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PARMEGIANI, BERNARD - Rock

Format: LP
Label & Cat.Number: Transversales Disques TRS01
Release Year: 2017
Note: a never before released soundtrack to the film "Rock" from 1982 (director: MICHEL TREGUER), showing a more 'cinematic' side of the great electro-acoustic composer => "On listening to Rock, one is reminded of John Carpenter or François de Roubaix: a work which mixes the sounds of the TR-808 drum-machine, Synthi AKS, Farfisa organ, and Clavinet. Remastered from the original master tapes." incl. exclusive liner-notes, lim. 500
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Limited edition (500 copies) remastered from the original master tapes by Jonathan Fitoussi.
This is the first release by the French label Transversales founded by Sebastien Rosat and Jonathan Fitoussi. The never before released soundtrack of the film “Rock” (1982) directed by Michel Treguer and composed by Bernard Parmegiani (1927-2013).
Major figure of electroacoustic music and member of the historic GRM where he composed among others his masterpiece, “De Natura Sonorum”, Bernard Parmegiani produced also a large number of jingles, soundtracks, and indicatives.
On listening to Rock, one is reminded of John Carpenter or François de Roubaix: a work which mixes the sounds of the TR-808 drum-machine, Synthi AKS, Farfisa organ, and Clavinet. Remastered from the original master tapes.
Includes exclusive liner notes.




"The first release by Transversales is the original soundtrack of the film Rock, composed in 1982 by Bernard Parmegiani (1927-2013). Parmegiani was a major figure of electro-acoustic music and member of the historic GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales) where he composed numerous important works, among which is the masterpiece, De Natura Sonorum. The work of Parmegiani, a virtuoso of the magnetic tape, is widely known to the public even without their knowledge, through the famous title he composed for the TV program Stade 2, for the French radio France Inter, and also through the jingle adopted by Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris (1971-2005). Bernard Parmegiani produced a large number of jingles, soundtracks and indicatives, but Rock stands apart in his repertoire. He recorded it without any outside constraints in his own studio. On listening to Rock, one is reminded of John Carpenter or Francois de Roubaix: a work which mixes the sounds of the TR-808 drum-machine, Synthi AKS, Farfisa organ and Clavinet. Remastered from the original master tapes. Includes exclusive liner notes. Transversales specialize in the reissues of long lost tapes, rare original soundtracks and library music." [Stranded Rec.]