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Bernard
Parmegiani

Bio

(1927 - 2013). For half a century Bernard Parmegiani has produced over a hundred major works, more than sixty of which are considered "concert" pieces. Some have defined the progress of electro-acoustic music (Violostries, Jazzex, Capture Ephémère, De Natura Sonorum, Exercismes...), others are quite simply lodged in in the French collective unconscious like the jingle tone at Roissy airport. He has composed innumerable scores for cinema and television, videos, theatre and mime...


The music of Bernard Parmegiani consists of movements, continuums, straight lines, curves, repetitions and distortions...he functions as a genuine sonic designer, an utopian inventor of a music to be watched with the ears and heard with the eyes. He is constantly counterpoising opposites: natural and artificial, acoustic and electro-acoustic, interior and exterior, dense and sparse...The titles of his works explicitly announce this his intention. The interweaving of such notions may lead the listener to the brink of a vertiginous chasm, an aural parallel to Escher's tortuous tessellations. Nonetheless, frequent repetition, impromptu refrains "techno" treatments way ahead of their time, all make his work relatively accessible, easily crossing over into the world of contemporary electronica. Beginning as a sound engineer for French television, Bernard Parmegiani soon joined G.R.M. (Musical Research Group) heartily encouraged by Pierre Schaeffer. His first major work "Violostries" appeared in 1963, a confrontation between sounds extracted exclusively from the violin and a violin soloist. He has explored other fields too: His piece "Jazzex" (1966) is a rare and successful meeting between "musique concrète" and jazz. "Du Pop à l'âne (1968) is an admixture of Pink Floyd bass lines, scattered piano notes, African percussion, church organ...He left GRM in 1992 moving to his own studio « Fabriquasons ». His collaboration with Cézame began in 1995 with «Génériques Potentiels» (CEZ 4009) followed by «Questions de Temps» (CEZ 4021) in 2001. "

Awards received:
Grand Prix du disque 1979
Grand Prix des Compositeurs de la SACEM 1981 - 5ème Victoires de la musique 1989
Prix Magisterium Concours International de Bourges 1991
Chevalier de l'ordre du mérite 1991
Prix « Golden Nica » de Ars Electronica de LINZ 1993
« Coup de Coeur» Académie Charles Cros pour Portrait Polychrome CDMC/INA GRM 2003
Prix du Président de la République de l'Académie Charles Cros pour le coffret CD comportant une grande partie de son oeuvre 2008.

 

Album Title Alt. Duration Compo/Artist Description Keywords Key BPM
CEZ4021 Question de Temps
[CEZ4021 - 1]
0 3'13 Bernard Parmegiani Accident & disturbing. Tense. Staccato.Drones. sequencing electroacoustic music contemporary art insects ... Fm 162
MAG6100 The Red Grass
[MAG6100 - 25]
0 1'58 Bernard Parmegiani Electroacoustic, experimental music, cosmic music. Aerial, ... electroacoustic music atmospheric weird mysterious ... Bb 68
MAG6042 The Red Grass
[MAG6042 - 1]
0 1'58 Bernard Parmegiani Aerial, atmospheric, paranormal & weird. Experimental music. Electro ... electroacoustic music mysterious atmospheric interrogative ... Bb 68
CEG5020 En Phase, Hors Phase
[CEG5020 - 24]
0 2'28 Bernard Parmegiani Haunting, unnerving & bizarre. Suggested for the "mad scientists". ... hypnotic unclassifiable mechanical relentless ... E 151
CEZ4009 Staccanite Aigüe 1
[CEZ4009 - 24]
1 1'19 Bernard Parmegiani Vibrating & haunting. Electro-acoustic & violin. electroacoustic music vibrating bustling relentless ... Em 148
CEZ4009 Staccanite Aigüe 2
[CEZ4009 - 27]
0 1'10 Bernard Parmegiani Vibrating & hypnotic. Electro-acoustic & violin. instrumental Em 103
CEZ4021 Le Temps du Passage
[CEZ4021 - 27]
0 1'33 Bernard Parmegiani Mysterious. Drones and drop of water. humid fx water electroacoustic music contemporary art ... A 110
MAG6042 Cadavre Exquis
[MAG6042 - 2]
0 2'48 Bernard Parmegiani Mysterious, interrogative & suspended. Electric keyboard & constant ... electroacoustic music mysterious atmospheric complex ... Db 65
MAG6042 Minstrels from Another World
[MAG6042 - 4]
0 1'25 Bernard Parmegiani Eerie, supernatural & haunting. Electro sound like an harmonica, pads ... ufo electroacoustic music bustling insidious ... Db 149
CEG5022 Le Temps d'en Rire
[CEG5022 - 22]
0 1'06 Bernard Parmegiani Very unusual, weird & quirky. Sampled women's laughter & percussion. ... unclassifiable horror fx laughter psychotic ... Cm 120
CEG5022 Le Temps Perdu
[CEG5022 - 10]
0 1'46 Bernard Parmegiani Surreal, worrying & ghostly. Soprano ethereal voice & reverberated ... horror paranormal psychotic scary ... Gbm 62
CEZ4021 Le Temps Perdu
[CEZ4021 - 25]
0 1'43 Bernard Parmegiani Horrror. esoteric. Electro-acoustic. paranormal scary electroacoustic music horror ... Gbm 98
MAG6042 The Bells of Abeth
[MAG6042 - 7]
0 4'03 Bernard Parmegiani Deep, funereal, surreal & weird. Treated sound of death bell & analog ... electroacoustic music abyss fx death knell metallic ... Dm 96
CEZ4021 Le Temps Installé
[CEZ4021 - 17]
0 2'52 Bernard Parmegiani Atonal. Experimental. electroacoustic music contemporary art unclassifiable sequencing ... A 70
CEZ4021 Alors, Kess?
[CEZ4021 - 10]
0 1'26 Bernard Parmegiani Sampled vocal. Cycles & sound intrusion. electroacoustic music fx voice contemporary art quirky ... Ebm 78
CEZ4021 Le Temps pour Soi
[CEZ4021 - 24]
0 2'36 Bernard Parmegiani Space. Mysterious. Sci-fi. electroacoustic music atmospheric complex suspended atmosphere ... Gbm 111
CEZ4021 Ce que Nous Dit la Nuit
[CEZ4021 - 4]
0 2'59 Bernard Parmegiani Weird. Futuristic. electroacoustic music noisy disturbing sequencing ... Bbm 100
CEZ4021 L'Espace-Temps
[CEZ4021 - 8]
0 4'19 Bernard Parmegiani Acceleration & cycles. Drones. electroacoustic music sci-fi relentless sequencing ... Dbm 116
CEZ4021 Un Temps pour Tout
[CEZ4021 - 20]
0 1'16 Bernard Parmegiani Voices. Keybords & violin. electroacoustic music quirky sequencing contemporary art ... Abm 62
CEZ4021 De Temps en Temps
[CEZ4021 - 3]
0 3'00 Bernard Parmegiani Horror. Menacing. Extract from 2nd movement of "Violostries". For ... contemporary serious music (all) electroacoustic music abstract art contemporary art ... Gm 102
CEZ4577 Tricks of the Mind
[CEZ4577 - 12]
0 1'33 Bernard Parmegiani Experimental electro. Ominous, weird & mysterious. Sound design. ... weird scary funereal mysterious ... Cm 117
MAG6042 Infinity and Beyond
[MAG6042 - 5]
0 3'33 Bernard Parmegiani Space, icy, threatening & toxic. Experimental cosmic music from the ... natural disaster suspended atmosphere abyss drone ... Ebm 82
MAG6042 Motorismo
[MAG6042 - 17]
0 2'51 Bernard Parmegiani Very bizarre, percussive, discontinued & erratic. Treated sounds & ... 1970 sequencing chaotic weird ... Bbm 133
MAG6042 Entropy
[MAG6042 - 16]
0 1'53 Bernard Parmegiani Erratic, threatening, jerky, chaotic & dislocated. Treated sounds & ... psychotic relentless analog synth urgent ... Bbm 129
MAG6042 Obsessive Vibrations
[MAG6042 - 15]
0 2'36 Bernard Parmegiani Constant, agressive & tenacious. Vintage synth with filter fx. ... relentless pulsation hypnotic disturbing ... B 135
MAG6042 Empty City
[MAG6042 - 14]
0 1'50 Bernard Parmegiani Suspended, wanderin, punctuated & investigative. Electronic keyboard ... disturbing interrogative electroacoustic music sinister ... C 111
MAG6042 Subtle Radiation
[MAG6042 - 13]
0 1'45 Bernard Parmegiani Vibrant, abyssal & weird. Vintage analog synth & filter fx. ... electroacoustic music natural disaster paranormal sound design ... Gm 65
MAG6042 The Walls are Speaking
[MAG6042 - 12]
0 2'26 Bernard Parmegiani Creepy, horrifying & tormented. Treated sound & vintage synth. ... disturbing desolate electroacoustic music sinister ... C 72
MAG6042 Urban Tribalism
[MAG6042 - 10]
0 2'57 Bernard Parmegiani Percussive, bizarre & disjointed. Treated percussion & analog vintage ... weird electroacoustic music analog synth intermittent ... Ebm 166
MAG6042 Tuning into the Waves
[MAG6042 - 9]
0 1'32 Bernard Parmegiani Ondulating, repetitive & mechanical. Electro fx evoking the radio ... electroacoustic music 1960 disturbing abyss ... Bm 67
MAG6042 Fairground Dream
[MAG6042 - 3]
0 2'12 Bernard Parmegiani Dreamy, crystalline, magical, ethereal & bizarre. Experimental music. ... electroacoustic music luminous ufo crystalline ... Ebm 116
MAG6042 Mental Chronometry
[MAG6042 - 8]
0 1'13 Bernard Parmegiani Urgent, determined & fast. Treated sound f harspichord & sequence ... electroacoustic music interrogative sequencing insidious ... Am 102
MAG6042 Tricks of the Mind
[MAG6042 - 6]
0 1'33 Bernard Parmegiani Ominous, freaky, oddly & obsessive. Experimental electro music from ... abyss weird electroacoustic music anticipation ... Fm 117
MAG6042 Impulse and Pulsation
[MAG6042 - 11]
0 2'58 Bernard Parmegiani Waving, repetitive & obstinate. Vintage modular synth with filter fx. ... electroacoustic music 1970 disturbing atmospheric ... B 90
CEG5015 Ce que Nous dit la Nuit
[CEG5015 - 30]
0 3'01 Bernard Parmegiani Weird. Futuristic. space electroacoustic music sequencing tropical forest ... Bbm 147
CEG5011 Sekenoudi l'Afrique
[CEG5011 - 33]
0 1'14 Bernard Parmegiani Fiery, chaotic & bustling. Electronic tablas, sound design & ... wild fiery Africa chaotic ... A 120
CEZ4014 Infony (part 9)
[CEZ4014 - 9]
0 0'07 Bernard Parmegiani Sting. descending. Electro-acoustic. link sting mysterious falling ... Am 82
CEZ4014 Infony (part 10)
[CEZ4014 - 10]
0 0'16 Bernard Parmegiani Link. Percussion & electronic sound. link metallic suspense industry ... Abm 110
CEZ4014 Infony (part 11)
[CEZ4014 - 11]
0 0'08 Bernard Parmegiani Sting. Link. Electro-acoustic. link sting final unclassifiable ... Am 129
CEZ4014 Infony (part 12)
[CEZ4014 - 12]
0 0'06 Bernard Parmegiani Sting. Ufo. Sci-Fi. Electro acoustic. sting space unclassifiable sci-fi ... Ab 86
CEZ4014 Infony (part 13)
[CEZ4014 - 13]
0 0'06 Bernard Parmegiani Logo. Jingle. Analog synth. jingle video game blooper sting ... Ab 124
CEZ4014 Infony (part 14)
[CEZ4014 - 14]
0 0'06 Bernard Parmegiani Sting. Percussive. Electro-acoustic. sting architecture & design industry complex ... Ebm 113
CEZ4014 Infony (part 15)
[CEZ4014 - 15]
0 0'18 Bernard Parmegiani Mechanical & percussive. Electro-acoustic. industry link mechanical noisy ... Gbm 90
CEZ4014 Infony (part 16)
[CEZ4014 - 16]
0 0'06 Bernard Parmegiani Nervous & eccentric. Electro-acoustic. sting unclassifiable contemporary art quirky ... Bb 178
CEZ4014 Infony (part 17)
[CEZ4014 - 17]
0 0'10 Bernard Parmegiani Cosmic & triumphal. Electro-acoustic. sting space majestic sudden ... F 126
CEZ4014 Infony (part 18)
[CEZ4014 - 18]
0 0'14 Bernard Parmegiani Ufo. Retro news. Telex sound & analog synth. fx teleprinter ufo sci-fi breaking news ... D 104
CEZ4014 Infony (part 19)
[CEZ4014 - 19]
0 0'21 Bernard Parmegiani Urgent. Retro news. telex sound & analog synth. fx teleprinter link corporate video fx telecom ... E 122
CEZ4014 Infony (part 2)
[CEZ4014 - 2]
0 0'12 Bernard Parmegiani Sting. Link. Ufo & Sci-fi. Electro-acoustic. ufo sting space link ... Eb 155
CEZ4014 Infony (part 20)
[CEZ4014 - 20]
0 0'15 Bernard Parmegiani Urgent. Retro news. Chronometer fx & analog synth. fx stopwatch sting fx tick-tock jingle ... Bm 103
CEZ4014 Infony (part 7)
[CEZ4014 - 7]
0 0'05 Bernard Parmegiani Sting. Finale. Electro-acoustic. sting weather report news 1960 ... Am 166
CEZ4014 Infony (part 8)
[CEZ4014 - 8]
0 0'14 Bernard Parmegiani Link. Ascending. Electro-acoustic. link 1960 1970 rising ... D 80
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