THE GOD BEAR ARCHIVES I (unreleased tapes from the 70s and 80s)

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	1.	Chassidic Etudes #1 15:38
	2.	Chassidic Etudes #2 10:02
	3.	Wonderment #2 11:30
	4.	Chassidic Etudes #5 02:46
	5.	First Oberheim in Brooklyn #6 11:24
	6.	Chassidic Etudes #6 15:44
	7.	First Oberheim in Brooklyn #4 12:12
	8.	Wonderment #4 14:00
	9.	Sirene 23:41
	10.	First Oberheim in Brooklyn #7 07:00
	11.	Charlemagne Palestine, Simone Forti - Simone+Charlemagne Roma 1972 #3 32:43
	12.	Chassidic Etudes #3 00:26

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During the year 2021, Charlemagne entrusted us with numerous archives recently found on audio cassettes dating from the 70s and 80s. After a long process of listening and selection, we are pleased to present the first volume of these archives to you.

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released May 25, 2023

ALL MUSIC, instruments & voices by charlemagne palestine
Except CD2 track4 by Simone Forti & Charlemagne Palestine
Track selection by Karbé dinel / Cassette digitization by Lionel Hubert
Mastering by Frederic Alstadt at Mont analogue Mastering
COVER PICTURE BY Henry Ughetto "Pour charlemagne palestine" 1998

THANKS TO Charlemagne palestine, Aude Stocklet & Lionel Hubert

The tracks coming from old audio cassettes, we have chosen to keep the defects of the tapes so as not to alter the work.

Copyright by matière mémoire éditions / GODBEAR series
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Charlemagne Palestine Brussels, Belgium

Composer, musician, shaman, visual artist and performer, Charlemagne Palestine is a legendary figure on the New York underground scene. He is often viewed as one of the pioneers of minimalist music today, a trend in which he does not recognise himself however, preferring an approach that he calls “maximalist” or “spontanimalist”. ... more

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