Christian Vasseur: cent millions d'années
[TLM015 - A La Limite Du Présent Vol.I]
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Christian composed, improvised, recorded & mixed these tracks during a 4-month residency (February-May 2017) in the north of France, where he worked with many people, among which (disabled) pupils & prisoners. He asked them to read, write & record haiku poems. The sound of their voices became the basis of this music project...
.............................................................................................. Limited edition of 100 CDs in hand-made & numbered paper gatefolds +/or Digital Album (FLAC recommended). Includes .pdf with the poems heard. 32 tracks, 56'45". Artwork design by moody alien. Packaging design by Pat Kiout Productions. ........................................ Christian Vasseur: acoustic, electric, weissenborn & bowed guitars, archlute, piano, indian harmonium, electronics, clapping, voice & field recordings. Featuring:
................................................ Thank you's to: Hctivokatsohc, Marco Lucchi, Tom Zé, Évelyne Dromart, Tristan Dagonnet, Bruno Duvergé, Maxime Delière, all the kids making sounds with all sorts of noisy objects at school & their teachers, cc-Sud Artois & DRAC Hauts de France. Released February 23, 2018. ℗ & © Thirsty Leaves Music |
A La Limite Du Présent trilogy:
REVIEWS.
"[...] Fragments of impromptu conversations or monologues (or songs) captured on tape were inserted into the material almost by chance. A project of meetings, exchanges at the crossroads of text, poetry, music, but also freshness, candid and unformatted voices, sensitivity of arpeggiated guitar and lute games, field work. The recordings with the very varied characteristics of each reader - poet, the different microphones, spaces, intimacies, timbres and grains of voice, intentions, individual expressivities, etc... provide a lived, immediate feeling a thousand leagues away from the professional logic of a studio. A trip to the heart of intimacies, slices of life punctuated by the light, dynamic, even ethereal cadences of the guitarist's instrumental pieces and additional soundtracks. [...]"
Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg for orynx-improvandsounds.blogspot.com (in french)
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"[...] using a long term patchwork technique, he often constructs very short pieces that refer with a great sensibility to human beings, animals and nature. The 'folk' tone of the first volume, the more vocal one of the second and the more electronic one of the third, where some longer instrumentals are permitted, together form a coherent whole that is very personal, original and poetic."
Claude Colpaert for illico music magazine n.42, May 2019 (in french)
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"Christian Vasseur is a French guitarist; he also studied playing the Renaissance lute. He often creates music in connection with photographic, dance, theater and film arts. He also composes music as a counterpoint to written or interpreted text, combining the acoustic sound of instruments and voice with electronics. He worked on the trilogy of recordings "A La Limite du Présent" during a four-month residency in the north of France (February-May 2017). He involved a lot of people in the project, including disabled pupils from special schools and prisoners. Their task was to write and then read haiku. Vasseur recorded and used it. He was then inspired by the sound of their voices. On the albums he not only played various guitars, live electronics or field recordings, but also piano and Indian harmonium. It should be added that the excellent trumpeter Noël Debéve is also a guest here. [...]"
Jan Hocek for JazzPort.cz (in czech)
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"[...] Fragments of impromptu conversations or monologues (or songs) captured on tape were inserted into the material almost by chance. A project of meetings, exchanges at the crossroads of text, poetry, music, but also freshness, candid and unformatted voices, sensitivity of arpeggiated guitar and lute games, field work. The recordings with the very varied characteristics of each reader - poet, the different microphones, spaces, intimacies, timbres and grains of voice, intentions, individual expressivities, etc... provide a lived, immediate feeling a thousand leagues away from the professional logic of a studio. A trip to the heart of intimacies, slices of life punctuated by the light, dynamic, even ethereal cadences of the guitarist's instrumental pieces and additional soundtracks. [...]"
Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg for orynx-improvandsounds.blogspot.com (in french)
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"[...] using a long term patchwork technique, he often constructs very short pieces that refer with a great sensibility to human beings, animals and nature. The 'folk' tone of the first volume, the more vocal one of the second and the more electronic one of the third, where some longer instrumentals are permitted, together form a coherent whole that is very personal, original and poetic."
Claude Colpaert for illico music magazine n.42, May 2019 (in french)
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"Christian Vasseur is a French guitarist; he also studied playing the Renaissance lute. He often creates music in connection with photographic, dance, theater and film arts. He also composes music as a counterpoint to written or interpreted text, combining the acoustic sound of instruments and voice with electronics. He worked on the trilogy of recordings "A La Limite du Présent" during a four-month residency in the north of France (February-May 2017). He involved a lot of people in the project, including disabled pupils from special schools and prisoners. Their task was to write and then read haiku. Vasseur recorded and used it. He was then inspired by the sound of their voices. On the albums he not only played various guitars, live electronics or field recordings, but also piano and Indian harmonium. It should be added that the excellent trumpeter Noël Debéve is also a guest here. [...]"
Jan Hocek for JazzPort.cz (in czech)
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