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by Richard Condon\r... Hérésie claims to be inspired by the heresy of the Cathars, the sect from southwest France also sometimes known as Albigensians, who were bloodily suppressed in the 13th century by the official Catholic authorities. Clastrier claims that their heresy appeared at about the same time as the forerunner of the hurdy-gurdy (which, translating from its French name "vielle à roue," the English-language section of the booklet calls a "wheel vielle", though "wheeled fiddle" would be a better translation). Clastrier believes that the hurdy-gurdy, with its archaic and modern features (especially his own electro-acoustic version) is itself an heretical instrument. In a note included in the booklet, a certain Anne Brenon argues that heresy, contrary to popular belief, is not straying, error or deviation from the correct path but rather choosing freely one's own path. This is certainly what the musicians assembled here have done.