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EAN : 9782232129650
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 448
Size : 27 x 27 mm
The Gainsbook

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Release date : 17/10/2019
A fascinating exploration with previously unpublished interviews. A beautiful book with never-seen photographs. An original way to approach the music of Serge Gainsbourg. Gainsbook is a new form of comprehensive catalogue.
This book is the fruit of research carried out for over twenty years. Its authors began their project with a surprising revelation: in the hundred-some works dedicated to Gainsbourg written since 1991, not one looks in depth at his relationship to the music. None return to the recording sessions that... This book is the fruit of research carried out for over twenty years. Its authors began their project with a surprising revelation: in the hundred-some works dedicated to Gainsbourg written since 1991, not one looks in depth at his relationship to the music. None return to the recording sessions that produced his sixteen studio albums, nor do they speak to the musicians who accompanied him. Yet, through its scope and posterity, its explorations of a wide variety of musical genres (jazz, classical, rive gauche, yé-yé, British pop, reggae, funk, and world), its foray into cinema and the diversity of those who have used it, Gainsbourg’s musical oeuvre is worth being explored with as much depth as has been taken with other emblematic artists like the Beatles. Both a coffee table book and the results of long research, In the Studio with Serge Gainsbourg lists every single work by Serge Gainsbourg. Each chapter recounts the release of one album (with its sources of inspiration), offers commentary from the close collaborators (the arrangers, producers, and musicians), and makes use of a timeline to provide the context and events that nurtured the writing of the following album. With such a painstaking work, the authors have succeeded in recreating the recording sessions, putting readers front and center in the private moments of the album’s creation in real time. Beyond the in-depth secrets of the making of Gainsbourg’s music, this book also presents a remarkable collection of unseen photographs and documents. A complete chronology of every work recorded by Gainsbourg, an index, and a glossary complete this unprecedented book.
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EAN : 9782232129650
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 448
Size : 27 x 27 mm
Seghers