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Mimoyecques

Description: Recording of Elizabeth Anderson's Mimoyecques. The piece consists of two sets of recordings and electronics. One set of recordings would be made in and around the fortress and would serve as the base where the imprisonment, death, and transfiguration themes would be built. The second recording is in the languages of the 18 nationalities of the laborers. The central section of the work illustrates the idea of terror freedom is suddenly, inexplicably removed. The final section explores the concep… more
Date: 1994
Duration: 14 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Anderson, Elizabeth, 1960-

La violence (mix2)

Description: Recording of Roald Baudoux's La violence (mix2). This short piece was composed for the Phonurgia Nova 2001 competition the rules of which stated that at least one extract of a radio library provided by the organizers had to be included in the composition. The record that grabbed the composer's attention was one that included words by French writer, Jean-Paul Sartre: "La violence est la seule chose qui reste, quel que soit le système". The composer used this question of violence to inspire the r… more
Date: 2001/2002
Duration: 2 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Baudoux, Roald

Pierre

Description: Recording of François Bayle's Pierre. This is a work for electronics that was written as an homage to Pierre Schaeffer.
Date: 1995
Duration: 9 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Bayle, François, 1932-

Apte

Description: Recording of David Behar's and Xavier Gipulo's Apte. This is a work for electronics that includes samples of electric guitar and French spoken word.
Date: 2003
Duration: 5 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Behar, David, 1973- & Gipulo, Xavier

L'arracheuse de poussière

Description: Recording of Julien Belet's L'arracheuse de poussière. This is a work for electronics that the composer describes as a "voluntarily unfinished piece of poetic character" with children's voices whispering.
Date: 2004
Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Belet, Julien

Emotions de guerre

Description: Recording of Bruno Bernard's Emotions de guerre. This work is a sound representation of what the composer imagines could have happened in an underground military shelter during WWII. The various sound materials explore different aspects of the situation, both above ground and under it.
Date: 2001
Duration: 26 minutes
Creator: Bernard, Bruno, 1960-

Un singe blanc si rusé

Description: Recording of Marie-Hélène Bernard's Un singe blanc si rusé. The common thread of this sound fresco is drawn from the adventures of Hanuman, the hero white monkey of the Ramayana. The text extracts which appear fleetingly are taken from the French translation of the Reamker carried out by Franois Bizot. Most of the sounds of the band were collected during a stay in Cambodia.
Date: 1995
Duration: 15 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Bernard, Marie-Hélène

Personal relations

Description: Recording of Milos Betko's Personal relations. This piece is segmented into 9 parts by the composer: 1. just before, 2. micado of mammoths, 3. speech of birds, 4. celestial threats, 5. song 1, 6. up and down, 7. song 2: "How many times it sings...", 8. emotions, 9. trio. It's comprised of background noise, violin, voices of the composer's friends, etc. The piece seems to be a collection of sounds that the composer relates to his personal life and day to day.
Date: 1997
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Betko, Milos

Tango

Description: Recording of Gonzalo Biffarella's Tango. This work was commissioned by the WDR 3 of Cologne, Germany. This radiophonic piece was inspired by the origin of Tango and uses fragments from old songs as well as a lecture by Jorge Luis Borges about the topic. The text has been translated into German and French for segments of the work.
Date: 1999
Duration: 32 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Biffarela, Gonzalo, 1961-

Balloonarticularity 80

Description: Recording of Andy Birtwistle's Balloonarticularity 80. This work was inspired by Jules Verne and his novel, "Around the World In 80 Days". This piece plays with the possibility of that book being a futuristic novel, rather than a piece of 19th century literature. In this piece, a Victorian traveler journeys into the future of the present, listening for differences in an increasingly homogeneous world. This work for electronics includes balloon sounds the and sounds of counting numbers in French. more
Date: 2005
Duration: 4 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Birtwistle, Andy

Un dimanche idéal

Description: Recording of Phillippe Blanchard's Un dimanche idéal. This work is a screenplay by Nicolas Fraix, with the composer creating the music. Sound manipulation techniques and vocal processing were used to explore the sonic possibilities of voice and electronics.
Date: 1997
Duration: 12 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Blanchard, Philippe

L'Enfer est un petit début ou "la messe des pauvres" (requiem électroacoustique)

Description: Recording of Philippe Blachard's L'Enfer est un petit début ou "la messe des pauvres" (requiem électroacoustique). Rabelais adored nothing so much as liberty and it therefore takes this anniversary to be remembered a little. The sound sources include Rabelaisian quotations and the five parts of a traditional mass, the selected texts being superimposed on a string of adulterated sounds. The sounds consists of many variety, such as, everyday sound object, voice, and synthetic sounds; which provid… more
Date: 1994
Duration: 21 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Blanchard, Philippe, 1961-

Katastrophe

Description: Recording of Philippe Blanchard's Katastrophe. This work uses field recording of nature and animal sounds, voice, electronic and acoustic instruments, and pre-recorded sound. There is a big emphasis within musical transition, which at times is silence. The use of electronic technique also allows for musical space and sound travel.
Date: 1994
Duration: 20 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Blanchard, Philippe, 1961-

A La bataille

Description: Recording of Philippe Blanchard's A La bataille. This piece is for electronics. This work has sounds from electronically manipulated voice, pre-recorded fragments, and synthetically built sounds.
Date: 1994
Duration: 16 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Blanchard, Philippe, 1961-

1789-1989

Description: Recording of Juan Blanco's 1789-1989. This piece aims to expose how the French Revolution, through the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, inspired the liberation movements of the people against the oppressive and tyrannical governments. The piece is divided into two parts, which give a sound panorama of the triumph, using electronic and acoustic equipment, the latter taken from songs of the time: "Departure to Place de la Bastille"; "Place and capture of the Bastille", "Lament… more
Date: 1989
Duration: 20 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Blanco, Juan, 1919-2008
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