Doppeldoppelgänger

A subjective compilation by David Le Simple and Vincent Romagny, in conjonction with a three exhibitions cycle.

The double LP Doppeldoppelgänger is a purely subjective compilation of sound works by artists (Félicia Atkinson, bruant&spangaro), sound from films by artists (David Lamelas), sound poetry and performances (John Giorno, Karl Holmqvist, Lisa Holzer & David Jourdan); of works by very different cult composers (Benjamin Britten, Jean-François Pauvros, Gérard Pesson, Jean-Claude Vannier), legendary groups (Deux Filles) and unclassifiables (Potima Zen Neuman, Joiejoiejoie); and of specially recorded reprises: Aidons Antoine mixing Karl Holmqvist, Melissa Saint-Pierre reprising Colin McPhee, Anne Steffens and Don Niño performing Kurt Weill and David Le Simple mixing Minh singt seine Sehnsucht. The LP reflects the same concern that drove the exhibitions making up the Doppelgänger cycle: avoidance of thematic and formal constraints in in pursuance of shifts in the concept of the « double ». Plus an underpinning of literary texts—whence the many quotations to be found on the sleeve. Like Gérard Pesson transcribing Brahms’s Fourth Ballad from memory years after hearing the work (Nebenstück); and like Robert Rauschenberg reading, along with other artist friends of John Giorno, from the latter’s Pornographic Poem on the disc of the same name: the task here is to recompose what haunts us and to repeat what moves us.

Tracklist:

A
David Lamelas – Reading Film From “Knots” By R.D. Laing (excerpt)
Bruant&spangaro – Ou-A-O-Oum
Benjamin Britten – A Ceremony Of Carols, Op.28 : This Little Babe
JoieJoieJoie – 幾度花落時

B
Potima Zen Neumann – . . . . ..Exalt}{Recall.. . . .
Torture – {Aidons Antoine Remix, After Karl Holmqvist}
John Giorno, Robert Rauschenberg – ‘Pornographic Poem’ (excerpt)
Gérard Pesson– Nebenstück (after Johannes Brahms’s 4th Ballade )

C
Lisa Holzer, Dave Jordan (2) – Rr, Relaxed Reading Or The Ambient Stylistics Of Tan Lin
Félicia Atkinson – Gothic Analytics
Tran Van Minh – Minh Singt Sein Sehnsucht (mnong Gar Version)’

D
Jean-François Pauvros – Cri de Coeur
Karl Holmqvist – Torture
Deux Filles – L’Intrigue
Jean-Claude Vannier – Browning
Youkali – Youkali
Gambangan – Gambangan