{"product_id":"luc-ferrari-presque-rien-nr-1-societe-ii-avantgarde-series-vinyl-lp","title":"Luc Ferrari: Presque Rien Nr.1; Societé II (Avantgarde Series): Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eLuc Ferrari’s Presque Rien No. 1 (1967–70) and Société II (1967) stand among the most radical works of the twentieth-century avant-garde. With Presque Rien No. 1 (Daybreak at the Seaside), Ferrari pioneered the use of untreated environmental recordings as complete musical material — capturing the sounds of a Croatian fishing village at dawn to create what he called a “soundscape.” Stripped of manipulation or conventional composition, it marked a decisive shift toward sonic minimalism and ecological listening, influencing generations of experimental artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn stark contrast, Société II (And if the piano were a woman’s body), scored for piano, percussion, and ensemble, embodies Ferrari’s politically charged, theatrical side. Written amid the social upheavals of the late 1960s, it stages a feminist allegory in which performers vie for dominance, blending structure, improvisation, and satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy pairing these two works—one purely environmental, the other instrumental—on a single album, Ferrari collapsed the boundaries between electronic and acoustic music, redefining what composition could be and establishing a model of expressive multiplicity that continues to shape experimental sound today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMastered \u0026amp; cut from the original analogue ¼ inch 2-track master tapes by Rainer Maillard and Sidney Claire Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLimited and numbered edition, featuring original artwork and a newly designed, beautifully crafted collector’s sleeve with new liner notes by Bradford Bailey, and pressed on 180g vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérard Frémy, Ensemble Instrumental de Musique Contemporaine de Paris, Luc Ferrari, Konstantin Simonovitch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56657381720444,"sku":"4868219","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/0410\/8860\/files\/image014_1.png?v=1776703024","url":"https:\/\/store.deccaclassics.com\/products\/luc-ferrari-presque-rien-nr-1-societe-ii-avantgarde-series-vinyl-lp","provider":"Decca Classics ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}