Philippe Besombes

Philippe Besombes is a French composer, sound engineer and producer, born in 1946, who left chemistry research for music. He is known for a handful of electronic records made between 1975 and 1979, above all the soundtrack Libra and the double album Pôle made with Jean-Louis Rizet. Besombes earned a doctorate in chemistry before leaving research. The Pattern collective asked him to score its underground film Libra, and the music came out on the Pôle label in 1975, the same year as his double album with Rizet.