Un DMI - Buirette - Sage - Pied de Poule
Collective Albums
Divers online, 1981/2021

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185 minutes

Book-2CD Les actualités - Les Allumés du Jazz (France, 2005)
CD A Tribute to Moondog - Trace 022 (France, 2005)
Enhanced-CD Enhanced Gravity - Yucca Tree (Switzerland, 1999)
Book+CD Au fil du temps - Corbeil 91100 (France, 1998)
CD Buenaventura Durruti - nato 777 733 (France, 1996)
CD Philippe Legris Duos à varier - DOC 036 (France, 1996)
CD Musica Propiziatoria - Il Museo Immaginario (Italy, 1993)
CD Passionnément, - UFO16 (France, 1992)
LP NOY 02 (Portugal, 1991)
Cassette Atomic Zen - Dedali Opera (France, 1991) / LP CD Thématik (2021)
CD Mouvements - La légende des voix (France, 1990)
Cassette Out of Depression #12 (Germany, 1989)
LP/CD Dry Lungs IV (USA, 1988)
Cassette BST 007 (Japan, 1987)
LP/CD Dry Lungs III (USA, 1987)
Cassette Bad Alchemy #4 (Germany, 1986)
LP Dry Lungs II (USA, 1986)
Cassette Planeta 7 (France, 1986)
Cassette Unique 01 (France, 1984)
LP In Fractured Silence - United Dairies 015 (Great Britain, 1983)
LP 18 surprises pour Noël - DeQualité 251281 (France, 1981)

tracklist / infos / donwloads
n°1 / Les travailleurs du disque dans le miroir des allumettes - 2019 / 4'07

Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboard
Amandine Casadamont– field recording
Sacha Gattino - whistling
Sylvain Lemêtre – percussion
Sylvain Rifflet – tenor sax
Conceived, recorded, edited and mixed by JJB
at Studio GRRR, Bagnolet, December 2018
for the collective LP of Les Allumés du Jazz
"Aux Ronds-Points"
with the help of all his comrades who have all participated to the composition
Field recording recorded in Transylvania

n°2 / Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari - 1985 / 5'59

Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, piano
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, voix
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar, percussion
Recorded live on a silent movie by Robert Wiene (1919), Vandœuvre-les-Nancy, 1985/03/15
Originally issued on compilation with magazine Bad Alchemy #4

n°3 / Ça ira - 2005 / 3'55

Baco - vocals
Jean-Jacques Birgé - sampler
Bernard Vitet - nomouthpiecetrumpet
Philippe Deschepper -  guitar
Nem - drum 'n bass, deck
Recorded in October 2000 at Studio GRRR, Bagnolet, by Jean-Jacques Birgé (under title Vir/us) and in June 2005 at Hiriz Studio by Baco

n°4 / Under The Channel (complete version) - 1983 / 14'36

Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, tape, flute, trumpet
Bernard Vitet - piano, percussion
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar, synthesizer, percussion, flute
Recorded by Alain Nedelec, Paris, June 1983
Previously issued (only 10'30 edit) on compilation LP In Fractured Silence - United Dairies 015 (Great Britain, 1983), finally published as a bonus track on reissue of Rideau !, CD by Austrian label Klang Galerie (2017)

n°5 / Wit - 1999 / 3'33

Jean-Jacques Birgé - vocals, synthesizer
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Recorded at Studio GRRR, Paris
Previously issued on compilation Enhanced Gravity, Yucca Tree Records (Switzerland, 1999).

n°6 / Pale Driver Killed By A Swallow on A Country Road - 1983 / 6'19
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer
Bernard Vitet - direction, trumpet
Francis Gorgé - direction
Jean Querlier- alto sax, flute
Hélène Sage - tenor sax, vocals
Denis Colin - bass clarinet
Jacques Marugg - vibraphone, marimba, tympani
Gérard Siracusa - percussion, tubular bells
Patrice Petitdidier - French horn
Philippe Legris - tuba
Bruno Girard - violin
Nathalie Baudoin - viola
Hélène Bass - cello
Marie-Noëlle Sabatelli- cello
Geneviève Cabannes - double bass
Recorded live in Corbeil-Essonnes on January 8 1983
Previously issued on compilation LP/CD Dry Lungs IV (Subterranean 68-2)
n°7 / Tango de l'Univers - 1998 / 6'24
Music by Jean-Jacques Birgé et Bernard Vitet
for book+CD Au fil du temps - Corbeil 91100 (France, 1998)
n°8 / Utopie Standard - 1992 / 7'34

Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, trombone
Bernard Vitet - piano
Francis Gorgé - guitare électrique
Recorded at Studio GRRR, Paris.
Previously issued on compilation CD VISA UFO16 (France, 1992).

n°9 / Le fond de l'âme effraie : Air Cut - 1991 / 11'23

Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesis, sampling
Bernard Vitet - piano, trumpet
Francis Gorgé - quintet, computer
Recorded for double cassette Atomic Zen (Dedali Opera), France, 1991
Part 2 (4'30) reissued on LP and CD Thématik compilation des 30 ans (Dedali Opera), 2021

n°10 / North Eating South Starving - 1991 / 3'39

Jean-Jacques Birgé - vocals, inanga
Bernard Vitet - violin
Francis Gorgé - percussion
Previously issued on compilation A Gnomean Haigonaimean, LP NOY02 (Portugal), 1991

n°11 / French Resistance - 1986 / 4'05
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, vocals
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - guitar, synthesizer
Michèle Buirette - accordion
Enregistré au Studio GRRR, Paris, 1986
Previously issued on compilation LP Dry Lungs II (Placebo Records, USA)
n°12 / Der falsche Mann - 1988 / 9'15

Jean-Jacques Birgé - orchestra
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar
Recorded at Studio GRRR, Paris, 1988/01/12
Previously issued on compilation with magazine Out of Depression #12 (Germany), 1988

n°13 / ¡ Vivan las utopias ! - 1996 / 7'03
Sung by Elsa Birgé
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn, vocals
François Corneloup - sorano & baryton saxophones, vocals
Hervé Legeay - guitar, vocals
Michel Godard - tuba
Xavier Desandre-Navarre - drums, percussions, vocals
Jean-Jacques Birgé - electric & acoustic machines, vocals
Joe Carioca - vocals
Recorded at studio Sysmo by Dominique Samarcq and mixed by Jean Taxis at Studio Val d'Orge
Previously issued on compilation (2CD) Buenaventura Durruti - nato 777 733 (France, 1996)
n°14 / Musica per dimagrire - 1993 / 3'32
Jean-Jacques Birgé - vocals, synthetizer
Bernard Vitet - trumpet
Recorded at Studio GRRR, Paris
Previously published on compilation Musica Propiziatoria - Il Museo Immaginario (Italy, 1993)
n°15 / Les étoiles filantes + Écris-moi une chanson (instrumental) - 1998 / 5'54
Music by Jean-Jacques Birgé et Bernard Vitet
for book+CD Au fil du temps - Corbeil 91100 (France, 1998)
n°16 / Le futur abyssal - 1988 / 9'55
Jean-Jacques Birgé - ambiences, sampler, synthesizer, vocals
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, strings
Francis Gorgé - sequencer, sampler
Les vitrines du Nautilus, Péniche-Opéra, 1988
Previously issued on compilation CD Mouvements (La Légende des voix LDV 03)
n°17 / Chromovalse - 1998 / 5'21
Music by Jean-Jacques Birgé et Bernard Vitet
for book+CD Au fil du temps - Corbeil 91100 (France, 1998)
n°18 / La peur du vide - 1983 / 10'37
Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, jaw harp, reed trumpet, trumpet, voice *
Bernard Vitet - electric trumpet, reed trumpet, percussion, violin
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar, percussion, synthesizer
Recorded by Alain Nedelec, Paris, June 1983
Previously issued on compilation cassette BST 007, Japan 1987
n°19 / Balade ma ballade (instrumental) - 1998 / 4'54

Music by Jean-Jacques Birgé et Bernard Vitet
for book+CD Au fil du temps - Corbeil 91100 (France, 1998)
with
Jean-Jacques Birgé - machines
Bernard Vitet - flugel horn, electric piano
Elsa Birgé - vocals

n°20 / Don't Lock The Cage - 1987 / 4'24
Jean-Jacques Birgé - trombone, strings
Bernard Vitet - piano, pidgeons
Francis Gorgé - electronics, percussion
Recorded live in Paris on July 1st 1987.
Previously issued on compilation Dry Lungs III (USA).
n°21 / Solo for (trois) voice(s) 2 - 1990 / 4'58
Jean-Jacques Birgé - piano, vocals
Bernard Vitet - trumpet, vocals
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Free improvisation of a piece by John Cage
1990
n°22 / L'uniforme - 1984 / 2'09

Jean-Jacques Birgé - vocals, trumpet, piano, plunderphonics
Francis Gorgé - vocals, guitar
Bernard Vitet - vocals
Bernard Treton - vocals
Jean Querlier - alto saxophone
Hélène Sage - tenor saxophone
Youenn Le Berre - tenor saxophone
Philippe Legris - tuba
Jacques Marugg - vibraphone
Gérard Siracusa - drums
Recorded for compilation UNIQUE 01, 1984
Text & music : Un Drame Musical Instantané

n°23 / Pas de cadeau - 1981 / 2'19

Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, percussion, butchery
Bernard Vitet - accordion, trumpet, butchery
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar, butchery
recorded at Studio GRRR, 1981.
Previously issued on collective LP "18 surprises pour Noël" (DeQualité 251281).
All 100 Drame's covers, #1 to 100, where printed with a bloody print of Birgé's hand.

n°24 / Wartezimmer (Birgé-Gorgé) - 1988 / 2'41

Jean-Jacques Birgé - reed trumpet
Francis Gorgé - guitar
Recorded at Studio GRRR? Paris, 1988/09/17
Originally issued on compilation cassette with magazine Out of Depression #12

n°25 / Café noir (Pied de Poule) - 1989 / 5'56
Michèle Buirette - accordion, vocals
Geneviève Cabannes - double bass, vocals
Dominique Fonfrède - vocals
Cabannes/Fonfrède
Recorded at Studio GRRR, Paris, 1989/03/20
Originally issued on compilation with magazine Out of Depression #12
n°26 / Ruhe (Hélène Sage) - 1989 / 5'45
Hélène Sage - organ and vocals
Recorded by Hélène Sage in Paris and Berlin, 1989
Originally issued on compilation with magazine Out of Depression #12
n°27 / Le radeau de la méduse (Michèle Buirette) - 1986 / 6'37

Michèle Buirette - accordion
Studio GRRR, Paris, 1986/01/25
Originally issued on compilation with magazine Bad Alchemy #4

n°28 / Les athlètes (Gorgé-Sage) - 1985 / 7'02
Francis Gorgé - electric guitar, keyboards, electronic percussions
Hélène Sage - sound scoop, acoustic percussions, violin, double bass, saxophone, brake, barrisseur, vocals
Music: Hélène Sage, 1985
Originally issued on compilation with magazine Bad Alchemy #4
n°29 / Young Dynamite - 2004 / 2'46
Composed, recorded and produced by Jean-Jacques Birgé at Studio GRRR, July 2004, with La Pâte à Son, interactive musical toy conceived by Jean-Jacques Birgé, Frédéric Durieu, Thierry Laval, Kristine Malden for La Cité de la Musique, Paris.
The illustration of the booklet is the score, which might be considered paradoxical for this tribute to Louis T. Hardin who lost sight after an accidental explosion when he was 16…
Enregistré initialement sur la compilation CD A Tribute to Moondog (Trace 022, France)
n°30 / Centrifugeuse (L'arme à l'œil) - 1985 / 4'54

L'ARME À L'ŒIL
Michèle Buirette - accordion
Bruno Girard - violin
Didier Petit - cello

Music : Didier Petit
April 1985
Originally issued on compilation with magazine Bad Alchemy #4
n°31 / Valse Liberté - 1996 / 0'28
Philippe Legris - tuba
Music: Birgé-Vitet
Previously published on Philippe Legris /Patrick Villanueva Duos à varier (Quoi de neuf docteur DOC 036), recorded at La Muse en Circuit, March 4 1996
n°32 / Planeta 7 - 1985 / 14'00

Interview with Jean-Jacques Birgé (by Bruno de Chénerilles) and extracts by Un Drame Musical Instantané, trio and big band (unissued live recordings in Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, at Haras National de Blois and in Corbeil-Essonnes).
Previously issued on compilation Planeta #7 (France). Also on Alesia Cosmos.

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