Ghédalia Tazartès

Ghédalia Tazartès (12 May 1947 – 9 February 2021) was a French musician.[1]

Ghédalia Tazartès
Tazartès in 2012
Born12 May 1947
Paris, France
Died9 February 2021(2021-02-09) (aged 73)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationMusician

Biography

Tazartès was born into a Judaeo-Spanish family[2] in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. He quickly ascended into a musical career, with musician David Fenech defining his music as "unclassifiable".[3] He rarely performed in concerts and released few albums, but was still able to make a living from dance, theatre, and cinema.

Tazartès was often perceived to be in the musique concrète genre, thanks to his manipulation of Revox tapes, although he later discovered the works of Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry.[4][5] He collaborated with Michel Chion on the albums La Ronde and Diasporas / Tazartès. According to Pierre Hemptinne, "What interests him is what these sound objects have to say about the world around us, the tangible and intangible world, the world of commercial and non-commercial exchange. It makes them more talkative, it makes them talk by plunging them into arrangements which are foreign to them. He cuts and edits sound images according to the techniques used in cinema and this technique brings out their meaning".[6] Web magazine Néosphères said that "he reappropriates or recreates the idioms of certain traditional music".[7] Additionally, he taught himself how to play a number of different instruments.

Ghédalia Tazartès died in Paris on 9 February 2021 at the age of 73.[8]

Discography
  • Diasporas (1979)[9]
  • Tazartès' transports (1980)
  • Une éclipse totale de soleil (1984)
  • Tazartès (1987)
  • Check Point Charlie (1990)
  • Voyage à l’ombre (1997)
  • 5 Rimbaud 1 Verlaine (2006)
  • Les Danseurs de la pluie (2006)
  • Jeanne (2007)
  • Hystérie off Music (2007)
  • Repas froid (2009)
  • Ante Mortem (2010)
  • Superdisque, with David Fenech and Jac Berrocal (2011)

References
  1. "Ghédalia Tazartès, le musicien aux semelles de vent". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 10 February 2021.
  2. "There is no progress in art: An interview with Ghédalia Tazartès". Telekom Electronic Beats. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. "ghedalia tazartes (les copains musiciens - part 6)". LiveJournal (in French). 6 October 2005.
  4. "Interview Ghedalia Tazartes". Label Demosaurus (in French). 4 October 1997. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011.
  5. Del Re, Gianmarco (26 July 2013). "Hhystérie Off Music". Fluid Radio. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. "Ghedalia Tazartès". La Médiathèque (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2007.
  7. "Ghedalia Tazartes". Néosphères (in French).
  8. "Ghédalia Tazartès, une voix s'en va". Libération (in French). 10 February 2021.
  9. Ghezawi, Kareem (13 April 2020). "The Quietus | Reviews | Ghédalia Tazartès". The Quietus. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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