A vibrant hommage to Music for 18 Musicians: a work of musical minimalism composed by Steve Reich during 1974-1976 and which proved to influence many subsequent genres in music, esp. Electronics…

On stage Philippe chooses to process the original 11 “pulses” live, doubling/extending wavelengths and superimposing each into another… Playing with their harmonic analysis and spectral resynthesis, splitting soundwave into its component frequencies and phases, manipulating those and then mashing them all back together again within a different composition.  A tapestry of sound running several different sources altogether to create a deep and hypnotic sound assemblage...


Philippe Petit recontextualizes “Music For 18 Musicians”

having played live on many continents for the past 15 years mainly using turntables, computer I thought it would be time to introduce my new direction, using guitars built by Yuri Landman and processing them... Easy to install, I plug in the venue system and ready to go... 
Other than that technical aspect, here are some biographical elements:

PHILIPPE PETIT is interested in soundtracks; releasing his music on 20+ labels (Sub Rosa, Important, Staubgold, Aagoo, Beta Lactam Ring, Monotype, Southern...)

A journalist for various magazines and radio as well as a musical activist, PETIT has celebrated his 29th year of sharing his musical passions as the man behind the cult labels Pandemonium Rdz. and BiP_HOp.
PETIT has assembled what people call a dream-team of collaborators, joining Lydia Lunch, Murcof, Cindytalk or Faust onstage, and also recording with: Eugene S. Robinson (Oxbow), Foetus, Edward Ka-Spel, Kumo, Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys), Cosey Fanni Tutti, My Brightest Diamond, Sybarite, Pantaleimon, Graham Lewis (Wire), Barry Adamson, Scanner, Mira Calix, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Guapo, Leafcutter John, Simon Fisher Turner, Jarboe, ASVA and many more...

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