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Maurice Lemaître - Poémes Et Musiques Lettristes Et Hyperphonie

Maurice Lemaître - Poémes Et Musiques Lettristes Et Hyperphonie

Musician: Maurice Lemaître
Album title: Poémes Et Musiques Lettristes Et Hyperphonie
Style: Poetry, Spoken Word, Experimental
Released: 2014
Country: Italy
Size MP3 version: 1337 mb
Size APE version: 1252 mb
Size WMA version: 1906 mb
Rating ✫: 4.2
Votes: 856
Format: MPC AA VOC WAV MIDI TTA AIFF
Genre: Non Music

Maurice Lemaître - Poémes Et Musiques Lettristes Et Hyperphonie


Tracklist

A1 Quatre Lettries Sur Des Thèmes Rock 4:23
A2 Lettre Rock 2:02
A3 Epître À Tristan Tzara 0:28
A4 I Wanna Go Home Mister 3:03
A5 Marche Des Grands Barbares Blancs 3:06
A6 Salut À Vélémir Khlebnikov 1:54
A7 Valse Japonaise 1:59
A8 L'Équipée Sauvage 2:48
A9 Improvisation 0:53
A10 Roxana 4:02
B1 L'Arrivée Des Lettristes À Bruxelles 2:30
B2 Le Départ Des Lettristes À Bruxelles 2:01
B3 L'Alcôve Concerto Pour Une Voix De Femme Et Des Choeurs D'Hommes 13:59
B4 L'Ascension Du Phénix MB 7:31

Notes

A2 and A10 originally issued in 1958 by Pathe-Marconi as ESRF 1171.
A3 and A6 to A8 originally issued in 1971 on Poèmes Et Musique Lettristes.
A5 previously issued in 1978 on Various - Futura: Poesia Sonora.
B4 previously issued in 1993 on Œuvres Poétiques Et Musicales Lettristes.

Limited edition of 240 copies



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BroWelm
I first discovered Maurice Lemaître's work in a Paris bookstore; I think somewhere in the Marais district. It was a booklet that came with a CD of him reciting his 'letterist' poetry. Once I got home, I was hooked on him and the entire Letterist movement, which was the first step that eventually leads to Situationist International. Not really speaking a word of French, I was more in tune with Lemaître's voice and pronouncement of the words. For me, it's music or sound that brings up the era of the Boris Vian's Saint Germain des Prés then anything else. Letterism or sometimes spelled out as Lettrism is an off-shoot of DADA, that focused on literature, painting, and films. Isidore Isou is the most famous member of the group, but Lenaître was very much the public face of Letterism. He even appeared in an Orson Welles documentary on Paris nightlife. Still, this vinyl edition of his recitations is a marvel. One can see traces of hip-hop in "Quatre Lettries Sur Des Thèmes Rock" which is him reciting his poetry over a French rock n' roll record. Very primitive recording, yet a total delight. I know very little of his paintings, and these recordings are my main entrance to the world of The Letterists, but still, it's a magnificent and fun approach to a Parisian culture at its height. I find work produced in the Paris 1950s of great interest. To me, it's the bridge between post-war European years to the Hippie movement. It's a fascinating journey to go on, and this album is very much a suitable soundtrack for that trip.