{"id":205,"date":"2005-12-24T06:53:22","date_gmt":"2005-12-24T06:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/?p=205"},"modified":"2020-10-21T10:36:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T10:36:40","slug":"tribute-to-moondog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/2005\/12\/24\/tribute-to-moondog\/","title":{"rendered":"tribute to moondog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogFrontCover800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tribute to moondog<br \/>\nRelease date : 2005<br \/>\nLabel : Trace<\/p>\n<p>this is a compilation of moondog covers or music inspired by him. there are also cuts of an interview of moondog by saul smaizys, made around 1971 in chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Tracklisting :<br \/>\n01. Moondog interview &#8211; Birth<br \/>\n02. Les Productions de l&#8217;Invisible &#8211; All is loneliness pour moi<br \/>\n03. Guillaume Loizillon &#8211; Tribal tribute<br \/>\n04. Markus Muench &#8211; Street-Pow-Wow<br \/>\n05. Pusse &#8211; Les armes du chien lune<br \/>\n06. Moondog interview &#8211; Childhood<br \/>\n07. Herv\u00e9 Z\u00e9nouda &#8211; A man on the moon<br \/>\n08. Laurent Sa\u00efet &#8211; Heimdall fanfare \/ Fujiyama<br \/>\n09. Moondog interview &#8211; Percussion<br \/>\n10. Stefan Lakatos &#8211; Snaketime rattle<br \/>\n11. Moondog interview &#8211; All is loneliness<br \/>\n12. David Fenech &#8211; All is loneliness<br \/>\n13. Groupe d&#8217;Essai N\u00b03 &#8211; Black night<br \/>\n14. Moondog interview &#8211; Mind<br \/>\n15. Konki Duet &#8211; Tree trail<br \/>\n16. Dragibus &#8211; Pygmy pig<br \/>\n17. Moondog interview &#8211; I had a dog&#8230;<br \/>\n18. Joseph Racaille &#8211; Gergovie &#8211; Ambrioris &#8211; Un village gaulois &#8211; Pr\u00e8s de Gergovie<br \/>\n19. Jean-Jacques Birg\u00e9 &#8211; Young dynamite<br \/>\n20. Moondog interview &#8211; Immortality<br \/>\n21. Xenia Narati &#8211; Fleur de lis<br \/>\n22. Ilitch &#8211; Dogmood<br \/>\n23. Mami Chan &#8211; Kolo kolo moon<br \/>\n24. Moondog interview &#8211; Beethoven of the beat<br \/>\n25. Samon Takahashi &#8211; Frankanon introduction of tap trees against the Torisa message<br \/>\nbuy track<br \/>\n26. Norman Bambi &#8211; Moon, run, dog, catch<br \/>\n27. Moondog interview &#8211; po\u00e8mes<br \/>\n28. Les Productions de l&#8217;Invisible &#8211; ceux qui inventent&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 400px; height: 472px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3268468897\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tracelabel.bandcamp.com\/album\/un-hommage-moondog\">Un Hommage \u00e0 Moondog by Various<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">c&#8217;est a new york, o\u00f9 il vit de 1949 \u00e0 1974 que louis t.hardin (1916-1999) prend le pseudonyme de moondog. \u00e0 manhattan, la pr\u00e9sence de ce musicien de rue aveugle, portant pelisse de moine et casque de viking, ne passe pas inapper\u00e7ue. mais c&#8217;est surtout dans l&#8217;histoire que moondog va laisser une empreinte ind\u00e9l\u00e9bile. ancr\u00e9 dans la tradition europ\u00e9enne (voir l&#8217;usage rigoureux du contrepoint, de l&#8217;harmonie classique et de formes comme le canon, le madrigal ou la chaconne), son art se distingue d\u00e9j\u00e0 par la vigueur de ses m\u00e9lodies, aussi fra\u00eeches qu&#8217;une aube printani\u00e8re, et de ses rythmes, emprunt\u00e9s aux indiens d&#8217;am\u00e9rique. (&#8230;) r\u00e9unis par un label fran\u00e7ais, les protagonistes d&#8217;un hommage \u00e0 moondog tentent de se r\u00e9approprier ce singulier h\u00e9ritage. le projet est p\u00e9rilleux; hormis quelques enfantillages (dragibus, mami chan) et une poign\u00e9e de copie hors sujet, il tient pourtant la route. rythm\u00e9 par de courtes interventions parl\u00e9es de moondog lui m\u00eame, il m\u00eale les excellentes contributions d&#8217;un ancien partenaire du compositeur (stefan lakatos), d&#8217;instrumentistes en libert\u00e9 (le violoniste markus muench, la harpiste xenia narati) et de membres actifs de l&#8217;internationale underground (herv\u00e9 z\u00e9nouda, konki duet, david fenech, samon takahashi). tel un \u00e9mouvant faire-part, ce disque r\u00e9v\u00e8le que moondog a eu beaucoup de petits, qui ne lui ressemblent pas forc\u00e9ment mais poss\u00e8dent son esprit sp\u00e9culatif et son go\u00fbt du jeu.<strong><br \/>\nrichard robert &#8211; les inrockuptibles num\u00e9ro 550 (13 juin 2006)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">sept ans apr\u00e8s sa mort, un hommage \u00e0 moondog rassemble une vingtaine d&#8217;artistes. entrecoup\u00e9 de br\u00e8ves s\u00e9quences o\u00f9 le musicien r\u00e9pond, en 1971, \u00e0 quelques questions de saul smaizys, pour radio triade, \u00e0 chicago, cet album regorge de petites merveilles, comme une s\u00e9rie de chansons arrang\u00e9es et traduites en fran\u00e7ais pour les voix de pascale degli esposti et serge louis ferrand (all is loneliness pour moi, ceux qui inventent&#8230;), heimdall fanfare napp\u00e9 de guitares gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 laurent sa\u00efet, all is loneliness per\u00e7u \u00e0 la mani\u00e8re d&#8217;un mantra par david fenech ou encore pygmy pig dans un arrangement tr\u00e8s residents de monsieur pingouin, avec la voix acidul\u00e9e de lore barg\u00e8s. \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9cart de la techno, guillaume loizillon offre un \u00e9l\u00e9gant tribal tribute, pour balafon et \u00e9lectronique, tandis que le violoniste markus muench reprend un canon \u00e0 cinq voix de moondog, dont les accords sont r\u00e9p\u00e9t\u00e9s et ralentis, \u00e0 la mani\u00e8re de pachelbel dans discreet music d&#8217;eno. tout aussi inventifs, les hommages de joseph racaille, avec un village gaulois pr\u00e8s de gergovie pour ensemble d&#8217;instruments \u00e0 vents (fl\u00fbtes) qui pour le coup sonne comme &#8230; de la musique chinoise, ou encore norman bambi, avec un moon, run, dog, catch id\u00e9alement contorsionn\u00e9 par la boite \u00e0 rythme.<strong><br \/>\nfranck mallet &#8211; les &#8220;poissons d&#8217;or&#8221; \/ classica repertoire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">many tribute cd\u2019s have in their compilation of artists some people who understand the spirit of the dedicator, and show something of this spirit, even when shown from a different world or perspective. then there are others who only take minor elements like tunes or melodies, but forget the spirit, or only half understand it, and were not really that much affected by it. then there might also be a few parasites who take a tribute as a personal occasion to promote their music, without showing much significance. the best tribute cd\u2019s are compiled by those who only accept the first kind of results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">i have the impression that the label themselves took the opportunity to promote a few artists, with a hope they should take such an advantage of an occasion completely seriously, and also asked moondogscorner which artist would give the most successful results. this means most music is somewhat interesting, holds itself more or less together, but we still have all three mentioned categories, no matter if the music is good or not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">in between the tracks, a few fragments from an interview with moondog are added, giving extra insight into the man, and also a few street poems, narrated rather quickly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">there is no doubt that the essence of moondog is clearly adapted and mixed with their own personality, by stefan lakatos, who was not only a pupil of moondog, but who also plays his original instruments, and xenia narrati, who also had a full tribute cd, and had some lifetime dedicated to moondog, something which leaves of course its clear marks (in my radioshow i said : &#8220;xenia narrati\u2019s music sound as if it is warmed up like some wind up mechanical music instruments.&#8221;) if you really listen carefully enough to moondog it should change your perspectives on music. also a nice tribute is guillaume loizillon\u2019s \u201ctribal tribute\u201d (in my radioshow i said : &#8220;guillaume captures well the spirit of some essential element in the rhythm, of moondog, (with piano) and takes it back to a tribal association, while leaving it classically inspired&#8221;). david fench, seemed to have been honestly haunted by the melody of \u201call is loneliness\u201d, and plays his own, modest version. jean jacque birg\u00e9 combines harp, flute, loop glockenspiel, tape recording, and takes something of moondog into a new modern mixing world, and is a fine attempt to do so. also konki duet\u2019s vocal rondo sounds like an honest tribute to me. this is comparable to the result of the last track by production de l\u2019invisible who makes a convincing enough theatre poetry based vocal interpretation based upon moondog\u2019s music. although a bit far away from moondog, joseph racaille\u2019s piece with a loose medieval feeling, and with references to a different local regional subject, played by flutes and percussion, still fits nicely. then we also have a few attempts which take the modern music world vision as their fundament, to such a degree this area is already of a different character compared to moondog, but this does not mean this approach cannot be tried. dragibus\u2019s kind of remix into alternative pop sounds ok to me. less acceptible i think is the use of disturbing noise, electronic sounds, with sounds as if from stone and iron, with electro-acoustic foundations like by group d&#8217;essai 3, because this is more disturbing in the moondog context, because moondog who has his origins in 19th century music and with ethno flavoured melodic and rhythmic and also with an inspirational purity of sounds and compositions ; in that case any factor of leading chaos and noise cannot fit with it at all. also pusse&#8217;s track seems to fail any essence of moondog\u2019s music. also ruthless \u201cstealing\u201d of samples of recordings to do just a chaotic remix, like by samon takahashi i am sure would have offended the master when it would have been done when he was standing next to this. the few pieces with references to the folktronica genre can still convince me because of the same amount of rhythm and balanced sound exploration, with mami chan as one of the better examples, in a more japanese softpop style (-in my radioshow i said : &#8220;mami chan gives moondog\u2019s music a new meaning, and made this bedroom pop lullaby, a free musical box inspiration.&#8221;- followed by norman bambi who with his own humour said he left out the \u201cmoon\u201d aspect because he will never go to the moon, and left the \u201cdog\u201d over ; the way he arranges guitar and computer rhythmic remixes was able to capture something of moondog\u2019s spirit for this modern world, and lastly, jean jacques birg\u00e9. a bit more simplistic in approach is the ilitch track, and laurent sa\u00efet also did a mix in a modern style. then we have a few recordings which hardly have any association with moondog. herv\u00e9 z\u00e9nouda is post-minimalism could recall the fact that moondog had just a few rather minimalist pieces, but with a title like \u201ca man on the moon\u201d it is clear how little this has any reference to the original spirit of moondog.<\/p>\n<p>even when the compilation is not a completely successful tribute to moondog in all degrees, much of the music on its own, with varied interests, can be interesting to hear. also for the real moondog fan there will be some very nice surprises. a more consistent compilation into one style, like for instance folktronica, or classical could have been a little bit more satisfying to use for repeated listens.<strong><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: geneva; color: #444433;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet1-744x369.jpg 744w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet1-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet1-508x252.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet2-744x369.jpg 744w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet2-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet2-508x252.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet3-744x369.jpg 744w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet3-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet3-508x252.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet4.jpg 400w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet4-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet4-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet4-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/MoondogBooklet4-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>compilation around moondog, including a rare interview of moondog by saul smaizys, made around 1971 in chicago. with joseph racaille, mami chan, pusse, ilitch, norman bambi &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[110,10,32,4286,106,16,109,115,114,113,108,4283,31,4284,111,117,112,116,4285,4288,104,4287],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-compilations","tag-110","tag-cd","tag-dragibus","tag-groupe-dessai-n3","tag-guillaume-loizillon","tag-herve-zenouda","tag-ilitch","tag-jean-jacques-birge","tag-joseph-racaille","tag-konki-duet","tag-laurent-saiet","tag-les-productions-de-linvisible","tag-mami-chan","tag-markus-muench","tag-moondog","tag-norman-bambi","tag-pusse","tag-samon-takahashi","tag-stefan-lakatos","tag-trace","tag-trace-label","tag-xenia-narati"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidfenech.fr\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}