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This is the ORIGINAL 1984 LP. Get yours. Still SEALED, these vinyles are available courtesy of Ludovic Bonnier, Bernard Bonnier's son and associate of ORAL_Records for the diffusion of that record.
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This reissue brings to listeners of concrete and electroacoustic musics and to all those with deep ears a fleuron of Canadian auto production. It enlightens the exemplary work of composer Bernard Bonnier, born in Montreal in 1952, who died in 1994 in Lévis, Québec, at the early age of 41 years.
Bernard Bonnier had a good time, literally, when he accomplished this atypical and cheerful disc. Casse-tête is a bizarre and enjoyable music world conceived with various percussions and electronic instruments. In 1984, year of its release, five years after its creation, it appeared as quite a foolish records. It may still remains like that today. As some of his contemporaries - Robert Moog, Jean-Jacques Perrey or Raymond Scott - Bernard Bonnier produced strange and funny sounds out of computers and synthesizers in his Saint-Jean Chrysostôme’s studio, Amaryllis. Following the steps of Pierre Henry with whom he collaborated from 1970 till 1975 – he collaborates on “Cortical Art 3” – the composer explores and dares. He composes songs which wobble between the seriousness of his musique concrete education and the playful exploration of the existent possibilities of the musics of his time. Blending field recordings, mid 70’s Quebec Jerk, powerful sense of « dance » music, extra humor and auto derision, he defines his musical language, unique and powerful. The impact of such an hybrid work remains strong for the curious minds despite the passing years. Forgotten by the most, his death in a young age not helping to build his notability, Bernard Bonnier however gave to the world one of Canada most brilliant exploratory records, Casse-tête.
For those who do enjoy:
Pierre Henry, Luc Ferrari, Christian Clozier, Jacques Lejeune, Perrey & Kingsley, Jean-Pierre Massiera, Cluster, Felix Kubin, Patrick Catani, Ergo Phizmiz, Shazam
Includes unlimited streaming of Casse-tête
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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This reissue brings to listeners of concrete and electroacoustic musics and to all those with deep ears a fleuron of Canadian auto production. It enlightens the exemplary work of composer Bernard Bonnier, born in Montreal in 1952, who died in 1994 in Lévis, Québec, at the early age of 41 years.
Bernard Bonnier had a good time, literally, when he accomplished this atypical and cheerful disc. Casse-tête is a bizarre and enjoyable music world conceived with various percussions and electronic instruments. In 1984, year of its release, five years after its creation, it appeared as quite a foolish records. It may still remains like that today. As some of his contemporaries - Robert Moog, Jean-Jacques Perrey or Raymond Scott - Bernard Bonnier produced strange and funny sounds out of computers and synthesizers in his Saint-Jean Chrysostôme’s studio, Amaryllis. Following the steps of Pierre Henry with whom he collaborated from 1970 till 1975 – he collaborates on “Cortical Art 3” – the composer explores and dares. He composes songs which wobble between the seriousness of his musique concrete education and the playful exploration of the existent possibilities of the musics of his time. Blending field recordings, mid 70’s Quebec Jerk, powerful sense of « dance » music, extra humor and auto derision, he defines his musical language, unique and powerful. The impact of such an hybrid work remains strong for the curious minds despite the passing years. Forgotten by the most, his death in a young age not helping to build his notability, Bernard Bonnier however gave to the world one of Canada most brilliant exploratory records, Casse-tête.
For those who do enjoy:
Pierre Henry, Luc Ferrari, Christian Clozier, Jacques Lejeune, Perrey & Kingsley, Jean-Pierre Massiera, Cluster, Felix Kubin, Patrick Catani, Ergo Phizmiz, Shazam
credits
released May 9, 2008
1984, Notes from Original LP : Amaryllis press release...
Musicians:
Bernard Bonnier: electronics, programming, percussions, concrete sounds, and gadgets.
Michel Mercier: percussions.
Recorded and mixed by Bernard Bonnier at studios Amaryllis, St-Jean Chrysostôme except «Soldier Boy», at studios Apsome, Paris.
2008 CD
Mastering : Ludovic Bonnier (Bernard Bonnier’s son)
Revisited Design : Eric Mattson
An excellent collaboration yielding melancholic and unsettling looping noise with ethereal vocals, tinged with a bit of 80s horror synth. Highly recommend! cedarshims
The 17 mindbending songs on this compilation represent minimalist experimental music at its best, a collage of blips and static. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 3, 2022