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Guigou Chenevier
12+ albums
frenchexperimentalAvant-ProgAvant-GardeRIO
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Guigou Chenevier is a French drummer / percussionist of renown in avant-garde music, notably for being one of Étron Fou Leloublan's former members and for having played an important role in the R.I.O. creation and development, as did bands like Henry Cow, Samla Mammas Manna, Stormy Six and Univers Zero. Recognized as one of the most important figures in avant-rock, Chenevier has participated in many projects like Encore + Grande (with Guy Sapin and Hans Buhrs), Volapük, Étron Fou Leloublan (as I said already), Les Batteries, Octavo (with Sapin again), Guigou Chenevier & Les Figures and with Sophie Jausserand (an album named À l'abris des micro-climats). Apart from being a reputed musician, Guigou Chenevier founded the collective Dupon et ses Fantômes in 1976 with Étron Fou Leloublan, Camizole, Mozaïk, Grand Gouia and Nouvel Asile Culturel. Dupon was a kind of French precursor of what would later be R.I.O. As a solo artist, Chenevier released three albums, often with long-time collaborators of his as guest musicians. All his albums are particular, unique. To justify what I wrote, I will give examples. His album Arthur et les Robots is a children album with some of ÉFL's members. In Le batteur est le meilleur ami du musicien, he sent recorded drums parts to multiple great musicians such as Jean Derome, Guy Sapin, Hans Buhrs, Lars Hollmer and Nick Didkovsky and asked them to make a musical arrangement on the tracks. In Les rumeurs de la ville, which is in my opinion excellent (
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Le batteur est le meilleur ami des musiciens
Arthur et les robots
Les Rumeurs de la Ville
Le Batteur Est Le Meilleur Ami Du Musicien
Les Rumeurs De La Ville (Rumors Of The City)
Le Diapason du Père Ubu
Le Diapason Du Pere Ubu
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Veterans of the French Underground Meet la Jeune-Garde
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Rumours of the City
UBU et la MerdRe
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Le Batteur Est le Meilleur Ami
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