Ghédalia Tazartès

French avant-garde artist Ghédalia Tazartès cultivated a nearly uncategorizable aesthetic which he referred to as impromuz. Utilizing tape cut-up techniques equally reminiscent of musique concrète and experimental film, he created engrossing, multi-layered, ever-shifting soundworlds, recording his improvisations for hours at a time and editing the most enlightening moments into highly idiosyncratic releases. While he played several instruments, including the accordion, Tibetan bowls, flutes, and percussion, his voice was his primary instrument, and he had a distinctly shamanic...