Messe Pour Le Temps Present [Import]

Product Description
This is the much admired, somewhat groovy and extremely experimental Messe Pour Le Temps Present from french composer Pierre Henry - one of the pioneers of the music concrete movement. Recorded in 1967, Messe Pour Le Temps Present was originally scored for a Maurice Bejart ballet, Henry being an ardent admirer of the french choreographers work. Messe Pour Le Temps Present was one of a handful of collaborations with Bejart and Pierre Henry even travelled the world as sound engineer with Bejart's group. The first five tracks of this CD are really nice and groovy (with some cool electronics thrown in!) and the rest, as you can expect from one of the original exponents of music concrete, is very experimental. Philips. 2005.

Messe Pour Le Temps Present,Pierre Henry,Polyg,Electronic

Average customer rating: Funky and Cool sixties electro in a new jacket

Messe Pour Le Temps Présent Pierre Henry Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Metamorphosé: Messe Pour Le Temps Présent Psyche Rock Sessions Entertainment Children of Men (Widescreen Edition) ASIN: B0000243C3 Release Date: 1999-07-15

Tracks:

1. Prologue
2. Psychock
3. Jericho Jerk
4. Teen Tonic
5. Too Fortiche
6. Marche du Jeune Homme/La Reine et Les Insectes
7. Rock ectonique
8. Couple
9. Fluiditl Mobilit'Un Larsen
10. DivinitPaisibles
11. Balancement
12. Chant 1
13. eil
14. Chant 2
15. irement
16. Gestes
17. Comptine
18. Fie 1
19. Gymnastique
20. Fie 2

Album Description

This is the much admired, somewhat groovy and extremely experimental Messe Pour Le Temps Present from french composer Pierre Henry - one of the pioneers of the music concrete movement. Recorded in 1967, Messe Pour Le Temps Present was originally scored for a Maurice Bejart ballet, Henry being an ardent admirer of the french choreographers work. Messe Pour Le Temps Present was one of a handful of collaborations with Bejart and Pierre Henry even travelled the world as sound engineer with Bejart's group. The first five tracks of this CD are really nice and groovy (with some cool electronics thrown in!) and the rest, as you can expect from one of the original exponents of music concrete, is very experimental. Philips. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Funky and Cool.......2001-04-19

I would give it 5 stars, but some of it is a bit long in the tooth and repetative. Gotta love the experimental sounds of the sixties transfused in there. I heard this on WNYU's New Afternoon Show two years ago and promptly bought it. My coworkers like it and want to hear it while we work!!! I heard another remix of Psyche Rock at a club (The Cooler) in Manhattan the other night and now I have to find out who did that one!

sixties electro in a new jacket.......2001-04-13

In the sixties Pierre Henry and Michel Colombier composed "Messe pour le temps present" as a ballet for Maurice Brejart. More than thirty years later some of the modern electro-artists rediscovered this masterpiece. William Orbit, St Germain, Tek 9, Dimitri from Paris, Coldcut and a lot of others did their own thing with this controversial piece of art. Electronic psychedelia transformed to a modern age, but the original also still is worth listening to. Trance, drum 'n bass, techno all are styles which have arisen the last decade. But if you listen to Pierre Henry's musique concrete you will know that really there is nothing new under the sun. Some of the remixes stay very close to the original versions, some are completely different. In a whole this is a fantastic CD for modern people to discover the roots of electronic music. This is where Kraftwerk have found their thing.

Average customer rating: Oh Yeah !!! Taste Good!! Oh, yeah, dig that Pierre Henry [material]!

Metamorphosé: Messe Pour Le Temps Présent Coldcut's Computer + Hex Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Messe Pour Le Temps Présent ASIN: B0000080I5 Release Date: 2000-02-14

Tracks:

1. Psyche Rock [Malpaso Mix] - Fatboy Slim
2. Prologue - Chris the French Kiss
3. Psyche Rock [Invisible Mix] - Mat Ducasse, William Orbit
4. Jericho Jerk - St. Germain
5. Teen Tonic - Dimitri from Paris
6. Too Fortiche (Beatnik Trip) - Tek 9
7. Psyche Rock [Chopped Up]
8. Too Fortiche - The Mighty Bop
9. Jericho Jerk - Funki Porcini
10. Too Fortiche [Mix] - Chau Flight
11. Psyche Rock [Metal Time Machine Mix] - Coldcut
12. Psyche Rock [Medal Time Machine Edit]

Customer Reviews:

Oh Yeah !!! Taste Good!!.......2004-06-25

This is maybe a music concrete sound.Some kind of strange sound wall will threaten your ears.Electronic experimentation floods is what you need now.Welcome to the WEIRD VILLAGE GREEN!!!

Oh, yeah, dig that Pierre Henry [material]!.......2003-06-03

I love this stuff! Weird, and far-trippin, b! Buy this album for the vibes!

Average customer rating: Quite Nice Mistitled and disappointing

Metamorphose: Messe Pour Le Temps Present Chateau Flight , and Coldcut Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Techno-House | Compilations | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003TSJ Release Date: 1997-08-05

Tracks:

1. Prologue (Remixed By Chris The French Kiss)
2. Psyche Rock (The Invisible Mix By William Orbit)
3. Jericho Jerk (Remixed By St. Germain)
4. Teen Tonic (Remixed By Dimitri From Paris)
5. Too Fortiche (Beatnik Trip-Remixed By Tek 9)
6. Psyche Rock (Chopped Up-Remixed By Coldcut's...)
7. Too Fortiche (Remixed By The Mighty Bop)
8. Jericho Jerk (Remixed By Funki Porcini)
9. Too Fortiche (Chateau Flight Remix)
10. Psyche Rock (Psyched Out-Remixed By Coldcut)
11. Psyche Rock (Metal Time Machine Mix By Ken Abyss)
12. Psyche Rock (Fatboy Slim Malpaso Mix By Fatboy Slim)

Amazon.com

In 1967, Michel Colombier and musique concrète pioneer Pierre Henry achieved surprising success on the French charts with four instrumental compositions that incorporated rock guitars and synthesizers with Henry's trademark spliced magnetic tapes. To celebrate that release's 30th anniversary, several hotshot European remixers went to work on "Teen Tonic," "Jericho Jerk," "Too Fortiche," and the most famous of all, "Psyché Rock." The result is a superior showcase of just about every style in today's electronic music, from St. Germain's acid-jazz to Tek 9's hyperventilating drum and bass to Dimitri from Paris's easy touch. While many dismember the songs, it's a testimony to the awesome staying power of "Psyché Rock" that it survives assaults by Ken Abyss, Fatboy Slim, William Orbit, and Coldcut, and always sounds utterly colossal. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Quite Nice.......2006-12-01

The work does exactly what it promises. It remixes tracks from Pierre Henry's Messe Pour Le Temps Présent. The DJs perform their jobs admirably. Even though many tracks share original source material (for instance, psyche rock is remixed 5 times on the album), each DJ finds his own voice, and each remix is both interesting and uniquely styled.

If one were interested in hearing the original, perhaps an version that is not remixed would be a better bet.

Mistitled and disappointing.......2000-11-10

Fans of the original work and its groovy synths will be disappointed to learn that it has been cut up by the various artists. The original music isn't presented unedited, so the average listener won't have any idea what it sounded like unless he happens on a vinyl copy of the album. The closest comparison we have is the Futurama theme song, which stretches fair-use laws to rework "Psyche Rock."

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