Their first release in 2000 performing Cornelius Cardew's "Treatise", for 20 years the Formanex quartet of sound artists, conceptualists and experimenters Anthony Taillard, Christophe Havard, Emmanuel Leduc, and Julien Ottavi are heard here in collaborations with Keith Rowe, Kasper T. Toeplitz, Ralf Wehowsky, Seth Cluett, Michael Pisaro, Radu Malfatti, &c.
1. AMM / Formanex Play Treatise By Cornelius Cardew 42:55
2. AMM / Formanex / ONsemble Play Treatise (p. 46-47) By Cornelius Cardew 28:43
CD2
1. Two Pianos 19:56
2. Edges 19:59
3. Trio Rowe / Wolff / Tilbury 16:50
CD3
CD 3: For 1, 2, 3 People 16:47
CD 3: Looking North 10:23
CD 3: Edges 23:03
CD 3: Trio Rowe / Wolff / Tilbury 16:39
CD4
1. Disseminate 22:20
2. To Two Tea Roses 23:16
CD5
1. Hang Ups 53:34
CD6
1. Untitled 1 30:01
2. Untitled 2 10:34
3. Untitled 3 17:48
CD7
1. Three Lines To Achieve Almost Nothing 45:30
CD8
1. S/T 1:06
2.Soulevement 8:40
3. Le Langage Du The 21:49
4. Chercher Le 2eme Oeil 19:41
CD9
1. Szkic 19:07
2. Demonology #11 54:05
CD10
1. Fragile Being, Hopeful Becoming by Michael Pisaro 30:30
2. For Formanex by Seth Cluett 19:16
3. Shoguu by Radu Malfatti 29:55
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"Nantes trio Formanex celebrates 20 years of activism in experimental music with a 10 CD edition full of amazing collaborations with ONsemble (contemporary music group from Nantes and Saint-Nazaire) and composers they have worked with. The box set includes early works by Formanex's own Julien Ottavi, unique compositions created by Keith Rowe, pieces by Kasper T. Toeplitz, Ralf Wehowsky, Seth Cluett, Michael Pisaro, Radu Malfatti, as well as other giants of contemporary music from the last 50 years; such as Phill Niblock and Christian Wolff.
A rare collection of CDs, this box set represents a broad vision of experimental music from noise to electronic abstract composition, radical minimalism, contemporary and improvised music.