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Brion Gysin

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Brion Gysin (January 19, 1916 - July 13, 1986) was a writer and painter. He is best known for his rediscovery of Tristan Tzara's cut-up technique while cutting through a newspaper upon which he was trimming some mats. He did many experiments with cut-ups while living in Tangiers (where incidentally, he established with the Moroccan painter Mohamed Hamri a cafe called the 1001 Nights in order to employ members of the Master Musicians of Joujouka so that he could hear them as frequently as possible).

Top songs

  1. Sham Pain
  2. Junk
  3. Stop Smoking
  4. All Those Years
  5. Come to Free the words (1962)
  6. Baboon
  7. Kick (Disco Mix)
  8. Recalling All Active Agents
  9. V. V. V.
  10. Kick
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  1. Pistol Poem
  2. I Am That I Am
  3. Junk Is No Good Baby
  4. Kick 7" (Alternate Mix)
  5. Stop Smoking (Alternate Mix)
  6. The Door
  7. Kick 7" version (Instrumental)
  8. Somebody Special
  9. Come to Free the Words
  10. I've Come To Free The Words
  11. Welcome
  12. Minutes to Go #1
  13. V.V.V.
  14. Cut-ups (1959)
  15. I Am
  16. No Poets Don't Own Words
  17. Where's That Word
  18. Kick That Habit Man
  19. Thoughts On The BBC
  20. Pistol-Poem
  21. Dreamachine
  22. No, poets don't own words
  23. Thoughts On Censorship
  24. Cut Up
  25. Sound Poem
  26. 3 Permutations
  27. Dream Machine
  28. Kick That Habit, Junk Is No Good Baby, Somebody Special, & Blue Baboon
  29. Thoughts On Modern Art
  30. Thoughts On The Dream Machine
  31. In the Beginning Was The Word
  32. Thoughts On Jean Genet
  33. Thoughts On Surrealists
  34. Illusion
  35. Thoughts On The Value Of Art
  36. Minutes to Go #2
  37. a
  38. Duet
  39. Teaching
  40. Side A
  41. From Here To Go
  42. b
  43. Vocal Cut-up
  44. Dreamachine part 1
  45. wind
  46. Cut-ups: 1960 (Bardo Hotel)
  47. Ad Lib
  48. Ahead, ahead: 93 million Miles Away
  49. vocal cut up
  50. Kick (Discomix) feat. Don Cherry
  51. "I am" Machine-poem (1960), 3'02"
  52. One Night The 1001 - Morrocan Traditional 1
  53. c
  54. Poems
  55. d
  56. Side B
  57. Pistol Poem Pt. 2
  58. e
  59. f
  60. One Night The 1001 - Morrocan Traditional 2
  61. "3 Permutations" (1960), 4'22"
  62. Readings At The October Gallery
  63. Dreamachine part 2
  64. i am this
  65. g
  66. readings at october galleries
  67. Pistol Poem - Part 2
  68. Dreamachine part 3
  69. Dreamachine part 4
  70. Impro : 1
  71. Dilaloo - Part 1
  72. Dreamachine part 5
  73. One Night The 1001 - Morrocan Traditional 3
  74. One Night The 1001 - Morrocan Traditional 5
  75. One Night The 1001 - Morrocan Traditional 4
  76. No Poets
  77. I Am This. . .
  78. Dilaloo - Part 3
  79. junk is no good baby, 1962
  80. Impro: 1
  81. no poets, 1962
  82. Dilaloo - Part 7
  83. Dilaloo - Part 6
  84. pistol poem, 1960
  85. [Untitled Track]
  86. One Night @ The 1001 / [traditional] - Tibetan Evening Music / Jon Hassell - Map of Dusk
  87. Cut-Ups
  88. Dilaloo - Part 9
  89. One Night The 1001 - Morrocan Traditional 6
  90. Dilaloo - Part 13

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