Philippe Petit

Bio
Philippe Petit is interested in soundtracks; even if he creates original music he'd rather be introduced as a "musical travel agent" than a composer. Petit uses an Electric Psalterion + Hackbrett Cymbalum + "Triple Caterpillar Drum Guitar" built by Yuri Landman as well as a computer and synths to build up melodies, electronic layers, process acoustic and field recordings. To second the machine he likes to move various glasses, or percussive objects, and take advantage of vinyl material to fondle released sounds. A journalist for various magazines and radio as well as a musical activist, Petit has celebrated his 27th year of sharing his musical passions as the man behind the cult labels Pandemonium Rdz. and BiP_HOp. Aside his solo works Petit has assembled what people call a dream-team of collaborators, often joining Lydia Lunch or Faust onstage, and working with: Foetus, Murcof, Edward Ka-Spel, Kumo, Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys), Cosey Fanni Tutti, My Brightest Diamond, Sybarite, Pantaleimon, Graham Lewis (Wire), Barry Adamson, Scanner, Mira Calix, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Guapo, Leafcutter John, Simon Fisher Turner, Jarboe, ASVA and many more...
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Discography

Artists: Philippe Petit
4-track EP: Eugénie
Code: ALRN029/ALRN-VL002

10-inch Vinyl/Digital
Availability: May 28, 2012

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