Luc Ferrari
Hétérozygote / J'ai Été Coupé (LP)
Two pivotal electronic / musique concrète pieces realized ant the GRM in the 60's and released on Philips' silver covers "Prospective 21e Siècle" series in 1969. Beautiful and essential.
condition (record/cover): NM / NM - Hétérozygote / J'ai Été Coupé on Philips documents Luc Ferrari's first break with GRM orthodoxy. "Heterozygote" announces hybridization in the title itself: materials of different provenance coupling without fusing, each maintaining its own genetic identity.
"J'ai été coupé" means both "I was cut" and "I was cut off" (as on a telephone). Ferrari loved such ambiguities. Interrupted communication, fragments that don't reassemble, editing that displays its own seams: his entire aesthetic program fits in that title. Philips published these works in its prestige series, betting on a curious audience that perhaps didn't yet exist. The gamble paid off decades later, when Ferrari's heresies became history.
Details
File under: ElectronicMusique Concrète
Cat. number: 836.885 DSY
Year: 1969
Notes:
Silver foil front, white back sleeve.
Green labels.
Compositions realized in the studios of Groupe de Recherches Musicales de l'O.R.T.F. (French National Radio's Musical Research Group).
A/B1 = the complete "Heterozygote" composed December 1963 - March 1964. Correct durations: 19:20+7:04 = 26:24
B2: composed 1962 - 1969 (completed June 1969). Correct duration: 13:50
Alternative language titles on cover...
A: German "Heterozygot"
B1: English "Heterozygote (The End)" / German "Heterozygot (Schluss)"
B2: English "I've Been Cut Off" / German "Ich Bin Unterbrochen Worden"
Hétérozygote subtitles (from English biographical text)...
Overture, 1st Scene: The Flute And The Big Wheel, Interlude 1, 2nd Scene: Meteors, 3rd Scene: The Beach, Interlude 2, 4th Scene: The Grotto (or Putting Into Order), 5th Scene: Arithmetic, 6th Scene: From Dawn To Noon At The Market, Interlude 3, 7th Scene: The Prison, Interlude 4, 8th Scene: Heavenly Geometry
Biographical and program notes on rear cover in French, English & German.
Recto [Front Cover]: Procédé Héliophore
