" – Peu importe d’où l’on vient. Il n’y a pas de tonique. Le thème et son développement ne sont qu’un mirage…
Il y a une musique toujours inattendue.
– Et les dissonances ?
– Dieu les a créées, elles aussi…"
Jaume Cabré - "Voyage d'hiver" - 2014

”La terre, il se pourrait bien après tout que ce soit une espèce
de merveilleux petit appareil enregistreur, plaçé là par on ne sait qui,
pour capter tous les bruits qui circulent mystérieusement dans l’Univers.”
Pierre Reverdy - ”En vrac” - 1929

”J’entends tous les bruits de la terre grâce à mes oreilles et mes nerfs de cristal
dans lesquels circulent le feu du ciel et celui des volcans.”
Michel Leiris - ”Le point cardinal” - 1927

"L'écoute, c'est l'ombre de la composition"
Pascal Dusapin - 2008

 

23/06/2018

Fair_Play


https://fairplaynetwork.bandcamp.com/album/fair-play-2

The second "Fair_Play" compilation brings together 80 works by 90 female identifying or trans artists from France, India, Tasmania, Syria, Brazil, Egypt, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria, USA, UK, Australia, Spain, Canada, Czech Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Zimbabwe, China, Morocco ... 

La deuxième compilation "Fair_Play" rassemble 80 œuvres de 90 artistes se reconnaissant comme femmes ou trans, non seulement de pays francophones mais aussi d'Inde, Tasmanie, Syrie, Brésil, Egypte, Estonie, Danemark, Suède, Allemagne, Autriche, USA, Royaume-Uni, Australie, Espagne, Canada, République tchèque, Mexique, Argentine, Irlande, Italie, Pologne, Zimbabwe, Chine, Maroc ... 


with
Léa Bertucci, Alexandra Spence, DJ Kwe Favel, Isabel Nogueira,  
DinahBird, Julie Rousse, Myriam Pruvot, Valerie Vivancos
and many many others.

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Christine Groult, élève de Pierre Schaeffer, a été jusqu’en 2015
professeur de composition électroacoustique au conservatoire de Pantin.




Charo Calvo is a Spanish electroacoustic composer.




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https://fairplaynetwork.bandcamp.com/album/fair-play-one

In the first compilation "Fair_Play 1", published in 2017,
a nice Soizic Lebrat's dialogue in between a cello and birds to listen to:




Thanks to the production team:
DinahBird, Valérie Vivancos, Aline Pénitot,
Sophie Couronne, Myriam Pruvot,
Marie Lisel, Pôm Bouvier b.

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19/06/2018

A as "Alviverde"



In passing
... for the sunny days which are floating around, one of my personal hits for a long time. 

"Alviverde" is a brilliant  composition by Jun Miyake, with the smooth and voluptuous Arto Lindsay' voice, issued from "Stolen From Strangers" published in 2007.
Just enjoy!

15/06/2018

Volta Laboratory


Early wax records

disc 1 - 1881
 




http://www.firstsounds.org/sounds/volta/Example1-Green-p93.wav disc 4 - 1885
Hamlet’s Soliloquy (“To be or not to be”)







disc 5 - 1885


disc 6 - 1885



Don't miss the excellent work of the historian searcher Patrick Feaster 
specialist in the history, culture, and preservation of early sound media. 

This research happened within the scope of FirstSounds
showing us early wax records (in between 1881 and 1885) of the Volta Laboratory,
as well make us listen the sound contents of these experimental sound recordings preserved 
in the collections of the National Museum of American History. 


& other interresting sources at Phonozoic



http://www.firstsounds.org/sounds/volta/287686_Barometer.wav
 glass plate recording - 1885
“Mary Had a Little Lamb”






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09/06/2018

A guitar duet



free improvisation, sonic experience, mechanical hiccups hiding pulsating drifts,
psychedelic thunderbolts and rough spaces

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an amazing duet with two french masters of electric guitar,
Jean-François Pauvros & Jean-Marc Montera,
live at Instants Chavirés (Montreuil) in april 2018



thanks to  NiloNilaz

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01/06/2018

A drums' solo



On the creditable video channel of NiloNilaz
which is a memory of lots of artists who performed in Paris, 
you can find captures of recent concerts as well this great one:

a splendid drums' solo by Ikuro Takahashi
a central member of the japanese psychedelic underground from the eighties.
Unforgetable!

don't miss the second part (6'48" to 15'17") of this live performance!
and listen it LOUD! 




this same night of May at "Instants Chavirés" (Paris)
a brilliant duo with Otomo Yoshihide and the sax player Chris Pitsiokos
To see and listen here 


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