Pierre Schaeffer
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Schaeffer was born in Nancy. His parents were both engineers, and at first it seemed that Pierre would also take this as a career. He studied at the École Polytechnique and after a stint as a telecommunications engineer in Strasbourg from 1934, he found a job in 1936 at Radiodiffusion Française (RDF) in Paris. It was there that he began to experiment with recorded sounds, convincing the radio station’s management to let him use their equipment. He tried playing sounds backwards, slowing them down, speeding them up and juxtaposing them with other sounds, all techniques which were virtually unknown at that time. His first completed piece as a result of these experiments was the Étude aux chemins de fer (1948) which was made from recordings of trains.
By that time, Schaeffer had founded the Jeune France group, which had interests in theatre and visual art as well as music. In 1942, he co-founded the Studio d’Essai (later known as the Club d’Essai), which played a role in the activities of the French resistance during World War II, and became a centre of musical activity afterwards.
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L'oeuvre Musicale (disc 2)
6,984 listeners26 tracks
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Early Gurus Of Electronics
4,412 listeners1 track
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L'oeuvre Musicale (Disk 2)
1,143 listeners12 tracks
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Le Trièdre fertile
87 listeners7 tracks
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GiaNXGX
they are
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Charles_Heres
I find these works quite relaxing.
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SixShooterSam
Le Trièdre fertile .. fucking PROPPER LP. killer.
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progtrance7
I studied French for a year but I always sleep in class <---- THAT MEANS I CANNOT SPEAK FRENCH
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poeq
i really like this from a purely aesthetic perspective but i wish i could understand the spoken word. i should just go learn french exclusively for that.
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Encyclopedique
love your voice.
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MushroomMammoth
so fucking ahead of his time
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mahleria
Pathétique.
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megajosh2
I can look up tracks on here but I can't scrobble the vast majority of them unless I happen to come on them through the radio. :(
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Zimmerman333
Genial, Asombroso, Fantástico, ÚNICO!!!
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deb2006
There is very interesting CD out by Bjarni Gunnarsson: "Safn 2006 - 2009". It sounds as if Schaeffer's "things" have started working around. Highly recommended.
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pornogothic
Scherzo from his "Symphonie pour un homme seul" has blown my brains out.
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ChriSThaaRippeR
Gorgeous music!
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tim4tw
why is "Bilude - 1979" not in the top tracks? it's so fuckin' amazing!
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Kor21
rave!
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DavidDecay
he's touring! YES!
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SourDaisy
Pierre? Kiss me, kiss me, kiss me.
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megajosh2
Blashpemy! It makes me wanna say garage musique concréte.
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HoweverFarAway_
Pioneer and all that, but in hindsight "Etude aux chemins de fer" is a bit shit. :P
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Asmodeus1988
MY LOVE
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