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PIERRE BERTHET lives and works in Liège, Belgium. Musician, composer, inventor, craftsman he is working with Frédéric Le Junter, Pierre Bastien, DJ Low, Rudi Trouvé and Arnold Dreyblatt. He has created here two minimal explorations of his own musical instruments -- springs, tank, tubular drums, jerry can, wires sound installations, home-made instruments, found objects -- the two continuum process pieces -- purely acoustic, full of drones and natural percussions (1. Tubular Drums, Drops And Springs, 2. Cuve, Bidon Et Fils ) were composed and recorded during the 90' s by Pierre Berthet and Brigida Romano. Recorded at location with a mobile studio and an armada of mikes. This double CD-set is the companion to the final book reporting on the activities of Het Apollohuis. The recordings on these CDs give an idea of the music and the sound art presented in concerts at Het Apollohuis in the priod from 1980 through 1997. Out of a total of 500 performances I chose 38, from which exceprts of varying lenght have been included in this anthiology. These have been arranged in chronological order. The diversity of the selected pieces is characteristic of the programme of Het Apollohuis. Only limited number of composers and musicians who performed can be heard in brief fragments o these discs. Consequently a considerable number has been excluded. There simply was no way to include them all (this selection does not imply we value one above the other). The choice of the particular musicians has been my responsability (P: Panhuysen). liner notes: René van Peer sound selection: René Adriaans mastering: Frank Donkersgoed design: Tom Homburg, Marcel d'Anjou (Opera)