We’ve had two copies of this album pass through the store in the last month, and both were snatched up by collectors within a day of their being priced and made available. This hinted to Mark and I that it must be an album worthy of such intense appreciation. I decided I’d try to hunt down a copy of the recording to share with everyone. Little did I know that it’s really easy to find a digitized version of the LP on the Internet. This wasn’t nearly as hard as sharing the Robert Curtis Smith record, about which no information is available anywhere on the web.
Orpheus Records blog states, “Machine Danse simply contains some of the finest music ever composed by Pierre Henry, even by his very own high standards. The late Sixties/early Seventies deserve to be called his golden era, with releases such as the two Cortical Arts (find them on Creel Prone), his collaboration with Urban Sax, and, well, Machine Danse. Here, Henry displays a yet unmatched sense for rhythmic sound/language, e.g. on “Exorcisme” or on the second half of “Erotica”. I can’t think of any music which so excitingly blends introspection & extroversion. Pierre Henry’s music is complex and never boring.”
Do You Speak English Radio wonders, “I would really like to know what kind of discotheque plays this music. Somewhere on Jupiter, maybe!?”
Pierre Henry
Danse Music
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Tracklist:
01. Machine Danse
02. Vivrevoltage
03. Erotica
04. Sacrifice
05. Initiation
06. Tam Tam De La Source
07. Danse Des Fausses Bouteilles
08. Exorcisme
09. Tam Tam De La Vache
10. Danse Electromatic
