Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: DÉRIVATIONS Year: 1989 Label: no label Catalogue: no reference Format: 90 minutes TAPE Side 1 01 Rêve De Pierre 6.13 02 Die Brücke 5.05 03 Preliminnaires 6.44 04 Fer De Lance 3.01 05 Arythmies 8.37 06 Kriegstraum 5.14 Side 2 07 Eibon 7.46 08 Rêve De Feu 2.57 09 Coup De Grâce 6.53 10 Room 7 8.23 11 Agonie 7.26 12 Le Fou Parle 7.04 Total Running Time: 75.23 Line-up: JULIEN ASH Angustére Record Note: recorded in 1989 and first demo of the band. Re-released in 2003 as private CD-R.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: SCISSIONS Year: 1989 Label: no label Catalogue: no reference Format: 90 minutes TAPE Side 1 01 The Meeting (Kha's Distress) 12.45 02 Never Forget - Never Forgive 7.28 03 At The Beginning (Death Of Kha) 10.21 04 Die Brücke 5.05 05 Preliminnaires 6.44 06 Fer De Lance 3.01 Side 2 07 Le Fou Parle 7.04 08 Derive 1.35 09 Death Of Kha Pt I 5.31 10 Room 6 (The Nightmare) 5.01 11 Ballade Des Tritons 1.08 12 Amarilis 2.28 13 Sucking Trees 4.39 Total Running Time: 72.50 Line-up: JULIEN ASH Angustére Record Note: recorded in 1989 as demo to be proposed to Permis De Construire. Re-released in 2003 as private CD-R, except tracks 04, 05, 06 and 07 already re-released on Dérivations CD-R.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: LOST SAND DIVINITIES Year: June 1990 Label: E.D.T. / Permis De Construire Catalogue: ETCD01 / PER022 Format: MINICD 01 Martel en Tête 3.10 02 Initiation De Kha 4.41 03 Larme Blanche 2.11 04 First Green Vision Of Kha 3.52 05 L'Exécution De Korihor 3.40 06 La Longue Marche 2.49 Total Running Time: 20.23 Line-up: JULIEN ASH Angustére Record Note: recorded from November 1989 to March 1990 at studios Cézanne and Matisse. Three different edition exist: The first one was pressed in 98 copies with hand-made painting, card and two-sides card with track-list and a photo of Angustére and Ash. The second one was pressed in 479 hand-numbered copies and has card and two-sides card. The third one was pressed in 380 copies and has only card. The format of this minicd is not jewel case but just slim case.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: 1ÈRE PÉRIODE TAÔISTE Year: 1991 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETT02 Format: 90 minutes TAPE Side 1 01 Dark Dreams 3.56 02 Tentative De Datation Du Suaire 2.57 03 Die Hexe 3.24 04 Ethan 3 4.09 05 Mortificat 3.26 06 Vestiges D'Une Volonté Macabre 17.15 07 Le Regard D'Un Chien 2.17 08 Drôle D'Endroit Pour Une Victoire 4.29 Side 2 09 Larme Blanche 2 3.34 10 Faux Mouvement 2.47 11 Korihor Walks 8.11 12 Mervyn 3.33 13 Le Spectre D'Ethan 3.31 14 Rituel D'Initiation À L'Émasculation Inconsciente (4e Vision Noire De Kha) 4.23 15 Le Bestiaire (Backwards) 9.28 16 Visite D'Un Lieu Sans Intérêt 4.05 17 Mourn 2.27 Total Running Time: 83.52 Line-up: JULIEN ASH Angustère Treex: synth LLC: plateau Lola: voice Rhamses pipes Albia gong Record Note: it was released with number 2 in a limited edition of 50 copies two-tapes video-box with inserts. Recorded from February 1990 to December 1990 at studios Cézanne and Matisse. Sheet features the words "Les musiciens sont des crétins" by Salvator Dalì and a six-page paper of video size with 6 lyrics. Some tracks will be released in a compilation called Fragments Taôistes in 1995 and then re-released in 1999.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: 2ÈME PÉRIODE TAÔISTE Year: 1991 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETT03 Format: 60 minutes TAPE Side 1 01 Intro Aachen 42 02 Novaïa Zemlia 3.25 03 Projection Horizontale Equivalente 3.23 04 Précipitation Mortuaire (The Mad Organist 2) 4.08 05 La Mer De Nice 6.26 06 Le Minerai Neuronal 1.10 07 Sept Heures Moins Le Quart 1.57 08 Wam 5.15 Side 2 09 Le Charme De Gisèle 1.48 10 Quatorze 30 11 Tu Étais Là 1.43 12 Sans Déclin 2.14 13 Marche Forcée 2.32 14 Toumosis III 2.33 15 Non 4.15 16 Skontesjørd 2.46 17 I 7.41 Total Running Time: 52.28 Line-up: JULIEN ASH Angustère Treex: synth LLC: plateau Lola: voice Rhamses pipes Albia gong Record Note: it was released with number 2 in a limited edition of 50 copies two-tapes video-box with inserts. Recorded from February 1990 to December 1990 at studios Cézanne and Matisse. Sheet features the words "Les musiciens sont des crétins" by Salvator Dalì and a six-page paper of video size with 6 lyrics.
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Credited: JULIEN ASH Title: INCANDESCENT Year: 1991 Label: Permis De Construire / E.D.T. Catalogue: PER025 / ETCD05 Format: CD 01 Fields 44 02 Sorrow 2.25 03 The Game Never Ends 1.54 04 Chute D'Une Gargouille Sur Le Parvis 1.05 05 The Sound Of Light (Incandescent) 2.36 06 Cover Me With A Sheet 3.46 07 Le Principe Du Non-Agir 1.03 08 Now Listen (To The Eye In The Grave) 3.52 09 Marie En Tenue De Gala 3.31 10 Dawn 3.49 (listen!) 11 Catatonie 1990 3.13 12 Second Grey Vision Of Kha 1.26 13 Crime Passionnel (En Terre Sainte) 27 14 Candles (The Doubt) 41 15 The Light Of Sound 4.01 16 Catatonie 1991 1.51 17 La Mer Recrache Vos Cadavres 4.04 18 I Looked At Myself I Became Pregnant 3.09 19 Still Burning 3.34 20 Empty Fields 1.34 Total Running Time: 48.45 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: music, samples, loops, synths, tapes, piano, guitar, voice; Christ L.C.: computers-synths; Caro: flutes; R.F.: rhythm program on "Catatonie 1990" Record Note: this is the first entire album maken by Julien Ash after the split with Angustére. Recorded in March 1991 at studios Cézanne and Salpétrière. Booklet features lyrics Of Incandescent, The Game Never Ends, Marie En Tenue De Gala, Vision Of Kha, Candles. It's a limited edition of 500 copies.
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Credited: MAELSTRØM Title: ECMNESIA Year: 1991 Label: Nouvelles Propagandes Catalogue: NP012 Format: 45 minutes TAPE Side 1 01 Parade 2.05 02 N 25 03 Noctiluques D'Étalingure Nivo-Glaciaires 4.42 04 Incarcération Des Allolyseurs 3.02 05 Pantografia 28 06 Dada Suicide Test 3.19 07 Lachrystmae Aethernae 4.12 Side 2 08 Collection Perpétuelle 4.49 09 Onze Invertébrés 1.52 10 Marche En Eaux Troubles 3.19 11 Shkraközjiak 46 12 Silent Storm 1.47 13 Cannibalisme De Printemps 2.06 14 Monolithe 48 15 Épure 2.15 Total Running Time: 35.47 Line-up: JULIEN ASH Angustére Record Note: this was a side-project between Angustére and Ash. It comes in a two-tapes box and features a drawning by Ash. "Ecmnesie" is definited as "vision paronamique d'images du passé". It also features a text (see lyrics section) by Isidore Ducasse.
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Credited: TRISTE NUIT POUR
Title: DIEU EST GROS
Year: 1992
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETT04
Format: 60 minutes TAPE
Side A
01 Unitled Excerpt 1.54
02 Untiled Excerpt 1.38
03 Intro Den Haag 3.04
04 Live TNP 1.34
05 Jocelyn 2.02
06 Sur La Place De Ninivie 2.20
07 Concours D'Admission 1980 40
08 London-Paris-New York 55
09 Défilé Des Apôtres 1.54
10 Un Résumé Possible 5.10
11 Dieu Est Gros 1.24
12 L'Environnement D'Un Pulsar 51
13 Essai Du Parisophone 18
14 Sinus 36
15 Voyages De Noces À Skarven 2.16
16 De L'Abstrait Face Au Possible 2.45
Side A'
17 N20 4.43
18 Première 4.41
19 Nouvelles 3.21
20 2.06
21 3.13
22 Fou 1.38
23 Epoque Dacosta 4.31
24 I 4.01
Total Running Time: 57.35
Record Note: this was another side-project
between Angustére and Ash. It comes in a
cardboard box. Inside the tape is
cointained between two painted wood pieces
(same sizes of tape), united by two screws
that pass through tape's two holes.
Track-list is printed by computer on
an A4 paper that features on back a
mail. All chars of this mail are "i".
It should be a limited edition of 50 copies.
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Credited: JULIEN ASH / ALBIA Title: SOURCES Year: 1992 Label: not available Catalogue: ET04 Format: BOOK Note: it's a limited edition of 50 copies and features photos of the album covers, drawnings by Ash and landscapes pictures. There are also 6 lyrics of songs featured in Période Taôiste box (Part 1 and Part 2).
A Sources page (currently the only picture available) (jpg 50k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: SCHIZOLITHE Year: 1992 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETT06 Format: 60 minutes TAPE Side A 01 Traum Durch Die Sendung 12.53 02 The Quiet Song 7.22 03 Vestiges D'Une Volonté Macabre (Mix 91) 9.43 Side B 04 I 31.33 Total Running Time: 52.31 Line-up: JULIEN ASH Angustére Record Note: it was released in a "2kg reinforced concrete box" (words taken from E.D.T. official site) and it was recorded in 1992 at Studio Cézanne by Ash and Angustére. All Side A will be reissued on Vestiges CD.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: KRIEGSTRAUM Year: 1992 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: no reference Format: 60 minutes TAPE Side A 01 Lutinages 7.29 02 Trois Melodies En Forme De Cornichons 8.42 03 Le Pole Majeur De L'Angoisse 10.15 Side B 04 Hiding In Time 29.07 Total Running Time: 55.33 Record Note: there is one only official copy, recorded from 1991 to 1992 at Studio Cézanne by Ash. However, Prion Tapes could have released it. Any information about its existance will be appreciated. All Side A will be reissued in 1992 on Vestiges CD, all Side B will be reissued in 2000 on Hiding In Time CD-R.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: T-SHIRT
Year: 1992
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETT07
Format: T-Shirt
Promotional t-shirt sold at Futur Interieur,
experimental music festival managed by E.D.T.
people.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: VESTIGES Year: 1992 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD09 Format: CD 01 Traum Durch Die Sendung 12.53 02 The Quiet Song 7.22 03 Vestiges D'Une Volonté Macabre (Mix 91) 9.43 04 Lutinages 7.29 05 Trois Melodies En Forme De Cornichons 8.42 06 Le Pole Majeur De L'Angoisse 10.15 Total Running Time: 56.24 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: music, synths, samples, tapes, radio, mix Albia: samples Record Note: recorded from September to October 1991 at Studio Cézanne. Vestiges is a collection of material previously released on Schizolithe (tracks 01-03) and on Kriegstraum (tracks 04-06) tapes. Booklet also features discography till Vestiges (but they are already projected next three releases) and a text that shortly describe each song. An important note is present too: "VESTIGES est le testament de la période 1989/91. La fin d'un chapitre mais le roman continue...". It's a limited edition of 1000 copies.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: ALLEGRO VIVACE Year: 1992 Label: Permis De Construire Catalogue: PER030 Format: CD Digipak 01 Psychoplastic Experience 6.53 (listen!) 02 Novalis 9.02 03 Drosera (Broken Hearts, Burning Souls) 8.56 04 Mouth Opened By Ptah 4.38 05 Danse Avec La Mort 5.25 06 Collision Of Worlds - An Hebephrenic Guide Into Lewis Carrol's Mind. Movt 1 - Awakening Movt 2 - Perception Of The Bizarre Movt 3 - Sweet Visions Movt 4 - Pursuit Movt 5 - Dolls Movt 6 - The Flight Movt 7 - Parade On The Hungry Knights Movt 8 - Escaping Movt 9 - Mirror Visions Movt 10 - Death Of The Dolls Movt 11 - Thëta Waves 21.18 07 23 Seconds After The Murderous Pulsion 2.54 Total Running Time: 59.06 Line-up: Julien Ash Frédéric Bailly Record Note: recorded from July 1991 to September 1992 at Studio 33. Track 06 is a track ideally divided into 11 parts. It's a limited edition of 1200 copies.
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Credited: Please read Record Note Title: ANGELS OF OÏKEMA Year: 1993 Label: Karismatik / E.D.T. Catalogue: KAR02CD / ETCD11 Format: CD 01 Le Fil D'Argent (Pour Albia) 2.46 02 Another Road Movie 1.39 03 A L'Aube D'Un Nouveau Crépuscule 2.27 04 Entering The House Of Oïkema 5.54 05 Ceremony 4.46 06 Interlude 57 07 Oïkema Waltz 7.20 08 90 Minutes Per Night 2.48 09 Non Perception Pact 3.58 10 To Be Continued 2.14 Total Running Time: 34.49 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: tapes, keyboards, samplers Frédéric Bailly: keyboards, computers Frédéric Truong: keyboards, sequencer Olga Zimovets: vocal Record Note: this is the first part of Oïkema trilogy and was released only in this split album that also features Leitmøtiv. Recorded at studios Cézanne, La Chambre Blue and C.C.A.M. from September 1992 to June 1993. It features also a text. It will be re-released in 1995 with different cover/artwork and re-re-released with Part 3 into an only CD called Oïkema in 2000. For information, Leitmøtiv's part is called DRAME CÉRÉBRAL and has this track-list: 01 La Marche Des Troubadours 1.30 02 Le Malinvisible 3.37 03 Die Lügen Werden Von Den Wagen Geschwemmt 3.10 04 From Beyond The Grave 3.40 05 Parade D'Un Simple D'Esprit 2.10 06 Ritournelle 3.04 07 Sortiléges 2.36 08 L'Ivresse Des Galets 2.32 09 Le Baiser Du Requin 3.34 10 El Puntillero 2.16 11 Faustine Et Le Cerf-Volant 1.57 12 Une Mer D'Ébéne 2.19 13 Virtuose Des Obsessions Virtuelles 4.09 Total Running Time: 36.34
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: SPIRITUS REX Year: 1994 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD12 Format: CD 01 Fleur De Peau 3.10 02 The Third Eye Of The Blind 3.38 (listen!) 03 Spiritus Rex 9.40 04 L'Indicible, Toujours... 3.13 05 Mouvances 3.01 06 Catatonie 1993 3.21 07 Désincarnations 3.26 08 Tabou 38 09 Alcôve 4.28 10 A Prayer For Mervyn 6.50 11 Burial 1.15 12 Petite Suite 2.37 13 White Mountain 1.50 14 L'Empreinte Des Tourments 2.36 15 Le Miel Et Les Garèons 2.00 16 Leaving 2.17 17 Prayers In Oïkema 10.58 Total Running Time: 64.58 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: keyboards, samplers, tapes, guitar Albia: gong and spoon on "Alcôve" Frédéric Truong: rythm and mix on "The Third Eye Of The Blind" Record Note: this is the second part of Oïkema trilogy. Recorded from February 1992 to October 1993 at Studio Cézanne. It also features a text. It's a limited edition of 800 copies.
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Credited: Please read Record Note Title: SECRET OF OÏKEMA Year: 1994 Label: Fast Forward Recordings Catalogue: FF003 Format: CD 01 Brain Heart Infusion 02 Étreinte Avec L'Ange 03 Interference - Guide 04 Mnésimagnésie 05 Gynogéodésie 06 L'Âme Des Vagues 07 Réminiscence Taôiste 08 Épilogue Et Troisième Vision De Kha: La Crucifiction Des Vierges Effarouchées De La Maison D'Oïkema 23.27 Total Running Time: 23.27 Record Note: this is the third and last part of Oïkema trilogy, recorded at Studio Cézanne. It consists in only one track and was released only in a split compilation called Trinity that also features Legendary Pink Dots (Andromeda Suite, 25.07) and Laurent Pernice (Musiques Immobiles, 24.04, one track with three parts called Indistinction, Accoutumance and Sans Trite) and comes in a cardboard sleeve inside a plastic sleeve. It will be re-released with Part 1 into an only CD called Oïkema in 2000.
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Credited: Please read Record Note Title: ANGELS OF OÏKEMA Year: 1993 Label: Karismatik / E.D.T. Catalogue: KAR02CD / ETCD11 Format: CD 01 Le Fil D'Argent (Pour Albia) 2.46 02 Another Road Movie 1.39 03 A L'Aube D'Un Nouveau Crépuscule 2.27 04 Entering The House Of Oïkema 5.54 05 Ceremony 4.46 06 Interlude 57 07 Oïkema Waltz 7.20 08 90 Minutes Per Night 2.48 09 Non Perception Pact 3.58 10 To Be Continued 2.14 Total Running Time: 34.49 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: tapes, keyboards, samplers Frédéric Bailly: keyboards, computers Frédéric Truong: keyboards, sequencer Olga Zimovets: vocal Record Note: this is the first part of Oïkema trilogy and was released in this split album that also features Leitmøtiv. Recorded at studios Cézanne, La Chambre Blue and C.C.A.M. from September 1992 to June 1993. It features also a text. This is the re-release of the 1993 split album, with different cover/artwork. For information, Leitmøtiv's part is called DRAME CÉRÉBRAL and has this track-list: 01 La Marche Des Troubadours 1.30 02 Le Malinvisible 3.37 03 Die Lügen Werden Von Den Wagen Geschwemmt 3.10 04 From Beyond The Grave 3.40 05 Parade D'Un Simple D'Esprit 2.10 06 Ritournelle 3.04 07 Sortiléges 2.36 08 L'Ivresse Des Galets 2.32 09 Le Baiser Du Requin 3.34 10 El Puntillero 2.16 11 Faustine Et Le Cerf-Volant 1.57 12 Une Mer D'Ébéne 2.19 13 Virtuose Des Obsessions Virtuelles 4.09 Total Running Time: 36.34
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: NAKED
Year: 1995
Label: Prikosnovénie
Catalogue: Miniature 16
Format: 20 minutes TAPE
Side A
01 Biorythmes 2.44
Side B
02 Réduction 3.10
03 Fantaisie Dissidente 1.55
Total Running Time: 7.49
Record Note: recorded in 1994 at Studio Cézanne.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: CLEAN Year: 1995 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD13 Format: CD 01 Credo (Ad Libido) 1.56 02 A Nos Ivresses (Enolic Mix) 4.19 03 La Faute (Danse Du Pardon) 1.20 04 A La Croisée Des Chemins 2.58 05 Venus De Mille Eaux 4.18 06 Ave Maria 3.06 07 After It (Souvenirs Posthumes) 5.37 (listen!) 08 Some Digital Lack Of Communication 4.34 09 Rupture 7.28 10 Renouveau (Dogmatic Mix) 4.25 11 L'Air Du Temps 3.30 12 Pensées Écarlates (Pour Ethan) 4.14 13 Continuum 3.02 14 Seventh Blue Vision Of Kha 2.53 15 Die Hexe 2.35 16 You'd Better Close Your Eyes And Dream, My Girl... 12.24 Total Running Time: 68.39 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: music, computers, tapes, TV, voices Wilfried Graff: acoustic guitar on "La Faute (Danse Du Pardon)" Frédéric Truong: synths on "A La Croisée Des Chemins" Mayling: synths and mix on "After It (Souvenirs Posthumes)" Ch. Batt: effects and mix on "Rupture" Angustére: analogic synth on "Rupture" and "Continuum" Ph. Bur: synths, pedals and mix on "Rupture" and "Continuum" Frédéric Bailly: synths and mix on "Seventh Blue Vision Of Kha" Record Note: this is the first part of twins Clean/Unclean. Recorded from April 1994 to January 1995 at various locations. Dedicated to Nadette. Booklet also features lyrics of Ave Maria and Credo. Venus De Mille Eaux was chosen to be released as 7" single.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: UNCLEAN Year: 1995 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD14 Format: CD 01 Incandescent (Reprise) 2.49 (listen!) 02 Lies 2.51 03 Nature Morte 9.58 04 Penetranse 2.24 05 Random Feelings 4.09 06 Upsilon Cybernauts Part I 17.32 07 Bruits De Lumières 3.21 08 Trompe L'œil 2.55 09 Pardone Mare Nostra 2.17 10 Electromelie 3.00 11 L'œil Du Bouillon 2.45 12 Renouveau (Disorder Mix) 2.24 13 Apparition Hertzienne... 5.21 14 Invocation 3.13 15 Upsilon Cybernauts Part II 2.54 16 ... Du Spectre De Peau D'Ane 2.28 Total Running Time: 70.21 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: music, computers, tapes, TV, effects, guitar, voices Christoph Heemann: analogic synth and mix on "Nature Morte" Ph. Bur: synths, pedals and mix on "Upsilon Cybernauts Part I & II" Angustére: analogic synth on "Upsilon Cybernauts Part I & II" Record Note: this is the second and last part of twins Clean/Unclean. Recorded from June 1993 to January 1995 at various locations. Dedicated to Nadette. Booklet also features lyrics of Ave Maria (not present and different from Clean), Bruits De Lumières and Sound Of Light (Reprise) that really are lyrics of Incandescent (Reprise). Unclean has also a subtitle: Patchwork Mystique Pour Rituet Héboïdophrénique.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: VENUS DE MILLE EAUX Year: 1995 Label: Karismatik Catalogue: KAR06S Format: 7" VINYL Side A 01 Venus De Mille Eaux 4.18 Side B 02 Motus Vivendi 2.26 03 L-Cat 2.36 Total Running Time: 9.20 Record Note: Venus De Mille Eaux is an extract from Clean. The other two tracks are unreleased. This 7" it's a limited edition of 100 hand numbered copies in clear vinyls.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: LA MER DES SARCASMES Year: June 1995 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETLP15 Format: 12" VINYL Side A 01 Dark Hero 2.01 02 Carpe Diem 2.52 03 Ode 5.31 04 Encens 6.24 05 Remanences 4.17 Side B 06 Le Lieu Noir Pt I 19.36 Total Running Time: 40.41 Record Note: this is the first part of Le Lieu Noir project. This LP is a limited edition of 200 hand numbered copies. The entire saga will be re-released on CD-R in 2000 as La Carpe Miroir.
La Mer Des Sarcasmes (jpg 64k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: LA MÛRE REINE Year: September 1995 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETLP16 Format: 12" VINYL Side A 01 Zephyr 5.42 02 Le Gâchis 5.07 03 La Toile 9.57 Side B 04 Sole Mio 8.03 05 Le Lieu Noir Pt II 6.37 06 Heures Blemes 5.49 Total Running Time: 41.15 Record Note: this is the second part of Le Lieu Noir project. This LP is a limited edition of 200 hand numbered copies. The entire saga will be re-released on CD-R in 2000 as La Carpe Miroir.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: FRAGMENTS TAÔISTES Year: September 1995 Label: Harmonie Catalogue: Harm06 Format: 60 minutes TAPE Side A 01 Dark Dreams 4.01 02 Le Spectre D'Ethan 3.36 03 Mervyn 3.39 04 Vestiges D'Une Volonté Macabre 17.53 Side B 05 Mortificat 3.28 06 Larme Blanche 3.38 07 Tentative De Datation Du Suaire 3.00 08 Ethan 3 4.14 09 Faux Mouvement 2.52 10 Mourn 3.31 11 Rituel D'Initiation (Quatrième Vision Noire Du Kha) 4.31 12 Le Regard D'Un Chien 2.19 Total Running Time: 56.42 Record Note: it's a collection from Période Taôiste box (exactly from Part 1). All these tracks were remixed in August 1995 for this compilation. Sheet features the words "Les musiciens sont des crétins" by Salvator Dalì and lyrics by Ash, and a text. It will be re-release on CD-R in 1999.
Fragments Taôistes tape edition (jpg 56k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: L'AMIRAL RAMIREZ Year: November 1995 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETLP17 Format: 12" VINYL Side A 01 1/2gt² 7.23 02 Le Lieu Noir Pt III 6.33 03 The Flying Cagole 5.55 Side B 04 Stripped-C 10.32 05 Anachrome 3.46 (listen!) 06 Moose Crossing 5.53 Total Running Time: 40.02 Record Note: this is the third part of Le Lieu Noir project. This LP is a limited edition of 200 hand numbered copies. The entire saga will be re-released on CD-R in 2000 as La Carpe Miroir.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: L'AMARRE-AILE Year: January 1996 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETLP18 Format: 12" VINYL Side A 01 Yunnah 10.50 02 Cornichons Amers 1.49 03 Eveil 2.31 04 Tobias 3.37 Side B 05 Arachnoia 3.53 06 Balle Perdue 2.19 07 El Diablo 2.52 08 Faune 4.04 09 Le Lieu Noir Pt IV 2.54 10 Derapages 3.55 Total Running Time: 39.44 Record Note: this is the forth part of Le Lieu Noir project. This LP is a limited edition of 200 hand numbered copies. The entire saga will be re-released on CD-R in 2000 as La Carpe Miroir.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: LA MORUE ENRHUMÉE Year: March 1996 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETLP19 Format: 12" VINYL Side A 01 Le Lieu Noir Pt V 6.17 02 Perturbations 4.15 03 Icônes 4.05 04 Le Tsar Dine 5.05 Side B 05 220 10.09 06 55 9.05 Total Running Time: 38.56 Record Note: this is the fifth and last part of Le Lieu Noir project. This LP is a limited edition of 200 hand-numbered copies and it's a clear transparent vinyl. The entire saga will be re-released on CD-R in 2000 as La Carpe Miroir.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: UNIS
Year: May 1996
Label: Karismatik
Catalogue: KAR07CD
Format: CD
01 Cone De Nuit 4.20
02 Unis 8.03
03 Le Chat Et Le Magicien 6.11
04 Oïkema Waltz (Instr) 7.22
05 Pas À Pas 3.19
06 Cour Martiale 7.38
07 Quercus 4.59
08 Cirque D'Été 3.48
09 Abécédarie 8.54
Total Running Time: 54.34
JULIEN ASH: music, samples, keyboards, mix
Frédéric Bailly: music, keyboards on "Oïkema
Waltz (Instr)"
Un Amour De Gibax: music and cello on "Cone De
Nuit", "Unis", "Le Chat Et Le
Magicien" and "Quercus"
Agent MS: music and toys on "Abécédarie"
Record Note: recorded at Noos & Studio Cézanne.
It's a limited edition of 500 copies.
Booklet features the words "Here she is the
bone of my bones, the flesh of my flesh",
taken from Genesis.
Beginning of Unis is taken from Yunnah, released
on L'Amarre Aile.
Abécédarie is really the same song called Le
Lieu Noir Pt II released on La Mûre Reine,
plus an one minute long melody called "Theme
From Abécédarie", according to Revocation / A
World Of Illusions retrospective.
Re-released in 1999.
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Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: LE LANGAGE DES AUTRES
Year: 1996
Label: never released
Catalogue: never released
Format: 46 minutes TAPE
Side 1
01 Le Langage Des Autres (Part 1) 5.13
02 Le Langage Des Autres (Part 2) 6.12
03 Le Langage Des Autres (Part 3) 6.18
Side 2
04 Le Langage Des Autres (Part 4) 15.03
05 Le Langage Des Autres (Part 5) 7.02
Total Running Time: 39.48
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: keyboards, samples, radio, TV, tapes,
guitar, toys
Angustére: analogic synth
Ph. Bur: keyboards
Record Note: recorded in Spring 1996 at Studio
Cézanne. The tape edition was never released.
Re-released in 1998 in a CD-R limited
edition.
Le Langage Des Autres 1st edition (jpg 38k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: LE SANG DE LA LICORNE
Year: 1997
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD20
Format: CD
01 Ethan 8 3.47
02 Douaumont 5.37
03 The City Of Hyphytrio 4.44
04 Milky Sinking 6.33
05 Les Rites De L'Aube 7.27
06 Lifelines 5.10
07 Apologie De L'Oubli 4.15
08 Gloomy Lights Above Sahaal 4.28
09 Elements Of Ryme 4.46
10 A Warning From Beyond 4.41
11 L'Apprenti Sorcier 9.19
12 Reve De Silice 3.23
Total Running Time: 64.10
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: music, samples, acoustic guitar,
percussions, synths, tapes, TV
Un Amour De Gibax: cello
Angustére: analogic synth
Ph. Bur: spectral intros
Agent MS: samples
Record Note: Recorded at Le Terrier Enchanté.
Booklet features entire N.L.C. discography
till this cd less Fragments Taôistes tape.
Le Sang De La Licorne (jpg 93k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: LE SANCTUAIRE D'ÏS Year: 1997 Label: E.D.T. / Gazul Records Catalogue: ETCD21 / GA 8614 AR Format: CD 01 Pagode 1.36 02 Le Monde Englouti 3.53 03 Lanugo 2.12 04 Traum Durch Die Sendung II 4.27 (listen!) 05 Anthelix 2.26 06 L'Edifiante Epopee De Pinpin Le Lapin 2.24 07 Hautes Spheres 5.43 08 Recurrence 45 09 La Subsistance Du Doute 2.01 10 K-Block D-Schmürz 4.52 11 Ethan 9 1.17 12 Un Apercu Du Deuteronome 6.22 13 L'Echo De La Chair 1.50 14 Stripped Cats In Tibet 5.21 15 Le Rhinopillon 1.59 16 Psaume Futile 4.11 17 Au-Dela De Nos Reves 3.43 Total Running Time: 55.02 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: music, samples, glass, wood and metal percussions, analogic synths, keyboards, tapes, TV Angustére: analogic synth Ph. Bur: keyboards Record Note: recorded at Le Terrier Enchanté in June 1997. Booklet features the words "Pour Aloïs".
Le Sanctuaire D'Ïs (jpg 48k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: LE DOMAINE
Year: 1998
Label: E.D.T. / Gazul Records
Catalogue: ETCD22 / GA 8618 AR
Format: CD
01 Arrivee Au Domaine 1.43
02 Lever Des Corps Une Matinee Radieuse 2.56
03 L'Atelier 58
04 Le Precepteur-Une Prise De Contact 4.32
05 Dejeuner Sur La Berge 2.01
06 Jeux D'Eau 1.48
07 Yunnah II-Le Second Cours 4.41
08 Le Crepuscule Des Anges 2.02
09 La Quete De Morphee 3.15
10 Delivrance 2.35
11 Salutation Du Jour Le Troiseme Cours 4.46
12 La Baignade 2.18
13 La Tempete 2.05
14 Arc En Ciel 2.14
15 Le Jeu Avec Le Feu Quatrieme Cours 1.49
16 Les Forges 2.11
17 La Maison Sur La Falaise 2.36
18 Le Dernier Cours-Adoration 3.10
19 Le Jardin Des Helices 1.33
Total Running Time: 49.13
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: music, samples, percussions,
keyboards, tapes
Un Amour De Gibax: cello on "Yunnah II-Le Second
Cours"
Record Note: recorded at Le Terrier Enchanté
from October 1997 to January 1998.
Le Domaine (jpg 59k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: LE LANGAGE DES AUTRES
Year: 1998
Label: Bastet Recordings
Catalogue: BR012
Format: CD-R
01 Le Langage Des Autres (Part 1) 5.13
02 Le Langage Des Autres (Part 2) 6.12
03 Le Langage Des Autres (Part 3) 6.18
04 Le Langage Des Autres (Part 4) 15.03
05 Le Langage Des Autres (Part 5) 7.02
Total Running Time: 39.48
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: keyboards, samples, radio, TV, tapes,
guitar, toys
Angustére: analogic synth
Ph. Bur: keyboards
Record Note: this is the cd version of 1996
tape, originally recorded in Spring 1996 at
Studio Cézanne. It comes in a cd-safe-box.
It's also a limited edition of 200 hand-numbered
copies.
Back-cover features the words "If this language is
mine, then I don't know much about myself.".
Le Langage Des Autres 2nd edition (jpg 113k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: ASD 002 THE CEREAL KILLER
Year: May 1999
Label: E.D.T. / Gazul Records
Catalogue: ETCD23 / GA 8624 AR
Format: CD
01 Ammonites Under Europa 7.27
02 Panique Dans La Basse-Cour 7.18
03 The Organic Landscape 7.50
04 Le Torero, La Mouche Et Le Diuretique 7.34
05 Where The Books Are Burning 5.04
06 Smooth Stereo Epidemy 8.51
Total Running Time: 44.04
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: music, guitar, samples, percussion,
analogic synths, keyboards, tapes,
noises, TV
Philippe Joncquel: bass, piccolo, keyboards
Un Amour De Gibax: cello
Edouard Romano: trumpet
Angustére: analogic synth
Ph. Bur: keyboards
Ch. Batt: keyboards
Record Note: recorded from September 1998 to
February 1999 at Le Terrier Enchanté and
Son'Art.
Booklet features the words "Pour Mathias"
and for the first time the web site address.
Asd 002 The Cereal Killer (jpg 63k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: UNIS
Year: 25th October 1999
Label: E.D.T. / Gazul Records
Catalogue: ETCD24 / GA 8631 AR
Format: CD
01 Lifelines (Version) 3.56
02 Cirque D'Été 3.48
03 Unis 8.03
04 Cône De Nuit 4.18
05 Oïkema Waltz (Instr) 7.21
06 Le Chat Et Le Magicien 6.11
07 Quercus 4.57
08 Duo De Décapodes 3.03
09 Pas À Pas 3.15
10 Cour Martiale 7.36
11 A Warning From Beyond (Version) 4.04
12 Abécédarie 9.34
Total Running Time: 66.06
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: music, samples, keyboards, mix
Frédéric Bailly: music, keyboards on "Oïkema
Waltz (Instr)"
Un Amour De Gibax: music and cello on "Cone De
Nuit", "Unis", "Le Chat Et Le
Magicien" and "Quercus"
Agent MS: music and toys on "Abécédarie"
Record Note: it's the re-release of the 1996
album with different cover and artwork, originally
released by Karismatik.
Three bonus-tracks: Duo De Décapodes is from
Le Cénacle tape compilation (released in 1995
by Harmonie), while Lifelines and A Warning
From Beyond are here released in their
original forms, different from Le Sang De
La Licorne versions.
Abécédarie running time is more than original
because some seconds of silence were added
between the two melodies (see old Unis for
better info).
Unis 2nd edition (jpg 48k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: FRAGMENTS TAOÏSTES Year: 25th October 1999 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD26 Format: CD-R 01 Dark Dreams 4.01 02 Le Spectre D'Ethan 3.36 03 Mervyn 3.39 04 Vestiges D'Une Volonté Macabre 17.53 05 Mortificat 3.28 06 Larme Blanche 3.38 07 Tentative De Datation Du Suaire 3.00 08 Ethan 3 4.14 09 Faux Mouvement 2.52 10 Mourn 3.31 11 Rituel D'Initiation (Quatrième Vision Noire Du Kha) 4.31 12 Le Regard D'Un Chien 2.19 Total Running Time: 56.42 Record Note: it's the re-release of 1995 tape released by Harmonie with different cover/artwork that features a collection from Période Taôiste 1. Track 11 title is shorten than original, while track 06 title is wrong (in fact Larme Blanche was released on Lost Sand Divinities minicd, while this is really Larme Blanche 2). Album title is misnamed, originally was FRAGMENTS TAÔISTES.
Fragments Taoïstes CD-R 1st edition (jpg 58k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: OÏKEMA
Year: 10th January 2000
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD25
Format: CD
01 Étreinte 1.57
02 À L'Aube D'Un Noveau Crépuscule 2.22
03 Another Road Movie 1.36
04 Film Noir (Instr) 2.35
05 Le Coucher 2.55
06 B.H.I. 2.55
07 Interference-Guide 4.47
08 Ceremony 3.36
09 Interlude 53
10 Mnésimagnésie 2.30
11 Oïkema's Waltz 7.15
12 Gynogéodésie 1.55
13 Purple Orchids 2.20
14 To Be Continued 2.51
15 Non Perception Pact 3.55
16 90 Minutes 2.48
17 L'Âme Des Vagues 3.59
18 Film Noir 2.36
19 Épilogue 1.29
Total Running Time: 55.14
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: tapes, keyboards, samplers,
percussions, vocals
Frédéric Bailly: keyboards
Frédéric Truong: keyboards, sequencer
Olga Zimovets: vocals
Record Note: it's the re-release of Part 1
and Part 3 of Oïkema trilogy, originally
two split-albums with Leitmøtiv the first
one and Legendary Pink Dots and Laurent
Pernice the second one, recorded at Studio
Cézanne, La Chambre Bleue, CCAM and Le
Terrier Enchanté.
Some re-recording and/or re-mixing were
done in 1999, and some tracks sound
slighty different from original, especially
Épilogue, without vocal.
Track 18 is Le Fil D'Argent (Pour Albia)
from Part 1, but it's renamed and shorten
of ten seconds.
Tracks 04, 05 and 13 were never released
before now.
Omitted tracks from originals are Entering
The House Of Oïkema from Angels Of Oïkema
and Réminiscence Taôiste from Secret Of
Oïkema.
Oïkema (jpg 38k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: HIDING IN TIME Year: 10th January 2000 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD28 Format: CD-R Hiding In Time (Parts 1 to 5) 01 9.20 02 5.00 03 7.00 04 6.31 05 1.16 Apparition Hertzienne Du Spectre De Peau D'Ane (Complete Version) 06 6.41 07 2.34 08 6.04 09 3.11 10 4.29 Total Running Time: 52.06 Record Note: it's the re-release of side B of Kriegstraum tape with addiction of the full version of a track before now released only in little forms on Clean, Unclean and 1654 The Cave -I- compilation. Each of the two tracks is here divided in five ideal parts. Originally recorded at Studio Cézanne from September 1991 to March 1994.
Hiding In Time (jpg 44k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: MOON Year: September 2000 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD29 / GA 8637 AR Format: CD 01 Calice 2.38 02 Annapurna Observatory 1 3.22 (listen!) 03 Tea For Alice 2.50 04 Dance Of Trolls 2.48 05 Moonwalkers 4.04 06 Indian Song 5.27 07 Vasque 1.04 08 Quasar7 2.45 09 Trance Of Dolls 2.31 10 Nous Marchons... 4.44 11 Annapurna Observatory 2 3.06 12 Desert Sea 3.45 13 ... Vers La Lune 1.14 14 Atmosphere 1.44 15 Orchidee 2.25 Total Running Time: 44.27 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: music, vocals, percussions, keyboards, samples Philippe Joncquel: music, bass guitar, picolo bass Frédéric Bailly: music, keyboards Françoise Klein: vocals Sebastine: dovro, samples Un Amour De Gibax: cello Aude: additional guitar Franck Schweitzer: percussions, Jew's harp Angustére: analogic synth Agent MS: vocals Record Note: recorded from May 1999 to June 2000 at Le Terrier Enchanté, Son'Art and Noos.
Moon (jpg 88k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: LA CARPE MIROIR Year: November 2000 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD30 / ETCD31 / ETCD32 Format: CD-Rx3 SET General Record Note: This set comes with three different CD-Rs each with own title and slim case, united together by a big black removable elastic. It's a collection of material released through the vinyl saga called Le Lieu Noir and covers all those tracks except Le Lieu Noir Pt II (released on La Mûre Reine and re-released as Abécédarie on Unis) and 55 (released on La Morue Enrhumée and re-released as part of "Apparition Hertzienne Du Spectre De Peau D'Ane" on Hiding In Time). It's a limited edition of 30 hand-numbered copies. L'ARMOIRE DE LA MÈRE MARTHE 01 Dark Hero 2.03 02 Arachnoïa 3.58 03 Ode 5.39 04 Carpe Diem 3.03 05 Yunnan 11.56 06 El Diablo 3.16 07 Le Lieu Noir Part 1 19.59 08 Infundibulum 48 09 Cannibalisme De Printemps 2.15 10 Remanences 3.53 11 Derapages 5.01 12 Hymn 19 6.27 Total Running Time: 68.18 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: computer, samplers, music Un Amour De Gibax: cello Ph. Bur: synths Angustére: synths Record Note: recorded from 1990 to 1995 at studio Cézanne. Tracks 01, 03, 04, 07, 10 were released on La Mer Des Sarcasmes LP in 1995. Tracks 02, 05, 06, 11 were released on L'Amarre Aile LP in 1996. Track 09 was released on Ecmnesia tape in 1991. Tracks 08, 12 were never released before now. L'ARMURE MIROIR 01 1/2gt² 7.13 02 La Toile 9.53 03 Moose Crossing 5.14 04 Le Gâchis 4.45 05 Stripped-C 10.14 06 Zephyr 5.25 07 Le Lieu Noir Part 3 6.18 08 Heures Blèmes 5.38 09 The Flying Cagole 5.36 10 Sole Mio 7.45 11 Anachrome 3.47 (listen!) Total Running Time: 71.48 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: computer, samplers, music Ph. Bur: synths Angustére: synths Record Note: recorded in 1995 at studio Cézanne. Tracks 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 11 were released on L'Amiral Ramirez LP in 1995. Tracks 02, 04, 06, 08, 10 were released on La Mûre Reine LP in 1995. LE GRIMOIRE LARMOYANT 01 Le Lieu Noir Part 5 2.10 02 Perturbations 4.11 03 Icônes 4.39 04 Le Tsar Dîne 9.31 05 Cornichons Amers 1.50 06 Faune 3.50 07 Encens 6.19 08 220 10.23 09 Balle Perdue 2.21 10 Tobias 5.02 11 Éveil 2.27 12 Le Lieu Noir Part 4 2.58 13 The Holy Graze 12.23 Total Running Time: 68.04 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: computer, samplers, music Ph. Bur: synths Angustére: synths Record Note: recorded from 1989 to 1995 at studio Cézanne. Tracks 01, 02, 03, 04, 08 were released on La Morue Enrhumée LP in 1996. Tracks 05, 06, 09, 10, 11, 12 were released on L'Amarre-Aile LP in 1996. Track 07 was released on La Mer Des Sarcasmes LP in 1995. Tracks 13 was never released before now.
L'Armoire De La Mère Marthe (jpg 76k)
L'Armure Miroir (jpg 57k)
Le Grimoire Larmoyant (jpg 69k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: REVOCATION / A WORLD OF ILLUSIONS
Year: 15th May 2001
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD33 / ETCD34
Format: CDx2 Digipak
REVOCATION
01 Apologie De L'Oubli (Lost Mix) 4.08
02 The Sound Of Light (Bright Mix) 2.31
03 Annapurna Observatory 1 3.21
04 A L'Aube D'Un Nouveau Crepuscule 46
05 La Faute (H.I.T. Mix) 1.14
06 Indian Whisper 3.08
07 Unis 5.19
08 Lever Des Corps - Une Matinée Radieuse 2.29
09 Smooth Stereo Epidemy (Excerpt) 3.43
10 Spiritus Rex (Excerpt) 3.46
11 Venus De Mille Eaux 4.20
12 Ammonites 2.47
13 Rupture 6.33
14 Medley: Collision Of Worlds / Narcophilia 6.13
15 Moonwalkers (Step Mix) 4.04
16 Lanugo (Excerpt) 57
17 First Green Vision Of Kha (Excerpt) 1.31
18 Etreinte 2.42
19 Traum Durch Die Sendung (Excerpt) 1.13
20 Lies 2.42
21 Cône De Nuit 4.10
22 Desert Sea 3.44
Total Running Time: 70.35
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: synths on 01, 02, 03, 07, 08, 09, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.
percussions on 01, 08.
samples on 01, 02, 07, 10, 19.
piano on 04, 06, 16.
tapes on 14.
voice on 15
vocals on 18, 20.
Philippe Joncquel: bass, picolo bass on 03, 06, 12 (also
synths), 15.
Frédéric Truong: piano on 04.
Olga Zimovets: vocals on 04.
Wilfried Graf: acoustic guitar on 05.
Edouard Romano: trumpet on 09.
Angustère: synths on 13.
P. BUR: synths on 13.
Frédéric Bailly: synths, samples on 14.
Agathe & Margaux: children's voices on 15.
Un Amour de Gibax: cello on 21.
Franck Schweitzer: percussions, jew's harp on 22.
Sébastien: dobro, samples on 22.
Record Note:
Track 01 was originally released on Le Sang De
La Licorne in 1997, remixed in 1998.
Track 02 was originally released on Incandescent
in 1991, remixed in 2001.
Track 03, 22 were released on Moon in 2000.
Track 04 was released on Oïkema in 2000, original
released on Angels Of Oïkema in 1993.
Track 05 was released on Hiding In Time in 2000,
original released on Clean in 1995.
Track 06 was originally released on Moon in 2000,
this version is an excerpt remixed in 2001.
Track 07, 21 were released on Unis in 1996, re-released
in 1999.
Track 08 was released on Le Domaine in 1998.
Track 09, 12 were originally released on ASD 002 The
Cereal Killer in 1999, these versions are
excerpts (the second one was also remixed
in 2001).
Track 10 was originally released on Spiritus Rex
in 1994, this version is an excerpt.
Track 11 was released on Clean and on Venus De
Mille Eaux in 1995.
Track 13 was released on Clean in 1995.
Track 14 is a medley of two songs released
respectively on Allegro Vivace and A Drop
In The Ocean compilation in 1993.
Track 15 was originally released on Moon in 2000,
remixed in 2001.
Track 16 was originally released on Le Sanctuaire
D'Ïs in 1997, this version is an excerpt.
Track 17 was originally released on Lost Sand
Divinities in 1990, this version is an
excerpt.
Track 18 was released on Oïkema in 2000, original
released on Secret Of Oïkema in 1994.
Track 19 was released on Vestiges in 1992, this
version is an excerpt.
Track 20 was released on Unclean in 1995.
A WORLD OF ILLUSIONS
01 Theme Pour "Les Ombres" 15
02 Possession 5.37
03 Derivation 7 3.39
04 La Part Du Doute 2.26
05 Promiseland 7.07 (listen!)
06 Tremulations 2.12
07 Irish Pie 1.59
08 Hymn 18 3.03
09 Chromacousie 37
10 1/2gt² 7.09
11 Salves 1.01
12 Intrusion Au Domaine 1.13
13 Le Langage Des Autres Part 3 6.11
14 Cat's Run 3.31
15 Playing With The Goose 2.36
16 Larme Blanche 3.29
17 Strates 2.31
18 Anthem 1.24
19 C.O.R. 1.49
20 Dry Cry 50
21 The Link Cutters (Short Cut Mix) 9.35
22 Theme Pour Abecedaire 1.01
Total Running Time: 69.15
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: synths on 01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 07, 08,
09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20, 21, 22.
flute on 02.
piano on 04, 07, 12, 15, 18.
tapes on 05.
percussions on 08, 21.
samples on 08, 10, 13, 17, 21.
Angustère: synths on 02, 03, 05, 10, 13.
P. BUR: synths on 02, 05, 10, 13.
Franck Schweitzer: percussions on 02.
Philippe Joncquel: bass on 05, picolo bass on 21.
Johann: guitar on 05.
Un Amour de Gibax: cello on 08.
R.F.: sequencer on 16.
Record Note:
Tracks 01, 04, 07, 09, 17 are 1999 unreleased pieces.
Tracks 02, 08, 14, 15, 18 are 2000 unreleased pieces.
Track 03 is 1989 unreleased piece.
Tracks 05, 20 are 2001 unreleased pieces.
Track 06 was released on Le Cénacle
compilation in 1995.
Track 10 was released on L'Amiral
Ramirez in 1995, re-released
on La Carpe Miroir in 2001.
Tracks 11, 12, 19 are 1998 unreleased pieces.
Track 13 was released on Le Langage
Des Autres in 1996, re-released
in 1998.
Track 16 was released on 1ère Période
Taôiste 1 in 1990, re-released
on Fragments Taôistes in 1995,
re-released in 1999.
Track 21 was originally released on
The Link Cutters in 2001 and
remixed in the same year.
Track 22 was released as ghost track on
Unis in 1996, re-released in 1999.
Revocation / A World Of Illusions (jpg 35k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: THE LINK CUTTERS
Year: 10th September 2001
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD36 / GA 8648 AR
Format: CD
01 Reprise 2.45
02 Cut 4.03
03 The Link Cutters 12.48
04 Murena 1.10
05 Smash The Discard Option 3.29
06 Atrix 12.52
07 Cancel 1.28
08 Hegemony 3.07
09 Endless Fight 9.33
10 Disconnected 2.58
Total Running Time: 54.13
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: music, basslines, percussions,
synths
Philippe Joncquel: picolo bass
Franck Schweitzer: sanza
Record Note: recorded from June 2000 to July 2001
at Le Terrier Enchanté and Son'Art.
The Link Cutters (jpg 103k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: LES GRANDS SAULES Year: 1st June 2002 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD38 / GA 8656 AR Format: CD 01 Les Grands Saules Part I 1.22 02 Les Grands Saules Part II 2.05 03 Les Grands Saules Part III 2.34 04 Les Grands Saules Part IV 2.39 05 Les Grands Saules Part V 1.18 06 Les Grands Saules Part VI 4.31 07 Les Grands Saules Part VII 2.21 08 Les Grands Saules Part VIII 1.08 09 Les Grands Saules Part IX 1.13 10 Les Grands Saules Part X 1.28 11 Les Grands Saules Part XI 2.21 12 Les Grands Saules Part XII 4.26 13 Les Grands Saules Part XIII 1.10 14 Les Grands Saules Part XIV 2.16 15 Les Grands Saules Part XV 3.02 16 Les Grands Saules Part XVI 30 17 Les Grands Saules Part XVII 2.16 18 Les Grands Saules Part XVIII 51 19 Les Grands Saules Part XIX 3.05 20 Les Grands Saules Part XX 2.06 21 Les Grands Saules Part XXI 1.13 22 Les Grands Saules Part XXII 1.41 23 Les Grands Saules Part XXIII 1.10 24 Les Grands Saules Part XXIV 5.04 25 Les Grands Saules Part XXV 2.28 Total Running Time: 54.18 Line-up: JULIEN ASH, Liesbeth Houdijk, Räefa, Sophie Truong, Agathe & Margaux, Thomas, Sébastien, Philippe Joncquel, Frédéric Truong, Hide & Seek, Franck Schweitzer. Record Note: concevied like a movie soundtrack, based on the following script.
Les Grands Saules (jpg 90k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: SEABIRDS Year: 18th November 2002 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD40 / GA 8658 AR Format: CD 01 The Book Of Beliefs Part 1 (Paragon Mix) 2.34 (listen!) 02 Seabirds (Remastered CD Version) 3.12 (listen!) 03 Lament For Her 2.10 (listen!) 04 Pressure (Condensed Mix) 3.35 (listen!) 05 Lament For Him 1.50 (listen!) 06 The Ermit (Lonesome Mix) 3.09 (listen!) Total Running Time: 16.30 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: music, samples, synths, piano Philippe Joncquel: bass, picolo bass Liesbeth Houdijk: voice Record Note: recorded on May 4th 2002 at Son'Art, mixed, edited and mastered at Le Terrier Enchanté. Tracks 01, 02, 04 and 06 are taken from the later released The Book Of Laments. All of them were remixed for this single except track 02.
Seabirds (jpg 52k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: L'ARMÉE DE MARBRE Year: February 2003 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD39 Format: CD 01 The Pledge 1.29 02 Awakening In The Clouds 5.28 03 Patience 1.47 04 Where The Boats Like To Drown 6.15 05 Eselsturm 1.24 06 The Sun Is Calling 3.36 07 Punishment 3.46 08 The Edge Of Violence 2.12 09 The Garden Of Dreams 1.53 10 The Skin Of Night 4.50 11 An Exercise With Mr. Cox 1.44 12 Song For Pedro 3.14 13 Last Days Before Translation 3.04 14 Ever Ending Sorrow 1.37 15 Sourdre 6.45 16 Sheeps As Hoax Erasers 47 17 Far Away From The Burning World 3.13 18 Les Dangers De La Boldoflorine 3.46 19 Silence Is The Mother Of Harmony 1.10 20 Never Have To Regret 1.20 21 Invocation (For Things Not To Happen) 5.58 Total Running Time: 65.18 Line-up: JULIEN ASH: samples, computers, synths Liesbeth Houdijk: voice Raëfa: voice Sébastien: dobro, electric guitar Pierre Gasne: didgeridoo Franck Schweitzer: balafon, percussions, flute, voice Philippe Joncquel: picolo bass Record Note: presented as the forth chapter of La Carpe Miroir saga.
L'Armée De Marbre (jpg 36k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: FRAGMENTS TAOÏSTES Year: April 2003 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD26 Format: CD-R 01 Dark Dreams 4.01 02 Le Spectre D'Ethan 3.36 03 Mervyn 3.39 04 Vestiges D'Une Volonté Macabre 17.53 05 Mortificat 3.28 06 Larme Blanche 3.38 07 Tentative De Datation Du Suaire 3.00 08 Ethan 3 4.14 09 Faux Mouvement 2.52 10 Mourn 3.31 11 Rituel D'Initiation (Quatrième Vision Noire Du Kha) 4.31 12 Le Regard D'Un Chien 2.19 Total Running Time: 56.42 Record Note: re-release of 1999 CD-R with different cover/artwork.
Fragments Taoïstes CD-R 2nd edition (jpg 74k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: THE BOOK OF LAMENTS
Year: May 2003
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD41 / GA 8668 AR
Format: CD
01 The Book Of Beliefs Pt I 7.22
02 The Book Of Beliefs Pt II 3.32
03 The Book Of Beliefs Pt III 2.59
04 The Book Of Beliefs Pt IV 7.42
05 The Book Of Despair 1.05
06 The Ermit 6.16
07 A Lament For Us 2.02
08 Seabirds 3.04
09 The Book Of Laments 1.37
10 Pressure 7.22
11 The Book Of Secrets 2.49
12 The Man Who Never Laughed 12.38
Total Running Time: 58.28
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: music, instruments
Philippe Joncquel: bass, picolo bass
Liesbeth Houdijk: voice
Raëfa: voice
Cyril Herry: sound sculptures recording
Record Note: recorded on May 4th 2002 at Son'Art,
mixed, edited and mastered at Le Terrier Enchanté.
The record was out on March the 20th 2003 but
available for sale only since May 2003.
The Book Of Laments (jpg 62k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: THE CATANIA EXPERIMENT
Year: August 2003
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD42 / ETCD43
Format: CD-Rx2
DISC 1
01 Nihil 3.25
02 Ballad Of The Dreamer 2.04
03 Diktat 2.48
04 The Seventh Gate 9.07
05 Radio Jingles 2.35
06 Theodonis 1.59
07 Spitting Frogs 1.54
08 La Menace 1.59
09 Le Revenant 1.40
10 Venus (Demo) 2.23
11 La Dame Blanche 4.47
12 Untold Joy 4.14
13 Le Défilé 1.41
14 K43CH2 2.21
15 The Piggy Song 4.18
16 Tech Tree 2.15
Total Running Time: 49.30
DISC 2
01 Black Wings 59.17
Total Running Time: 59.17
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: music, computers, synths, tapes,
guitar, percussions
Franck Schweitzer: balafon, flute
Record Note: collection of old material originally
recorded at Le Terrier Enchanté from 1989 to
1999. Private edition of 6 copies only.
The Catania Experiment (jpg 68k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: DÉRIVATIONS Year: August 2003 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD44 Format: CD-R 01 Rêve De Pierre 6.13 02 Die Brücke 5.05 03 Preliminnaires 6.44 04 Fer De Lance 3.01 05 Arythmies 8.37 06 Kriegstraum 5.14 07 Eibon 7.46 08 Rêve De Feu 2.57 09 Coup De Grâce 6.53 10 Room 7 8.23 11 Agonie 7.26 12 Le Fou Parle 7.04 Total Running Time: 75.23 Line-up: JULIEN ASH Angustére Record Note: re-release of the first demo-tape. Private edition of 2 copies only.
Sorry, private cover
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES Title: SCISSIONS Year: August 2003 Label: E.D.T. Catalogue: ETCD45 Format: CD-R 01 The Meeting (Kha's Distress) 12.45 02 Never Forget - Never Forgive 7.28 03 At The Beginning (Death Of Kha) 10.21 04 Derive 1.35 05 Death Of Kha Pt I 5.31 06 Room 6 (The Nightmare) 5.01 07 Ballade Des Tritons 1.08 08 Amarilis 2.28 09 Sucking Trees 4.39 Total Running Time: 50.56 Line-up: JULIEN ASH Angustére Record Note: re-release of the second demo-tape, except 4 tracks already re-released in Dérivations CD-R. Private edition of 2 copies only.
Sorry, private cover
Credited: A SPARROW-GRASS HUNT
Title: LE JOURNAL DU DORMEUR
Year: May 2004
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD46 / GA 8672 AR
Format: CD
01 Ouverture 3.11
02 Crépuscule (Le Fleuve - 1) 4.02
03 The Architect 2.39
04 Le Dément (Les Crocodiles Gris - 1) 2.35
05 Hyperdelic 5.48
06 Sarbacane 2.40
07 Le Marbre (La Bête & Le Marbre - 1) 3.23
08 The Mermaid 5.11
09 China Dream 1.03
10 Les Crocodiles Gris (Reprise) 2.39
11 Le Silence Sous Les Fondations 3.54
12 La Bête (La Bête & Le Marbre - 2) 3.26
13 La Voleuse De Champignons 2.05
14 Constellations (Le Fleuve - 2) 4.03
15 Les Eaux Sombres (Les Crocodiles Gris - 2) 3.20
16 Le Demi-Dieu 1.58
17 Sarbacane (Reprise) 2.40
18 Eveil 2.16
Total Running Time: 56.53
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: piano, electronics, synths
Pierre-Yves Lebeau: acoustic guitar, voice,
synths, bass guitar
Liesbeth Houdijk: voice
Rosalie Hartog: violine
Olivier Vitry: percussions
Cyril Herry: sound sculptures
Record Note: recorded from April 2003 to February 2004
at Le Terrier Enchanté and White Electric Battlefield.
First album of band formed with Hide And Seek.
Le Journal Du Dormeur (jpeg 66k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: FRIESENGEIST PART 1
Year: 2004
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD47 / GA 8677 AR
Format: CD
01 Ballade D'Ambroise Le Malchanceux Instr 3.29
02 Out Of Mind 5.52
03 Des Pierres Sous La Lune 1.48
04 Sismes - Premier Chant Silencieux 5.30
05 Der Geist Des Waldes 4.48
06 Décomposition Poétique 1.14
07 Première Clé - L'Immeuble Désffecré 2.02
08 Dance Of The Frozen Spirit 6.11
09 Les Égouts - Deuxième Chant Silencieux 8.56
10 Ici, Nul Ne S'Affronte 3.25
11 Ballade D'Ambroise Le Malchanceux 3.25
12 A Place For Me 3.10
13 Forbidden Spaces 2.47
14 Deuxième Clé - Une Gravure Fantastique 2.01
15 De L'Intérèt D'Être Un Hydne - Troisième Clé 4.41
Total Running Time: 59.19
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: keyboards, flute, vocals,
samples
Pierre-Yves Lebeau: bass guitar, acoustic
and electric guitars
Liesbeth Houdijk: vocals
Agent MS: vocals, violin
Isabelle Monaco: english spoken words
Aloïs-ASD001: vocals
Mathias-ASD002: wolf's voice
Cyril Herry: sound sculptures
Frédéric Truong: vocals, melodica
Laurent Esmez: percussions
Angustère: analogic synths
Record Note: recorded in various locations.
Friesengeist Part 1 has also a subtitle:
Juste Au-Dessus De La Terre Humide.
Friesengeist Part 1 (jpeg 55k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: REGELMÄSSIGE ZESTÖRUNGEN - FRIESENGEIST PART 2
Year: 19th October 2005
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD48 / GA 8682 AR
Format: CD
01 Ballade D'Edgar Le Désorienté 6.08
02 L'Intrus En Ce Jardin 2.56
03 Le Poids Écrasant De Ces Instants De Grâce 8.00
04 Au Bal Du Palomer 9.16
05 Trockenspiel - Avant La Pluie - 6.25
06 Une Simple Erreur D'Appeau 2.40
07 Dérives, Hasard, Effusions 15.34
08 Salt M. Valente 9.13
09 Eight And Half Tracks 2.31
Total Running Time: 62.43
Line-up:
JULIEN ASH: keyboards, piano, samples
Pierre-Yves Lebeau: vocals, vibraphone, acoustic guitar
Liesbeth Houdijk: vocals, dutch translations
Agent MS: vocals
Jean-Paul Escudero: violin
Aloïs-ASD001: vocals
Mathias-ASD002: ghost's voice
Cyril Herry: sound sculptures
Record Note: recorded in various locations.
Friesengeist 2 - Regelmässige Zestörungen (jpg 59k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: ASCENDANCES - FRIESENGEIST PART Π
Year: September 2006
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD49 / GA 8686 AR
Format: CD
01 Paradoxe Nocturne - Phase Une 5.50
02 Salsepareille - A Cent Lieues 5.54
03 Le Traducteur De Corps 4.44
04 La Pyrothèque De Maximilienne 5.50
05 Les Rondes Sorcières - Passion Des Inclinaisons 1.40
06 Backwards Running Pigs Disturbing Morpheus 4.18
07 Paradoxe Noctambulesque - Phasme Un 5.12
08 Hystereophonics - Danse Des Cent Poules Pondeuses 4.21
09 L'Intrus Mental - Petits Travaux D'Étanchéité Cérébrale 4.20
10 De La Pénibilité Des Tendances Dodelineuses 5.20
11 Le Périmetre De Confiance 3.37
12 De La Comestibilité Des Événements Prévisibles 7.06
13 Le Théâtre De L'Éclipse - Vision Stroboscopique 4.41
14 Le Sage À Niveau 4.07
15 Paradoxe Crépusculaire - Phrase Une 3.55
Total Running Time: 70.55
Line-up:
Julien Ash: music, piano, synths
Rosalie Hartog: violin
Pierre-Yves Lebeau: acoustic guitar
Liesbeth Houdijk: vocals
Philippe Joncquel: picolo bass
Record Note: recorded in August 2005 at Le Terrier
Enchanté. Booklet features CD discography with
short description of each release.
Friesengeist Π - Ascendances (jpg 59k)
Credited: NOUVELLES LECTURES COSMOPOLITES
Title: THREATENING DEVICES
Year: October 2007
Label: E.D.T.
Catalogue: ETCD50 / GA 8690
Format: CD
01 Remote Control 3.04
02 Les Pirates Du Temps 2.34
03 And Then The Moon Will Smile For Me 1.22
04 Le Déclic De Strafenberg 2.52
05 Procès Verbal 3.49
06 Lâcher De Porcs 1.32
07 La Dictature De L'Effroi 7.36
08 La Bride Relâchée 52
09 Chickentanz (Blechmusik Für Hühnchen) 3.34
10 La Menace Aqueuse 6.02
11 La Perte De Contrôle 2.08
12 Le Chant Des Six Reines 2.52
13 L'Armée Disparate 3.14
14 Tentative De Réconciliation Horizontale 5.15
15 La Semeuse, La Faucheuse Et Les Médias 1.07
16 Eclectic Bonefighter 2.15
17 A Tribute To All Grey Cars 1.31
18 Zence 4.23
19 Ab Imo Pectore 5.58
20 Ballade Des Steppes 3.03
21 Rewind (Back To Underground) 4.10
22 Retour Des Steppes 59
Total Running Time: 70.12
Line-up:
Julien Ash: voice, acoustic guitars, electric
guitars, electric bass, mandolin,
melodica, flutes, piano, synths
Pierre-Yves Lebeau: voice, acoustic guitars, electric
guitars, glockenspiel
Liesbeth Houdijk: voice
Aloïs L.: voice, acoustic guitars, violin,
alto saxophone
Mathias: voice
Aurore: voice
Philippe Joncquel: picolo bass
Jean-Paul Escudero: violin
Rosalie Hartog: violin
Cyril Herry: didgeridoo
Record Note: recorded at "Le Terrier Enchanté"
and at WEB.
Threatening Devices (jpg 84k)