Par terre by Birgé - Donarier - Legros

Instantaneous compositions recorded on July 11 2023
at GRRR Studio by Jean-Jacques Birgé 
in the order which they have been played
 chosing cards from Oblique Strategies conceived
 by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt

60 minutes

Photos :
the cover © Matthieu Donarier
the studio © Emmanuelle Legros
the trio © JJB

As for albums Game Bling with Ève Risser and Joce Mienniel (2014), Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard with Médéric Collignon and Julien Desprez (2014), Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard 2 with Pascal Contet and Antonin-Tri Hoang (2015), Questions with Élise Dabrowski and Mathias Lévy (May 2019), WD-40 with Christelle Séry and Jonathan Pontier (Oct. 2019), Ball of Fire with Jean-François Vrod and Karsten Hochapfel (Nov. 2019), L’air de rien with Élise Caron and Fidel Fourneyron (mars 2021), To Be or Net To Be with Gilles Coronado and Basile Naudet (mai 2021), Chou with Sophie Agnel and David Fenech (October 2022), Raves with Olivier Lété and Fanny Meteier (May 2023), Moite with Violaine Lochu and Tatiana Paris (July 2023), and the live show filmed À l'improviste with Birgitte Lyregaard and Linda Edsjö (2014), cards from the game Oblique Strategies by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt were randomly chosen as scores for the musicians.

Films of some concerts, where the audience choses the cards, are also online on YouTube (with Collignon, Desprez, Contet, Hoang, Lyregaard, Edsjö)...

Tracklist

1.	Vers l'insignifiant	4:47

2.	La chose la plus importante est la chose qu'on oublie le plus facilement	7:21

3.	Slow preparation, fast execution	8:24

4.	Toujours les premiers pas	8:08

5.	Trois couleurs inacceptables	10:14

6.	Continuez comme ça	4:08

7.	Une partie seulement, pas tout	5:13

8.	Dans l'obscurité ou une très grande salle, silencieusement	12:36

Credits

released July 12, 2023

Emmanuelle Legros – trumpet, flugelhorn, African horn, music box, percussion
Matthieu Donarier – tenor sax, toy-piano, percussion
Jean-Jacques Birgé – keyboards, reed trumpet, flutes, jaw harp, violins

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