Label: Sub Rosa - SR420

巨大なブックレット一体型の厳ついオリジナル盤は個人的にもかなり聴き込んだ、1921年アムステルダム生まれ、原色の塗料を乱雑に塗りたくった抽象画や色彩豊かな立体画で知られるオランダ美術を代表する作家カレル・アペルが残したBroken Music掲載の激レアタイトル[Musique Barbare]。ユトレヒト大学電子音楽スタジオで制作されたテープとパーカッションによる3作品の収録で、内容は自身の画風がモロに現れた衝動的ド派手コンクレート。伸びきったスローなテープとノイズが交錯する[Paysage Electronique]、絶叫を交えたパーカッション乱打〜コンクレートへ突入する[Le Cavalier Blanc]、息もつかせぬ程の怒濤の渦が素晴らしすぎる説明不要の超傑作。24ページのブックレットの内容も非常に重要です。かのCreel Poneも一度手を出した名盤。







CD in six-panel digipak with 24-page booklet. First reissue of Karel Appel's masterpiece Musique Barbare. In 1963, Dutch abstract expressionist painter Karel Appel (1921-2006), who cofounded the avant-garde Cobra movement in 1948, booked time in the Instituut voor Sonologie in the Netherlands to compose music for a documentary that cinematographer Jan Vrijman was making on Appel's work. Musique Barbare was born. Originally released by Philips, this masterpiece of musique concrète is a real jewel for any record collector. Made in collaboration with Insituut member Frits Weiland, Musique Barbare is a fantastic mix of electric organ fumblings, full-on riots of distorted kettle drum, and assorted percussion-room filigrees, assembled into an extremely edit-heavy suite with significant tape-speed manipulation. Karel Appel was a forceful and fascinating personality, and Musique Barbare bears his unique stamp as much as any of his other artistic creations. A more remarkable gramophone record has not been produced in many a year. Includes exclusive photos by Ed van der Elsken and texts by Jan Vrijman, all printed on luxurious photographic paper.