• PANCRACE - 'Papotier' 2 x LP

Pancrace is an ensemble comprising French, British and Austrian performers, with a phenomenological approach that involves experiencing the limits of sound objects. Following "The Fluid Hammer", the ensemble return to church and repent, confronting a Silbermann 18th century baroque organ (famous for its "human voice" stop) with their custom made modular midi pipe organ: the "Organous".

A papotier is a mask or to be very specific a grotesque face carved in wood, initially rigged to the lower part of the organ casing. After months of lockdown, having a papotier as an amulet was somewhat liberating, relearning how to breathe, listening to the human membrane, questioning the nature of air all within the confined space of a 14th century church. Essentially understanding what a mouth is to us to the point where, when all the pipes are blowing, they make a hell of a noise.

Music for spatialized midi controlled pipe organ "Organous", Silbermann pipe organ (1778), voices, bird calls, baroque violin, rattles, ventilators, whistles, uilleann pipes, gaïda, sheng, rhombus, pouet-pouet, Pi synth, Kastle synth and AM radio, presented in a gatefold sleeve.

PANCRACE - 'Papotier' 2 x LP

  • Record Label: Penultimate Press
  • Genre: Musique Concrete / Organ Drone / Experimental
  • Availability: In Stock
  • £26.00


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