Pierre Bastien - Visions of Doing

Pierre Bastien is well known for his orchestra of musically gifted robots.  Driven by electric motors, the machines deliver stuttering rhythmic loops.  These unsteady tempos constantly fluctuate, imbuing the songs with an emotional and honest quality not found in much of today's loop-based music.  The nine tracks on Visions of Doing have been selected from Pierre Bastien's soundtracks to Karel Doing's films. Pierre Bastien on Visions of Doing: "The compositions presented here in homage to Karel Doing are more than just the soundtracks to his films.  They are the result of years of collaboration, in the recording studio and in live performances.  Tracks like Visions of Shanghai, Energy Energy and Turkish Boys at the Harbour have Karel's sounds integrated within the compositions. Others like Bubblin' or The Thermodynamic Orchestra served as inspiration for Karel's to development of his Optical Toys.  As we worked together at Studio Een on three performances (Recollection, Four Eyes, and Rotary Factory) and a CD-ROM (Nine Optical Toys) we developed a strong complementary style evident in the music I composed for Karel's films: Energy Energy, Images of a Moving City, East and Getijden. The extract of Four Eyes included here shows how our images and sounds criss-cross and lead to a collective piece."  Pierre Bastien has collaborated with Robert Wyatt, Pascal Comelade, video artist Pierrick Sorin, fashion designer Issey Miyake, DJ Low, and many more. He has released records on the Rephlex lable, run by Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin). Pierre Bastien performs frequently in Europe and around the world including a few recent shows opening for  Squarepusher. This Fall he will perform throughout Europe with his Mecanium orchestra. Press: "This fragile, home-made orchestra executes elaborate and strangely moving symphonies." – Wire / " The music made by Bastien and his robot band is every bit as delicate and unique as the methods by which it was created." – Pitchfork. Tracks : The American on the Highway, Visions of Shanghai, The Girl from Surinam,  Energy Energy, Turkish Boys at the Harbour, Tides, The Thermodynamic Orchestra, South African Lady, Bubblin'.

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