Gorillaz & ondes Martenot, glassharmonica, cristal Baschet

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Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz, "The Good, The Bad and The Queen" leader) works in his studio (London) with music supervisor David Coulter and French multi-instrumentalist virtuoso Thomas Bloch (ondes Martenot, glassharmonica, cristal Baschet) who he has played as well with Radiohead as with most prestigious classical soloists and orchestras in the world) during the preparation of his first opera : "Monkey: Journey to the West", in April 2007.

Thomas Bloch informations: http://www.thomasbloch.net
Damon Albarn informations : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Al...
David Coulter informations : http://profile.myspace.com/davidcoulter
"Monkey: Journey to the West" informations : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey:_...

Other names : Ones Martenot (Catalan), Ondas Martenot (Spain, Portugal), Martenot waves (English), Onde Martenot (Italy), Fale Martenota (Poland), 0™0Û0...0˚0fi0Î0»0Œ (Japan) - wrong name : Martinot / armonica de verre (France), Armonica de vidro, orgue de verre (France, Belgium), crystal harmonica, crystal armonica, glass organ, crystal organ, Armónica de cristal (Spain), Armonica a bicchieri (Italian), glasharmonika (Germany, Denmark, Sweden), glassharmonika (Norway), Harmonika szklana (Poland), 0¢0Î0‚0À0´ (Japan), close instruments : glass harp, glassharfe, glass harfe, harpe de verre, verrophon, verrophone, seraphim, verres musicaux, musical glasses"

Ondes Martenot / Messiaen 4° Feuillet Inédit by Thomas Bloch

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"Thomas Bloch: http://www.thomasbloch.net - Olivier Messiaen "4ème Feuillet Inédit" played by Jean-François Zygel (piano) and the French multi-instrumentalist Thomas Bloch (glassharmonica, ondes Martenot, cristal Baschet) who has played as well with Radiohead, Gorillaz as with most prestigious classical soloists and orchestras in the world, during a french national TV program ("La boîte à musique de Jean-François Zygel - spéciale Noël"). December 21, 2007

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Jean-François Zygel informations : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-fra...

Ondes Martenot /virtuosistic Formule by Thomas Bloch-TV 1999


"Thomas Bloch: http://www.thomasbloch.net - "Formule" is one of the most virtuosistic piece written for solo ondes Martenot, composed by and played here by the French multi-instrumentalist Thomas Bloch himself (ondes Martenot, glassharmonica, cristal Baschet) who has played as well with Radiohead, Gorillaz, John Cage as with most prestigious classical soloists and orchestras in the world (Milano Scala, Paris opera...).
A short excerpt of the piece taken from a TV program recorded in Paris Musée de la Musique. June 8, 1999.

To hear and see the complete work, a more recent version played live at the Barbican Center (London) was added recently on youtube:

Live ondes Martenot in Barbican (London) by Thomas Bloch



"Video recorded live in the Barbican Center, London (October 2007)."

for more videos including the Glass Harmonica see theondes YouTube channel.