(224 kbps, album, EMI, 1979)Info from the label that reissued his works:
Igor Wakhevitch was an obscure French composer who apparently took pleasure in messing with peoples’ heads. He had studied with terry Riley, Olivier Messiaen and famed stage director Pierre Schaeffer, as well as having ties with the Soft Machine and Salvador Dali. He made six studio albums in the 70s, which might best be described as encapsulated chemical enhancements. I have no idea what kind of shit he was on, though I would say that his very odd mastery of noise, experimental classical and synthesizer technology was none too compromised by his mental state.
Michael Gira loves the works of Wakhevitch. So do I.
This is the more accessible of Wakhevitch's works on CD. And still it does not contain easy material.
Igor Wakhevitch was an obscure French composer who apparently took pleasure in messing with peoples’ heads. He had studied with terry Riley, Olivier Messiaen and famed stage director Pierre Schaeffer, as well as having ties with the Soft Machine and Salvador Dali. He made six studio albums in the 70s, which might best be described as encapsulated chemical enhancements. I have no idea what kind of shit he was on, though I would say that his very odd mastery of noise, experimental classical and synthesizer technology was none too compromised by his mental state.
Michael Gira loves the works of Wakhevitch. So do I.
This is the more accessible of Wakhevitch's works on CD. And still it does not contain easy material.
Highly recommended!
This was reissued, but on a box containing more 4 CDs by Fractal Records.
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