Jean-Jacques Birgé
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Jean-Jacques Birgé is an independent French musician and filmmaker, at once music composer (co-founder of Un Drame Musical Instantané
which with he records about 30 albums, as well as for movies, theater, dance, radio), film director (La nuit du phoque, Sarajevo a Street Under Siege, The Sniper), multimedia author (Carton, Machiavel, Alphabet), sound designer (exhibitions, CD-Roms, websites, Nabaztag
, etc.), founder of record label GRRR
. Specialist of the relations between sound and pictures, he has been one of the early synthesizer
players and home studio creators in France in 1973, and with Un d.m.i. the initiator of the return of silent movie
s with live orchestra in 1976. Since 1995, he has become a sound designer in all multimedia areas and interactive composition.
, now La Fémis
), Jean-Jacques Birgé conceives a passion for images and sounds, and particularly for their potential to produce sense and create emotions. Birgé considers sound as a counterpoint to pictures and dialogue, an off-stage landscape and a wide opened window to imagination.
In 1975 he founded the record label GRRR (Defense de features on the famous Nurse with Wound list
) and in 1976 the group Un Drame Musical Instantané (with Bernard Vitet
and Francis Gorgé. He composes for movies (I.Barrère, D.Belloir, D.Cabrera, P.Desgraupes, P.O.Lévy, P.Morize, F.Reichenbach, F.Romand, Jacques Rouxel, R.Sangla, M.Trillat, la Cinémathèque Albert Kahn...), dance (J.Gaudin, Karine Saporta
...), photography (Arles), theater, radio, and records about 30 albums. On stage, he plays live on silent movies (26 since 1976) as well as improvising or producing multimedia shows. For "Le K" with Richard Bohringer
he was nominated at the 9ièmes Victoires de la Musique
.
As a moviemaker, 20 years after La nuit du phoque (issued on DVD with the reissue of the cult-record défense de), he directed Vis à vis : Idir
et Johnny Clegg a capella. He received a BAFTA and the Jury Award in Locarno 1994 collectively for Sarajevo: a street under siege, and his short Le sniper was shown in more than 1000 theaters.
A specialist for realtime synthesis music instruments, he always lived among new technologies which offer to conceive strange and iconoclast objects. Simultaneously to his work as a sound designer for exhibitions-shows (Il était une fois la fête foraine, The Extraordinary Museum, The Laying of the Hands, Passerelle, Le Siècle Métro, Jours de Cirque, L'argent, French Pavilion Aïchi World Fair...), websites (BDDP-TBWA, Laurent-Perrier, Ville de Lyon, Compagnie Générale des Eaux, Rencontres Numer, Determinism, Else, Virtools, Adidas, Ptits reperes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Musée de l'Immigration...), and CD-Roms (At the Circus with Seurat, Fenêtre sur l'Art, Europrix 98, AZ, Firmenich, Le DVD-Rom du Louvre, Le Grand Jeu, Sethi et la couronne d'Egypte, Mr. Men
series, 9 Cahiers Passeport, 4 Salto & Zelia, Domicile d'Ange Heureux...), he asserts himself as a multimedia author with Carton (Enhanced-CD where an original game refers to each song), Machiavel (interactive video scratch of 111 loops, with Antoine Schmitt
), and Alphabet, created with Frédéric Durieu and Murielle Lefèvre from Kveta Pacovska's book for children (Grand Prix Möbius International 2000, Prix Multimédia de la SACD 2000, Coup de coeur Trophées SVM Mac, Prix de la meilleure adpatation au Festival de Bologne en Italie, La Mention Spéciale au Salon du Livre de Jeunesse à Montreuil, First Prize CineKid en Hollande, GigaMaus en Allemagne, First Prize Package MMCA au Japon, et aux USA : Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2002, Parents’ Choice Silver Honor 2001, Discovery.com Award of Excellence 2001, Software Magic Award Parenting Magazine 2001, Children’s Software Review All Star Award 2001, Choosing Children’s Software Best Pick 2001, Best Software Pick Edutaining Kids.com 2001).
With this CD-Rom he inaugurates a new direction of work based generativity and interactivity which let the player to discover each time a new interpretation (on-line et off-line). He regularly collaborates to creation sites lecielestbleu.com (with F.Durieu) and flyingpuppet.com (with Nicolas Clauss).
For lecielestbleu.com he gets the Prix SCAM 2002 of the Best Internet Site meilleur site and the NarrowCast Content Award 2002 ... For Ulchiro on flyingpuppet.com he gets the Prix du Centre Pompidou FlashFestival 2002 ...
Somnambules, together with Nicolas Clauss and Didier Silhol, got the Special Prize of Jury Senef 2003 (Seoul Net Festival), Prix de la Création Nouveaux Médias 2004 (Vidéoformes), 1st Prix France Telecom R&D Oone (Art Rock Festival), Prix SACD de la Création Interactive 2004, Prix ARS Electronica Net Vision / Net Excellence Honorary Mention 2004 (Austria) and is nominated among the 5 strangest sites at Yahoo! Best of 10 Years.
Besides his daily blog, Birgé writes in many magazines and teaches the relation between sound and pictures.
He designed the sound of Nabaztag
, the smart rabbit.
His last artworks are Les Portes (Doors, interactive video installation with Nicolas Clauss) and Nabaz'mob (opera for 100 smart rabbits with Antoine Schmitt
for which they receive Ars Electronica
Award of Distinction Digital Musics 2009).
His last album, Etablissement d'un ciel d'alternance, is a duo with writer Michel Houellebecq
.
Besides his last show, Mascarade, with Antoine Schmitt, he plays with Vincent Segal
, Sacha Gattino, Birgitte Lyregaard and Linda Edsjö.
New site drame.org offers 84 hours of unissued free downlable music.
Un Drame Musical Instantané
Un Drame Musical Instantané, since its creation in 1976, featuring Jean-Jacques Birgé, Bernard Vitet and Francis Gorgé, has decided to promote collective musical creation, co-signing their albums, which they consider as artworks in themselves, or their live shows which they try to renew every time...
which with he records about 30 albums, as well as for movies, theater, dance, radio), film director (La nuit du phoque, Sarajevo a Street Under Siege, The Sniper), multimedia author (Carton, Machiavel, Alphabet), sound designer (exhibitions, CD-Roms, websites, Nabaztag
Nabaztag
Nabaztag was a Wi-Fi enabled ambient electronic device in the shape of a rabbit, invented by Rafi Haladjian and Olivier Mével, and manufactured by the company Violet...
, etc.), founder of record label GRRR
Grrr Records
Founded in 1975 by Jean-Jacques Birgé, GRRR is a French independent record label of new music.The first LP was Défense de by Birgé-Gorgé-Shiroc which became a cult-album after having being quoted in the famous Nurse with Wound list...
. Specialist of the relations between sound and pictures, he has been one of the early synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
players and home studio creators in France in 1973, and with Un d.m.i. the initiator of the return of silent movie
Silent Movie
Silent Movie is a 1976 satirical comedy film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976...
s with live orchestra in 1976. Since 1995, he has become a sound designer in all multimedia areas and interactive composition.
Biography
After his studies at Idhec (Institut des hautes études cinématographiquesInstitut des hautes études cinématographiques
L'Institut des hautes études cinématographiques is a French film school, founded during World War II under the leadership of Marcel L'Herbier who was its president from 1944 to 1969. IDHEC offered training for directors and producers, cameramen, sound technicians, editors, art directors and...
, now La Fémis
La Femis
La Fémis , is the French state film school. FEMIS is an acronym for Fondation Européenne pour les Métiers de l’Image et du Son. Based in Paris, it offers courses balanced between artistic research, professional development and technical training...
), Jean-Jacques Birgé conceives a passion for images and sounds, and particularly for their potential to produce sense and create emotions. Birgé considers sound as a counterpoint to pictures and dialogue, an off-stage landscape and a wide opened window to imagination.
In 1975 he founded the record label GRRR (Defense de features on the famous Nurse with Wound list
Nurse with Wound list
The Nurse with Wound list is a list of 291 musicians and bands that accompanied Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella , the first album by Nurse With Wound...
) and in 1976 the group Un Drame Musical Instantané (with Bernard Vitet
Bernard Vitet
Bernard Vitet, born on May 26, 1934 in Paris, is a French trumpetist and composer, co-founder of the first free jazz band in France together with François Tusques, Michel Portal Unit and Un Drame Musical Instantané with Jean-Jacques Birgé and Francis Gorgé in 1976.He belongs to the first meeting...
and Francis Gorgé. He composes for movies (I.Barrère, D.Belloir, D.Cabrera, P.Desgraupes, P.O.Lévy, P.Morize, F.Reichenbach, F.Romand, Jacques Rouxel, R.Sangla, M.Trillat, la Cinémathèque Albert Kahn...), dance (J.Gaudin, Karine Saporta
Karine Saporta
Karine Saporta is a French choreographer, dancer, photographer, and short film director. She is one of the most prominent figures in French dance....
...), photography (Arles), theater, radio, and records about 30 albums. On stage, he plays live on silent movies (26 since 1976) as well as improvising or producing multimedia shows. For "Le K" with Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer
Richard Bohringer is a French actor.-Personal life:Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has two other children, Richard and Lou.-Career:...
he was nominated at the 9ièmes Victoires de la Musique
Victoires de la Musique
Victoires de la musique , is an annual French award ceremony that recognizes the best musical artists of the year.- Male artist of the year :*1985 : Michel Jonasz*1986 : Jean-Jacques Goldman*1987 : Johnny Hallyday...
.
As a moviemaker, 20 years after La nuit du phoque (issued on DVD with the reissue of the cult-record défense de), he directed Vis à vis : Idir
Idir
Hamid Cheriet better known by his stage name Idir is an Algerian musician of Berber origin.- Biography :...
et Johnny Clegg a capella. He received a BAFTA and the Jury Award in Locarno 1994 collectively for Sarajevo: a street under siege, and his short Le sniper was shown in more than 1000 theaters.
A specialist for realtime synthesis music instruments, he always lived among new technologies which offer to conceive strange and iconoclast objects. Simultaneously to his work as a sound designer for exhibitions-shows (Il était une fois la fête foraine, The Extraordinary Museum, The Laying of the Hands, Passerelle, Le Siècle Métro, Jours de Cirque, L'argent, French Pavilion Aïchi World Fair...), websites (BDDP-TBWA, Laurent-Perrier, Ville de Lyon, Compagnie Générale des Eaux, Rencontres Numer, Determinism, Else, Virtools, Adidas, Ptits reperes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Musée de l'Immigration...), and CD-Roms (At the Circus with Seurat, Fenêtre sur l'Art, Europrix 98, AZ, Firmenich, Le DVD-Rom du Louvre, Le Grand Jeu, Sethi et la couronne d'Egypte, Mr. Men
Mr. Men
Mr. Men is a series of 49 children's books by Roger Hargreaves commencing in 1971. Two of these books were not published in English. The series features characters with names such as Mr. Tickle and Mr. Happy who have personalities based on their names...
series, 9 Cahiers Passeport, 4 Salto & Zelia, Domicile d'Ange Heureux...), he asserts himself as a multimedia author with Carton (Enhanced-CD where an original game refers to each song), Machiavel (interactive video scratch of 111 loops, with Antoine Schmitt
Antoine Schmitt
Antoine Schmitt is a French contemporary artist, programming engineer and designer.- Biography :Antoine Schmitt was a self-made programmer at the age of 16....
), and Alphabet, created with Frédéric Durieu and Murielle Lefèvre from Kveta Pacovska's book for children (Grand Prix Möbius International 2000, Prix Multimédia de la SACD 2000, Coup de coeur Trophées SVM Mac, Prix de la meilleure adpatation au Festival de Bologne en Italie, La Mention Spéciale au Salon du Livre de Jeunesse à Montreuil, First Prize CineKid en Hollande, GigaMaus en Allemagne, First Prize Package MMCA au Japon, et aux USA : Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2002, Parents’ Choice Silver Honor 2001, Discovery.com Award of Excellence 2001, Software Magic Award Parenting Magazine 2001, Children’s Software Review All Star Award 2001, Choosing Children’s Software Best Pick 2001, Best Software Pick Edutaining Kids.com 2001).
With this CD-Rom he inaugurates a new direction of work based generativity and interactivity which let the player to discover each time a new interpretation (on-line et off-line). He regularly collaborates to creation sites lecielestbleu.com (with F.Durieu) and flyingpuppet.com (with Nicolas Clauss).
For lecielestbleu.com he gets the Prix SCAM 2002 of the Best Internet Site meilleur site and the NarrowCast Content Award 2002 ... For Ulchiro on flyingpuppet.com he gets the Prix du Centre Pompidou FlashFestival 2002 ...
Somnambules, together with Nicolas Clauss and Didier Silhol, got the Special Prize of Jury Senef 2003 (Seoul Net Festival), Prix de la Création Nouveaux Médias 2004 (Vidéoformes), 1st Prix France Telecom R&D Oone (Art Rock Festival), Prix SACD de la Création Interactive 2004, Prix ARS Electronica Net Vision / Net Excellence Honorary Mention 2004 (Austria) and is nominated among the 5 strangest sites at Yahoo! Best of 10 Years.
Besides his daily blog, Birgé writes in many magazines and teaches the relation between sound and pictures.
He designed the sound of Nabaztag
Nabaztag
Nabaztag was a Wi-Fi enabled ambient electronic device in the shape of a rabbit, invented by Rafi Haladjian and Olivier Mével, and manufactured by the company Violet...
, the smart rabbit.
His last artworks are Les Portes (Doors, interactive video installation with Nicolas Clauss) and Nabaz'mob (opera for 100 smart rabbits with Antoine Schmitt
Antoine Schmitt
Antoine Schmitt is a French contemporary artist, programming engineer and designer.- Biography :Antoine Schmitt was a self-made programmer at the age of 16....
for which they receive Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica is an organization based in Linz, Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society that was part of the International Bruckner Festival. Herbert W. Franke is one of its founders. It became its own festival and a yearly event in 1986. Its director until 1995...
Award of Distinction Digital Musics 2009).
His last album, Etablissement d'un ciel d'alternance, is a duo with writer Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq , born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1958—or 1956 —on the French island of Réunion, is a controversial and award-winning French author, filmmaker and poet. To admirers he is a writer in the tradition of literary provocation that reaches back to the Marquis de Sade and Baudelaire;...
.
Besides his last show, Mascarade, with Antoine Schmitt, he plays with Vincent Segal
Vincent Ségal
Vincent Ségal, is a French cellist and bassist born in 1967 in the French city of Reims.He is a conservatory musician from the National Music Academy of Lyon who also studied at Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. He is mainly known for the variety of his collaborations and out of the ordinary...
, Sacha Gattino, Birgitte Lyregaard and Linda Edsjö.
New site drame.org offers 84 hours of unissued free downlable music.
Records
- Défense de, Birgé-Gorgé-Shiroc (GRRR), 1975
- Trop d'adrénaline nuit, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1977
- Rideau !, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1980
- À travail égal salaire égal, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1982
- Musical direction of Éditions Ducaté, cassettes recorded with Jane BirkinJane BirkinJane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :...
, Annie GirardotAnnie GirardotAnnie Girardot was a French actress.She began performing in 1955, making her film debut in Treize à table. Girardot won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti in 1956, and in 1977 won the César Award for Best Actress portraying the title character in Docteur Françoise Gailland...
, Annie Ernaux, Ludmila Mikaël... 1981–82 - Les bons contes font les bons amis, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1983
- L'homme à la caméra, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1984
- Carnage, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1985
- L'hallali, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1987
- Sous les mers, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1988
- Qui vive ?, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1989
- Le K, Un d.m.i. with Richard BohringerRichard BohringerRichard Bohringer is a French actor.-Personal life:Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has two other children, Richard and Lou.-Career:...
on Dino BuzzatiDino BuzzatiDino Buzzati-Traverso was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel Il deserto dei Tartari, translated into English as The Tartar Steppe.-Life:Buzzati was born at San Pellegrino,...
(GRRR, réédition Auvidis), Nomination at the 9th Victoires de la Musique, 1990–93 - Jeune fille qui tombe... tombe, Un d.m.i. (In Situ), 1991
- Kind Lieder, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1991
- Urgent Meeting, Un d.m.i. (GRRR/No Man’s land), 1992 with Louis SclavisLouis SclavisLouis Sclavis is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including jazz and free jazz...
, Vinko GlobokarVinko GlobokarVinko Globokar is a French avant-garde composer and trombonist of Slovene descent.His work is noted for its use of unconventional and extended techniques, closely allying him to contemporaries Salvatore Sciarrino and Helmut Lachenmann...
, Michael Riessler, Michel GodardMichel GodardMichel Godard is a French tuba player and jazz musician.Godard was admitted at the age of 18 to the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio-France. His ability to produce overtones and musicality leaves the listener surprised at how light a seemingly cumbersome tuba can sound...
... - Opération Blow Up, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1992 with Brigitte FontaineBrigitte FontaineBrigitte Fontaine, born in 1939 in Morlaix in the Brittany region of France, is a singer of avant-garde music. During the course of her career she has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry and world rhythms...
, Henri TexierHenri TexierHenri Texier, born , is a French jazz double bassist born in Paris.He is perhaps best-known for his 1960s work with Don Cherry and for his 1980s band the "Transatlantik Quartet", which featured Joe Lovano, Steve Swallow and Aldo Romano...
, Valentin ClastrierValentin ClastrierFrench musician Valentin Clastrier is one of the few performers in the world specializing in contemporary music for the hurdy-gurdy; before Clastrier, the instrument was used primarily in the performance of European Medieval and folk musics....
, Carlos ZingaroCarlos ZingaroCarlos Zíngaro is a Portuguese violinist and electronic musician active in free improvisation....
, Joëlle LéandreJoëlle LéandreJoëlle Léandre is a double bassist, vocalist, and composer active in new music and free improvisation....
, René LussierRené LussierRené Lussier is a musician based in the province of Québec, Canada. He is a composer, guitarist, bass guitarist, percussionist, bass clarinetist and singer. Lussier has collaborated with such figures as Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, Jean Derome and Robert M. Lepage...
, Luc FerrariLuc FerrariLuc Ferrari was of an Italian heritage but French born composer, particularly noted for his tape music.-Biography:...
... - Crasse-Tignasse, Un d.m.i. (Auvidis), 1993
- Sarajevo Suite, production + compositions by Un d.m.i. played by Dee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee BridgewaterDee Dee Bridgewater is an American Jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater...
and Bălănescu String Quartet (L’empreinte digitale),1994 - Il était une fois la Fête Foraine, Un d.m.i. (Auvidis), 1995
- Haut-Karabagh : Musiques du Front, production (Auvidis),1995
- Direction record collection “Musiques d’ambiance” at Auvidis : Policier, Western, Science-Fiction, 3 CD with Francis Gorgé, 1995
- Le Sens du combat, Michel HouellebecqMichel HouellebecqMichel Houellebecq , born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1958—or 1956 —on the French island of Réunion, is a controversial and award-winning French author, filmmaker and poet. To admirers he is a writer in the tradition of literary provocation that reaches back to the Marquis de Sade and Baudelaire;...
(Radio France), 1996 - Carton, Birgé-Vitet (GRRR), 1997
- Au fil du temps, Birgé-Vitet (CD in catalogue of the exhibition), 1997
- Machiavel, Un d.m.i. (GRRR), 1998 with Steve ArgüellesSteve ArgüellesSteve Argüelles is an English jazz drummer, producer and is the boss of the record label . He has also worked in film and theatre. He is the elder brother of saxophonist Julian Argüelles...
, Benoît Delbecq, DJ Nem, Philippe Deschepper... - Un petit tour, Aki Onda (All Access, Japon), 1999
- Trop d’adranaline nuit, Un d.m.i. (reissue + bonus, GRRR), 2001
- Défense de, Birgé Gorgé Shiroc (reissue CD + DVD 6 hours of unissued music & Film "La nuit du phoque", MIO), 2003
- Birgé alone : Inanga (in CMG#6 Ailleurs, 1999), Young Dynamite (in TraceLabel, 2005), Plomberie, Hantée and Roll Over Composer (in Nouveaux Dossiers de l'Audiovisuel n°3, INA, 2005)...
- Script, dialogues and hörspiel Radio Chronatoscaphe (in 25th anniv. of label nato 3 cd Le Chronatoscaphe), 2005
- Les Actualités, conception and realization of double-album + Un d.m.i. with Baco (Les Allumés du Jazz), 2006
- Établissement d'un ciel d'alternance, Houellebecq-Birgé (GRRR), 2007
- C'est le bouquet, Un d.m.i. (unissued CD to be downloaded with Sextant magazine, GRRR), 2007
- Many other recordings in England, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Japan, USA...
- 84 unissued hours of music, 450 pieces, are online on drame.org
Directing
- La Nuit du Phoque, Award at Belfort Festival, 1974 (DVD)
- Remember My Forgotten Man, video-paluche, 1976
- Idir-Johnny Clegg a capella (Vis à Vis, Point du Jour), 1993
- Collective realisation of Sarajevo: A Street Under Siege (Point du Jour-Saga), 1993, British Academy Award of Film & TV Arts (Bafta) and Locarno Film Festival Jury Award
- Le Sniper, text by Ademir KenovićAdemir KenovicAdemir Kenović is a Bosnian film director and producer. He graduated from the University of Sarajevo in 1969 and then studied film, English literature and art at the Denison University in Ohio, graduating in 1989. His films include Kuduz and It's Hard to be Nice...
, first fiction filmed in Sarajevo during the siege, shown in more than 1000 cinemas in France and abroad, 1994 - On Boat with Françoise Romand, 2008
Music for films
- for films directed by Patrick Barbéris, Luc Barnier, Igor Barrère et Etienne Lalou, Dominique Belloir, Dominique Cabréra, Pierre Desgraupes, Tom Drahos, Serge Duval, Valéry Faidherbe, Stéphane Frattini, Richard Hamon, Philippe Kotlarsky, Michèle Larue, Noël BurchNoël BurchNoël Burch is an American, who moved to France at a young age. He later became a film critic famous for his contribution of commonly used terms by film scholars and for his theories compiled in books such as Theory of Film Practice or La lucarne de L'Infini.Burch's major contribution to the...
, Pierre-Oscar Lévy, Bernard Mallaterre, Pierre Morize, Natacha Nisic, François ReichenbachFrançois ReichenbachFrançois Reichenbach was a French film director, cinematographer producer and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1954 and 1993.-Selected filmography:* America As Seen by a Frenchman...
, Françoise RomandFrançoise RomandFrançoise Romand, born in Marseilles, is a French moviemaker.Shot in 1985, Mix-Up ou Méli-Mélo gets success in the USA after its discovery by Vincent Canby...
, Jacques Rouxel, Raoul Sangla, Miroslav Sebestik, Richard Ugolini, Daniel Verdier, Michaëla Watteaux, Cité des Sciences de La Villette, Cinémathèque Albert Kahn... 1973–2011
Exhibitions
- Music for Andy WarholAndy WarholAndrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
Exhibition Opening. Paris Modern Art Museum, 1971 - Music for Michel Potage Exhibition Opening. Paris 1978
- La rue, la musique et nous. Arcueil, 1979
- Sound design of the Parc della Rimembranza. Napoli, Italy, 1981
- Economia : La Saga des Millar, sound design and music ; réal. Michel Séméniako. Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, 1986–1987
- Femmes en vue, musique. Le Mois de la Photo (Palais de Tokyo),1988
- Il était une fois la Fête Foraine, sound design. Music with Bernard Vitet. Grande Halle de La Villette, 1995 ; Raymond Sarti. 1995
- Puppets, sound design. Fine Arts Institute of San Francisco, USA, 1996
- Electra, music and sound design “Théâtre d’objets”; R. Sarti. Cité des Enfants (Cité des Sciences),1996
- The Extraordinary Museum (Kumamoto, Japon) et Euro Fantasia (Nagoya Dome, Japon), sound design. Music with Bernard Vitet; R. Sarti. 1997
- Au Fil du Temps, music with Bernard Vitet. Corbeil-Essonnes, 1998
- Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, sound design (Hyptique). 1998
- Le Siècle Métro, ound design, and music with Denis Colin; Michal Batory. Maison de la RATP, 2000
- Pass, symphony for 26 iMacs, with A. Denize, E.Mineur, F.Durieu. Mons (Belgium), 2000
- The Laying of the hands, sound design and interactive music, with Mark Madel. Amsterdam Hospital, 2001
- Festival de la Ville, urban forum. Créteil, 2001
- Jours de cirque, music with Bernard Vitet, sound design ; R. Sarti. Monaco, 2002
- Juno Beach, music and sound design. Musée du Débarquement, Omaha Beach, 2003
- L'argent, music and sound design. Pass, Mons (Belgium), 2003
- Music for 5 sculptures of the Museum (St Phalle, Calder, Oldenburg, Martin, Scurti), D.A.E.P. Centre Pompidou, 2003
- Zoo, interactive installation with lecielestbleu. House of Tomorrow (Melbourne, Australia) / Museum of the Future (Ars Electronica, Austria) / Mérignac 2003–2010
- Time, interactive installation with lecielestbleu. Interactive Design (Centre Pompidou) / Somewhere Totally Else + History of the Modern Design (London, Great Bretain), Game Time (Melbourne, Australia), 2003–2004
- Alphabet, interactive installation (My Name is Game, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea), 2004
- La Pâte à Son, interactive installation with lecielestbleu. Centre Pompidou (Atelier des Enfants) / Museum of the Future (Ars Electronica, Austria) / IFCA (Slovenia) / OFFF Festival (Barcelona, Spain) / Festival du Film d'Animation d'Annecy / and 4 exhibitions in Korea : Uijeongbu Digital Arts Festival, SeNef, Ten Years After 3 (Daejeon), Digital! (Samsung Tesco Gallery, Ten Years After 3, Seoul), Mérignac, 2004–2010
- Anémone, octophonic music in motion, Dassault Systèmes (Aïchi World Fair, Japan), 2005
- Le Sniper, video installation (Soft Target, Utrecht, Nederland), 2005
- Musée du Quai Branly, sound design (Multimedi'Art Interactif d'or Fiamp.2006), 2005
- Musée de la Vendée, sound design, 2006
- Somnambules, interactive installation with Nicolas Clauss. Museum of the Future, Ars Electronica (Austria) / Stuttgart Film (Germany) / La Villette Numérique, Forum des Images-Nemo, Rur@rt & Ars Numerica (France) / Microwave (Hong Kong) / Japan Media Arts (Tokyo) / Mad'O3, MAEM & Confluencias (Spain) / São Paulo (Brazil) / Biennale Internationale de Media Art (Dual Reality, Seoul, Korea), 2004–2006
- Overture of Danse avec les Robots, quadriphonic music (Futuroscope, Poitiers), 2006
- Les Portes, interactive video installation with Nicolas Clauss (Festival Nemo, Espace Paul Ricard), 2006
- Nabaz'mob, opera pour 100 smart rabbits, installation with Antoine Schmitt, Wired NextFest (New York), LuminatoLuminatoLuminato - Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity, is a publicly-attended, multi-disciplinary arts festival held annually for 10 days each June in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
(Toronto), Des souris et des hommes (Carré des Jalles), Musiques en Jouets (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris), Ososphère (L'Aubette 1928, Strasbourg), Access (Pau), Abbaye de L'Escaladieu (Tarbes), EuraTechnologies (Lille), Musée Départemental de l'Oise (Beauvais), 2006–2011 - Peugeot RCZ (IAA, Frankfurt, Germany), 2009
- St Gobain glass folding screen (Quantum!, Paris, France), 2009
- Concert-visit of Vinyl with Vincent Segal (La Maison RougeLa Maison RougeLa Maison Rouge is a contemporary art gallery in the Marais district of Paris.-History:Created by Antoine de Galbert, he opens first a gallery in Grenoble, than the Maison Rrouge close from Bastille, in Paris. The construction was the work of Amplitude Agency and of his architect Jean-Yves Clément,...
, Paris, France), 2010 - Révélations, artistic direction and music for 23 short films directed by Pierre Oscar Lévy (Petit PalaisPetit PalaisThe Petit Palais is a museum in Paris, France. Built for the Universal Exhibition in 1900 to Charles Girault's designs, it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts ....
, Paris), 2010 Grand Prix Stratégies 2010, Prix des Étudiants, Prix Produit Grand Public
With UN D.M.I.
- Long series of Poisons, 1976–79
- Ciné-concerts (with 24 silent movies), 1977–99
- Rideau!, 1980
- Pieces for a 15-piece orchestra, 1981–1986
- Le trou, from Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
, 1982 - Music for fire organ and orchestra (instruments built by Vitet), 1983
- Live with Los Angeles Olympic Games (Festival d'Avignon), 1984
- La Bourse et la vie (Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, dir.Yves Prin), 1984
- 45 secondes départ arrêté & Fééries Jacobines (fireworks), 1984–85
- Music for ballet by Jean Gaudin (Ecarlate), Karine SaportaKarine SaportaKarine Saporta is a French choreographer, dancer, photographer, and short film director. She is one of the most prominent figures in French dance....
(Manèges, Le Coeur Métamorphosé), Lulla Card... 1985–1989 - Jeune fille qui tombe... tombe by Dino BuzzatiDino BuzzatiDino Buzzati-Traverso was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel Il deserto dei Tartari, translated into English as The Tartar Steppe.-Life:Buzzati was born at San Pellegrino,...
(spoken oratorio, Michael LonsdaleMichael LonsdaleMichael Lonsdale , sometimes billed as Michel Lonsdale, is a French actor who has appeared in over 180 films and television shows....
/ Daniel Laloux), 1985–90 - Le K de Dino Buzzati (spoken oratorio, M.Lonsdale / Richard BohringerRichard BohringerRichard Bohringer is a French actor.-Personal life:Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has two other children, Richard and Lou.-Career:...
- D.Laloux; R.Sarti), 1985-92 - La Fosse (opéra-bouffe, Martine Viard, Louis Hagen-William, Ensemble de l'Itinéraire), 1987
- Le Chateau des Carpathes, from Jules VerneJules VerneJules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
(burning cantata, Frank Royon Le Mée), 1987 - 20 000 lieues sous mers (show of illusions and imaginary museum on 2 boats, La Péniche Opéra), 1988
- Zappeurs-Pompiers 1 & 2 (live zapping on a huge screen, L.Card, Éric Houzelot / Guy Pannequin), 1987–89
- J'accuse by Émile Zola (Richard BohringerRichard BohringerRichard Bohringer is a French actor.-Personal life:Bohringer was born in Moulins, Allier. He is the father of actress Romane Bohringer, and has two other children, Richard and Lou.-Career:...
, D.Fonfrède, Ahmed Madani, 70 musicians, dir.Jean-Luc Fillon; Raymond Sarti), 1989 - Contrefaçons (for brass orchestra, dir. J-L. Fillon), 1989
- Kind Lieder (nine songs which hurt), 1991
- Let my children hear music from Charlie Mingus, 1992
- Crasse-Tignasse (nine songs for children), 1993–94
- Machiavel (techno dance with interactive images), 1999–2000
Without UN D.M.I.
- Concerts with Epimanondas, Birgé Gorgé Shiroc, Red Noise, Dagon, George HarrisonGeorge HarrisonGeorge Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
, Lard Free, Cesare Massaranti and Oliver Johnson, Opération Rhino, la Compagnie Lubat... 1969–1979 - Opening of the Mois de la Francophonie with André DussollierAndré DussollierAndré Dussollier is a French actor.-Filmography:* 1970 : Ils, directed by Jean-Daniel Simon* 1972 : Les Chemins de pierre, directed by Joseph Drimal...
and Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, 1992 - Sarajevo suite, scenary, with Claude PiépluClaude PiépluClaude Léon Auguste Piéplu was a French film and television actor.-Filmography:*Shadoks et le Big Blank, Les *Astérix et Obélix contre César *Chapeau bas...
, P. Charial, B. Vitet, Henri TexierHenri TexierHenri Texier, born , is a French jazz double bassist born in Paris.He is perhaps best-known for his 1960s work with Don Cherry and for his 1980s band the "Transatlantik Quartet", which featured Joe Lovano, Steve Swallow and Aldo Romano...
Quintet, Lindsay CooperLindsay CooperLindsay Cooper is an English bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians...
Sextet, Kate and Mike WestbrookMike WestbrookMichael John David 'Mike' Westbrook is an English jazz pianist, composer, and writer of orchestrated jazz pieces.-Early work:Mike Westbrook grew up in Torquay...
, Chris BiscoeChris BiscoeChris Biscoe is an English jazz multi-instrumentalist, a player of the alto, soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, the alto clarinet, piccolo and flute...
and Bălănescu String Quartet,1994 - Le sens du combat with Martine Viard and Michel HouellebecqMichel HouellebecqMichel Houellebecq , born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1958—or 1956 —on the French island of Réunion, is a controversial and award-winning French author, filmmaker and poet. To admirers he is a writer in the tradition of literary provocation that reaches back to the Marquis de Sade and Baudelaire;...
, 1996 - Établissement d’un ciel d’alternance, duo with Michel Houellebecq, created for 10th Anniversary of Inrockuptibles at Fondation Cartier, 1996
- Dans la lumière et dans la force, hommage to poet André Velter, with Michael LonsdaleMichael LonsdaleMichael Lonsdale , sometimes billed as Michel Lonsdale, is a French actor who has appeared in over 180 films and television shows....
, Denise Gence, Elise Caron, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, 1996 - 10th anniversary of Bar Floréal, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, 1996
- À l’écoute et Djoutche, hommage to Colette Magny, with Bernard Vitet, 1997
- Birgé Hôtel, improvisations on texts by and with Alain Monvoisin, Michel Houellebecq, 1998
- Touché !, Theremin solo, with projections by Murielle Lefèvre, 2000
- La kabine electroniq, with Léo and Etienne Brunet, 2001
- (se) diriger dans l’incertain, convention de l’APM avec Denis Colin et Didier Petit, Pyramide du Louvre, 2002
- Quartet with Yves Dormoy, Antoine Berjeaut and Pablo Cueco, 2002
- Solo with experimental silent movies, Ménagerie de Verre, 2003
- The Biggest Drum & Bass Jam Ever Made, Batofar, 2003
- Sarajevo Suite et Fin, with Nicolas Clauss and Pascale Labbé, 2003
- Evenings of Rencontres d’Arles de la Photographie (soundtracks + live shows with Elise Caron, Denis Colin, Philippe Deschepper, Eric Échampard, Didier Petit, Bernard Vitet), 2002–2005, 2011
- Somnambules, with N. Clauss, P. Labbé and D. Petit, 2006
- Création sonore de Une Médée, mise en scène d'Anne-Laure Liégeois (Le Festin, Montluçon), 2006
- Hommage à - Moondog - A Tribute by, solo, 2006
- Électrofication with music students (Jazz 93), and Somnambules with Nicolas Clauss, Étienne Brunet and Éric Échampard (Le Triton, Les Lilas), 2007
- Nabaz'mob, opera for 100 smart rabbits, with Antoine Schmitt, Web Flash Festival (Centre Pompidou) / WiredWired (magazine)Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...
NextFest (New York) / Scopitone (Nantes) / Nuit Blanche (Amiens) / Recalling RFID (Amsterdam), Le Cube, Nuit Blanche (Paris), Musiques Libres (Besançon), SIANA (Évry), Des souris et des hommes (St Médard-en-Jalles), Robotix's (PASS, Mons, Belgique), Entre chien et loup (Quimper), Nuit Blanche (Metz), Nissan Cube Store (London & Paris), Rokolectiv (Bucarest, Romania), ICT (Belgium), Meta.morf (Norway), Lab30 (Germany), Gateways/Kumu (Estonia), 2006-2011 Ars Electronica Award of Distinction Digital Musics - Trio with Eve Risser and Yuko Oshima (Donkey Monkey), 2008
- Duo with Nicolas Clauss, 2008
- Mascarade with Antoine Schmitt, 2010
- Duo with Vincent Segal, 2010–2011
- Duo with Antonin-Tri Hoang (guest: Lucien Alfonso), 2011
- El Strøm with Birgitte Lyregaard and Sacha Gattino, 2011
- La chambre de Swedenborg with Birgitte Lyregaard and Linda Edsjö, 2011
CD-ROMs
- At the Circus with Seurat, music and sound design (Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Gallimard - Hyptique), 1996
- Carton, CD-Extra by Birgé-Vitet with photographer Michel Séméniako and Hyptique (GRRR), 1997
- Fenêtre sur l'Art, sound design (Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Vilo-Hyptique), 1998
- Machiavel, CD Audio/Rom of Un d.m.i. featuring an interactive work by Jean-Jacques Birgé and Antoine Schmitt, vision critique et sensible de la planète, zapping of 111 video loops (GRRR),1998
- AZ, music and sound design (Lux Modernis, Dauphin d'Or 99), 1998
- Firmenich, music with Denis Colin and sound design (Lux Modernis, Dauphin d'Or 99), 1998
- EuroPrix 98, music and sound design for European Multimedia trophees : CD-Rom, gala evening and TV show with Étienne Mineur (No Frontiere), 1998
- Mon Atelier De Noël, music and sound design (Hachette-Hyptique), 1998
- Cahiers Passeport, series of 7 CD-Roms, sound design (Hachette-Hyptique), 1998–2003
- La Tendresse, Cacharel, sound design (Lux Modernis), 1999
- Alphabet, interactive script, sound design and music (Dada Media-NHK Educational), 1999 Grand Prix Möbius International 2000, Prix Multimédia de la SACD 2000, Coup de coeur Trophées SVM Mac, Prix de la meilleure adpatation au Festival de Bologne en Italie, La Mention Spéciale au Salon du Livre de Jeunesse à Montreuil, First Prize CineKid en Hollande, GigaMaus en Allemagne, First Prize Package MMCA au Japon, et aux USA : Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2002, Parents’ Choice Silver Honor 2001, Discovery.com Award of Excellence 2001, Software Magic Award Parenting Magazine 2001, Children’s Software Review All Star Award 2001, Choosing Children’s Software Best Pick 2001, Best Software Pick Edutaining Kids.com 2001
- Le Louvre, sound interface DVD-Rom (Montparnasse Multimédia, Flèche d'or, EMMA Award), 1999
- Le Grand Jeu, music and sound design (Hyptique-APCR-Buschet-Chastel), 2000
- Sethi et la couronne d'Egypte, music and sound design (Montparnasse Multimédia), 2000
- M. Heureux et le monde à l'envers, music and sound design (Hyptique-Emme), 2001
- Mr Men, 8 CD-Roms, music and sound design (Hyptique-Emme), 2002
- Salto et Zélia, 4 CD-Roms Atout P'tit Clic, sound design (Hyptique-Hachette), 2002–2004
- Le Bal, interactive music with B.Vitet, Prix SACD Création Interactive, 2002
- 1+1, une histoire naturelle du sexe, music for film and dvd-rom, (INA-Hyptique) Prix Möbius Sciences 2002, Prix Spécial du Jury Möbius International, Grand Prix Europrix Education/e-learning 2003, 2002
- Allonnes, music and sound design (incandescence/CNRS), 2003
- Domicile d'Ange heureux, music and sound design (dadamedia), Bologna Award, 2003
- Musée Fenaille, Rodez (Hyptique), 2004
- Troubles des apprentissages (ARTA), 2004
- Salto et Zélia (Hyptique-Hachette), sound design of DVDi Le chateau abandonné, 2005
Internet sites
- LeCielEstBleu.com : Prix SCAM 2001–2002, Meilleur Site Internet, Prix Coup de Coeur Narrowcast Content Awards 2002
- FlyingPuppet.com : Prix Spécial Centre Pompidou FlashFestival 2002 Spectacle - Danse interactive
- Somnambules : Senef Special Prize of Jury 2003 (Seoul Net Festival), Prix de la Création Nouveaux Médias Vidéoformes 2004 (Clermont-Ferrand), Prix de la Création Interactive SACD 2004, 1st Prize France Telecom R&D Oone (Art Rock Festival, St Brieuc), Prix Ars ElectronicaArs ElectronicaArs Electronica is an organization based in Linz, Austria, founded in 1979 around a festival for art, technology and society that was part of the International Bruckner Festival. Herbert W. Franke is one of its founders. It became its own festival and a yearly event in 1986. Its director until 1995...
Net Vision / Net Excellence Honorary Mention 2004 (Autriche) and a nomination for the Best of 10 Years of Yahoo! as "The strangest site". - Also: Rencontres Numer, BDDP-TBWA, Laurent-Perrier, Ville de Lyon, GRRR, Compagnie Générale des Eaux, ZoéTV, Determinism, Du côté des filles, Else Productions, Magado (Gallimard, avec Moebius), Virtools, Adidas, Nike, Fête de l'Internet 2001 (Matignon), lesmetiers.net (Caparif), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Musée de l'Immigration, Ptits repères (Marque Repère), 2025 ex machina (serious game)...
Object Sound Design
- NabaztagNabaztagNabaztag was a Wi-Fi enabled ambient electronic device in the shape of a rabbit, invented by Rafi Haladjian and Olivier Mével, and manufactured by the company Violet...
, smart rabbit, as well as Mir:ror and dal:dal (Violet), 2005–2009
Various
- Foundation of light-shows H Lights & L'Œuf Hyaloïde : Cirque Bonjour, Daevid Allen GongGong (band)Gong is a Franco-British progressive/psychedelic rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. Their music has also been described as space rock. Other notable band members include Allan Holdsworth, Tim Blake, Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage, Francis Moze, Mike Howlett...
, Red Noise, Crouille-Marteaux (Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Melmoth), Dagon, Epimanondas, SteamhammerSteamhammer (band)Steamhammer was a blues-rock band from Worthing, England. The band was founded in 1968 by Martin Quittenton and Kieran White...
, Kevin AyersKevin AyersKevin Ayers is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement...
... 1969–1974 - Light-Book, graphic works, Imprimerie Union, 1973
- Music for audiovisuals and records by Robert and Thierry Dehesdin, Michel Séméniako, Marie-Jésus Diaz, Charles Bitsch, Noël BurchNoël BurchNoël Burch is an American, who moved to France at a young age. He later became a film critic famous for his contribution of commonly used terms by film scholars and for his theories compiled in books such as Theory of Film Practice or La lucarne de L'Infini.Burch's major contribution to the...
, Claude Thiébaut, Daniel Verdier... 1975–1990 - Production of radio shows:
- U.S.A. le complot and La peur du vide, France Musique, 1983
- Improvisation mode d’emploi (series), France Culture, 1988
- Écarlate, France Culture, 1989
- Press articles written for Allumés du Jazz, Muziq, Jazz Magazine, Jazz@round, Jazzosphere, Nouveaux Dossiers de l'Audiovisuel, Revue du Cube, Mediapart, 1998–2011
- La corde à linge, novel with sounds and pictures, publie.net, 2011
Sources
Interview and article in site Turbulence- 34 pages on Jean-Jacques Birgé in Sextant #3 (June 2007)
- 8 pages interview on Impro Jazz #155 (May 2009)
- 4 pages by Annick Hémery in SVM Mac (November 2003 : 1 2 3 4)
- Annik Rivoire on Paris Connection in Liberation (02/23/2003)
- Stéphane Ollivier on Un d.m.i. dans Vacarme (summer 1997)
- On Drame :
- A blindfold test by Stéphane Ollivier in Jazz Magazine (January 1999 : 1 2)
- Le Drame en quatre pages par Francis Marmande dans Jazz Magazine (January 1990: 1 2 3 4)
- Autoportrait with Alain-René Hardy in Jazz Magazine (January 1978 : 1 2)
- Video: a 1h40 conference on Kawenga de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III (Sufco, February 2003)
External links
- French Daily Blog by Jean-Jacques Birgé (7 days a week)
- Jean-Jacques Birgé's own site
- Un Drame Musical Instantané and GRRR Records' site
- Machiavel, Interactive work (free download), with Antoine SchmittAntoine SchmittAntoine Schmitt is a French contemporary artist, programming engineer and designer.- Biography :Antoine Schmitt was a self-made programmer at the age of 16....
- Interactive works on LeCielEstBleu, with Frédéric Durieu
- Interactive works on Flyingpuppet.com, with Nicolas Clauss
- Somnambules, Interactive work, with Nicolas Clauss
- Les portes, Interactive work, with Nicolas Clauss
- Nabaz'mob, Opera for 100 smart rabbits, with Antoine Schmitt
- Disques GRRR distributed by Orkhêstra International and Les Allumés du Jazz (WebRadio)