>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:50:56 +0200 >From: percaso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: OUT NOW > > >I am happy to announce a new PERCASO release. > >CHRISTOPH GALLIO MÖSIÖBLÖ “à Robert Filliou“ CD, percaso production 19 > >The percaso production label was founded in 1986 and still remains a >small independently managed production house today. > > >Christoph Gallio > >http://www.elephantchateau.ch/percaso > >Percaso Production's new release “à Robert Filliou“ (percaso 19) is a >suite with words by Robert Filliou composed and made to measure by >Christoph Gallio, >played by MöSIöBLö with guest trumpet player Peter Schärli. > >Cover Art by Emmett Williams > >“à Robert Filliou” is a suite composed and conceived by Christoph Gallio >that exclusively uses the texts of the fluxus artist Robert Filliou and that is >fundamentally inspired by them. This is quite unusual, since, as far as I >know, there has hardly been any direct (reverse) connections to the heated >phase >of the fluxus movement within European improvised music. ...Both are >fundamental elements of this music, the art song and improvisation, each >perfectly >worked out (not, however, formulated), they do not function in the, let’s >say, environment, as Gallio designed it, without each other; they support each >other by questioning each other. This music becomes its own perpetuum >mobile.“ > > Felix Klopotek (Translation: Bruce Carnevale) > >“Robert Filliou‘s art is a simple, universal language that we all >understand, when we become more simple, too. "Innocence & Inspiration" two >words that >occur in one of Robert's works, can be translated as: emptiness and form, >or female and male, or death and life.... Playfull, profound, generous, >affordable >and simple. Filliou's art is like our responses to life, purified and >refined to philosophic playthings, making our lives more precious and >fantastic. >Christoph Gallio found fruit on the tree and left a garden of its seeds. >Enjoy Gallio's, Filliou inspired tracks!!“ > > John Halpern > >Sara Maurer mezzo soprano *1958 >Studied at the “Scuola Teatro Dimitri“ in Verscio and at the >“Conservatoire Supérieure de Musique de Genève“. Worked at the “Théâtre >Populaire Romand“, La >Chaux-de-Fonds, Théâtre “Am Stram Gram“, Genève. Member of different >ensembles for baroque and contemporary classical music. > >Marino Pliakas guitar *1964 >Studied classical guitar at the “Musik Konservatorium Zürich“. Member of >“Steamboat Switzerland“ (CD Steamboat Switzerland “AC / DB (HAYDEN)“ and >“BUDAPEST“, Grob 315/316...) > >Thomas Eckert Bb and bass clarinet *1956 >Studied clarinet at the “Musik Konservatorium Zürich“. and at the >“Conservatoire Supérieure de Musique Genève“. Composer. (LP Musica Libera >with Joe McPhee, >HatHut 3513, CD Habarigani II, hat ART CD 6064...) > >Christoph Gallio soprano and alto saxophone * 1957 >Self-taught. Studied saxophone at the Basel Conservatory. In 1987 Gallio >won the art action award from the City of Basel. Leader of “DAY & TAXI“ >(CD DAY & >TAXI “all“, “about“, “less and more“, percaso production 12, 17, Unit >Records 4121...) > > >Peter Schärli trumpet and flügelhorn *1955 >Studied at the Swiss Jazz School Berne. Leader of “Peter Schärli Special >Sextet“ >featuring Glenn Ferris and Tom Varner (CD “Guilty“, enja CD 9129-2, “Blues >For The Beast“, >enja CD >9103-2...)