Live ondes Martenot in Barbican (London) by Thomas Bloch

Thomas Bloch: http://www.thomasbloch.net - "Formule" is one of the most virtuosistic piece written for solo ondes Martenot, composed by and played here by the French multi-instrumentalist Thomas Bloch himself (ondes Martenot, glassharmonica, cristal Baschet) who has played as well with Radiohead, Gorillaz, John Cage as with most prestigious classical soloists and orchestras in the world (Milano Scala, Paris opera...). Video recorded live in the Barbican Center, London (October 2007).

Other names : Ones Martenot (Catalan), Ondas Martenot (Spain, Portugal), Martenot waves (English), Onde Martenot (Italy), Fale Martenota (Poland) - wrong name : Martinot

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[Bobbias]

According to wikipedia, since 2008, Jean-Loup Dierstein, with the support of Maurice Martenot's son, has been building ondes Martenot instruments based on the model used when production stopped in 1988.

[theondes]

That's right (it is a comment I have put on wikipedia) and you can also go on my website to contact me for more informations. The adress is at the right of this video. T. Bloch.

[ArthurBr Delgado]

Amazing point.

[digitalramyun]

The first time that I heard "Formule" on Thomas Bloch's Naxos CD, I thought it reminded me of "Phaedra" by Tangerine Dream - especially, the pulsing bass sequence at the beginning. I wonder if there was an influence?

[Socialbookmarkingful]

i have

[qidelephant]

i have this on disc and listened for years... so cool to see him play it live finally!

[Jason Lang]

I totally dig electronic music, I dig what I've heard of the ondes martenot (mostly thru radiohead and muse) and I totally dig Bach and fugal composition which I assume is what this guy is going for... But this is godawful, atonal noise. It's like flight of the bumblebee falling down a flight of stairs while clutching a korg with bad wiring

[Abigail Ramirez]

this man is a genius, as of course Maurice

[herranosan]

i can get hold of you from Tokyo Japan. where are you? please advise your contact info.

[coasterman16]

For the last several years, they have not been made. As I understand it, there is an engineer working on recreating them from the original design. From what Thomas Bloch told me (you can contact him through his email on his website), the price is yet unknown, though he did mention 20,000 euros as a possible price. When the new ondes martenots will be available for purchase is also unknown.