Pourtant, sous la tutelle invisible d'un Ange
L'Enfant déshérité s'enivre de soleil,
Et dans tout ce qu'il boit et dans tout qu'il mange
Retrouve l'ambroisie et le nectar vermeil.
Il joue avec le vent, cause avec le nuage,
Et s'enivre en chantant du chemin de la croix;
Et l'Esprit qui le suit dans son pèlerinage
Pleure de le voir gai comme un oiseau des bois.
Tous ceux qu'il veut aimer l'observent avec crainte,
Ou bien, s'enhardissant de sa tranquillité,
Cherchent à qui saura lui tirer une plainte,
Et font sur lui l'essai de leur férocité.
Dans le pain et le vin destinés à sa bouche
Ils mêlent de la cendre avec d'impurs crachats;
Avec hypocrisie ils jettent ce qu'il touche,
Et s'accusent d'avoir mis leurs pieds dans ses pas.
Traitement des guitares et d'Argeïphontes Lyre exécuté
par Akira Rabelais au studio 'Oryctolagus cuniculus Leggys'
d'Hollywood (Californie) entre Juin 2001 et Septembre 2002.
Dédié à mon père qui ne m'a jamais connu, ma mère qui m'a
abandonné, et tous les amis que j'ai perdu en chemin.
"Fluttering like a bird's wings the music begins.
Moving backwards and forwards at the same time, not standing
still but describing the present moment as an eternity.
'...bénédiction, draw.' is Akria Rabelais' third major work,
a 71-minute piece for electric guitar, processed with Argeiphontes Lyre,
his very own audio software, consisting of a set of time domain filters
performing esoteric algorithms. In the best sense of a musique d'ameublement
it shows itself as an acoustic state rather than a sonic wallpaper.
Like his former offerings 'Elongated Pentagonal Pyramid' and 'Eisoptrophobia'
(both to be found on Mille Plateaux's sister label Ritornell) '...bénédiction, draw.'
is a true masterpiece of digital music, incomparable with anything else around."
- Stephan Mathieu
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