[CP 281.01 CD] La Page À Musique, Musique Et Handicap
January 2023; Inaugurating the C.P. "Shorts" sub-series (featuring newly discovered titles that are less than 30m total, at a premium) here is a replica edition of an undated (although I'm guessing from the equipment & personnel credits this was recorded in the early 80s) "Private" gatefold issued by the Groupe de musique expérimentale de Marseille (aka the GMEM; now the gmem-CNCM-marseille) covering the group's work with Provence-area youth musicians. Much in the spirit of Basil Kirchin's "Worlds Within Worlds 3 & 4" the deft, often invisible touch of the group's in-house Composers Jacques Diennet, Lucien Bertolina, Martine Olivares, & Patrick Portella serves to only enhance & highlight just how great the discovery & joy of Experimental Music can be. The two extended vocal-drone pieces that make up the A-Side wouldn't be out of place of any number of contemporary albums, and the chopped & screwed Casionics that (impossibly, largely) make up the B-Side certainly