Composed arranged and play by Franck Balestracci All instruments, Keyboards, Piano, Acoustic Drums (Gretsch) and Electronic Drums, sounds effects, and Uncommon Sounds, Deconstructive Voices.
And only on the new album titled "Modified Reality" with the collaboration of Guy Segers (Vocal déclamation and Bass guitar) and Réginald Trigaux (Guitar) of the band PRESENT as well as Marianne Denoïa (Violin ex-Univers Zero from the 1997 line up) who are special guests only on some tracks.
I have several sources of inspiration, the music of course, but not only, everything which is originally creative in the artistic field enrich me. Concerning music, my tastes are: Rock in Opposition, Univers Zero, Henry cow Family, all canterbury's scene, Magma, Present, Alain Joule, Steve Reich, Bela Bartok, Anton Webern, Krzysztof Penderecki, Julie Tippets, Nico, Brian Eno, Guy Segers, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tony Williams, John Coltrane, Gong, Pink Floyd, Barre Phillips, Robert Wyatt, etc. As well as the film makers, Wim Wenders, Peter Greenaway, David Lynch, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Andrei Tarkovsky, and so many others.
Like for my musical compositions, my collages pictures, indirect, transformed, translate modified realities. I’ve always associated into my concept, the interaction of sounds arts and visual arts. Each of these visual “samples” are the expression from a stare upon what surrounds us.
WELCOME HERE IN THE OFFICIAL MYSPACE OF FRANCK BALESTRACCI - Experimental Progressive and Visual Music -
The work of Art is not the reflection or the image of the world but it is made in the image of the world.
- I am French musician composer, My musical proposition is an itinerary, an invitation into my world perception, my relation to things, to beings etc. My music is just my way of looking at things it is personal and at the same time it stands somewhere into the collective unconscious, making appear on the surface all these enigmas which turn upside down the structures of our civilization, all these interrogations that we will have to resolve and which are to me inspiration sources. My music is not meant to cut us from reality; it modifies it, the real appears to us then like a flood of successive pictures, a sound imagery constantly modified, where the place of the reality is continually changing. Music is always born in a spontaneous way, the more often with keyboards, but with drums too, it never happens through writing, I am an instinctive musician. Concerning my way of working, I record track after track in technic " overdubs " on the other side, all the musical parts are played in real time, I use no programming. Once the basis of the track is ended then drums and percussion parts are recorded, I go over sound treatments. It is at this moment that I bring in sampled effects, sound effects ( background noises ) a pack of extra musical things and voices that I display and lace at different places of my music, defined in advance by myself and that perfect completely my composition.
* For more infos about me please visit my official Website here* Franck Balestracci Website - If you wish to order Franck Balestracci CD's click here Carbon 7 Records
- Ma démarche en tant que musicien, en tant qu’être humain est de mettre en images sonores notre environnement, Je suis à la base Batteur et le suis toujours, au fil du temps mon désir de composer ma conduit naturellement à l’étude des claviers en autodidactes, ce qui ma permis par la suite de développer et d’enregistrer les idées musicales auxquelles j’aspirais, Je propose dans un registre associé aux « Musiques nouvelles » un éventail de compositions dont l’esprit est de traduire avec des sons le monde contemporain. Ma proposition musicale est un itinéraire, une invitation dans ma perception du monde, mon rapport aux choses, aux êtres etc. La musique est pour moi un dialogue ininterrompu entre la réalité, et la modification de cette réalité, d’où le titre de ma dernière réalisation discographique « Modified Reality » produit par le label Belge Carbon 7 Records. - Pour de plus amples informations sur ma musique et sur moi, avec d’autres extraits de mes compositions connectez vous sur mon site officiel en cliquant ici * Franck Balestracci Website * - Si vous souhaitez commander les disques de Franck Balestracci cliquez ici Carbon 7 Records
Merci mon ami dear Franck for the best wishes. We wish you a wonderful christmas time and a great start into 2010 with lot's of new music! Alwa, Lennart and dogs from their new home in Greiz
Mon Cheri Bon Ami, my great knight..I am so happy always to read from you. may you have a great , blissful 2010...Greetings from California, via Mexico City
hi Franck.....long time no contact but that's life I guess....thanks for your xmas greetings - hope you have a good one as well. indeed yes a pity about Carbon 7.
cher Franck ! quel plaisir de te lire, merci pour cette "modified reality" que j'aime beaucoup. je viens de réécouter ta musique, c'est toujours aussi prenant. je te souhaite une très belle nouvelle année, douce et chaude ou explosive selon tes souhaits ... bise de Rome et feu d'artifice de l'Etna,
today i am very impressed by your video switch/off/... its very artificial picture for whats going in same time and on the other hand enjoyfull to watch.
have lovefull days and come very good in the new year,
Thankyoufor visiting my page and inviting to listen your new songs. They are great and your official page has cool looking. You have cold there, really? Here too, the weather report promises until -27 degrees cold in this week, especially nights. Was very good to hear about you, you are in my mind too. Enjoy your life and stay creative! I have took many photos lately and I like that. M
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