1999 - 2005
by La Pieuvre
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Split
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Drop Attack
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Dot Blot
22:53
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Western Blot
16:22
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Ether (Part 1)
08:33
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Ether (Part 2)
08:26
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Wimps
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Epiploon
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Peptone
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Peptide
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about
La Pieuvre was formed in 1999 by an initially informal group of musicians who wanted to try out a new pattern of collective work. It draws its members from a varied musical scene and has brought together players from numerous smaller groups working at the freer end of jazz and rock as well as in electronic and instrumental contemporary music.
This extended unit has its place in the field of European large-group improvisation, but should also be seen in the context of the ‘conduction’ movement, exemplified by the methods of such as Butch Morris – although there is no claim made here for him either as a frame of reference or a point of departure. The music unfolds moment by moment, shaped on the instant by the gestures addressed to the living organism in front of him by Olivier Benoit (in his other role than as guitarist). Signs, looks, gestures and mime, the whole range of body-language is called upon in this exchange. The desire for interaction – implying precision and looseness, interpretation and distortion, the two-way flow of information, in which individual autonomy goes hand in hand with a sense of collective responsibility – makes available a sound-world of great richness, and makes of this singular ensemble perhaps more a platform for research into conducted improvisation than a performing orchestra.
The conductor’s vocabulary of signs, in continual process of development, is worked out and assimilated as the need arises, ever more finely tuned to meet the demands of the conductor: texture, timbre, duration, motif, sweep, rhythmic cycles and loops, antiphonal and stereophonic interplay (facilitated by the layout of the orchestra and the doubling of certain instruments) are mobilized into spontaneous through-composition. The energy at its source is drawn out and woven into a unique music, flowing and unobstructed.
Over the last few years La Pieuvre has explored many avenues of research. The practical results display the resolutely musical thought which has always been its guide. With this in mind, the recordings put together here act as a showcase for this contemporary orchestra’s commitment to its longterm venture. Whether in the studio or the open air, the concert hall or the radio broadcast, accompanying dance or silent film, its work remains inseparable from the very fabric of sound.
This extended unit has its place in the field of European large-group improvisation, but should also be seen in the context of the ‘conduction’ movement, exemplified by the methods of such as Butch Morris – although there is no claim made here for him either as a frame of reference or a point of departure. The music unfolds moment by moment, shaped on the instant by the gestures addressed to the living organism in front of him by Olivier Benoit (in his other role than as guitarist). Signs, looks, gestures and mime, the whole range of body-language is called upon in this exchange. The desire for interaction – implying precision and looseness, interpretation and distortion, the two-way flow of information, in which individual autonomy goes hand in hand with a sense of collective responsibility – makes available a sound-world of great richness, and makes of this singular ensemble perhaps more a platform for research into conducted improvisation than a performing orchestra.
The conductor’s vocabulary of signs, in continual process of development, is worked out and assimilated as the need arises, ever more finely tuned to meet the demands of the conductor: texture, timbre, duration, motif, sweep, rhythmic cycles and loops, antiphonal and stereophonic interplay (facilitated by the layout of the orchestra and the doubling of certain instruments) are mobilized into spontaneous through-composition. The energy at its source is drawn out and woven into a unique music, flowing and unobstructed.
Over the last few years La Pieuvre has explored many avenues of research. The practical results display the resolutely musical thought which has always been its guide. With this in mind, the recordings put together here act as a showcase for this contemporary orchestra’s commitment to its longterm venture. Whether in the studio or the open air, the concert hall or the radio broadcast, accompanying dance or silent film, its work remains inseparable from the very fabric of sound.
credits
released January 1, 2007
Olivier Benoit : conduction
David Bausseron : guitar
Nicolas Chachignot : drums
Bruno Cheynier : trombone
Claude Colpaert : trombone, gamelan
Pierre Cretel : double-bass, percussion
Ivann Cruz : guitar
Richard Cuvillier : cornet
Vincent Debaets : alto and barytone saxophone
Antoine Defoort : voice
Bertram Dhellemmes : guitar
Martin Granger : synthesizer
Raphael Guegnaud : trombone
Patrick Guionnet : voice
Jean-Luc Guionnet : alto saxophone
Martin Hackett : melodica, flute
Franck Lambert : synthesizer
Jacques Leclercq : bass clarinet, flute
Philippe Lenglet : guitar
Stéphane Lévèque : bass
Patrick Michalik : drums
Yanik Miossec : clarinet, gongs
François Mulard : voice
Peter Orins : drums
Michael Potier : saxhorn
Christian Pruvost : trumpet
Marie Richard : voice
Laurent Rigaut : alto saxophone
Antoine Rousseau : gong
Michel Stawicki : tenor saxophone
Guillaume Tarche : soprano saxophone
La Pieuvre - 1999-2005
LX001
Produced by Le Crime
Recorded between 2001 and 2005 in various locations
Edited between August and October 2006 by Olivier Benoit and Benjamin Mraz (Studio Ka)
Mastering Jean-Pierre Bouquet at l’Autre Studio (F)
Olivier Benoit : conduction
David Bausseron : guitar
Nicolas Chachignot : drums
Bruno Cheynier : trombone
Claude Colpaert : trombone, gamelan
Pierre Cretel : double-bass, percussion
Ivann Cruz : guitar
Richard Cuvillier : cornet
Vincent Debaets : alto and barytone saxophone
Antoine Defoort : voice
Bertram Dhellemmes : guitar
Martin Granger : synthesizer
Raphael Guegnaud : trombone
Patrick Guionnet : voice
Jean-Luc Guionnet : alto saxophone
Martin Hackett : melodica, flute
Franck Lambert : synthesizer
Jacques Leclercq : bass clarinet, flute
Philippe Lenglet : guitar
Stéphane Lévèque : bass
Patrick Michalik : drums
Yanik Miossec : clarinet, gongs
François Mulard : voice
Peter Orins : drums
Michael Potier : saxhorn
Christian Pruvost : trumpet
Marie Richard : voice
Laurent Rigaut : alto saxophone
Antoine Rousseau : gong
Michel Stawicki : tenor saxophone
Guillaume Tarche : soprano saxophone
La Pieuvre - 1999-2005
LX001
Produced by Le Crime
Recorded between 2001 and 2005 in various locations
Edited between August and October 2006 by Olivier Benoit and Benjamin Mraz (Studio Ka)
Mastering Jean-Pierre Bouquet at l’Autre Studio (F)
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Artist run record label from Lille, France, founded in 2004. Mainly improvisation, contemporary jazz, experimental music...
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