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Francois Baschet is born in Paris, France, Europe. With his brother Bernard, and collaborators Jacques and Yvonne Lasry, he will become an influential musical innovator, creating sound sculptures and inventing musical instruments, such as the cristal Baschet, which will be used to creat avant garde compositions, often with influences from blues, jazz and classical music. At the height of their popularity in the 1960s, they will appear on the Ed Sullivan Show on tv in the USA with their group under the name of New Sounds.