PIERRE BASTIEN
Live at the Gamatzem
Pierre Bastien (born Paris, 1953) post-graduated in eighteenth-century
French literature at University Paris-Sorbonne.
In 1977 he built his first musical machinery. For the next ten years he
has been composing for dance companies and playing with Pascal
Comelade. In the meantime he was constantly developing his mechanical
orchestra. Since 1987 he concentrates on it through solo performances,
sound installations, recordings and collaborations with such artists as
Pierrick Sorin, Karel Doing, Jean Weinfeld, Robert Wyatt or Issey
Miyake.
http://www.pierrebastien.com/