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Echappee Belle

Consisting of 28 short works, Hélène Sage collaborates with composer and performer Benoît Lavoisier, computer artist Marc Demereau, percussionist Pascal Portejoie, sampler Alex Piques, and vocalist and writer Nathalie Desmarest to craft an avant album blending Dadaist humor with experimental soundscapes, intertwining musical and literary elements to create a distinctive auditory experience.

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Personnel:

Benoit Lavoisier-composer, performer

Marc Demereau-computer

Helene Sage-contrabass, bass flute, violin, piano, accordion, organ, voice, Psaltery, Idiophone, flute, Bullroarer, composer

Pascal Portejoie-percussion

Alex Piques-sampler

Nathalie Desmarest-voice, text

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UPC: 3760012000272

Label: GRRR
Catalog ID: GRRR 2027
Squidco Product Code: 35591

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2009
Country: France
Packaging: Digipack w/booklet

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"I must say that listening to him did me a lot of good. This disc, breaking down its pieces into a succession of songs often sung/declaimed/whispered with a stunning Dadaist humor, interspersed with various sound effects (struck instruments, helicopter takeoff, car starter...), an alphabet book told by children with words that make sense (or not) like zombies, bernique or even mahjong, is a unique gem that certainly makes you laugh, but not only that. It is inhabited by a real musical, literary, poetic ambition... in a word: artistic, and it is all the more delicate and successful on the part of Helene Sage (and her accomplices) as she takes care to hide this dimension under a pile of sonic and musical extravagances."-Stephane Cattaneo, The Jazz Enthusiasts, April 2010

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"Hélène Sage, an iconoclastic orchestral woman and violin maker, sings, plays the double bass, all the flutes, the saxophone, the bass clarinet, keyboards and a thousand other bizarre objects that she has invented like her reed kettle that she spins above her head, her bow stools, her water percussions, and many other instruments resembling sculptures by Marcel Duchamp. Still, it sounds good!

Hélène Sage has a taste for original timbres as well as the most shaggy playing styles, concentrating on acoustics more than electronics. She is an outstanding improviser and a composer who walks with her feet on the ceiling."-Jean-Jacques Birgé (Drame.org)

-Helene Sage Website (http://helene.sage.free.fr/)
10/29/2025

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Track Listing:

1. Envol 4:40

2. Presque Rien N 1 1:22

3. L'Odeur Du Vin Nouveau 5:01

4. Rencontre Avec Deux Elans Dans La Nuit Noire Au Fond D'Un Bois 1:57

5. Petit Instant Pris Sur Le Vif N 2 1:22

6. Qu'Est-Ce Qui Faudra 4:27

7. Presque Rien N 2 1:00

8. Les Anges 1:39

9. Petit Instant Pris Sur Le Vif N 3 1:06

10. Prophetie 3:23

11. Petit Instant Pris Sur Le Vif N 4 1:59

12. Presque Rien N 3 0:41

13. LesPelures De Soi 4:41

14. Presque Rien N 4 2:26

15. Et Aussi La Poussiere 0:52

16. On Respire 0:44

17. Mots Sans Frontieres 1:49

18. Presque Rien N 5 0:51

19. Folles Errances 2:06

20. Presque Rien N 6 2:07

21. Les Poetes 3:36

22. Presque Rien N 7 0:37

23. La Ronde Des Morts 2:11

24. Presque Rien N 8 1:42

25. ChansonDu Silence 1:22

26. Presque Rien N 9 3:05

27. A Toi 1:52

28. Zombi A Zanzibar 0:30

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