Pierre Henry, Michel Colombier - Messe pour le temps présent, Remixes & Fantaisie [2LP]

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: 6105042 
Barcode: 00881061050421
Release Date: 04 Dec 2026
Genre: Experimental/Electronic

Created in 1967 for Maurice Béjart’s visionary ballet, Messe pour le temps présent united Pierre Henry and Michel Colombier in an innovative fusion of electroacoustic music, orchestral writing and contemporary dance rhythms. This anniversary edition celebrates a work widely regarded as a landmark in the evolution of electronic music, bringing together the original 1967 recording, remixes from Métamorphose (1997) and the previously unreleased Fantaisie Messe pour le temps présent (2013), presented in a deluxe gatefold package with new liner notes in French and English.

Side A
Messe pour le temps présent (1967)
1. Prologue
2. Psyché rock
3. Jéricho jerk
4. Teen Tonic
5. Too fortiche
6. Psyche rock - Malpaso Mix (By Fatboy Slim)

Side B
1. Psyché rock - The Invisible Mix (By William Orbit with Mat Ducasse)
2. Psyché rock - Metal Time Machine Mix (By Philippe Cohen Solal)
3. Teen Tonic Mix (By Dimitri from Paris)

Sides C & D
Fantaisie Messe pour le temps présent (2013)
Featuring samples from Philippe Cohen Solal, Jon of the Pleased Wimmin, Rapino Brothers