condition (disc/cover): M / M (still sealed) Luc Ferrari spent his career proving that the tape recorder was not a tool for abstraction but for radical intimacy. Interrupteur / Tautologos 3, released on Blue Chopsticks, captures two distinct moments in this ongoing project. "Interrupteur" (1967) belongs to his early investigations into what he called "anecdotal music," the revolutionary idea that recorded sounds could retain their documentary identity while functioning as compositional material. The piece crackles with the tension between musique concrète orthodoxy and Ferrari's instinct to let the world leak through.
"Tautologos 3" (1969) pushes further into dangerous territory: improvising musicians recorded, then layered against themselves, creating a hall of mirrors where free jazz meets the editing suite. Where Pierre Schaeffer sought to strip sounds of their origins, Ferrari insisted on keeping the fingerprints visible. This is tape music that sweats, breathes, argues with itself.
Originally issued on LP by Industries Musicales et Electriques Pathé Marconi in 1970 as part of the Perspectives musicales collection. "Interrupteur" for ten instruments (1967) English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, two percussions. This version is recorded with two electric organs. "Tautologos 3" for eleven instrumentalists and magnetic tape (1970) Flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, viola, cello, double bass, electric guitar, electric organ, vibraphone. These recordings were made in 1970 by the Ensemble Instrumental de Musique Contemporaine de Paris (EIMCP) under the direction of Konstantin Simonovitch. Scores: Éditions Moeck (translation: Dan and Marie Warburton) Packaged in a standard jewel case with 12-page booklet.
