On or about 1999, someone came up with the idea of handing over all the Cinéma pour l’oreille cds to date to Erik M (now known as eRikm) to do with what he would.
Was it a good idea? Yes. Will you be able to recognize any of those twenty-three pieces? Yes, just [...]

Be warned: if you don’t like lots of high, squeaky sounds, you probably won’t like Fractals. However, since high, squeaky sounds are perfectly lovely, you should probably listen to this until you do like them. Won’t take long. If any music is going to convince you of how pretty these sounds are, [...]

Ducks quacking, charming old ladies talking, dogs barking, guns firing, charming young girls laughing. Feuillet after feuillet of sonic images of French countryside. At least I heard no obvious city sounds. Anyway, if my description sounds like this is a total mishmash, just remember that Duchenne is French, and that the French [...]

Ton Dieu ne s’appelle-t-il pas ego? is subtitled “drama en huit mouvements et ½.”
1 – Prélude: Bird calls over a drone. More and more electronic sounds as it progresses. Last three seconds sudden crescendo of a buzzy repeated figure, leading without break into
2 – La peur de l’autre (le méchant): a [...]

The accordion in France is alive and well. Very alive and very well.
At least in 1981 it was so. (Come on. That’s not that long ago, is it?) If you hate accordion, you will love this piece. If you love accordion, you will love this piece.
Excellent good noise.

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This is more different from any other Luc Ferrari piece than any other one is different from the others. Which is only to say, that if you have everything but this, you really must get this one, too. Nothing more to say really except that this piece is exquisitely gorgeous.

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If you like classical music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this cd could possibly piss you off. It’s so much fun, though, that you’ll probably also be vastly entertained. I see from my notes on this piece that I went from annoyed to amused to irritated to entertained. I’m not sure [...]