The two giants, or as I like to say "the two Pierres'" are the great poles of the French Musique Concréte. Side one is a work by both Pierres, ' and it's a masterpiece. The piano riff alone is worth the price of the album, and what comes within its mix, the textures, is something, in one word, awesome. Side two is Pierre Henry's "Concerto des Ambiguites, important" and it's foundation is two pianos but filtered through layers of electronic effects. Speeded up, slowed down, it's like a world turned over, or at the very least a soundtrack to a Warner Brothers cartoon from the 1950s. Both pieces were written in 1950, which must have been like a new horizon or possibilities in what one can do with the aural world. As necessary, and a joy to listen to.
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