UN DRAME MUSICAL INSTANTANÉ
Trop d'adrénaline nuit
GRRR 1002 lp, 1979
SOLD OUT

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The beginning. Totally improvised. Magnifically structured.
Features a percussion trio on a text by Jean Vigo.
A reference.

Jean-Jacques BIRGÉ (synthesizer, vocals, flutes, percussion)
Bernard VITET (trumpets, reeds, violin, percussion)
Francis GORGÉ (guitar, bass guitar, percussion)

Prenons-le / Au pied de la lettre / Trop d'adrénaline nuit
+ Sancta Papaverina (bonus track only cd reissue)

lp GRRR 1002 - lp version out of sale
rec. 1977 - prod. 1979

IMPORTANT: REISSUE NOW AVAILABLE (GRRR 2024)
new master with bonus track (Sancta Papaverina - 17'44")
and a new graphic design by Etienne AUGER

A GIFT!
The pieces you are listening to are two unissued version before editing, far longer than the ones on the LP which lasts 9 and 24 minutes.

tracklist / infos
n°1 / Trop d'adrénaline nuit (1977/01/16, complete) / 41'51

Jean-Jacques Birgé - melodica alto & soprano, synthesizer, vocals, tape (Le chemin de Rio), alto saxophone, violin, plastic trumpet, hou-kin, bird toy, percussion, tenor flute, Bb trumpet, tricolore, jazzflute, jaw harp, senza ikembé
Bernard Vitet
- flugel horn, Bb trumpet, plastic clarinet & saxophone, percussion, violin, alto saxophone, bird toy, vocals, toy-piano, mandoline, elecric bass
Francis Gorgé
- elecric bass & guitar,horn , plastic trumpet

n°2 / La gangrène a.k.a. Au pied de la lettre (1977/03/08) / 23'30

Jean-Jacques Birgé - percussions + vocals (Tout homme détient dans ses mains son destin), saw, synthesizer, alto saxophone, jaw harp, mandoline
Bernard Vitet - percussions + vocals (Un coup de dés jamais n'abolit le hasard), violin, zheng
Francis Gorgé - percussions + electric guitar and basse

Hommage to Jean Vigo

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