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Pierre Henry (born December 9, 1927 in Paris, France) is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music.

Between 1949 and 1958, Henry worked at the Club d’Essai studio at RTF, founded by Pierre Schaeffer. During this period, he wrote the 1950 piece Symphonie pour un homme seul, in cooperation with Schaeffer; he also composed the first musique concrète to appear in a commercial film, the 1952 short film Astrologie ou le miroir de la vie.

Henry has scored numerous additional films and ballets. Among Henry’s best known works is the experimental 1967 album Messe pour le temps présent, one of several cooperations with choreographer Maurice Béjart.

Perhaps one of Henry’s most well-known influences on contemporary popular culture is the theme song to the TV series Futurama. The tune is clearly inspired by Henry’s 1967 song “Psyché Rock.”

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6	Divinités paisibles	13
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8	Too Fortiche	7
9	Eroïca	6
10	Machine Danse	5
10	Teen Tonic	5
10	Souffle 2	5
10	Psyché Rock (Fatboy Slim Malpaso mix)	5
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floserber wrote:
last month

Bien d'accord avec Aserikoth, l'Apocalypse de Jean est complètement hallucinée et hallucinante. Un défilement organisé de fantômes millénaires et un Pierre Henry possédé.

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Schulerr wrote:
June 2009

Vote the Photo Pierre-Henry

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rikhi wrote:
February 2009

this cat is groovy... to think i watch futurama all the time and didn't realise that this genius was behind it all

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parsec00 wrote:
January 2009

Congratulations "variations pour une porte is very vey well Parsec.ws

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condra wrote:
January 2009

FUCK YOU PRETENTIOUS ART WANK WASTING MY TIME

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Aserikoth wrote:
December 2008

Apocalypse de Jean is amazing

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Aserikoth wrote:
December 2008

A genius!

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bongrouge wrote:
November 2008

This is awesome. Listening to Le microphone bien tempéré.

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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
September 2008

best concrete performer ever.

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mr_maxis wrote:
July 2008

Pierre Henry @ Home : Du 4 au 15 Août (relâche le 10), tous les jours, sauf le dimanche, à 16h30 puis à 18h30. Chez Pierre Henry (12e). Adresse communiquée à l'achat du billet. (15/12 E) Résa obligatoire. Renseignements : 01 44 94 98 00 http://tsugi.over-blog.com/article-21642404.html

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be_quiet_peter wrote:
February 2008

Is Apocalypse de Jean ever going to be put back in print??

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eriteric wrote:
November 2007

Here you go matvey_andreyev: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKz4qVmUz84

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flAntasmagorico wrote:
September 2007

Messe pour le temps present ruls

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kshanti wrote:
May 2007

yes it is inkbottle

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Inkbottle wrote:
April 2007

Isn't Psyche Rock what inspired the theme song for Futurama?

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matvey_andreyev wrote:
November 2006

Help find the version of Psyche Rock which had animated videoclip about transistors escaping their dying planet! fuck Fatboy slim for his stupid remix of this.

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