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Contr'gris

Description: Recording of Michel Karsky's Contr'gris. This work was created for the Autumn Music Festival in Moscow and includes spoken Japanese and French text. The word "grisaille" is repeated several times and this composition plays on the notion of "grisaille". The title was recommended to the composer by a Russian musicologist who emphasized the importance of an accent when speaking it.
Date: 2001
Duration: 11 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Karsky, Michel, 1936-
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Detour

Description: Recording of John Gibson's Detour. This work uses recorded sounds of the subways in Tokyo and Kyoto, including machine sounds and platform announcements. The electronic sounds are meant to sharpen the qualities of the soundscape recordings which the composer created on a trip they made to Japan. The sounds of this piece are meant to suggest the feeling of disorientation and dislocation that come with traveling in an unfamiliar, fast-paced city.
Date: 2003
Duration: 8 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Gibson, John, 1960-
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Parlantes

Description: Recording of Manuel Rocha Iturbide's Parlantes. This work was inspired by the abundance of screens and loud speakers that fill big cities in Japan. The composer explores the role speakers now play in the daily cultures of Japanese cities. The protagonists of this composition are the speakers and the recorders that reproduce these sounds. This reflects the gradual disintegration of the human voice through modern technology.
Date: 2002
Duration: 6 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Iturbide, Manuel Rocha, 1963-
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Sensaciones 2

Description: Recording of Guillermo Senn's Sensaciones 2. This work is a continuation to the piece "Sensaciones 1" by the same composer. The piece was inspired by the world of the senses and their varying levels. The composer notes the text at the end as a social complaint towards many countries around the world struggling with political peace. The excerpt comes from the film "Madadayo" by Akira Kurosawa.
Date: 2001
Duration: 9 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Senn, Guillermo
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