Brion Gysin:

Self Portrait Jumping

Corrigé par une colostomie…
- pas moi ! ai-je crié avant qu'ils me neutrent…

(Brion Gysin - quoted on CD cover)

Recorded between 1982 & 1992

Brion Gysin vocals (1-2-3-4-6), recorded voice (8) Ramuntcho Matta guitars (1-2-3-4-5-6-8), keyboards (1), vocals (1), backing vocals (2-4-5-6-7), piano (2-4-5-6), bass (3), live konk treatments (3), percussions (4-5-6), not specified instruments(7-9), programming & mix (8) Don Cherry trumpet, background vocals/rap (1) Abdoulaye Prosper Niang drums (1) Jean-Pierre Coco congas, talking drums (1) Fil Mong bass (1) Yahn Leker bass, some guitars (2-4-5-6) Fred Cousseau drums, percussions (2-6) Elli Medeiros vocals (3) Polo Lombardo konk shell (3) Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Caroline Loeb vocals (5) Samia Ezzatour backing vocals (7) Serge Salibur bass (8-9) Michel Peteau derbouka (8) Samon woodblock delay (8) Steve Lacy soprano saxophone (10) noises of a door at Felix Guattari's house at La Borde (10)

Ind. Title Composer / Author Dur.
1/ Kick Ramuntcho Matta / Brion Gysin 4:05
2/ Junk 3:23
3/ Stop Smoking 4:52
4/ Sham Pain 4:56
5/ V.V.V. 1:42
6/ Baboon 4:15
7/ All Those Years 3:23
8/ Dreamachine
8a/
Dreamachine
 Ramuntcho Matta / Brion Gysin 0:29
8b/
Page 3
 4:06
8c/
Flies
 13:02
8d/
I Am That I am
 3:56
8e/
Off The Ground
 5:50
8f/
The Initiate
 5:16
9/ Somebody Special Ramuntcho Matta / Brion Gysin 2:41
10/ The Door 7:08

Recorded: (1) in Paris in 1983. (2-4-6) rec. and mixed in the country outside Paris in 1982. (3) rec. in 1983 in Paris and 1990 in Lisboa. (5) music rec. in the country outside Paris in 1982, voices & mix. done in 1992 at Ram Stud in Paris. (7) rec. in Lisboa & mixed in Brussels by JC Vareille in January 1992. (8) rec. & mix. in 1992 at Ram Stud in Paris. (9) rec. and mixed in Paris in 1992. (10) not specified.

Producer: Ramuntcho Matta.

Cover art: Brion Gysin ("Self-Portrait Jumping", 1974). Graphic design: pop X studio.