white vinyl version - Originally recorded in 1977, following a limited release in 1979, Ghédalia
Tazartès debut album, Diasporas, introduced listeners to the surreal,
mysterious and truly unclassifiable statement of Tazartès and his out-oftime
place in the French avant-garde canon. Born in Paris in 1947 to
Judaeo-Spanish parents of Greek descent, Tazartès spent his early
career as an autodidact utilizing his knowledge of repetition and collage,
coupled with his Ladino linguistic heritage, to create some of the most
unique recordings of the late 20th century. Interest in the works of
Tazartès truly sparked when artist Steve Stapleton included his follow
up album, Tazartès' Transports, in his famed “Nurse With Wound List,”
thus adding endless curiosity to the folklore behind Tazartès and his
mystical entrée.
From the onset of Diasporas, looping incantations seemingly pile up at
the behest of Tazartès. In almost a prayer-like decree, Tazartès chants to
the gods in an undefined whail that is both haunting and spiritually
divine. Tazartès unique use of tape loops to capture the disappearing
traditions of his family’s past creates an atmospheric texture that
unexpectedly complements his cut-up, manipulated vocal experiments.
While contemporaries within the French avant-garde maneuvered
academic theory and rigid tradition, Diasporas strays away from these
boundaries, working in Tazartès’ invented practice of ‘impromuz’, a
method in which he endlessly records for hours and edits only the
moments that display any sense of spontaneous enlightenment. Further
emboldening the obtuse nature of Diasporas are the seemingly random
recitation of poet Stéphane Mallarmé and the traditional ‘Parisian-style’
piano accompaniment of experimental composer Michel Chion.
Since its initial release over 40 years ago, both Dais Records and Alga
Marghen have released reissues of Diasporas in various formats, all of
which quickly fell out of print. Dais Records presents an official reissue,
newly remastered by Josh Bonati, utilizing the original artwork of
Diasporas in its sole album form, for the first time in over four decades.
| Un Amour Si Grand Qu'il Nie Son Objet | (9:38) |
| A1a | Moïse Contre Les Idoles |
| A1b | Le Vent Du Large Souffle Sur Paris |
| A1c | Tempête À Nagazaki |
| A1d | Moralité |
| A2 | La Vie Et La Mort Légendaire Du Spermatozoïde Humuch Lardy | 3:50 |
| A3 | La Berlue Je T'aime | 3:00 |
| A4 | Casimodo Tango | 2:50 |
| A5 | Reviens | 2:05 |
| B1 | La Fin Du Prologue | 4:40 |
| B2 | Ouverture Fragile | 4:07 |
| B3 | Rien Qu'au Soleil | 2:21 |
| B4 | Mourir Un Peu | 4:46 |
| B5 | Rien N'est Assez Fort Pour Dire | 2:56 |
| B6 | Une Voix S'en Va | 2:03 |
