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Une mi­nu­te au bout du fil (1992)

Albert Marcoeur

Albert Marcoeur: Une minute au bout du fil

Pièces pour standards et répondeurs téléphoniques

Ti­tle of the com­pi­la­ti­on: Pièces pour standards et répondeurs téléphoniques
Title of the piece: Une minute au bout du fil  (Track 04)
Artitst: Albert Marcoeur
Publisher: Nouvelles Scènes, Dijon
Da­te: 1992
Me­di­um: CD

The CD release Pièces pour standards et répondeurs téléphoniques contains 58 short pieces by various musicians, all of which have the telephone as their theme or are inspired by the telephone and answering machines. The pieces were recorded between February and August 1992, mixed at Studio Marcoeur. The cover art is by Christian Marclay, Laurent Colliard and Mimi Young.

Albert Marcoeur's piece Une minute au bout du fil is an arrangement of music of classical instruments with elements of rock music and the sounds of a dial telephone, as it also appears on the cover of the record and was the common telephone model found in many European households in the 1990s.

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