BIRGÉ - DONARIER - LEGROS
Par terre
GRRR 3114 online, 2023

*

Instantaneous compositions recorded on July 11 2023
at GRRR Studio by Jean-Jacques Birgé

in the order which they have been played

chosing cards from Oblique Strategies conceived

by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt

 
60 minutes


Also on Bandcamp

Photos :
the cover © Matthieu Donarier
the studio © Emmanuelle Legros
the trio © JJB

 



As for albums Game Bling with Ève Risser and Joce Mienniel (2014), Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard with Médéric Collignon and Julien Desprez (2014), Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard 2 with Pascal Contet and Antonin-Tri Hoang (2015), Questions with Élise Dabrowski and Mathias Lévy (May 2019), WD-40 with Christelle Séry and Jonathan Pontier (Oct. 2019), Ball of Fire with Jean-François Vrod and Karsten Hochapfel (Nov. 2019), L’air de rien with Élise Caron and Fidel Fourneyron (mars 2021), To Be or Net To Be with Gilles Coronado and Basile Naudet (mai 2021), Chou with Sophie Agnel and David Fenech (October 2022), Raves with Olivier Lété and Fanny Meteier (May 2023), Moite with Violaine Lochu and Tatiana Paris (July 2023), and the live show filmed À l'improviste with Birgitte Lyregaard and Linda Edsjö (2014), cards from the game Oblique Strategies by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt were randomly chosen as scores for the musicians.

 

Films of some concerts, where the audience choses the cards, are also online on YouTube (with Collignon, Desprez, Contet, Hoang, Lyregaard, Edsjö)...

tracklist / infos / donwloads
n°1 / Vers l'insignifiant / 4'46

Emmanuelle Legros – trumpet, percussion
Matthieu Donarier – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboards, jaw harp, reed trumpet, saw duang

n°2 / La chose la plus importante est la chose qu'on oublie le plus facilement / 7'21

Emmanuelle Legros – flugel horn, percussion
Matthieu Donarier – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboard, field recording, flute

n°3 / Slow preparation, fast execution / 8'24

Emmanuelle Legros – trumpet, percussion
Matthieu Donarier – tenor sax, percussion
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboards, vocals, flute, reed trumpet

n°4 / Toujours les premiers pas / 8'07

Emmanuelle Legros – African horn, flugel horn
Matthieu Donarier – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – percussion, flute, jaw harp, keyboard

n°5 / Trois couleurs inacceptables / 10'14

Emmanuelle Legros – trumpet, flugel horn, percussion
Matthieu Donarier – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboard, reed, Lyra-8, Enner

n°6 / Continuez comme ça / 4'08

Emmanuelle Legros – music box, percussion
Matthieu Donarier – tenor sax, toy-piano
Jean-Jacques Birgé – electronic drums, vocals, inanga

n°7 / Une partie seulement, pas tout / 5'13

Emmanuelle Legros – trumpet
Matthieu Donarier – tenor sax, percussion
Jean-Jacques Birgé – violin, reed trumpet, flute

n°8 / Dans l'obscurité ou une très grande salle, silencieusement / 12'35

Emmanuelle Legros – flugel horn
Matthieu Donarier – tenor sax
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboard, Tenori-on, percussion, nose flute, saw u



: /
Lecture
Tracklist:
Website created in 1997 / Last update : friday, 26th april 2024 / French Daily Blog / © Jean-Jacques BIRGÉ / jjbirge@drame.org / Credits