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Henri Kelly - Poeme Electronique du Merde

from Oh No! Ulster's Hidden Reverse by Various

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Born from a Franco-Irish mixed marriage the young Kelly took inspiration from both the musique concrete of his mother's homeland and the environmental sounds of his Belfast home. His first public performance at school assembly ended in disaster as his hideously mangled recordings of mating crows drew a huge cloud of the birds to the hall where they blinded the unsuspecting pupils. Now a social outcast Kelly continued to pursue his vision through life, fixating for a period on recordings of human bodily functions: alas that these recording were often not of his own functions led to brutal beatings. He met his unfortunate end while recording the interior of a bin lorry.

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from Oh No! Ulster's Hidden Reverse, track released June 7, 1967

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Various Belfast, UK

Following extensive research over the past year, Oscillations and Factotum have unearthed a variety of documents, recordings, posters, and merchandise from bands such as Quinbus Flestrin Quartet, Parliamentary Procedures and The Anginas. Through these audio-visual artifacts this exhibition reveals the secret history of Northern Ireland's esoteric underground. ... more

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