>Jim Westrich asks:
>
>> I also have another question not about the TV themes, who is this Pierre
>> Henry? I love the Pierre Henry "Psyche Rock" (Fatboy Slim Remix) [good
>> groove, bells, the occasional mariachi, how could you not love it].
>
>Pierre Henry is one of the founding fathers of "musique concrete,"
>which is basically any type of music that uses natural sounds as
>part of the composition. Musique concrete started with the advent
>of the tape recorder and was quite popular in academic circles in
>the 1960's. During this time Pierre Henry collaborated with
>Michel Columbier on a piece called "Messe pour le Temps Present,"
>or "Mass for Today." This piece incorporated rock elements along
>with tape and electronic sounds, and was the basis for a ballet.
>This composition includes the track "Psyche Rock."
Thank you for the information. Very helpful.
>"Messe..." was recently the subject of a remix project by several
>prominent members of the underground dance scene: Mighty Bop,
>Coldcut, Tek 9, Chateau Flight, William Orbit, etc. There were
>a half-dozen limited-edition 12"s on Philips France and I hear
>there is a CD version but I have yet to see one. AFAIK, there
>was no Fatboy Slim remix. You might be getting confused with
>the Fatboy Slim remix of "E.V.A." by Jean Jacques Perrey, another
>pioneering electronic musician. This track was used for a
>Lucozade (sp?) commercial recently in the UK.
I will definitely be on the lookout for the Pierre Henry stuff and with all
those great remixers it will definitely be good. The Fatboy Slim mix of
"Psyche Rock" is quite real but I don't know if it made the Philips 12's or
CD. I have it on the Fat Boy Slim mix tape "Beat Up the NME" (NME sent it
to me for free in the U.S.! and while it is not uniformly great -- a lot of
hard stuff and hip hop and an eclectic array of noise -- I am glad I have
it). I also have the Fat Boy Slim "EVA" on 12" and reviewed it a while
back on this list (I do like it and the original as well).
Peace,
Jim
"Why shouldn't the American people take half my money from me? I took all
of it from them."
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