LEJEUNE, JACQUES - Early Works 1969-1970

"This LP of early compositions by Jacques Lejeune features three seminal works: Dune Multitude En F_ɬ™te and Petite Suite, originally released in the Perspective Musicales series in 1970, and a previously unpublished composition, G_ɬ©odes, from the same period. These three pieces (not included in Robots 2013 Parages and Other Electroacoustic Works 1971-1985 three-CD set (ROBOT 042CD)) are some of Lejeunes earliest music for tape and may be considered a prequel" to his later, more thematic works. Still, his concise musical narrative is ever-present in these first recordings. The side-long Dune Multitude En F_ɬ™te (1969) refers to multitude, number, celebration, and any crowd situation as a form of ceremony -- all evoking a circular gaze, as topics of the different aural events and their anecdotal development emerge, leading to the dream, as a story we tell to ourselves. G_ɬ©odes (1970) features percussion improvisations by Laur_ɬ©at Dionne with Lejeunes tape work inflecting prisms deep into its thundering, rhythmic core. This concert version appears on vinyl for the first time. Concluding the album is Petite Suite (1970), with each section referencing a traditional musical form using both anecdotal as well as instrumental flourishes. The original drum and guitar elements are performed here by Michel Foudrinoy and Jean-Pierre Vassout. These pieces have been compared to Pierre Henrys bold rock themes in Messe Pour Le Temps Pr_ɬ©sent and also recall the peculiar atmospheres of some of the great early Nurse with Wound records that would follow. In contrast, Lejeunes early approach was heavily steeped in sonic narratives, combining unusual and ambiguous events to create a sound world uniquely his own. Early Works 1969-1970 explores the first precision splices by one of the true visionaries of musique concr_ɬ®te." - Robot.