Dominique Guiot -

Dominique Guiot is a French electronic/library musician who issued six albums on assorted labels between 1978 and 1987, starting with the now-popular Chicago 2000 release L’univers de la Mer.

Background

Dominique Guiot was born in France in 1950, the son of a musician father who taught him guitar. Guiot studied mathematics at Université Paris VII-Jussieu, then completed a composition workshop at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales under composer Guy Reibel.

In 1973, Guiot co-composed the music with Robert Cahen for the nine-minute ORTF short L’Invitation au voyage. In 1974, he composed the thirteen-minute electroacoustic work “L’Oiseau de paradis” at GRM. The piece received a mention at the 1975 Bourges electroacoustic competition and later reached a Radio France concert program.

Guiot and composer Armand Frydman founded the private Magic Moe studio in Paris in 1975. Guiot also composed music for Emmanuel Ciepka short La Petite Gare. He completed military service at the ECPA, where he wrote film music that included projects for director Yves Ciampi. Guiot also appeared as an instrumentalist and actor with L’Athanor and the Daniel Bazilier theatre company. Guiot next moved into the Chicago 2000 production-music catalog.

Discography:

L’univers de la Mer (1978)
La dame a la licorne (1983)
Casino Retro (1984)
Patchwork 91 – Modern Waves (1986)
Sports et divertissements (1986 • Dominique Guiot / Fred Manda)
Patchwork 103 – Go On (1987)

Sources

Michel Chion and Guy Reibel — Les musiques électroacoustiques, INA-GRM/Édisud, 1976. Contemporary source for the 1950 birth year, “L’Oiseau de paradis,” and Magic Moe. (BnF Catalogue)
RFI Instrumental — Dominique Guiot biography. Guitar training, father, Paris VII, Guy Reibel/GRM, ECPA, Yves Ciampi, theatre activity, La Petite Gare, and first library record. (RFI Instrumental)
Bibliothèque nationale de France — Robert Cahen filmography. Confirms Guiot as co-composer of the 1973 ORTF short L’Invitation au voyage. (BnF Catalogue)
Recollection GRM — Traces Two. GRM archival issue dates “L’Oiseau de paradis” to 1974. (Recollection GRM)
IMEB/MISAME archive. Lists Guiot and “L’Oiseau de paradis” among the 1975 Bourges competition mentions. (Misame)
WRWTFWW reissue documentation. Confirms the original 1978 Chicago 2000 issue of L’Univers de la Mer. (Sound Metaphors Record Shop)