Un jour... la mortMusique de Patrice Moullet - Paroles de Catherine Ribeiro
Un jour, la Mort, cette grande femme démoniaqueM'invita dans sa fantastique demeureDepuis longtemps elle me guettait, m'épiaitUsant de ses dons, de ses charmes magiquesElle cambrait sa croupe félineFermait á demi ses paupières lourdes de sommeilAu-delà desquelles brillaient deux yeux de guet-apensLe souffle court, les lèvres entrouvertesElle murmurait : viens chez moi, viens, viens,Approche, viens t'enrouler dans mon reposMon repos - repos - repos - l'éternel repos.Alors, coupant mon emblème-cordon-ombilicalJ'absorbais trois tubes de somnifère réparateur.Ainsi commença le tourbillon de la décadenceSemblable à celui de la terre qui me portaitLes gouvernements-tueurs étaient toujours en placeLe napalm brûlait nos maisons et nos champsLes riches s'éclataient devant les classes laborieusesPartout ce n'était que tumulte, cris de guerreJe courais, cherchant à protéger les enfantsLes enfants, merde, pourquoi faire des enfantsLes écoles maternelles sautaient à la dynamiteLes châteaux de cartes espagnois s'écroulaientVictims de malformations congénitalesSeuls, restaient debout, victorieuxLes Elysées, les Maisons-Blanches, les KremlinsLes crèmes caramel, les crémes au chocolat -Dites-moi la Mort, Chère femme, Belle MortVous me serrez d'un peu trop près, trop fortJe ne suis pas vraiment lesbienne, savez-vous?Vos bras qui m'encerclent gênent ma respirationVotre parfum me donne la nausée -Dites-moi la Mort, Chére femme, Belle MortDe ce côte-ci de l'au-delàOù se trouve le chemin de l'Amour -Sur terre, je refusais le mensonge, la vanité d'ÉtreIci, les dactylographes tapent sur des bongosD'horribles rythmes qui foudroient mes entrailles - Dites-moi la Mort, Chère femme, Belle MortRenvoyez-moi de ce côté-là de la VieJe voudrais connaitre l'amour de Pierre-le-RécalcitrantJ'ai encore besoin de donner et de recevoirJ'ai besoin de me battre pour un autre mondeJe veux connaitre l'An 01 dont parlaient nos amisJe veux encore monter des bonshommes de neigeEn hiver, sur les toits blancs des usinesJe veux faire sauter les autoroutesEt me promener dans les hautes herbes des campagnesJe veux embrasser les garçons et les fillesA pleine bouche, baiser leurs lèvres chaudesJe veux m'enivrer de la salive de mon amourJe veux aimer et mourir de mort-NaturelleComme tout le monde, les deux pieds dans mes sabots -Redonnez-moi la Vie, la Mort, Belle MortEt je vous ferai un enfant
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 4 October 2008 04:29 (fifteen years ago) link
inside gatefold image: collage made from image of a sudzy woman bathing in a barrel answering a telephone mounted on the side of the barrel, looking over her shoulder at a grainy shot of a vietanemese mother wading through a muddy river with her children
'combien de temps encore pourrons-nous ajourner l'inevitable?' - Henry Miller, Le temps des assassins
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 4 October 2008 04:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Still no news of any Ribeiro reissues? Shameful!
― Webern conducts Berg (Call the Cops), Monday, 22 March 2010 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I kinda got the impression the old reissues (on Spalax) sat around for a loooong time, they're probably not in a hurry to reissue them again? If they're still in business.
― John Disk & The Fetus People (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 22 March 2010 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
reissues were on Mantra. but, yeah, doubt it's a high priority for them.
― Mr. Hal Jam, Monday, 22 March 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D76DnIEZMzM
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 7 January 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
thanks for that@
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 9 January 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
been seeing this video linked a lot lately on FB and other places (not that i mind)
― donna rouge, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
looking forward to thishttp://musique.fnac.com/a4093592/Catherine-Ribeiro-N-2-Ame-debout-Paix-Le-rat-debile-et-l-homme-des-champs-Coffret-4-CD-CD-album
after having come across their music through these
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/thebookofseth/catherine-ribeiro-alpes-paixhttp://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/thebookofseth/catherine-ribeiro-alpes-theme-en-bref-silen-voy-kathyhttp://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/thebookofseth/catherine-ribeiro-alpes-no-2
and a trio of livesets that went up on Dime a while back.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 8 April 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
Box looks good. Shame not to have '2bis' on there.
How are those live sets? What dates?
― Milton Parker, Monday, 9 April 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
I have me some:
Catherine RIBEIRO & Alpes -- 'Pop Club' 1972-74 (FM)Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes - Paris 1973-05-28 (FM)Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes - La Courneuve 1973-09-09 (aud)
All worth hearing I guess, but Paris takes the cake by some way.
― Lil' Kim Philby (Call the Cops), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
Think those are the same dates. Not listened to them in a while, meant to over the weekend but didn't get around to it.
From what I recall they were pretty good though.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes - Paris 1972-02-03 (fm)
and
Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes - Paris 1973-05-28 (fm)
are up again on D!me, but I see that people are already clued in above. I'm excited to hear these!
― sleeve, Friday, 26 October 2012 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
you know what I'd never heard before last month?
http://www.discogs.com/Catherine-Ribeiro-Alpes-Theme-En-BrefSilen-Voy-Kathy/release/1690760
non-album 7" from 1970, released around the time of 'No. 2'
she wastes no time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhW52-LPcB0
― Milton Parker, Friday, 26 October 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
There were another load of CR + Alpes sets upped to Dime over the last week. Mainly from 76-77 though. Plus reseeds of the '72-73 stuff.Haven't heard the late 70s stuff yet though.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 27 October 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
I was a but disappointed by the box set since it came out very quiet & left me hoping it might spark interest from Esoteric or somebody.Good to have the lps though.
I thought I'd posted here after getting the box. But doesn't look like it, just on the lead up to. Wound up getting it through Amazon.fr only time I've used that branch.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 27 October 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
From French television in 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbK7ZUKZowY#t=11
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
closeup of the guitar percuphone @ 4:20. such a crazy invention it really helps to see it -- turns any guitar into an acoustic sequencer / arpeggiator. one of the things I love the most about their albums is that while the initial impact of their sound is psych / freeform, it's all being held doiwn by those relentless, driving plucked metric 8th notes, it is total techno
version of 'alpes 1' from ame debout in that video is not the album version at all, hope someone can liberate the full length version of that someday
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
yeah man that is an amazing fragment of 'alpes 1'. percuphone mixed way loud so you can hear (and watch) changing the chords / hitting different harmonics in tandem with the organ player. percuphone was frequently mixed way too low on the records, probably because it's so relentless but man it's nice and loud in these clips.
I did end up buying that box of the first four Alpes records. Mini sleeves are wonderful and sound is good. If it had the 2bis album it'd be perfect.
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 31 December 2013 23:02 (ten years ago) link
Wow, great find! Still not sure what exactly the percuphone is and how it works though, even after seeing it! It is to Alpes what the electric jug is to the 13th Floor Elevators.
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 January 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
Still not sure what exactly the percuphone is and how it works though
Glad I'm not the only one.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 2 January 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
the initial impact of their sound is psych / freeform, it's all being held doiwn by those relentless, driving plucked metric 8th notes, it is total techno
Thanks MP for crystalizing why I'm obsessed with this band's sound
― bendy, Thursday, 2 January 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81iNPmlyxWL._SL1400_.jpg
first time the 2bis album has been released on cd?
also been noticing some recent lp reissues of the alpes albums, though not sure how legit they are.
― no lime tangier, Sunday, 8 May 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
i think maybe it was on CD in Japan? (as everything seems to be)
i had kind of forgotten about these records. they are great. i will listen to them again today.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Sunday, 8 May 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
American reissue of the first three! Vinyl only.
https://shop.mexicansummer.com/product/catherine-ribeiro-alpes/
Plus a nice little bonus from Circuit des Yeux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfzfN2TFjVE
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 14:06 (five years ago) link
Glitch on my part, not *the* first three obv when you're starting with No. 2
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 14:07 (five years ago) link
I was just looking up the reissues I'd seen reviewed in some of the monthlies and saw that box set Integrale des albumes originaux which I'd somehow missed hearing about.So was wondering what the sound was like.
I got the 4 lp box set back in 2012 and found it a bit quiet.
So wondered about this. I assume its decently remastered etc
― Stevolende, Monday, 15 October 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
holy shit the guitar and organ work on Paix blows my mind
― Ross, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
I just listened through the bunch of lps they have on Spotify and the late 70s ones sound pretty good.THey have the first lp the one with Bis and then the 3 after Le Rat DebileLooking forward to hearing the box set. Hoping the sound is good, the material is pretty good throughout the 70s, not quite as sure about the 1980 one.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link