="http://www.freakywaves.com" rel="nofollow"><u>homepage of Vincent Bergeron</u></a>. Thank you for listening to this Webbed Hand Records release. Please visit <a href="http://www.webbedhandrecords.com" rel="nofollow"><u>the WHR homepage</u></a> to explore our complete catalog of experimental and ambient recordings. All of our music is free to download, but we'd be very grateful if you could make a small donation (via Paypal) to help with the costs of maintaining a netlabel. 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0000 Psychedelic;Electroacoustic;Sound Art;Pop Experimental;Free Jazz;Weirdomusic http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ 1 2005-04-11 21:20:32 2005-04-11 19:23:44 cpmcdill [Webbed Hand] cpmcdill@webbedhandrecords.com cpmcdill [Webbed Hand] cpmcdill [Webbed Hand] cpmcdill [Webbed Hand] 2005-11-21 19:47:16 2006-05-13 13:38:15 2009-02-27 22:50:18 From the artist: "During the composition of this album, these artists influenced my work with their many ideas : "Alain Bashung, Amon Tobin, Aphex Twin, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Avey Tare And Panda Bear, Beck, Bjork, Boards Of Canada, Bob Drake, Brian Eno, Brian Wilson & Beach Boys, Captain Beefheart, Carla Bley, Cerberus Shoal, Charles Ives, Charles Mingus, Charlie Kaufman, cLOUDDEAD, Craig Taborn, Daniel Belanger, David Lynch, Devo, Disco Inferno, DJ Shadow, Don Caballero, Edgard Varese, Erik Satie, Fennesz, Fiery Furnaces, Frank Zappa, Harmonium, Jarboe & Neurosis, Jean Leloup, Jim O’Rourke, Joanna Newsom, John Fahey, Joy Division, Julius Hemphill, Kazumi Nikaidoh, Leo Ferre, Louis Sclavis, Marlon Brando, Max Tundra, Mike Oldfield, Mr. Bungle, My Bloody Valentine, Patty Waters, Pere Ubu, Public Image Limited, Kaki King, Kate Bush, Radiohead, Raymond Scott, Rene Lussier, Residents, Rodrigo, Salvador Dali, Serge Gainsbourg, Smiths, Sonic Youth, Sparks, Spring Heel Jack, Stanley Kubrick, Syd Barrett, Talking Heads, Tim Buckley, Tom Waits, Tujiko Noriko, The Velvet Underground, Violent Femmes, Vitamine Bleue" --Vincent Bergeron Contact : -------Vincent Bergeron------- http://www.critiquesdisques.com/vincent vincent@altmuziq.cjb.net Victoriaville : 1-819-758-8922 ------------------------------ ~~~~~ Here is the text of a <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781CDA4FA87020D29B3147CCBA67D208D257F79B04295B1BDFBF3306830862FD04ACD1C5E0A833E935AEFE31A65B10D1CAEE53B0DB6C3C3B87EBA4705843&sql=10:isud6j8471y0"><u>very nice review</u></a> of this album, written by Francois Couture for allmusic.com: No matter how versed you are in experimental music, I can honestly write that you have never heard something quite like Vincent Bergeron's <i>Casse-tete de l'Existence</i> (Puzzle of Existence). Imagine if you will, plunderphonics coupled with progressive rock; sample deconstruction and sound collage as techniques to assemble hiccupping operas. What Bergeron does is rip samples from every possible source, including but not limited to records of free improvisation, musique concrete, contemporary music, folk music, and world music. He slices and dices them into tiny pieces, then, like a mosaic artist, glues these tiny pieces together into jagged but very well structured songs, for which he writes lyrics and melodies. To make sure that the vocals fit in with the rapid-fire claudicating style of the music, he also chops up and reassembles his voice. Since he sings in a half operatic, half mock-theatrical voice, and his music is rich in strings, percussion breaks and certain grandeur, the result sounds a lot like a bloodbath at a prog rock convention — or the digital bastard child of Peter Gabriel-era Genesis and Fantômas. "La Naissance," for instance, is mostly a reorganized string quartet with a stuttering lead melody strongly reminiscent of French prog rockers Ange, while the main source for "Spiritualite-Profanite" seems to be Alain Stivell fighting back a fit of Parkinson's with his Celtic harp. On the other hand, "Reve-Realite" contains a lot of free jazz samples (including some Art Ensemble of Chicago and Sun Ra, among many other things). If the basic material tends to give a unique orientation to each piece, it seems there is no limit to what Bergeron can make his samples do. Profoundly disturbing but ceaselessly fascinating, <i>Casse-tete de l'Existence</i> is oddness to the umpteenth degree. Obviously, the world is not ready for this. The album is available for free from the net label Webbed Hand. sound 2009-12-12 03:04:26 cpmcdill [Webbed Hand]