Pierre Henry, Michel Colombier
Messe Pour Le Temps Présent (LP)
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condition (record/cover): NM / EX (price tag on front) - Pierre Henry dominates the catalog's central section with a presence reflecting his role in history. Messe Pour Le Temps Présent, composed with Michel Colombier, crossed boundaries between avant-garde and pop culture when Maurice Béjart used it for his ballet. Philips releases it on LP, document of a moment when musique concrète danced.
Colombier came from jazz and chanson, worlds Henry rarely frequented. The collaboration worked precisely because of this distance: Colombier brought groove, pulse, something feet could follow. Henry contributed the rest, that capacity to transform any material into something else. "Psyché Rock" became almost a hit, an oxymoron that would have made Pierre Schaeffer wince. The disc preserves a moment when the laboratory and the discotheque briefly inhabited the same space.
Format
On spine, main artist and title appear as Pierre Henry "Messe Pour Le Temps Present"
"Made and Printed in France"
Imp. C.I.D.I.S. Louviers
Tracks A1 to A5 < recording sessions from April to June 1967.
Back tracks performed by anonymous musicians overdubbed by Henry.
First public performance in August 1967 at Festival d'Avignon (France).
In this album / compilation appears the first full 'Messe pour le temps présent' (with Prologue).
'Le Voyage (extrait) - Les divinités paisibles' printed on back sleeve but 'Le Voyage (extraits) - Divinités paisibles' on label side A.
Reissue ca. 1972-73 due to 20mm pressing ring and no 'CIDIS' in runouts.
Another similar release is printed by Imp. Moreault - Rouen
Release notes
On spine, main artist and title appear as Pierre Henry "Messe Pour Le Temps Present" "Made and Printed in France" Imp. C.I.D.I.S. Louviers Tracks A1 to A5 < recording sessions from April to June 1967. Back tracks performed by anonymous musicians overdubbed by Henry. First public performance in August 1967 at Festival d'Avignon (France). In this album / compilation appears the first full 'Messe pour le temps présent' (with Prologue). 'Le Voyage (extrait) - Les divinités paisibles' printed…
| Messe Pour Le Temps Présent | |||
| A1 | Prologue | 1:36 | |
| A2 | Psyché Rock | 2:53 | |
| A3 | Jéricho Jerk | 2:26 | |
| A4 | Teen Tonic | 2:42 | |
| A5 | Too Fortiche | 2:56 | |
| Le Voyage (Extrait) | |||
| A6 | Les Divinités Paisibles | 9:20 | |
| La Reine Verte | |||
| B1 | Rock Électronique | 3:30 | |
| B2 | Marche Du Jeune Homme | 4:25 | |
| B3 | Les Insectes | 1:55 | |
| B4 | Eblouissement De La Reine | 2:06 | |
| B5 | Danse Du Jeune Homme | 2:52 | |
| Variations Pour Une Porte Et Un Soupir (Extraits) | |||
| B6 | Fièvre | 2:30 | |
| B7 | Mort | 5:15 | |
- Michel Colombier
- Composed By (A1 to A5)
- Pierre Henry
- Composed By
