The classic 12 disc Parmegiani Box Set covering the majority of Parmegiani's musique concrète output recorded between 1964 and 2007. Is there a more important, influential, totemic single-artist collection in all of electronic music?

The Wire magazine described it as a "bargain price treasure chest....containing worlds of inexhaustible spaciousness and strangeness" and, indeed, listening through just some of the 12 cd's included you find yourself drawn into a multi-faceted world full of timeless treasure.

Parmegiani was mentored by the founding father of Musique Concrète, Pierre Schaeffer, who made use of technological advances that gave the world magnetic tape and microphones to pioneer a method taking everyday noise and transforming them into unrecognisable sounds, a style that became known as Acousmatic music.

Parmegiani would go on to make use of these Acousmatic techniques in creating a body of work which is not only one of the most significant of the 20th century, but also hugely influential on a whole host of musical pioneers that would follow in his wake, with Christian Fennesz, Aphex Twin, Kode9 and Jim O'Rourke being notable disciples in the contemporary field.

It’s hard to comprehend let alone articulate the immersive and often woozy effect of these recordings, ranging from eerie cut-out tape loops through to popular music plunderphonics and proto-distilled-dub that's impossible to absorb in one sitting. In short, L’Œuvre Musicale is one of the most impressive and important collections of electronic music you'll likely ever hear, but also one of the most rewarding.

Bought new by me and still sealed.

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