Posts tagged Musique ConcrèTe
Acousmatic Trilogy
Nov 6th 2009
Sound Clips: Canto, Miniature and Time by Julien Beau
Acousmatic music is a form of electroacoustic music that deals specifically with acousmatic sound as a compositional resource. The practice has a historical basis in musique concrete. It can be created using non-acoustic technology, exists only in a recorded format (as a fixed medium), and is composed for reception via loudspeakers. The compositional material is not restricted to the inclusion of sonorities derived from musical instruments or voices, nor to elements traditionally thought of as ‘musical’ (melody, harmony, rhythm, metre and so on), but rather admits any sound, acoustic or synthetic. In this context the compositional method can be seen as a process of sound organisation: a term first used by the French composer Edgard Varèse.
For these particular sound works Julien Beau writes:
Canto is an improvisation mixed with Max/MSP and sampled wind instruments.
Miniature was composed for “Les Inouies of Nov’Art” in November last year at Bordeaux.
Time was a piano session recorded at home.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed!
Related posts
Olivier Capparos & Lionel Marchetti: ‘Equus’
Oct 19th 2009
Olivier Capparos & Lionel Marchetti
Equus (Grand Véhicule)
(P21052-2)
Seducido por el potencial poético de la música concreta, el músico y compositor francés Lionel Marchetti (1967- ) ha producido un gran numero de obras en este ámbito. Su trayectoria compositiva ha estado vinculada a diferentes instituciones de producción musical electroacústica como el GMVL (Groupe de Musiques Vivantes de Lyon), el INA-GRM (Groupe de Recherches Musicales) o el CFMI (Centre de Formation de Musiciens Intervenants de Lyon). Sin embargo, a su prolífica carrera compositiva debemos añadir también su actividad como improvisador electroacústico. En este sentido, merecen mención sus colaboraciones con las formaciones Archipel y Le Cube y, especialmente, con el músico Jerome Noetinger. Marchetti cuenta con una treintena de grabaciones publicadas en diversos sellos y es autor asimismo del ensayo “La musique concrète de Michel Chion” (Metamkine, 1998). Por su parte, el también francés Olivier Capparos (1968- ) es además de filósofo, escritor y pintor, compositor de música instrumental y electroacústica. Muchas de sus composiciones se centran en la investigación de la voz y su interpretación y difusión a través de altavoces. No en vano, Capparos es autor de numerosas creaciones radiofónicas. Ha sido compositor residente en el INA-GRM de París (2001), en el Studio National des Arts Contemporains du Fresnoy (2002-3) y en el Argos Center de Bruselas (2004).
“Equus (Grand Véhicule)” es fruto de una colaboración entre ambos artistas. Se trata de una estupenda composición de música concreta realizada entre 2001 y 2002 en los estudios del INA-GRM y publicada, por fin en 2009, por el sello Pogus Productions. Concebida como una suite en tres movimientos, la composición discurre misteriosa y sin precipitación por un espacio imaginario, hecho de conversaciones, citas y testimonios multilingües, emisiones radiofónicas y televisivas, fragmentos musicales, sonidos ambientales y, en fin, atmósferas oníricas. Una escritura musical fascinante, ideal para una obra que, escoltada siempre por la presencia y trote de equus, se basa en una experiencia de lentitud, una experiencia que en palabras del propio Capparos: procede por amplitudes y contrastes sonoros intensos con el propósito de abrir las puertas de abismos.
Voces y presencias sonoras en “Equus”: Damia, Sarah Bernhardt, Isabelle Duthoit, Adèle Marchetti, René Char, John Oswald, Pierre Henry, Lionel Marchetti, Olivier Capparos, Pierre Schaeffer, Sariana Mileski, Jean-Luc Godard, Henri Chopin, Ezra Pound, Hans Bellmer, Michel Bouquet, Virgile, Charley Patton, Thierry Madiot, Zizi Jeanmaire, Jacques Lacan, Ingram Marshall, Sheila Concari, Charlton Heston (Soylent Green), Alfred Hitchcock y diversos episodios radiofónicos. “Equus” CD: 1. ‘Equus (Grand Véhicule) I’; 2. ‘Equus (Grand Véhicule) II’; 3. ‘Equus (Grand Véhicule) III’.
electroacústica / CD / TT: 33:33 / 12,95 EUR más gastos de envío
Ferran Cuadras
arsonal centre per a la difusió de les arts sonores
apartat de correus 9500
08080 Barcelona
Tel. 93 419 08 58
Fax 93 419 08 58
arsonal@arsonal.net
http://www.arsonal.net
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed!
Related posts
Futura 2010 Call for works
Oct 9th 2009
For its 2010 edition, the Futura festival is looking for fixed media works (acousmatic music, musique concrète, video art, hörspiel, etc.) around the ‘travel diary’ thematic.
The sent works may be ‘real’ diaries, elaborated with sound takes and/or recognizable images, but these diaries may also be ‘abstract’, without any identifiable sounds, concentrating only on remaining traces, impressions. The works evolving between these two poles are also, indeed, welcome.
It is all about drawing a large and original view of the ‘travel diary’, which is not only a journey in a geographical space, but rather the expression of an experience or a view on the surrounding world. As such, it is not absolutely necessary to have crossed back and forth the whole planet to submit a proposal, obviously travels are also metaphoric. It can be expressed through very diverse aesthetics and forms.
Nonetheless, we are not looking for ‘raw’, ‘objective’ soundscapes or field-recordings. To the contrary, we would like to program subjective works, and place at the centre of this thematic the perception of the traveller-composer-artist.
The submissions:
- The limited number of submissions is 2 works by composer, excepting works with video which amount is not limited.
- Only sonic works on tape medium should be submitted (acousmatic/concrète, radiophonic art…).
Please do not send proposals for live electronics or performances.
- Preference is given to stereophonic music (multiphonic works may be accepted, but always if a stereo mix is provided for the selection process).
- Works including video are also encouraged.
-Deadline for the reception of works on CD Audio only (no cd-r or DVD-Audio) or DVD (for videos) is fixed before January 31 2010 (post-marked).
At the following address: Futura, 62, avenue de Flandre F-75019 Paris, France.
- Fill necessarily the form you’ll find as an attachment and send it by email: info@festivalfutura.fr
- Also send by email a program note about the submitted work (20 lines max), a short biography and a picture (.tiff or .jpg) to info@festivalfutura.fr
Formulaire Futura 2010 / Form Futura 2010
??
Nom/Last Name:
Prénom/First Name:
Date de naissance/Date of birth:
Nationalité/Nationality :
?Adresse/Address:
Téléphone/Phone number:
Email/Email:
Site Internet/Web site:
Biographie (10 – 20 lignes)/Biography (10 – 20 lines):
Titre de l’oeuvre/Title of work:
Durée/Duration:
?
Studio et année de composition/Studio and year of composition:
Lieu et date de la création /Place and date of the creation:
Notice (10 – 20 lignes)/Program Notes (10-12 Lines):
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed!
Related posts
Francis Dhomont. Oct 30. 7pm. ISSUE Project Room. NYC
Oct 7th 2009
Francis Dhomont studied under Ginette Waldmeier, Charles Koechlin and Nadia Boulanger. In the late 40’s, in Paris (France), he intuitively discovered with magnetic wire what Schaeffer would later call “musique concrète” and consequently conducted solitary experiments with the musical possibilities of sound recording. Later, leaving behind instrumental writing, he dedicated himself exclusively to electroacoustic composition.
An ardent proponent of acousmatics, his work (since 1963) is comprised exclusively of works for tape bearing witness to his continued interest in morphological interplay and ambiguities between sound and the images it may create.
The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec has awarded him a prestigious carreer grant. In 1999, he was awarded five first prizes for four of his recent works at international competition (Brazil, Spain, Italy, Hungary and Czech Republic). In 1997, as the winner of the Canada Council for the Arts’ Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award, he was also supported by the DAAD for a residence in Berlin (Germany). Five-time winner at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (France) — the Magisterium Prize in 1988 — and 2nd Prize at Prix Ars Electronica 1992 (Linz, Austria), he has received numerous other awards.
He is the editor of special issues published by Musiques & Recherches (Belgium) and of “Électroacoustique Québec: l’essor” (Québec Electroacoustics: The Expansion) — for Circuit (Montréal). Musical coeditor of the Dictionnaire des arts médiatiques (published byUQAM), he is also lecturer and has produced many radio programs for Radio-Canada and Radio-France.
In 1978-2005, he has divided his time between France and Québec, where he has taught at the Université de Montréal from 1980 to 1996. Since the end of 2004 he lives in Avignon (France) and regularly presents his works in France and abroad. Great traveller, he participates in several juries.
He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC, 1989) and a Founding Member (1986) and Honorary Member (1989) of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC). In October 2007, Université de Montréal awarded him a honoris causa doctorate. He is the president of the collective Les Acousmonautes in Marseille (France) and “Ehrenpatron” (honour patron) of the organization Klang Projekte Weimar (Germany).
He now focuses on composition and theory.
http://www.myspace.com/francisdhomont
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed!
Related posts
echtzeitmusik: 04/06.09.09 concerts in Berlin
Sep 5th 2009
when? Fri, 04.09.09 21:00
where?ausland Lychener Straße 60, 10437 Berlin
who?
Audiosemantics:
Olaf Rupp -git
Chris Iemolo -git
Olaf Rupp -git
Chris Dahlgren -Viola da Gamba
Zwei Duos
when? Fri, 04.09.09 22:00
where?Wendel Schlesische Straße 42
who?
////NUMBERCRUNCH///
Peter Evans, trumpet
Magda Mayas, clavinet and electronics
Clayton Thomas, double bass and moog
Tony Buck, drums
with DJ sets by HEP C & AGENT COOPER
donations and dancing welcome
www.myspace.com/peterevanstrumpet
www.myspace.com/doubleclayton
www.myspace.com/tonybuckandmagdamayas
when? Sat, 05.09.09 21:00
where?Theaterkapelle Boxhagener Straße 99, 10245 Berlin
who?
Elevator Music #2 – A Miasmah label showcase starring:
SIMON SCOTT (uk)
Former member of Slowdive and newest edition to the Miasmah label playing his first ever solo show in Germany.
SVARTE GREINER (norway)
The Miasmah label boss and one half of Deaf Center (Type Records) returns to Berlin after two sold-out shows supporting Fever Ray at Berghain.
JASPER TX (sweden)
Dag Rosenqvist, aka Jasper TX, has played his beautiful blend of droning guitars and simple instruments internationally, but suprisingly this will be his first solo show in Berlin.
Brought to you by Elevator Music & schall + raum.
www.schallundraum.com | www.myspace.com/elevatormusicberlin
when? Sun, 06.09.09 14:00
where?ohrenhoch Weichselstraße 49 12045 Berlin-Neukölln
who?
Zu hören 14:00 – 21:00 Uhr
“Focus”
von Jean-Claude Risset
“Focus” ist der zweite Satz der elektroakustischen Komposition “Elementa” von Jean-Claude Risset, ein Auftragswerk des Französischen Kulturministeriums aus Anlass des fünfzigsten Geburtstags der musique concrète 1998.
Jean-Claude Risset über “Focus”:
Feuer ist ambivalent: warm und erschreckend, knisternd, schnell, lodernd, zerstörend und vernichtend. Versprühte Sounds, ständig in Bewegung. Der Wind entfacht Feuer in Büschen. Das Knistern regt in seinem eigenen Rhythmus resonierende Filter an. Das Feuer wächst und scheint die flammenden Vokalaussprachen zu überfluten. Am Ende rotiert das Feuer in Richtung der Sterne ? himmlische Feuerbälle.
when? Sun, 06.09.09 20:00
where?Senatsreservenspeicher Cuvrystr. 3-4, 10997 Berlin
who?
Write The Wall – Penderecki-to-Pärt Protocol
Works by Kryzstof Penderecki and Arvo Pärt with an improvisational
remix by Chris Heenan and Gorgias Sanchez.
Rahel Maria Rilling (violin)
Ayumi Anna Paul (violin)
Sara Maria Rilling (viola)
David Adorjan (cello)
Chris Heenan (bass clarinet)
Gorgias Sanchez (clarinet)
when? Sun, 06.09.09 21:00
where?B Flat Klub Rosenthalerstrasse 13
who?
Peter Evans (USA) trumpet
Johannes Bauer, trombone
Louis Rastig, piano
Clayton Thomas, bass and percussions
improvising for your pleasure.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed!
Related posts
GOLDEN FUR, Sunday 6 Sept, Syd Con
Aug 25th 2009
Golden Fur (Melbourne)
“Stunning contemporary classical interpretations… Golden Fur are changing the shape of chamber music without forsaking its roots.” The Age
“In performance, the trio displayed a versatile intelligence and totally engaging musicality in their approach to the diverse, and at times challenging, sonic terrain.” Resonate Magazine
Golden Fur is a new music project comprising a core-membership of Samuel Dunscombe, Judith Hamann and James Rushford. With a strong focus on new and obscure chamber music, Golden Fur will be presenting a varied and unusual program over the next year, influenced by the fields of the avant-garde, experimental, musique concrète and improvisation. This program currently consists of six Australian premieres and five world premieres by Australian, Dutch, American and Austrian composers. This concert, presented by the New Music Network, will continue to forge an intrepid path through unusual notational and sonic languages, allowing the ensemble to draw upon their backgrounds in experimental, avant-garde, and improvising disciplines. The program also has a special focus on theatre and ritual, through dramatic performance and complexist musical choreography.
PROGRAM
LIZA LIM Inguz (fertility) (1998)
KATE NEAL Trio No. 5 (2009)
ALVIN LUCIER Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators (1992)
MARCO FUSINATO Parallel Collisions (2008)
JAAP BLONK Transsiberian Part 2 (2001 – world premiere)
Performed by Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet, laptop), Judith Hamann (cello) and James Rushford (piano, viola).
Date: 5pm Sunday 6 September 2009
Where: RECITAL HALL EAST, Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Tickets: $20 Full, $12 Concession
Bookings: (02) 8256 2222 or tickets available at the door.
Media requests, please contact:
Philippa Horn, Manager, New Music Network, P: 0411 606 077 E: nmn@newmusicnetwork.com.au
BIOGRAPHY
Golden Fur is a trio comprising Samuel Dunscombe (clarinet) Judith Hamann (violoncello) and James Rushford (keyboard/viola), with an ongoing and dedicated interest in contemporary, experimental and electronic music. As an ensemble, they were the recipients of the Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship (2009), the Alan C. Rose Memorial Fund (2009), the Marion Isobel Thomas Prize (2008) and the Athenaeum Ensemble Prize (2007). The trio is part-way through their debut concert series, commissioning and premiering works by Anthony Pateras, Marco Fusinato, Alexander Garsden and Kate Neal. The series also features world premieres of works by Jaap Blonk and Phill Niblock, as well as Australian premieres of works by Klaus Lang, Thomas Meadowcroft, Sam Hayden, Alvin Lucier and Jani Christou. Golden Fur was also featured in the music series You Don’t Have To Call It Music, where they premiered the Australian composer Robert Rooney’s entire work Duos 1.2.3. The members of Golden Fur have performed for the Melbourne International Arts Festival (2006, 2007, 2008), Chamber Music Australia, Melbourne International Film Festival (premiering a work by David Shea), New Music Network, Stutter New Music, and Maximum Arousal at the Toff in Town. Golden Fur has also performed and recorded Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps (with violinist Liz Moore), as well as performing works by Helmut Lachenmann, Sofia Gubaidulina, Morton Feldman, Luciano Berio, Giacinto Scelsi, Liza Lim, Salvatore Sciarrino and Iannis Xenakis. The members have studied chamber music with Dr Donna Coleman, Peter Neville (Elision Ensemble), John McCaughey (Astra Chamber Music Socirty), and have performed in masterclasses for Wu Han (Lincoln Center) and Julian Smiles (Australian Chamber Orchestra) as part of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Festival. They also feature in a new CD release on experimental sound label Cajid Media.
new music network
Dedicated to the promotion and performance of new music in Australia.
www.newmusicnetwork.com.au
www.myspace.com/goldenfur
www.goldenfur.com.au/
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed!
Related posts
J-1 ELEKTRAMUSIC au CEAAC 15 et 16 mai
May 15th 2009
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed!
Related posts
ELEKTRAMUSIC AU CEAAC
May 5th 2009
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to the RSS feed!