Klimperei & Pierre Bastien

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A collaboration between Klimperei and Pierre Bastien. Klimperei was formed near 1985 by Françoise & Christophe Petchanatz. This music is often described as « toy-music, naïve, acoustic, experimental, minimal, childish, neo-classic, bizarre, avant-garde, lunaire, French toy-pop, boîte à jouets renversée, avan strange toy pop chamber music. Klimperei is since 2002 a solo project of Christophe & guests. Pierre Bastien (born 1953 in Paris) is a French musician, composer, and instrument builder. He began building mechanical-based musical instruments at an early age, using items such as metronomes, cymbals, and pulleys. In 1977 he began collaborating with Pascal Comelade and composing music for dance companies. He performed in ensembles such as Operation Rhino, Nu Creative Methods, and Effectifs de Profil. In 1986 he formed his own orchestra, Mecanium, comprised of Meccano machines which play various instruments, such as Chinese lute, Morrocan bendir, Javanese saron, koto, and violin. These machines were often driven by the rotation of old turntables. By the 1990s Mecanium consisted of up to 80 machine 'musicians', and toured various art and music festivals, including events in Norway, Australia, Japan, Canada, Poland, and the United States. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Mécanologie portative

Mecanologie Portative

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Mйcanologie Portative

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M馗anologie Portative

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Mécanologie portative (1998)

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No More No Mouroir

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Sucres d'orge

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Alice Au Pays Des Merveilles

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Les premières machines

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French Toad - petite musiques de la vie; electro melancolie

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Macanologie Portative

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M?canologie Portative (invalid UTF-8)

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