Gilles Zimmermann

The past months I´ve been like a racing cyclist: head in the handelbar, all on my new CD.
But: learning that stupidity will disappear is such a relief, and a big step towards serenity, that I called the album „Serene Apocalypse“!

All details on my special page (expired link) and if you want listen to it directly then there is my Bandcamp page (expired link)
Please note I´m sorry not being able to send newsletters any more on N1M (can´t afford it).
Have a great peaceful day!

I posted a new song online, Erik Satie´s first Gnossienne, with a video using a 1930 Public Domain documentary about Nice, The song is #4 in my EP, The Wind Cries Satie, which will grow every month with a new Satie arrangement for viola da gamba, up to a complete CD with about 13 songs sometime next year. The EP is available on (expired link)

Bonjour !
I just posted here my new arrangement of Erik Satie´s first Gnossienne for viola da gamba (I had to delete 2 songs) , and with a video on YouTube and Vimeo. (expired link)

I do not pretend to respect the will of the composer. To cover the work of another is only interesting if one adds something different to it, and in this case demonstrates my idea of a musical Broken Consort ensemble.

In all music genres and art today, thanks to Edward Bernays and his universally accepted propaganda / public relation suggestion, it is only a question of idols, so it´s just too bad for their fanatics. Music is life, much more than black dots on a piece of paper.

The video was already done 2 weeks ago, but I wanted to verify if the documentary is in the Public Domain. I first sent an e-mail to the Institut Jean Vigo, and got an answer one hour later (the Provincial reactivity), sending me to Gaumont who owns the rights. I wrote then 2 e-mails to Gaumont over 3 days to two different services, and as of today, no answer (that´s the Parisian reactivity…) I decided to post it anyway, under the French proverb « who says nothing consents », we´ll see if they react…

I played 5 viols, acoustic et electric, hang, Tibetan bells and electronics. Rüdiger Maul (of Faun fame) plays frame drum.

As for all my recordings, it is recorded without computer click, and the pitch is A = 432 Hz.

Satie died in 1925, so cannot be the person appearing at the third minute in the Jean Vigo documentary about Nice in 1930 I used (see pic).

I selected the scenes with “old money” and kept the “bottom” people for the next Gnossienne 2…

I wish you much pleasure, and as usual love to read what you think of it !

Gilles

Hello everyone!

As it seems I can give you some news through N1M, (it wasn´t possible until now and I couldn´t answer your comments because of some N1M limits on my free account). I´m quite busy at the moment redoing my homepage (expired link). I shall most probably quit N1M soon, so please catch up with me & my music there, or on Facebook and Twitter. I can´t either post any more song but I´m very happy to see so many subscribers. Hope to talk to you soon over other mediums!

Cheers to you all!

Gilles

Hello dear friends,

I´m currently working on the next productions, one CD with my own songs you can listen to 3 pre-releases on this page:
(expired link)

For the second CD there are no pre-releases yet, it´s 8 Erik Satie´s compositions, all the 7 Gnossiennes + one extra, partly very bluesy... I´m actively looking for a proper label.

Meanwhile my last CD The Missing Link, continues to enchant people...

Some concerts are coming, I´d love to do more, but you know the miserable conditions nowadays...

Thanks for your support, I wish you all the best!

Gilles