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1981
Baobab
Italy
Cassette, Limited Edition
A1. Simonia
A2. Plectrophone Solo
A3. Métapoésie I
A4. Métapoésie II
A4. Métapoésie III
B1. Métapoésie IV
B2. Métapoésie V
B3. Métapoésie VI
B4. Métapoésie VII
Cardboard box packaging with insert.
Altagor was the nom de plume of French poet, painter and instrument builder Jean Vernier (1915-1992). In 1948, he created “Métapoésie”, a kind of sound poetry written in an invented language, like the Lettrists or Claude Gauvreau in Québec. His “Parole Transformelle" is a development of Métapoésie and consists in onomatopoeia only.
This cassette break free from cultural conditioning, is an overview of Altagor’s Métapoésie. The amateurish technical realization is probably the work of Altagor himself. It starts with a short excerpt from Simonia, a poem from the 1950s, supposedly longer than 10,000 verses. Simonia was the chthonian goddess Altagor invented during his frequent walks in Les Eparges forest in North-Eastern France. After a brief Plectrophone solo, Altagor then performs a choice of his Métapoésie poems with Plectrophone accompanyment.
1981
Baobab
Italy
Cassette, Limited Edition
A1. Simonia
A2. Plectrophone Solo
A3. Métapoésie I
A4. Métapoésie II
A4. Métapoésie III
B1. Métapoésie IV
B2. Métapoésie V
B3. Métapoésie VI
B4. Métapoésie VII
Cardboard box packaging with insert.
Altagor was the nom de plume of French poet, painter and instrument builder Jean Vernier (1915-1992). In 1948, he created “Métapoésie”, a kind of sound poetry written in an invented language, like the Lettrists or Claude Gauvreau in Québec. His “Parole Transformelle" is a development of Métapoésie and consists in onomatopoeia only.
This cassette break free from cultural conditioning, is an overview of Altagor’s Métapoésie. The amateurish technical realization is probably the work of Altagor himself. It starts with a short excerpt from Simonia, a poem from the 1950s, supposedly longer than 10,000 verses. Simonia was the chthonian goddess Altagor invented during his frequent walks in Les Eparges forest in North-Eastern France. After a brief Plectrophone solo, Altagor then performs a choice of his Métapoésie poems with Plectrophone accompanyment.
