Loading details…
Artist
Un Drame Musical Instantané
12+ albums
free improvisationfree jazzimprovexperimentalfrance
about
Un Drame Musical Instantané, which translates to "an instantaneous musical drama", was a French independent experimental group founded in 1976 by Jean-Jacques Birgé, Bernard Vitet and Francis Gorgé. Together they blended jazz, electronic and rock music using a multitude of instruments. The group often relied on improvisation during their live performances, and their studio albums revolved around concept themes and were released on their own record label named GRRR. Gorgé and Birgé had been performing together since 1971, and in 1976 they met Vitet, who was already an accomplished musician in the French free jazz scene. Together they gained recognition for providing live soundtracks to silent movies such as The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari and The Passion de Joan of Arc. In the 1990s the group started utilizing multimedia effects in their shows. While Gorgé left the group in 1992, Birgé and Vitet continued to perform together with other collaborators such as percussionist Gérard Siracusa and multi-instrumentalist Hélène Sage, before the group officially disbanded in 2008. Vitet died in 2013. In 2014 Gorgé and Birgé reunited together with guest Hélène Sage, Antonin-Tri Hoang, Hélène Bass and Francisco Cosavella for Un Drame Musical Instantané's last live performance aptly named "Resurrection", in commemoration for the death of Bernard Vitet. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
