Pierre Henry

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Pierre Henry

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French composer and pioneer of electronic music
Born: 9th December 1927 Paris, France
Died: 5th July 2017 Paris, France
A leading figure of the electroacoustic music movement and considered the grandfather of techno . He pioneered the transformation of sounds that could be recorded on the newly developed tape recorder (a precursor to sampling). Owner of Studio Son/Ré.

After completing traditional studies at the Academy of Paris, with Olivier Messiaen (harmony) and Nadia Boulanger (composition), Pierre made in 1949 a decisive meeting with Pierre Schaeffer, with whom he founded the GRMC (Groupe de recherche de musique concrète) dedicated to the experimentation in "concrete music", a genre of electronic music. In collaboration with Schaeffer, he wrote Symphonie pour un homme seul (1950) and the "concrete" opera Orphée (1951) (revised as Orphée 53 (1953)), which has the astonishing sequence Le Voile d'Orphée", where already one finds the technique of audio time stretching, a characteristic of his style and the presence of death: a subject that inspired him.

After having founded his own studio Studio Apsome, he undertook a long collaboration with the choreographer Maurice Béjart. His compositions from the early 1960s have a certain purity, such as the ballet Le Voyage (1962) inspired by the Tibetan Book of Dead, and the famous Variations pour une porte et un soupir (1963). As the decade progressed his music adopted increasingly spiritual and meditative qualities, such as Messe de Liverpool (1967-68) and Apocalypse de Jean (1968). Even more ambitious works followed: Dixième symphonie (1979) (a gigantic joining of extracts of the nine symphonies of Beethoven) and Noces chymiques (1980), that had him simultaneously in the roles of composer and director.

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Psyche Rock

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Messe pour le temps présent: 2. Psyché Rock

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Psyche Rock - Malpaso Mix by Fatboy Slim

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Psyché Rock

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Psyche Rock - (Fatboy Slim Malpaso Mix)

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June 2, 2012

Anfiteatro Centro de Arte El Hatillo

Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela


May 22, 2009

Valera, Trujillo, Venezuela


May 16, 2009

Círculo Militar

Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela


May 15, 2009

Carúpano, Sucre, Venezuela


May 10, 2009

Centro Cultural BOD-CorpBanca

Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela

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Pierre Henry has released 14 albums between 1960 and 1997. Notable releases include Métamorphose - Messe Pour Le Temps Présent, Fragments Pour Artaud - Prismes, Le Livre Des Morts Égyptien. Explore their complete discography on this page.

Pierre Henry's most-played tracks include Psyche Rock, Messe pour le temps présent: 2. Psyché Rock, Psyche Rock - Malpaso Mix by Fatboy Slim, Psyché Rock, Psyche Rock - (Fatboy Slim Malpaso Mix). Listen to these songs and explore more from their catalog on this page.

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