Published
Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 00:51
- The LP draws from private press records made between 1978 and 1982 that Brian Eno once considered releasing.
Dominique Lawalrée's First Meeting compilation will be co-released by Catch Wave Limited and Ergot Records on February 24th.
Lawalrée has spent his whole life in Belgium. He studied at the Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur, and has composed over 450 works spread across 20 albums. First Meeting comprises music he put out on his own Editions Walrus imprint between 1978 and 1982 on three LPs, Brins D'Herbes, Vis a Vis and Clandestin.
In the liner notes, he speaks on his musical interests during this period saying, "I was listening all kinds of music! The Beatles, Brian Eno… I love all of the composers of the classical avant-garde: Erik Satie, John Cage, Stockhausen, Morton Feldman, Pierre Boulez... and the city of Brussels."
Eno considered releasing Lawalrée's music on his Obscure Records before it folded, but Lawalrée's reach in the US was limited to titles distributed by the English composer Gavin Bryars. The influence of Satie and Eno are evident in Lawalrée's song titles—"Musique Satieerique" and "Listen TO The Quiet Voice," which takes its name from an Oblique Strategies prompt.
Lawalrée now spends his time playing piano and organ in church on a weekly basis, his musical focus having turned for the liturgical over the past two decades.
Listen to "Le Secret Blanc."
Tracklist
01. Post-Sciptum
02. Musique Satieerique
03. Le Secret Blanc
04. Flight 3.0.5.
05. La Maison Des 5 Elements
06. Minimum II
07. Waiting For The Bus
08. Listen To The Quiet Voice
09. Please Do Not Disturb
Catch Wave Limited and Ergot Records will release First Meeting on February 24th, 2017.