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  Vol.2 ( GR cdr 02) - CDr - 2003


  1. ... (for K.) (5'32)
  2. if you don't feel like sleeping, let's dance salsa (3'45)
  3. felicity (7'22)
  4. this may lead to inaccurate statements (7'13)
  5. jetlag 1 (3'05)
  6. sans phonie a+b+c+d (9'21)
  7. constructions souterraines avec têtes chercheuses fragiles (5'19)
  8. husszkyz (3'50)
  9. bulles sur l'horizon difforme (2'40)
  10. he shows me his sister in a Jerry Springer show (12'33)
  11. Sasha and the architect (3'59)

   A music essentially based on repetition, the use of electric guitars that are out of tune or alternatively tuned and coupled with an eternal delay / loop, allows combinations and the interweaving of infinite sources; the specificity of the trilogy of the « Pièces pour guitare préparée » being that it incorporates the hazardous factor that is linked to improvisation.
   This second volume opens on a spacious and complex improvised theme (« …(for K.) »), blending radical guitar breakaway and harmonic motifs close to those of Glenn Branca. One also finds new pieces which stage the repetition of patterns that are subtly altered (“Felicity”) . The reflexion on fragmentation goes on with restless manipulations of cut and pasted guitar licks (« Jetlag 1 », « Sans phonie a+b+c=d »), the source of which remains mysterious , the textures, close to Dorine Muraille or gel: , being as dense as can possibly be.
   The main piece (« He shows me his sister in a Jerry Springer show”) unfolds magical arpeggios while a discreet voice telling  you unlikely stories of hazardous encounters in San Francisco : « Leather sofas, banana juice… »
   The trilogy of the “Pièces pour guitare préparée” is released under Creative Commons License.