Frank Paul & Klimperei - Music For Desserts

November 2001
In-Poly-Sons (France) (IPS 1001)  
Keep space for the dessert! It is worth ending with a melon sorbet, snow eggs or a charlotte russe... That's the work of this doublet specially formed for this CD. Frank Pahl is known for his former American band "Only A Mother" which extolled acoustic melodic and experimental music. Since several years, Frank Pahl belongs to the so-called "mecanic" musicians, bricolant its own instruments and playing like an orchestral man "à la maison". His music – charming miniatures– has something repetitive remaining the well known American school: melodic systems, simple, which develops following random caprices of the machines, creating favorable atmosphere for the soul to escape out of all our pores. And that's when Klimperei' s coolness steps in, with small touches, adding colored and decorative sweets, gaudiscus drawing of cream, cheery on Frank Pahl's cake. Unique music with appetizing artwork nearly odorous, done by Frank Pahl himself.
1 Lyon fritters   
2 Snow eggs  
3 Charlotte russe 
4 Nun's sighs
5 Ladies kisses
6 Prunes in burgundy
7 Richelieu cream with pralines
8 Cat's tongues with cream
9 Hedgehogs
10 Empress pears
11 Almond rock cakes
12 Papillons
13 Espresso cheesecake
14 Liqueur soufflé
15 Crêpes suzette
16 Dainties
17 Melon sorbet
18 Stuffed angelica 		Xtra Credits -

Marko Novachcoff : clarinets (tack 8); Terri Sarris : vocals (track 17); Denis Palmer : synthesizers (track 18); Jim Pallas : binary counter guidance counselor; Michael Rodemer : microcontroller guidance counselor; Greg Holm : photographic magic; Doug Shimmin : cover layout magic.


tracks 3, 6, 9, 12 and 16 feature a handcranked antique barrel piano. All other tracks tracks feature home made automatic instruments.

Frank Pahl — automatic ukeleles, automatic zithers, autoglock, buzzsaw uke, binary uke quartet, prepared barrel piano, automatic percussion, binary air organ quartet, binary doorbell quintet, washing machine, Jason Ortega's auto chime, double string trio, virtual pet : gerbil, microcontrolled air organ quartet, tiple, euphonium, harmonium, ukelele family, hohner organette, toy trumpets, piano, prepared piano, humming choir loop, zithers, whistling, bass drum, percussion, cello, toy trombone, bulgarian flute, peacock harp, african harp, shrutti box, tou marimba, clarinet, tenor guitar.

Klimperei is Françoise & Christophe Petchanatz — Françoise plays keyboards (piano, synthesizers), percussions, metalophone, mélodica, devices. Christophe plays  keyboards (piano, synthesizers), guitars (all kinds), flutes, percussions, metalophone, mélodica, devices.
Acknowledgment : Franck Pahl for beautiful music, Denis Tagu for enthusiasm.
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