Psyché Rock
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"With compositions such as “Psyché Rock”, Henry's joyous demolition of the rock 'n' roll standard “Louie, Louie”, he made contact with rock audiences, which discovered correspondences between the disintegrating logic of his rock concrète and their own hallucinogenically fuelled visions of the world." --"Fables of Deconstruction" by Edwin Pouncey, The Wire #185, July 1999[1], collected in Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music (2002) by The Wire |
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"Psyché Rock" (1967) is an instrumental musical composition born from a collaboration between French musicians Pierre Henry and Michel Colombier featured on the suite Messe pour le temps présent. The music was commissioned for a ballet by Maurice Béjart. The piece consists of bells, flute, brass, a rock ensemble (guitar, bass, drums) and electronic music.
The composition is said to be influenced by "Louie Louie" (1957).
In 1997, Fatboy Slim issued a remix of Psyché Rock.
Composer Christopher Tyng was heavily inspired by Henry's "Psyché Rock" when writing the theme to the popular animated cartoon show Futurama. The theme is so reminiscent of the Henry's song, it is merely a variation of the original (Cohen 2001).
