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André Jolivet (1905-1974) was French music’s most advanced primitivist. While performing advanced tests with tempo and sonority, Jolivet also discovered motivation in the magic arts of equatorial realms as well as the “primitive” areas of such devices as the flute and percussion. He announced that he was focused on “repairing …

Though it’s a sure bet he’ll linger in the minds of all for his omnipresent Levi’s advert and 1999 Western chart-topper “Flat Beat,” music video director Quentin Dupieux turned in a few excellent digital productions as Mr. Oizo. Definately not the madding crowds of ad-oriented hipster trance or jungle, “Smooth …

Ophérest Gaillard is a French-Swiss cellist and conductor. She went to the Paris Conservatory, where she researched with Maurice Bourgue, Philippe Muller, and Christophe Gold coin, and won awards in chamber music, cello, and Baroque cello. She earned the third award on the International Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Competition in …