Biography
François and Bernard Baschet started creating metallic sound sculptures in the 1950s (also known specifically as Structures Sonores). Interestingly, none of the brothers had musical background ; François studied sculpture in art school when he came back from war and Argentina and Bernard (pictured above with Thomas Bloch) was an engineer. Their unusual music instruments gained immediate recognition and fame among musicians and the audience. During the 1970s, they had exhibitions in New York, Tokyo, Osaka, Mexico, Stokholm, etc. The Baschets also created outdoor sculptures, decorative art, special outfits (e.g. Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, William Klein, 1966) and nowadays educational workshops for children. From the start, they had contemporary composers writing music for their instruments, more often than not Jacques Lasry and Michel Deneuve. They issued a dozen albums between 1958 and the end of 20th c.
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