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alga marghen (italy) #alga 24 cd

françois dufrêne “françois dufrêne • affichiste • sound poet” book and compact disc set

  • köchel que j’aime (9:34) 1969
  • le cheval lié à l’art rose (12:36) 1969
  • eryximaque, suite choréographique au tombeau de pierre larousse (7:19) 1965
  • lecture-collage: la ressource du petit peuple & tenilom de jean molinet (18:53) 1965
  • belles nuisances, hantez nos nuits (10:50) 1970
  • comptinuum (10:58) 1958-1970

  • book - françois dufrêne “affichiste - sound poet” (256 pages, french / english / portugese)
click the play button to hear an excerpt of "belles nuisances (1970)"
another superb alga marghen pairing with curator guy schraenen; this time the catalogue (256 pages in french, english, and portugese, 110 of which are full-color reproductions of dufrêne’s visual work) to the schraenen-curated françois dufrêne show @ the musea serralves in porto, coupled (much like the “modern shit / artcoustics” set, only the disc fits into the book itself... and has something to do with the book itself for that matter...) with a disc of 60s/70s sound-poetry/tape-sound ruminations that boggle the mind ...
alga marghen press release...
f r a n ç o i s d u f r e n e
same
(cat no. plana-d alga24)
catalogue+cd

françois dufrêne (1930-1982) is one of the leading artists from the post-war european and french art scene. he played a key role in many of the initiatives of lettrism, nouveau réalisme and sound poetry. in françois dufrêne's oeuvre, art and poetry intersect in a reciprocal experimentation of the possibilities of transgression of their specific grammars. his oeuvre constitutes a singular example of this special relationship between art and language, which throughout the 20th century proved to be one of the most fertile grounds for expanding the limits seemingly imposed on western art via the history of artistic genres.

many of his artistic creations use objects retrieved from the urban context, such as posters or stencils, or use the voice in non-linguistic contexts. examples of the latter include his creation of the crirhythm , wherein he reinvented sound poetry and the relationship between performance and text.

the present catalogue attempts to present françois dufrêne's work as a totality, wherein it would be artificial to separate his status as a poet from that as a visual artist. poems, books, records, recordings, reverse sides of posters, stencils, films and photographs documenting the artist's actions are combined together in a mosaic that makes it possible to reinterpret françois dufrêne's work as one of the most singular adventures of his epoch, and also re-evaluate the relevance of the challenges he posed to contemporary culture.

the cd offered in the catalogue includes the fantastic crirhythm from 1970 titled "belle nuisances hantez nos nuits", the complete "osmose-art" from 1969 where crirhythms are superimposed to classical music, "eryximaque" and two "lecture-collage" from 1965 as well as the 1958-70 "comptinuum". all the sound works presented on the cd are also included in the 4lp boxset anthology issued by alga marghen and titled "oeuvre desintegrale".

full colour catalogue in a4 size, 250 pages, all texts translated in english, french and portuguese. the book includes a large selection of experimental visual works dating from 1957 to 1981 as well as the biography, essays and original texts (among them "pragmatics of crirhythm" and "the crirhythm and the rest" both from the mid-1960s). full discography and filmography are also included.

first edition of this large catalogue, the first ever to fully document the work of françois dufrêne.

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alga marghen (italy) #alga 22 lp

“avant marghen volume 3” septuple long playing record boxed set

  • vvaa "revue ou. record 1" picturelp (15vocson045.1).

  • vvaa "revue ou. record 2" picturelp (15vocson045.2).

  • vvaa "revue ou. record 3" picturelp (15vocson045.3).

  • vvaa "revue ou. record 4" picturelp (15vocson045.4).

  • vvaa "revue ou. record 5" picturelp (15vocson045.5).

  • henri chopin "the body is a sound factory & co." lp (16vocson046).

  • ben patterson "a fluxus elegy" lp (17vocson061).
third & final issue in this series of deluxe boxed-sets, fashioned after the deutsche grammophon “avant-garde” line, compiling the vocson series of lps released by alga marghen over the past few years...

most of these are long out-of-print and already fetch inflated prices on the open-market; this is your last chance to own these, for roughly what they would have cost new, with an atttractive outer-box thrown in for “closure” ...
alga marghen press release...
a v a n t m a r g h e n
"vol.3"
(cat no. alga22)
7lp boxset
edition of 80 numbered copies

the vocson series might be identified as the starting point of all the alga marghen activities. this series, which still continues to present on limited lp records the most advanced international vocal experiments, is mainly dedicated to the documentation of sound poetry. since most of the titles immediately sold out, alga marghen decided to issue a kind of anthology, specially issued for artbasel where alga marghen will present its catalogue following an invitation by maurizio nannucci of the artists record pavillion. this also in order to give the opportunity to those who missed the now rare original editions to be able to find the now, even if in a very limited run. each lp is numbered on the vocson innersleeve expressly conceived for this edition. this luxury boxset actually includes a new picture disc edition of revue ou anthology plus an henri chopin lp and the ben patterson lp:

vvaa "revue ou. record 1" picturelp (15vocson045.1).

first of a set of 5 picture discs reproducing the integral recordings of the journal ou edited by henri chopin from 1958 to 1974. this disc includes no 20-21 and 23-24 or bernard heidsieck "poème-partition d4p, ou art poétique"; brion gysin "i am"; brion gysin "pistol-poem"; henri chopin "vibrespace"; françois dufrêne "batteries vocales"; françois dufrêne "paix en algérie; françois dufrêne "ténu-tenu"; mimmo rotella "7 poèmes phonétiques"; bernard heidsieck "poème-partition j"; bernard heidsieck "poème-partition h1 + h2: le quatrième plan"; brion gysin "3 permutations"; henri chopin "l'énergie du sommeil".

vvaa "revue ou. record 2" picturelp (15vocson045.2).second of a set of 5 picture discs reproducing the integral recordings of the journal ou edited by henri chopin from 1958 to 1974. this disc includes no 28-29 and 30-31 or françois dufrêne "triptycrirythme"; paul de vree "verokina"; paul de vree "ogenblik"; paul de vree "kleine caroli"; paul de vree "vertigo gil"; paul de vree "een roos a rose"; henri chopin "sol air"; henri chopin "le corps".

vvaa "revue ou. record 3" picturelp (15vocson045.3).

third of a set of 5 picture discs reproducing the integral recordings of the journal ou edited by henri chopin from 1958 to 1974. this disc includes no 34-35 and 36-37 or françois dufrêne "haut-satur (june 1967)"; françois dufrêne "haut-satur (december 1967)"; françois dufrêne "haut-satur (november 1968)"; bob cobbing "marvo movie natter"; bob cobbing "spontaneous appealinair vontemprate apollinaire"; henri chopin "mes bronches"; ladislav novák "la structure phonétique de la langue tchèque"; hugh davies "shozyg 1 & 2"; sten hanson "don't hesitate do it, do it right now"; sten hanson "the glorious desertion"; henri chopin "les grenouilles d'aristophane"; bernard heidsieck "ravaillac, tu connais?: passe-partout n° 1".

vvaa "revue ou. record 4" picturelp (15vocson045.4).

fourth of a set of 5 picture discs reproducing the integral recordings of the journal ou edited by henri chopin from 1958 to 1974. this disc includes no 38-39 and 40-41 or henri chopin "le rire est debout"; bengt emil johnson "among ii"; sten hanson "revolution"; sten hanson "railroad poem"; jacques bekaert "the day after"; j.a. da silva "audio-poem"; william s. burroughs "valentine day reading"; brion gysin "poems"; bernard heidsieck "chapeau: passe-partout n° 4"; henri chopin "la soleil est mécanique".

vvaa "revue ou. record 5" picturelp (15vocson045.5).

fifth of a set of 5 picture discs reproducing the integral recordings of the journal ou edited by henri chopin from 1958 to 1974. this disc includes no 26-27, no 33 and no 42-43-44 or raoul hausmann "b b b b et f m s b w"; raoul hausmann "k' perioum"; raoul hausmann "poème sans titres"; raoul hausmann "oiseautal"; raoul hausmann "chanson, vali tali, baste"; bernard heidsieck "la convention collective"; bernard heidsieck "la cage"; bernard heidsieck "l'exercise: biopsie ii"; henri chopin "indicatif 1"; henri chopin "la fusée interplanétaire"; bernard heidsieck "quel age avez-vous?: biopisie v"; françois dufrêne "dédié à h. chopin"; gil j. wolman "la mémoire: mégapneumes"; henri chopin "le ventre de bertini"; william s. burroughs "reading"; ake hodell "numro ba besch"; charles amirkhanian "each' ll"; ladislav novák "two poems"; henri chopin "le vrai sonnet des voyelles"; henri chopin "les mandibules du déjeuner sur l'herbe".

henri chopin "the body is a sound factory & co." lp (16vocson046).

originally issued in an edition of 300 copies, only available with the vinyl edition of the revue ou anthology. this lp includes previously unreleased audiopoems dating from 1965 to 1981. tracks are "le discours des ministres"; "la chanson du parlement européen"; "beginning"; "les saccades boréales hurlantes"; "les raclements du maelstron" and "le corps est une usine à sons".

ben patterson "a fluxus elegy" lp (17vocson061).

this ben patterson composition, issued on is based on the basic principles of the polyphonic music of the bantu tribes of west and central africa. first principle: the practice of interlocking individual pitches or tones performed by one person into spaces between other pitches or tones performed by another person, thus alternating pitches or tones of one part with those of another part to create a whole. second principle: use of cyclical and open-ended forms involving one or more ostinato melodic/rhythmic pattern as a foundation. third principle: community participation...non-specialists are encouraged to join in long performances with much repetition. fourth principle: rhythmic complexity with the juxtaposition of double and triple patterns, multiple layering of different patterns, and interaction between a core foundation and improvised parts. and, most important, the family 'ownership' of a specific tone: in the musical culture of these tribes, each ancestral family 'owns' and is responsible for one or more specific tones, which must be sounded at specific points, sequencing with the many other specific tones 'owned' by other families, to create a seamless melody.

ben patterson made a music based on this information by taking the initials of artists listed in "fluxus: the most radical and experimental art movement of the sixties" and encoding them in basic international morse code. these 'dots and dashes' were then performed on a yamaha djx keyboard (voice pattern setting), connected to a digitech jamman looper (over-dub setting), connected to an eurorack mx 602a mixer. front cover reproducing the original score.

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alga marghen (italy) #alga 21 lp

“avant marghen volume 2” septuple long playing record boxed set

  • brion gysin "poems of poems" lp (8vocson021).

  • bernard heidsieck "50/70" lp (9vocson022).

  • jose luis castillejo "the book of i's" lp (10vocson025).

  • gil j. wolman "l'anticoncept" lp (11vocson032).

  • isidore isou "poèmes lettristes 1944-99" lp (12vocson033).

  • juan hidalgo "una voz" lp (13vocson040).

  • arrigo lora-totino "fonemi" lp (14vocson043).
alga marghen press release...
a v a n t m a r g h e n
"vol.2"
(cat no. alga21)
7lp boxset
edition of 80 numbered copies

the vocson series might be identified as the starting point of all the alga marghen activities. this series, which still continues to present on limited lp records the most advanced international vocal experiments, is mainly dedicated to the documentation of sound poetry. since most of the titles immediately sold out, alga marghen decided to issue a kind of anthology, specially issued for artbasel where alga marghen will present its catalogue following an invitation by maurizio nannucci of the artists record pavillion. this also in order to give the opportunity to those who missed the now rare original editions to be able to find the now, even if in a very limited run. each lp is numbered on the vocson innersleeve expressly conceived for this edition. this luxury boxset edition actually includes the second group of 7 lps issued for the vocson series, or:

brion gysin "poems of poems" lp (8vocson021).

very early poetical experimentation recorded in 1958 at the beat hotel, paris. the origins of cut up are documented in this radical edition. you will experience why brion gysin was a strong reference for henri chopin and bernard heidsieck.

bernard heidsieck "50/70" lp (9vocson022).

the third bernard heidsieck lp issued by alga marghen draws the picture of two specific moments on artistic creation: the 1950s and the 1970s. close to "poème-partition x" and in the same group of early works are "poéme-partition b" (6:20) and a2 "poéme-partition m" (11:20). more centered on electronic and the use of tape manipulations are the 1970s works. "démocratie ii" (6:44) and expecially "publicité" (24:09) are two clear examples of radical electronic poetry in the heidsieck style.

jose luis castillejo "the book of i's" lp (10vocson025).

very limited and immediately sold out edition of castillejo conceptual recordings. jose luis castillejo books always included him among the concrete poems and were regarded as very special graphic creations. a deep exploration of his abstract and radical poetry will lead to a more conceptual and philosophical understanding as this lp clearly states. tracklisting: a1 "the book of i's" (13:38) recorded in the circulo de bellas artes, sala de columnas, madrid on october 22, 1997. all other tracks recorded at the studio rds, milano, on june 25, 1998. a2 "a book of a book" (13:04); b1 "the book of eighteen letters - 1st fragment" (13:59); b2 "the book of eighteen letters - 2nd fragment" (10:26) are both dedicated to walter marchetti.

gil j. wolman "l'anticoncept" lp (11vocson032).

edition of gil j wolman megapneums, or the beginning of the whole sonic adventures. if gysin was a strong conceptual influence for the henri chopin and bernard heidsieck generation, wolman was showing them the sonic direction. just with the use of the breath and respiration, his megapneums had the same intensity of the electronic manipulation that will make chopin's audiopoems so radically new and uncompromising. this lp also include excerpts from wolman sound-film "l'anticoncept" from 1952.

isidore isou "poèmes lettristes 1944-99" lp (12vocson033).

historical edition by isidore isou. this is the first record lp ever published by the father of lettrism. poems from 1944 to 1999 including a breath taking improvisation, some 1970s recordings by maurice lemaitre and an early, primitive and incredible performance by francois dufrene. recorded at isou apartement in 1999. tracklisting: a1 "poème pour broyer le cafard" (2:05); a2.1 "marbre pour dante - enfer" (3:02); a2.2 "marbre pour dante - purgatoire" (3:08); a2.3 "marbre pour dante - paradis" (1:15); a3 "boxe" (2:23); a4 "bonne nuit, madagascar" (2:38); a5 "heureux les pacifiques" (1:52); a6 "sonnet" (1:20); a7 "jungle" (1:57); a8 "en souvenir de gabriel pomerand" (1:47); b1 "les djinns" (7:47); b2 "improvisation" (1:31); b3 "invitation au voyage" (4:07); b4 "neige" (3:32); b5.1 "lances rompues pour la dame gothique" (1:40); b5.2 "interlude" (0:55) written by - françois dufrêne , isidore isou; b5.3 "recherches pour un poème en prose pure" (2:45); b5.4 "coda sémantique" (0:05) written by - françois dufrêne , isidore isou ; b6 "isou performed by françois dufrêne" (2:29).

juan hidalgo "una voz" lp (13vocson040).

first ever zaj lp record! an historical recording of juan hidalgo "una voz", including concrete sound interventions by walter marchetti. a large size booklet with the transcription in english and spanish of the spoken text is also included. capital!

arrigo lora-totino "fonemi" lp (14vocson043).

arrigo lora-totino is probably best known for having been the editor of the famous sound poetry anthology issued by cramps records in the 1970s with the title "futura". but only a few know about his sound poetry production. following henri chopin's idea that poetry is above all an expression of the body through its own language, lora-totino started his important poetical practice in 1965 with 'fonemi', a sound sample of erasure: the reading of a text recorded on tape is filtered through an electronic pulse generator that splits it into small fragments. also featured on this lp is 'poesia liquida & liquimofono': in 1968, together with the artist piero fogliati, lora-totino staged a 'liquid poetry and music' show. while he 'dove' and 'drowned' words into the idromegafono and watered the audience with liquefied consonants, fogliati operated on the liquimofono, a sort of water organ, thus producing liquid music.

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