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Monday, February 11, 2008

Artists: Joëlle Léandre




On the subject of European contemporary jazz and artists who principally contribute(d) to its development and maturation, one can’t omit mentioning Joëlle Léandre.
An amazing artistic path, plenty of encounters/collaborations with significant composers/performers, a remarkable discography over more than twenty-five years, make her an absolute protagonist of the innovation in music.
So this post is for Joëlle.



Date Of Birth: September 12, 1951, Aix-en-Provence, France

Joëlle Léandre started playing recorder but quickly moved to piano and from the age of 9 to 14 studied both piano and double bass in her home town of Aix-en-Provence. Her double bass teacher, Pierre Delescluse, encouraged her to apply to the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris where she won first prize for double bass. In 1976 she received a scholarship to the Center for Creative and Performing Arts in Buffalo, a time that was to prove particularly influential due to encounters with Morton Feldman, and the music of Earl Brown, John Cage and Giacinto Scelsi. At the same time, she was able to experience the downtown New York music scene and continue her involvement in improvised music.

Joëlle Léandre has continued to be involved with contemporary 'straight' music, not only as a member of contemporary music ensembles such as 2E2M, Itinéraire and l'Ensemble Intercontemporain but particularly through the works of Cage and Scelsi, several of which have been recorded by her. Of Cage, she told Machart (1994):

"He will always be my spiritual father. I had already read For the birds before meeting him. It is an important book. John made me listen to the world around me: 'Let sound be what it is'. He opened up a field of possibilities; he gave me confidence; he cooked for me (he was a very good cook), with his friend Cunningham; he was good. A friend. He was the first to smile when I played my piece Taxi in the hall at Columbia University - I can still remember it!"

And, to the same interviewer on Scelsi:

"Another meeting; as important as meeting Cage; he respected the freedom of my actions; there was almost a feminine intimacy between us. His music overwhelmed me; it is one of the truest, because it speaks to us of our conscience, of our human condition. When I listen to this music it affects me most deeply. There isn't a 'geography' to it; there are waves which we make vibrate. I love to play his several pieces for double bass because they provide me with a complete soundworld. This music is paradoxical because it is at once complex and simple. I have known Scelsi since 1978, in Rome, after a stay at Buffalo University where I discovered Okanagon, one of his most extraordinary pieces. We rapidly became friends. Ten years later, I was there, on the 8 August 1988, at his death. It was as if he just faded away."

After listening to jazz (Mingus, Cecil Taylor, Monk, Dolphy), "I quickly got into the free, improvised realm where, for me, Derek Bailey is extremely important, also George Lewis and Irène Schweizer, and for sure, Anthony Braxton. Meeting Derek in New York several years ago had nearly the same impact on me as meeting Cage" (Kanach, 1991). Léandre recorded with Bailey on Les douze sons and on the Company disc Trios, and has worked with a wide range of improvisors, for example: Maggie Nicols, Lindsay Cooper, Irène Schweizer, Fred Frith, Evan Parker, Eric Watson, Lol Coxhill, Peter Kowald, William Parker (described by Morris (1991)), and Barre Philips. She is a member of the European Women's Improvising Group (recorded on Intakt 002). She has recorded one of the weirdest records (even by free improvising standards) in Les domestiques with Jon Rose - a collection of domestic noises set to musical effect - and more recently has formed The Canvas Trio with long-term associates Rüdiger Carl and Carlos Zingaro.

In 1994 Joëlle Léandre was the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) artist in residence in the city of Berlin; from November 1997 to June 1998 she took up a residence in Metz, north-east France teaching and giving master classes at academic institutions in the region and playing concerts with a range of improvisors that included Eric Watson, Lauren Newton, Carlos Zingaro and Paul Lovens. From September to December 2002 she was invited as visiting professor for improvisation and composition at Mills College, Oakland, California and this was repeated from September to December 2004 when she was visiting Darius Milhaud professor for composition and improvisation at Mills.
(European Free Improvisation - Joëlle Léandre’s webpage)

Discography:
  • Contrabassiste (1981 QCA Redmark/Liben Records, RML LP8204)
  • Live At The Bastille, (1982, Sync Pulse, Sync Pulse 1789) (w/ Maggie Nicols, Lindsay Cooper)
  • Taxi (1982, Adda, 81043)
  • Les Douze Sons (1983, nato Recordings, nato 82)
  • Paris Quartet (1985/1987, Intakt, Intakt 012)
  • Sincerely (1985, Plainisphare, PL 1267-92/1994)
  • Cordial Gratin (1986, FMP, FMP 1160) (w/ Irène Schweizer)
  • The Storming Of The Winter Palace (1986, Intakt, Intakt CD 003) (w/ Irene Schweizer, Maggie Nicols, George Lewis, Günter Sommer)
  • Contrabasse Et Voix (1987, ADDA, ADDA 581043)
  • Les Domestiques (1987, Konnex, Konnex ST 5019) (w/ Jon Rose)
  • Écritures (1990, In Situ, In Situ 038) (w/ Carlos Zingaro)
  • Urban Bass (1990, L'empreinte digitale, ED 13041)
  • Palimpseste (1991, Hat Hut Records, hat ART 6103 (w/ Eric Watson)
  • Haunting The Spirits Inside Them... (1992, Music & Arts, CD-893) (w/ Vinny Golia, Ken Filiano)
  • Okanagon (1992, Hat Hut Records, hat ART CD 6124) (w/ Giacinto Scelsi)
  • L'Histoire De Mme. Tasco (1992, Hat Hut Records, hat ART 6122) (as Joëlle Léandre's Canvas Trio, w/ Rüdiger Carl, Carlos Zingaro)
  • Les Diaboliques (1993, Intakt, Intakt CD 033) (w/ Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols)
  • Blue Goo Park (1993, FMP, FMP CD 52) (w/ Rüdiger Carl)
  • Tracks (1993, Le Parc Music, 512-2) (w/ Mario Schiano, Peter Kowald)
  • Sincerely (1994, Planisphare, PL 1267-92/1994)
  • Joëlle Léandre / Pascal Contet (1994, Grave, GRCD 1) (w/ Pascal Contet)
  • Splitting Image (1994, Intakt, Intakt CD 048) (as Les Diaboliques, w/ Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols)
  • Blue Memories (1995, Splasc(h), CD H 449.2) (w/ Mario Schiano, Renato Geremia)
  • No Comment (1995, Red Toucan RT 9313-2)
  • John Cage (1995, Auvidis Montaigne, MO 782076) (w/ Lê Quan Ninh)
  • Not Missing Drums Project (1995, Leo, Lab CD 036) (as Urban Voices, w/ Lauren Newton, Ushci Brüning)
  • Live @ Banlieues Bleues (1996, Red Toucan RT 9306-2) (w/ Georg Graewe, François Houle)
  • 18 Colors (1996, Leo, CD LR 245) (w/ Lauren Newton)
  • Moments (1996, Music & Arts, CD-999) (as Canvas Trio, w/ Rüdiger Carl, Carlos Zingaro)
  • No Try No Fail (1997, Hat Hut Records, hatOLOGY 509) (w/ Urs Leimgruber, Fritz Hauser)
  • Incandescences (1997, Tonesetters/Jazz Halo, TS007) (as The European Duo, w/ Giorgio Occhipinti)
  • Joëlle Et Tetsu (1998, Omba Records, Omba-003CD) (w/ Tetsu Saitoh)
  • No waiting (1998, Potlatch, P198) (w/ Derek Bailey)
  • Contrabasses (1998, Leo, CD LR 261) (w/ William Parker)
  • Short Takes (1998, Egg Farm, EF-005) (w/ Haruna Miyake)
  • Improvisation & Performance (1998, Mesostics, MESCD0001) (w/ Kumi Wakao, Yoko Okada, Yu Wakao)
  • Ryoanji: John Cage Concert In Hiroshima (1998, Mesostics, MESCD0005) (w/ Kumi Wakao)
  • Solo Bass - Live At Otis, Hiroshima (1998, Mesostics, MESCD0007)
  • Sapporo Duets (1998, Tonesetters/Jazz Halo, TS013) (w/ Ryoji Hojito)
  • Quartet Noir (1998, Victo, cd067) (w/ Urs Leimgruber, Marilyn Crispell, Fritz Hauser)
  • Duos 3-13 (1999, For 4 Ears, CD 1034) (w/ Fredy Studer, Jin Hi Kim, Dorothea Schürch)
  • E'vero (1999, Leo, CD LR 275) (w/ Sebi Tramontana)
  • Tricotage (1999, Ambiances Magnétiques, AM 078) (w/ Danielle P. Roger)
  • Dire Du Dire (2000, Rectangle, REC ELLE 2)
  • Joëlle Léandre Project (2000, Leo, CD LR 287) (w/ Marilyn Crispell, Paul Lovens, Richard Teitelbaum, Carlos Zingaro)
  • Live At The Rhinefalls (2000, Intakt, Intakt CD 059) (as Les Diaboliques, w/ Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols)
  • c'estça (2000, Red Toucan, RT 9315) (w/ Hasse Poulsen, François Houle)
  • John Cage #4 (2000, Mesostics, MESCD0013) (w/ Kumi Wakao)
  • Joëlle Léandre & Yu Wakao (2000, Mesostics, MESCD0015) (w/ Yu Wakao)
  • Signature: Live At The Egg Farm (2000, Red Toucan, RT 9321) (w/ Masahiko Satoh, Yuji Takahashi)
  • Organic - Mineral (2001, In Situ, IS 235) (w/ Kazue Sawai)
  • Out Of Sound (2001, Leo, CD LR 337) (w/ Lauren Newton, Urs Leimgruber)
  • Timbreplus (2001, ARBE 11) (w/ Lauren Newton, Elisabeth Tuchmann, Oskar Mörth, Bertl Mütter, Fritz Hauser, Urs Leimgruber)
  • 1/2 (2001, No label CDR) (w/ Carlos Zingaro, Sebi Tramontana)
  • Madly You (2002, Potlatch, P102) (w/ Daunik Lazro, Carlos Alves Zingaro, Paul Lovens)
  • The Chicken Check In Complex (2002, Leo, CD LR 340) (w/ Carlos Zingaro, Sebi Tramontana)
  • Passaggio (2002, Intakt, Intakt CD 075) (w/ Sylvie Courvoisier, Susie Ibarra)
  • Ocean Of Earth (2002, Barking Hoop, BKH-007) (w/ Kevin Norton, Tomas Ulrich)
  • Tempted To Smile (2002, Spool, SPL 120/LINE 20) (w/ Fred Frith, Jonathan Segel)
  • No Day Rising (2002, Spool, SPL 121/LINE 21) (w/ Brett Larner, Kazuhisa Uchihashi)
  • Evident (2002, 482 Music, 482-104) (w/ Mark Nauseef)
  • The Space Between (2003, 482 Music, 482-1017) (w/ Philip Gelb, Pauline Oliveros, Dana Reason)
  • After You Gone (2003, Victo, cd091) (w/ Barre Phillips, William Parker, Tetsu Saitoh)
  • Györ (2003, Reqords, REQ001) (w/ Akosh S.)
  • Sur Une Balançoire (2003, Ambiances Magnétiques, AM 126) (w/ Gianni Lenoci)
  • For Flowers (2004, Leo, CD LR 396) (w/ Mat Maneri, Joel Ryan, Christophe Marguet)
  • Firedance (2004, Red Toucan, RT 9327) (w/ India Cooke)
  • Lugano (2005, Victo, cd096) (as Quartet Noir, w/ Urs Leimgruber, Marilyn Crispell, Fritz Hauser)
  • Cruxes (2004, Balance Point Acoustics, bpa010) (w/ Aurora Josephson, Damon Smith, Martin Blume)
  • Amalgam(e): 10 ans De Red Toucan (2004, Red Toucan, RT 9325)
  • One More Time (2005, Leo, CD LR 422) (w/ Steve Lacy)
  • Flowers Of Peace (2005, Leo, CD LR 438) (as Ramon Lopez Flowers Trio, w/ Ramon Lopez, Sophia Domancich)
  • Concerto Grosso: Live At Gasthof Heidelberg Loppem (2005, Tonesetters/Jazz Halo, TS021/022)
  • Face it! (2005, Leo, CD LR 450) (w/ Lauren Newton)
  • Open Waves Concert (2006, Forward.DEMO 001) (w/ Carlos Bechegas)
  • At The Le Mans Jazz Festival (2006, Leo, CD LR 458/459)
  • Voyages (2006, BAJ Records, BJSP 0001) (w/ Masahiko Satoh)
  • The Stone Quartet (2007, DMG/ARC, DMG ARC 0721) (w/Marilyn Crispell, Roy Campbell, Mat Maneri)
  • Freeway (2007, Clean Feed CF080CD) (w/ Pascal Contet)
  • Winter In New York - 2006 (2007, Leo, CD LR 499) (w/ Kevin Norton)
  • 9 moments (2007, Red Toucan, RT 9333) (w/ François Houle, Raymond Srid)
  • Psychomagic Combination (2008, Setola Di Maiale, SM1180) (w/ Gianni Lenoci, Vittorino Curci, Marcello Magliocchi)
  • A L'Improviste (2008, Kadima, KCR 16) (w/ Barre Phillips)
  • Kor (2008, Leo Records, CD LR 522) (w/ Akosh S.)
  • Out Of Nowhere (2008, Ambiances Magnétiques, AM 184) (w/ Quentin Sirjacq)
  • Live In Israel (2008, Kadima, KCR 17)
  • Jubilee Concert (2009, Intakt, Intakt DVD 141) (as Les Diaboliques, w/ Irène Schweizer, Maggie Nicols)
  • Live At Dunois (2009, Leo Records, CD LR 535) (w/ William Parker)
  • Transatlantic Visions (2009, RogueArt, ROG-0020) (w/ George Lewis)
  • Trace (2009, Red Toucan, RT 9337) (w/ Maguelone Vidal, Raymond Boni)
  • Live Aux Instants Chavires, 2009 (2009, Kadima, KCR 22) (w/Jean Luc Cappozzo)
  • Duo ( Heidelberg Loppem ) 2007 (2009, Leo Records, CD LR 548/549) (w/ Anthony Braxton)
  • Live At Sons D'Hiver (2010, Ayler Records, aylCD-096) (as Last Seen Headed, w/ François Houle, Raymond Strid)
  • Journey (2010, NoBusiness Records, NBCD18 / NBLP25) (w/ India Cooke)
  • Before After (2010, RogueArt, ROG-0030) (w/ Nicole Mitchell, Dylan van der Schyff)
  • Can You Hear Me? (2011, Leo Records, CD LR 594/595) (w/ John Tilbury, Kevin Norton)
  • Solo (2011, Kadima, Triptych #3)
  • That Overt Desire Of Object (2011, Relative Pitch Records, RPR1002) (w/ Phillip Greenlief)
  • Live At Magyarkanizsa (2011, BMC, BMCCD183) (w/György Szabados)
  • Stone Quartet - Live At Vision Festival (2011, Ayler, aylCD-124) (w/ Roy Campbell, Marilyn Crispell, Mat Maneri)
  • MMM Quartet - Live At The Metz' Arsenal (2012, Leo Records, CD LR 631) (w/ Fred Frith , Alvin Curran, Urs Leimgruber )
  • 13 Miniatures For Albert Ayler (2012, RogueArt, ROG-0040) (w/ Jean-Jacques Avenel, Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Jacqueline Caux, Steve Dalachinsky, Simon Goubert, Raphaël Imbert, Sylvain Kassap, Urs Leimgruber, Didier Levallet, Ramon Lopez, Joe Mcphee, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips, Michel Portal, Lucia Recio, Christian Rollet, John Tchicai)
  • Trans (2012, Intervalle Triton, IT30121901) (w/ Serge Teyssot-Gay)
  • Conversations: Live In Ljubljana (2012, NotTwo, MW 892-2) (w/ Lauren Newton)
  • Live At Banlieue Bleue (2012, NoBusiness Records, NBCD51) (w/ Paul Lovens, Sebi Tramontana, Carlos Zingaro) 
  • Wols Circus (2012, --, HUS 112)
  • Evidence (2013, Relative Pitch Records, RPR1010) (w/ Jérôme Bourdellon)
  • The Bill Has Been Paid (2013, Dark Tree, DT 03) (w/ Steve Dalachinsky) 
  • Hasparren (2013, NoBusiness Records, NBCD62) (w/ Daunik Lazro)
  • 3 (2014, Ayler Records, aylCD-137) (w/ Pascal Contet) 
  • Sisters Where (2014, RogueArt, ROG-0055) (w/ Nicole Mitchell)
  • Flowing Stream (2014, Leo Records, CD LR 701) (w/ Thomas Buckner, Nicole Mitchell)
  • (Live At) Gråmølna (2014, Confront Recordings, CCS31) (w/ Michael Duch) 
  • 28 Rue Dunois Juillet 1982 (2014, Fou Records, FR-CD 06) (w/ Derek Bailey, George Lewis, Evan Parker)
  • Live At Kesselhaus Berlin 08.06.2013 (2014, Jazzdor Series, Jazzdor Series #1) (w/ Vincent Courtois)
  • Live In Molde (2014, +3db Records, +3DB021) (w/ Spunk) 
  • Sonic Communion (2015, The Bridge Sessions, TBS01) (w/ Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Douglas R. Ewart, Bernard Santacruz, Michael Zerang)
  • 14 Rue Paul Fort, Paris (2015, Leo Records, CD LR 731) (w/ Benoît Delbecq, François Houle) 
  • MMM Quartet - Oakland/Lisboa (2015, RogueArt, ROG-0063) (w/ Fred Frith, Alvin Curran, Urs Leimgruber) 
  • Can You Hear Me? (2016, Ayler Records, aylCD-146) 
  • Elastic (2016, Cipsela, CIP006) (w/ Théo Ceccaldi)
  • A Woman’s Work (2016, NotTwo, MW 950-2)
  • Judson Trio - An Air Of Unreality (2016, RogueArt, ROG-0073) (w/ Mat Maneri, Gerald Cleaver)
  • Tiger Trio - Unleashed (2016, RogueArt, ROG-0074) (w/ Myra Melford, Nicole Mitchell) 
  • Enfances (2016, FOU Records, FR CD 18) (w/ Daunik Lazro, Georges Lewis)
  • Tender Music (2018, Trost Records, TR172) (w/ Elisabeth Harnik)
  • Chez Hélène (2018, Ayler Records, aylCD-154) (w/ Marc Ducret) 
  • Strings Garden (2018, Fundacja Słuchaj!, FSR10|2018)
  • Solar Wind (2019, NotTwo, MW 986-2) (w/ Robert Dick, Miya Masaoka) 
  • Tiger Trio - Map Of Liberation (2019, RogueArt, ROG-0093) (w/ Myra Melford, Nicole Mitchell)
  • Désordre (2019, Montaigne Noire, MN1) (w/ Alexandra Grimal)
  • Jubileum Quartet - A UIŠ ? (2020, NotTwo, MW 1005-2) (w/ Evan Parker, Agustí Fernández, Zlatko Kaučič)
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Appears on:
  • Lol Coxhill - Instant Replay (1983, nato Recordings, nato 25/32)
  • Lol Coxhill - Couscous (1983, nato Recordings, nato 157)
  • Company -Trios (1983, Incus, Incus 51)
  • Irène Schweizer - Live at Taktlos (1984, Intakt, Intakt CD 001/Intakt LP 001)
  • Daunik Lazro - Sweet Zee (1985, Hat Hut Records, hat Art 2010)
  • VV.AA. - Six Séquences Pour Alfred Hitchcock (1984, nato Recordings, nato 112131)
  • VV.AA. - Canaille: International Women's Festival Of Improvised Music (1986, Intakt, Intakt 002)
  • Peter Kowald - Duos Europa (1986, FMP, FMP 1260)
  • Peter Kowald - Duos: Europa America Japan (1986, FMP, FMP CD 21)
  • Jon Rose - Violin Music For Restaurants (1987, ReR, ReR BJRCD)
  • Anthony Braxton Ensemble - (Victoriaville) 1988 (1988, Victo, Victo 07)
  • Julien Blaine - En Chair Et En Os: Poésie Du Triosième Millénaire (1988, Diffusion de la Création Contemporaine, DCC 008)
  • Mario Schiano/Evan Parker/Alex Von Schlippenbach/Paul Lytton - Unlike (1990, Splasc(h), CD H 309.2)
  • VV.AA. - Canaille 91 (1991)
  • Un Drame Musical Instantané - Urgent Meeting 2 (1992, GRRR Records, GRRR 2020)
  • Sainkho Namchylak - Letters (1992, Leo Records, CD LR 190)
  • VV.AA. - Wie Es Ihr Gefällt Festival 1991-1994 Vol. 1 (1993, z.o.o. 12-1)
  • VV.AA. - Musicworks 58 Sound On Stage Part 1 (1994, Musicworks 58)
  • Jon Rose - ://shopping.live@victo (1994, ReR, ReR BJR4)
  • VV.AA. - Philippe Fénelon (1997, MFA, 216015)
  • Chantal Dumas - Le Parfum Des Femmes (1997, Ohm Editions/Avatar, OHM/AVTR 011)
  • Saadet Türköz - Marmara Sea (1998, Intakt, Intakt CD 061)
  • Mendelson - Quelque part (2000, Lithium)
  • VV.AA. - Festival Beyond Innocence: 4 1999-2000 (2000, Innocent Records, FBI 105)
  • VV.AA. - Concerten (2000, Muziekinstrumentenmuseum, MIM0010)
  • Julien Blaine - La 5ème Feuille (2000, Diffusion de la Création Contemporaine, DCC 014)
  • Ramon Lopez - Duets 2 Rahsaan Roland Kirk (2002, Leo, CD LR 356)
  • Irène Schweizer: A Film By Gitta Gsell (2006, Intakt DVD 121)
  • VV.AA. - 25th NWM: The 25th Ninth World Music Release (?, Ninth World Music, NWM 025)
  • Vinny Golia - The Ethnic Project (2011, Kadima, KCR 34)
  • Théo Ceccaldi Trio+1 - Can You Smile? (2013, Ayler Records, aylCD-136)
  • George Lewis - Rainbow Family (2020, Carrier Records, carrier 051) 
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Bibliography:

 



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Interview by Kurt Gottschalk (@All About Jazz)

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Artists: Henri Chopin (1922-2008)


This post represents a little tribute to a great pioneer and explorer of the artistic avantgardes, dead two days ago.
His immense contribution constitutes a reference point for present and future generations of artists/people who love “The Creative Act”.


Date Of Birth: 1922, Paris, France
Date Of Death: January 3, 2008, England, UK

Henri Chopin is a little-known but key figure of the French avant-garde during the second half of the 20th century. Known primarily as a concrete and sound poet, he created a large body of pioneering recordings using early tape recorders, studio technologies and the sounds of the manipulated human voice. His emphasis on sound is a reminder that language stems as much from oral traditions as from classic literature, of the relationship of balance between order and chaos.

Chopin is significant above all for his diverse spread of creative achievement, as well as for his position as a focal point of contact for the international arts. As poet, painter, graphic artist and designer, typographer, independent publisher, film-maker, broadcaster and arts promoter, Chopin's work is a barometer of the shifts in European media between the 1950s and the 1970s.

His publication and design of the classic audio-visual magazines Cinquième Saison and OU between 1958 and 1974, each issue containing recordings as well as texts, images, screenprints and multiples, brought together international contemporary writers and artists such as members of Lettrisme and Fluxus, Jiri Kolar, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Tom Phillips, Brion Gysin, William S. Burroughs and many others, as well as bringing the work of survivors from earlier generations such as Raoul Hausmann and Marcel Janco to a fresh audience.
(wikipedia)


Discography:
  • Audiopoems 1956-1980 (1980, Edition Hundertmark, 89. Karton)
  • Poésie Sonore (1983, Igloo, IGL 013)
  • Les 9 Saintes-Phonies: A Retrospective (1994, Staalplaat/Korm Plastics, STCD 070/kp 4694)
  • Le Corpsbis & Co (1996, Nepless, PS 961 1001)
  • Cantata For Two Farts & Co (1997, Alga Marghen, C 2VocSon007)
  • Les Mirifiques Tundras & Compagnie (1997, Alga Marghen, C 5VocSon012)
  • Audiopoems (2001, ? Records, 05)
  • La Peur And Co (1958-1979) (2002, ? Records, 09)
  • La Plaine Des Respirs (2007, Tochnit Aleph, TA 073)
Appears on:
  • VV.AA. - Futura, Poesia Sonora (1989, Cramps Records, CRSCD 091-095)
  • VV.AA. - Revue OU (2002, Alga Marghen, 15vocson045) (also as producer)
  • VV.AA. - Text-Sound Compositions: A Stockholm Festival (2006, Fylkingen Records, FYCD 1024)
Links:
Henri Chopin on Erratum.org
Henri Chopin on UbuWeb

Thursday, November 22, 2007

SoundArt: Mario Bertoncini


Date Of Birth: 27 September 1932, Rome, Italy

Composer, pianist, musical constructivist Mario Bertoncini is a leading figure of contemporary avant-garde music.
From 1951 to 1961 he dedicated himself to classical and musical studies: composition with G. Petrassi and piano with R. Caporali in Rome; electronic music with G.M. Koenig in Utrecht. From 1956 he performs widely as concert pianist in Europe, as a soloist with orchestra (Bruno Maderna, Daniele Paris, Mario Rossi, Paul Hupperts, Roelof Krol and others) and in recitals.
In 1962 he wins prize Nicola d'Atri (S. Cecilia National Academy) for “Sei Pezzi Per Orchestra” and soon after he starts his first experiments with invented/prepared instruments (Quodlibet, Cifre, Tune, Scratch-A-Matic).
And for “Quodlibet” in 1965 he gains the prize of the Fondation europeènne de la Culture.
From 1965 to 1973 he is one member of the Improvisation Group Nuova Consonanza and from '67 to '73 Music Theatre professor, working on functional interaction of sound and gestures (Spazio-Tempo, ›Note per un teatro della realtà‹).

In 1968 he works on Epitaffio: correspondence between the action of drawing and writing a text and its sonorous. While the world première of Spazio-Tempo is held at Venice Biennale in 1970, while he is committed to the construction of his first sound objects on the principle of the Aeolian harp.
From 1970 to '72 he is elected President of the contemporary music society Nuova Consonanza, and in 1974 he is invited to Berlin as »artist in residence« of the DAAD art program, where he realizes the first ambitious project of open air kinetic sound-sculptures (VELE, Berliner Festwochen).
In 1975-76 he gains associate professorship at the McGill University, Montréal where he helds an experimental composition course called ›Musical Design Course‹ and became founder of the MUD group, later known as SONDE.
From 1980 (to 1997) he becomes professor at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. In 1986 he co-founded the theater group VIE with Matina Schaak and Roberto Capanna.
In the same period, he invents an interactive system for the transformation of dance-gestures in optical and acoustic signals called ›Choreophon‹, while in 1992-93 he develops the ›Stabdämpfer‹ (bar mute), a special device for the preparation of stringed instruments and combines compositional work with performing activities as a pianist (works by Scarlatti, Schönberg, Stravinsky, Satie, Messiaen, Scelsi, John Cage, Terry Riley, Morton Feldman etc. and own arrangement: Earle Brown 4 SYSTEMS; Cage CARTRIDGE MUSIC).
He is now back in Italy, but still really active with Concert/Lectures activities in Italy, but also Germany, USA, Canada, Europe, Korea, Israel…

Discography:
  • Cifre / Four Systems / Cartridge Music (1997, Edition RZ, Ed. RZ LP-1002) (w/Earle Brown, John Cage)
  • Arpe Eolie (2007, Die Schachtel, DS15)
Appears on:
  • John Cage - Sonatas And Interludes (2001, Edition RZ Parallele, RZ CD-20001)
  • John Cage - The Complete John Cage Edition, Volume 24 - A Cage Of Saxophones 1 (2002, Mode, mode 104)
  • John Cage - The Complete John Cage Edition, Volume 35 - A Cage Of Saxophones 2 (2006, Mode, mode 160)
  • Gruppe Nuova Consonanza - Improvisationen (1968, Deutsche Grammophon, 643541)
  • Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - Nuova Consonanza (1966, RCA, MLDS20243)
  • Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - The Private Sea Of Dreams (1967, RCA, RCA Victor LP LSP-3846)
  • Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - The Feed-back (1970, RCA Italy, PSL-10466)
  • Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - 1967-1975 (1992, Edition RZ, Ed. RZ 1009)
  • Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - Azioni (2006, Die Schachtel, DS13)
  • Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza - Nuova Consonanza (2007, Bella Casa, CASA 009CD)

more (detailed and expanded discography, photos) on:



(Artist Profiles section)

Links:
Mario Bertoncini

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Artists: Michel Chion



Michel Chion is a french composer, filmmaker, critic, born in 1947 in Creil, France.
After studying literature and music he began to work for the ORTF (French Radio and Television Organisation) Service de La recherche as assistant to Pierre Schaeffer in 1970.
He was a member of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) between 1971 - 1976. His compositional pieces elaborate on schaeffarian theories and methodologies which Schaeffer referred to as musique concrète.

He also works as a theoretician in a new area: the systematic study of audio-visual relationships, which he teaches at several centres (notably at Université de Paris III where he is an Associate Professor), and film schools (ESEC, Paris; DAVI, Lausanne) which has developed in a series of five books.
Besides the twenty written publications translated into a dozen languages, he has also written on Pierre Henry, François Bayle, Charlie Chaplin, Jacques Tati, David Lynch, diverse subjects on music and film; he has published in French and international journals, and has contributed to numerous dictionaries and encyclopedias.
He has also commenced work in film direction and production with the short film Éponine (Prix Jean-Vigo, prizes in Clermont-Ferrand, and in Montréal). In 1995, he has begun an audio-visual piece entitled Messe de terre at the CICV Pierre Schaeffer in Montbéliard (France).

After having dedicated his Guide des objets sonores to the ideas of Schaeffer, he continued with Le promeneur écoutant, essais d’acoulogie, (1993), and finally with Musique, médias, technologies, a theory of sound based on language.
In 1991 he published, with the support of Jérôme Noetinger, L’art des sons fixés in which he proposes, in order to properly designate this music, the return to the term ‘musique concrète’ in its initial non-causal sense. His redefinition insists upon the effects particular to the fixation of sound, a term which he proposes in place of recording.

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Discography:
  • Requiem (1978, INA-GRM, AM 689.05)
  • La Ronde (1983, INA-GRM, 9114 CH)
  • La Tentation De Saint Antoine / La Ronde (1991, INA-GRM, INA_C 2002/03)
  • Credo mambo (1992, Metamkine-Cinéma pour l'oreille, MKCD 004)
  • Requiem (1993, Empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 9312)
  • Préludes A La Vie (1995, Empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 9523)
  • Gloria (1995, Metamkine-Cinéma pour l'oreille, MKCD 015)
  • On N'arrête Pas Le Regret (1996, INA-GRM, INA_E 5005)
  • L'Opéra Concret: Musiques Concrètes 1971-1997 (1998, INA-GRM, MCE 01)
  • Dix-Sept Minutes (2002, Metamkine-Cinéma pour l'oreille, MKCD 032)
  • Les 120 Jours (2004, Fringes, Fringes Archive 03) (with Lionel Marchetti and Jérôme Noetinger)
  • Tu (2006, Brocoli, Brocoli 002)
  • Requiem (2007, Sub Rosa, SRV251)
  • Diktat (2010, Nuun Records / Musique Concrète, nuun 001)
  • La Vie En Prose - Une Symphonie Concrète (2011, Brocoli, Brocoli 009)
  • La Tentation De Saint Antoine (2011, Nuun Records)
  • Musiques Concrètes 1970-71 (2014, Brocoli, Brocoli 016)
  • Musiques Concrètes 1988-91 (2016, Brocoli, Brocoli 019)
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Tracks appear on:
  • VV.AA. - Musique Concrète: Elektroakustische Musik (1974, Klett Verlag, 92422) track: Requiem
  • VV.AA. - Concert Imaginaire GRM (1985, INA-GRM) track: La Ronde... L'été... Jardin Jadis
  • VV.AA. - Klangwelten (1997, WERGO, WER 30252) track: Requiem: Sanctus
  • VV.AA. - eXcitations (2000, Empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 0050) track: Requiem: Dies Iræ
  • VV.AA. - Licences n° 1 (2000, Licences, L1) track: Sonate En Trois Mouvements
  • VV.AA. - 50 Ans De Musique Electroacoustique Au Groupe De Recherches (2001, Fondazione Teatro Massimo, FTM 002) tracks: La Ronde, Requiem
  • VV.AA. - Writing Aloud: The Sonics Of Language (2001, Errant Bodies Press / Ground Fault Recordings, ISBN 0-9655570-3-0 / --) track: Gloria
  • VV.AA. - L'Espace Du Son 2002 (2002, Musiques & Recherches, --) track: Credo Mambo
  • VV.AA. - An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Third A-Chronology 1952-2004 (2004, Sub Rosa, SR220) track: Requiem: Dies Iræ
  • One Minute For The Stars (2011, SEM Label, SEM 011) track: omftStars
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Collaborations:
  • Michèle Bokanowski - Tabou (1992, Metamkine-Cinéma pour l'oreille, MKCD 003) (engineering)
  • Ghédalia Tazartès - Diasporas/Tazartès (2004, Alga Marghen, T 7TES.053) (compositor of ‘’Quasimodo Tango’’)
  • Lionel Marchetti - Red Dust (2005, Crouton, crou029) (voice on “Visiones Nocturnae” and “Décompte”)
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Bibliography:
  • Les Musiques Électroacoustiques (1976, Ina/Edisud, Aix-En-Provence) (co-authored by Guy Reibel)
  • Pierre Henry (1980, Fayard/Sacem, Paris)
  • La Musique Électroacoustique (1982, P.U.F. "Que Sais-Je", Paris)
  • La Voix Au Cinéma (1982, Editions De L'etoile/Cahiers Du Cinéma, "Essais", Paris)
  • Guide Des Objets Sonores (1983, Ina/Buchet-Chastel, "Bibliothèque De Recherche Musicale", Paris)
  • Le Son Au Cinéma (1985, Editions De L'etoile/Cahiers Du Cinéma, "Essais", Paris)
  • Écrire Un Scénario (1986, Cahiers Du Cinéma/Ina, Paris)
  • Jacques Tati (1987, Cahiers Du Cinéma, "Auteurs", Paris)
  • La Toile Trouée, Ou La Parole Au Cinema (1988, Cahiers Du Cinéma, Essais", Paris)
  • Les Lumières De La Ville, De Charlie Chaplin (1989, Fernand Nathan, "Synopsis", Paris)
  • Le Cinema Et Ses Métiers (1990, Bordas, Paris)
  • L'audio-Vision (Son Et Image Au Cinema) (1991, Nathan-Université, "Cinéma Et Image", Paris)
  • L'art Des Sons Fixés, Ou La Musique Concrètement (1991, Metamkine/Nota Bene/Sono-Concept)
  • David Lynch (1992/1998/2002, Cahiers Du Cinéma, "Auteurs", Paris)
  • Le Promeneur Écoutant (Essais D'acoulogie) (1993, Plume/Sacem, Paris)
  • Le Poème Symphonique Et La Musique À Programme (1993, Fayard, "Les Chemins De La Musique", Paris)
  • La Symphonie À L'epoque Romantique, De Beethoven À Mahler (1994, Fayard, "Les Chemins De La Musique", Paris)
  • Musiques, Médias, Technologie (1994, Flammarion, "Dominos", Paris)
  • La Musique Au Cinéma (1995, Fayard, "Les Chemins De La Musique", Paris)
  • Le Son (1998, Nathan-Université, "Cinéma Et Image", Paris)
  • Un'odissea Del Cinema: Il 2001 Di Kubrick (2000, Lindau, “Saggi”, Turin)
  • Kubrick's Cinema Odyssey (2001, Bfi Publishing, London) (trans. by Claudia Gorbman)
  • Eyes Wide Shut (2002, Bfi Publishing, "Modern Classics", London) (trans. by Trista Selous) Technique Et Création Au Cinéma (2002, Éditions De L'esec, Paris)
  • La Comédie Musicale (2003, Cahiers Du Cinéma, "Les Petits Cahiers, Scérén-Cndp", Paris)
  • Un Art Sonore, Le Cinéma (2003, Cahiers Du Cinéma, "Essais", Paris)
  • The Thin Red Line (2004, Bfi Publishing, "Modern Classics", London) (trans. by Trista Selous)
  • Stanley Kubrick, L'humain, Ni Plus Ni Moins (2005, Cahiers Du Cinéma, "Auteurs", Paris)
  • La Ligne Rouge (2005, Ed. De La Transparence, Paris) (french edition of "The Thin Red Line”)
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Links:
Michel Chion

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Artists: William Basinski


William Basinski is a musician, composer, auteur who has worked in experimental media for over twenty years in NYC, expanding the boundaries of the aural landscape.
A classically trained clarinetist, he studied jazz saxophone and composition at North Texas State University in the late 70’s.
In 1978, inspired by minimalists such as Steve Reich and Brian Eno, he began developing his own vocabulary using tape loops and old reel to reel tape decks.
He developed his meditative, melancholy style experimenting with short looped melodies played against themselves creating feedback loops.
His early studies with piano and tape, from 1980–82, Variations: A Movement in Chrome Primitive, will be released in September 2002 for the first time on David Tibet’s Durtro.

In 1982, he began experimenting with pulling sound from the airwaves. By sampling short melodies from Muzak radio onto tape loops of varying lengths, slowing them down, and mixing them together with a symphony of shortwave radio static in real time, he created his Shortwave Music series. A selection of these pieces was released to critical acclaim in 1998 by Carsten Nicolai’s German label, Raster-Noton.

The culmination of these studies, the 1983 masterwork, The River, a 90-minute "music of the spheres" was released on Raster-Noton in May 2002.
In August 2001 were created The Disintegration Loops. In the process of archiving and digitizing old loops, Basinski discovered a group of bucolic loops that began to disintegrate during the recording process. These pieces seem to portray the life and death of the American pastoral landscape. . The 6 pieces were released on 4 cd’s from 2002 to 2003.

A 63 minute video with Disintegration Loop 1.1 had its world premiere at the 2002 Rotterdam International Film Festival. It consists of one static shot of lower Manhattan shot from his roof in Brooklyn on the evening of September 11th, 2001, as that fateful day turned to night.

Discography:
  • Shortwavemusic (1998, Raster-Noton, vyr012)
  • Watermusic (2001, 2062, 2062 0102)
  • The Disintegration Loops (2002, 2062, 2062 0201)
  • The River (2002, Raster-Noton, cdr048)
  • A Red Score In Tile (2003, Three Poplars, 3P10)
  • Melancholia (2003, 2062, 2062 0301)
  • The Disintegration Loops II (2003, 2062, 2062 0202)
  • The Disintegration Loops III (2003, 2062, 2062 0304)
  • The Disintegration Loops IV (2003, 2062, 2062 0305)
  • Untitled (2003, Robot Records, RR-29) (w/ Andreas Martin, Christoph Heemann)
  • Watermusic II (2003, 2062, 2062 0302)
  • Disintegration Loop 1.1 (2004, Vectors /Headz, vector 3 / HEADZ 32)
  • Silent Night (2004, 2062, 2062 0401)
  • Untitled (2004, Spekk, KK:002) (w/ Richard Chartier)
  • Variations: A Movement In Chrome Primitive (2004, Die Stadt /Durtro, DS71 / DURTRO 071)
  • Melancholia (2005, 2062, 2062 0301)
  • The Garden Of Brokenness (2005, 2062, 2062 0501)
  • Watermusic (2005, 2062, 2062 0102)
  • Variations For Piano & Tape (2006, 2062, 2062.0601)
  • El Camino Real (2007, 2062, 2062.0703)
  • Shortwavemusic (2007, 2062, 2062.0701)
  • Untitled 1-3 (2008, Line, Line_034) (w/ Richard Chartier) (here)
  • The River (Alternative Mixes) (2008, 2062, 2062.0803)
  • 92982 (2009, 2062, 2062.0901)
  • Vivian & Ondine (2009, 2062, 2062.0902)
  • The Disintegration Loops (2012, Temporary Residence Limited, TRR194)
  • Aurora Liminalis (2013, Line, Line_060) (w/ Richard Chartier)
  • Nocturnes (2013, 2062, 2062.1201)
  • Cascade (2015, 2062, 2062.1501)
  • The Deluge Live At Issue Project Room (2015, 2062, 2062.1502DIG)
  • Divertissement (2015, Important Records, imprec417) (w/ Richard Chartier) 
  • Selva Oscura (2018, Temporary Residence Ltd., TRR312LP) (w/ Lawrence English)  
  • On Time Out Of Time (2019, Temporary Residence Ltd., TRR311) 
  • Hymns Of Oblivion (2020, self-released)
  • Something From The Pink House (2020, 2062, 2062.2002) (w/ Richard Chartier)
Tracks appear on:
  • Not Alone (2006, Durtro/Jnana Records, DURTRO/JNANA 1963) track: Because
  • Raster-Noton: Archiv 1.1 (2004, Asphodel, ASP 2025) track: River II
  • A1. Raster-Noton. Archiv 1 (2004, Raster-Noton, cdr056) track: Shortwavemusic
  • Weltecho Box (2003, Raster-Noton, cdr052) track: Shortwavemusic
  • Two Point Two (2003, 12k / Line, 12k1026 / Line_016) track: Worry
  • The Allegorical Power Series Volume I (2003, Antiopic, ANMP001-007) track: Despair
  • A1. Raster-Noton. Archiv 1 (2003, Wire Magazine, Issue 238) track: Shortwavemusic
  • 60 Sound Artists Protest The War (2003, Atak, --) track: A Moment Of Silence
  • Alienation Presents: International Compilation CDr_3 (2001, Alienation, su 23) tracks: Variation For Piano And Tape, The Saddest Melody Ever Heard
  • New Forms - Compilation (2000, Raster-Noton, ltd006) track: Tape Loop


William Basinski - Melancholia

Links:
William Basinski
Video: Disintegration Loop 1.1 (63:00) (pwd: interzona23)

Monday, September 17, 2007

Artists: Etant Donnés


Etant Donnés are two brothers, Eric (b. 1959) et Marc (b. 1962) Hurtado, who founded this duet in 1980.
They realised music, films (from 1982 to 1994), poetry, collaborations with such emblematic figures of industrial music as Alan Vega (Suicide), Genesis P. Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV), Lydia Lunch, Michael Gira (Swans), Bachir Attar (Jajouka) and live performances at major festivals (Sonar, Transmusicales, Atonal, Obliques etc.).
The name “Etant Donnés“ is referenced to Marcel Duchamp’s last work «Étant donnés; 1 :La chute d’eau, 2 :Le gaz d’éclairage».

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Discography:
  • Tapes 1977-1983 (2008, Vinyl-on-demand, VOD 53)
  • Blind Speed (2003, Fiat Lux, FL030) (w/ Sol Ixent)
  • Wonderland│1 (2001, Editions Wonderland, W001)
  • Offenbarung Und Untergang By Georg Trakl (1999, Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier, DSA 54062) (w/ Michael Gira)
  • Re-Up (1999, Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier, DSA 54061) (w/ Alan Vega, Lydia Lunch, Genesis P-Orridge)
  • Mort Aux Vaches (1997, Mort Aux Vaches: Le Sang Est Le Mur De L'Étoile, --)
  • Bleu (1994, Staalplaat, STCD 023)
  • El Carro (1993, G3G Records, G3VII)
  • L'Autre Rive / Le Sens Positif (1992, Staalplaat, STCD 840)
  • Bacterium / Aimant + Aimant (1992, Danceteria, TUECD9204)
  • Royaume (1991, Touch, Tone 2)
  • Aurore (1990, Touch, TO:16)
  • Le Sens Positif (1987, DMA2, DMA 006)
  • Mon Coeur (1986, Vita Nova, VN 007)
  • L'Eclipse (1985, Staalplaat, ST 00I)
  • Cinq Portes Soudées / Les Cent Jours Clairs (1984, Bain Total, K 13)
  • Plutôt L'Exil Du Cinq Doré (1983, Vita Nova, VN 002)
  • Ceux Que J'Aime / Ce Que Je Hais (1983, Bain Total, K 13)
  • L'Etoile Au Front (1982, Bain Total, K 09)
  • L'Opposition Et Les Cases Conjuguées Sont Réconciliées (1981, Bain Total, K 07)
  • La Vue (1981, Bain Total, K 03)
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Tracks appear on:
  • Listen To Something Different (2007, Ars Macabre, amrec 04)
  • Coilectif - In Memory Ov John Balance And Homage To Coil (2006, Rotorelief, ROTORCD0001)
  • RVB ~ Transfert (2006, Optical Sound / Infrastition / Godsandbeasts, FIN~OS-DVD.001 / FIN~OS-DVD.001 / --)
  • Archive I (2005, 90% Wasser, WCD 003)
  • Fiat Lux 1999-2005 (2005, Fiat Lux, FLCD004)
  • La Vie Nouvelle (2002, Labels, 7243 5 80246 2 3)
  • Sonar 2000 (2000, So Dens, 8436003440826)
  • Erratum #1 (1997, Erratum, EM001)
  • Sonderangebot (1996, Staalplaat, --)
  • Le Sacre Du Printemps (1994, Gonzo Circus, GC007)
  • Dry Lungs V (1992, Subterranean Records / Dark Vinyl Records, SUB 72-2 / --)
  • Passionnément, (1992, Visa, UF 016)
  • Sexorama (1992, Statutory Tape, STATAP 18)
  • Sky Flowers & Horse Eggs (1992, Hypnagogia, GOG CD 01)
  • A Gnomean Haigonaimean (1991, Johnny Blue, NOY 002)
  • Constructive Music 1990 (1990, UPD Organization, UPD 004)
  • Q.E.D. (1990, Staalplaat)
  • The Negative Communication Age (1990, Amen - THX 1138, THX 1138-6)
  • Bruitiste (1988, RRRecords, RRR 023)
  • F-Rants (1988, Audiofile Tapes, S.J. Organisation / SJ/aT1 / SJ/aT1)
  • La Chair Entre Les Lignes (1988, Les Ballets Mécaniques, BM 02)
  • Q.E.D. (1988, Staalplaat, --)
  • Zondig (1988, Midas Music, R01)
  • European Square Vol. 2 (1987, Bande Blanche, BB007)
  • Stator (1987, In9) Vide Et Eau (1987, Proekos Product, #INNR001)
  • Out Of Standard!! - France 1 (1986, ADN, ADN CC2)
  • Dry Lungs (1985, Placebo Records, PLA 015)
  • L'Enfer Est Intime Volume 0 (1985, VP 231 / Le Syndicat, -- / 15)
  • Le Défilé Des Épaves (1985, STI, STIK-06)
  • Zamizdat Trade Journal Volume 2 (1984, Zamizdat Trade Journal, --)
  • Assemblée Générale 4 (1984, Ptôse Production Présente, AG4)
  • Sensationnel No. 2 (1984, Illusion Production, IP 015)
  • Sex & Bestiality (1984, Bain Total, K 23)
  • Tooth & Nail (1984, Trax, TRAX 0884)
  • Vita Nova International (1984, Vita Nova, VN 003)
  • Germany (1983, Bain Total, K 15)
  • Vita Nova (1983, Vita Nova, VN 001)
  • Les Electriques (1982, Style Productions, S3)
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VHS:
  • Aurore (1989, Staalplaat, STV 007)
  • Vide Et Eau (1987, Proekos Product, --) track: Untitled
  • The State Of The Art (1986, Provision / Recloose Organisation, P.R.O.V.I.S.I.O.N. 002 / --) track: Untitled
  • Le Soleil, La Mer, Le Coeur, Et Les Etoiles (1984, Staalplaat, STV 006)
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Filmography:
  • Bleu - (1994)
  • Royaume (1991)
  • Aurore (1989)
  • L'autre Rive (1986)
  • Le Soleil, La Mer, Le Coeur Et Les Etoiles (1984)
  • Des Autres Terres Souples (Pre.Monde, L'ame Ou La Vue Cede) (1982)
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Bibliography:
  • Eric Hurtado - L'unité Hermétique (Ed. Saint-Germain-Des-Prés, Paris, 1982)
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Links:
Etant Donnés
Marcel Duchamp - Etant Donnés Testo alternativo accessibile
A Theology Of Form (ED Interviewed by Yvan Etienne)

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Artists: Piana


Piana (real name Naoko Sasaki) is a Japanese artist who began her musical activity with Card Skepper (a collaboration with Yuichiro Iwashita, guitarist, who is now part of Minamo unit).
Naoko creates minimalistic melodies backed up with digital glitches, whirrs and crackles. Her ethereal voice is combined with instruments as piano, organ, cello, violin, guitar…

Discography:
  • Eternal Castle (2007, Noble - CXCA-1210)
  • Ephemeral (2005, Happy - HAP003)
  • Snow Bird (2003, Cubic Music - 012 / Happy - HAP001)
Compilations:
  • We Are All Cotton-Hearted (2006, Mu-Nest - MNC001)
  • Textile (2006, Mophrec - mcd001)
  • Assemblage Session 1 (2005, Abandon Building Records - abr003)
  • Stylus#8 (2003, STYLUS - CCJ-0009)
Collaborations:
  • The Heartbreak Moment - The Sound Of Our Summer (2006, & Records - YOUTH-007/&027)
  • Fourcolor - Letter Of Sounds (2006, 12k - 12k1038) (vocals on “Rowboat”)
  • Mokira - FFT Pop (2004, Cubicfabric - cubicf 04) (vocals on “Tsuki No Kioku”)
  • World's End Girlfriend - Farewell Kingdom (2001, Noble - CXCA-1089)


Piana - Something Is Lost (from "Ephemeral")

Links:

Piana