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previous artist: mathieu lévesque		there are 12 titles featuring francisco lópez in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: m ax noi mach

$13.44

back in stock as of
june 17th, 2009

first in stock on
february 17th, 2005

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition

23five incorporated (usa) #23five 007 cd

francisco lópez “live in san francisco” compact disc

live at the lab - hexaphonic, 08.05.00 (18:27)
live at 3feefofftheground, 07.14.01 (29:41)

23five incorporated press release...

francisco lopez
live in san francisco
23five007, compact disc

with his ongoing pursuit of an “absolute concrète music,” francisco lópez has recontextualized the sounds of the world around us by pushing these sounds to their polar extremes. at times, he has imposed gaping silences and eradicated all but the slightest traces of musicality; at others, he has turned the placid wash of rainforest insect chatter into mechanically toxic drones and twisted a gentle breeze into a hurricane force blast of raw sound. the ambient din of the urban environment, human voices, the run-out grooves of vinyl, and even propulsive death metal blast beats count as some of the choicest source material with the imposing lópez catalogue, which includes well over 130 published works. over his illustrious career, lópez has traveled extensively both recording his source material and giving acousmatic performances for which he insists the audience members wear blindfolds.

over the years, the sound-arts organization 23five incorporated has sponsored numerous lópez performances in and around san francisco; and it is only fitting that 23five should publish this document of live recordings from san francisco, with one track culled from the infamous hexaphonic show at the lab in august 2000, and the other from an intimate performance at 3feetofftheground in july 2001. the spectral timbres and ominous somatic fluctuations of those performances inspired some audience members to gush: “it was just amazing how he layered the tracks together into massive lump of sonic force. totally different from what can be heard on many of his releases which tend to be minimal and silent. i was craving for more. lópez rocks!”

as with the previous live in 's-hertogenbosch document, live in san francisco comes with a blindfold to enhance the phenomonological experience of lópez's dramatic compositions.

founded in 1993, 23five incorporated is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and increased awareness of sound works in the public arena, and to the support and education of artists working with and discussing the medium of sound. for the past 14 years, 23five incorporated has remained at the forefront in bringing the most adventurous elements of sound art to the san francisco bay area. 23five has served as an important benefactor to artists such as john duncan, christina kubisch, francisco lopez, achim wollscheid, matt heckert, zbigniew karkowski, atau tanaka, and many more.

$16.81

back in stock as of
may 6th, 2010

first in stock on
may 30th, 2006

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
contemporary-classical

anoema (finland) #no 30 cd

francisco lópez “untitled (2005)” compact disc

untitled #177 (8:24)
untitled #178 (17:44)
untitled #111 [for jani christou] (7:59)
untitled #183 (25:10)

first new (june 2006) lópez release in a while (perhaps the steam-train is slowing to a halt after all of those years?) notable for its inclusion of a few firsts: there’s a piece both performed/realized not by mr. lópez himself (the zeitkratzer ensemble; who handle the realization of ”untitled #111 [for jani christou]” with remarkable sensitivity... it’s almost indistinguishable from lópez’s electronic work...) and written in dedication to somone: the egyptian/greek electro-acoustic composer jani christou (also a favorite of syd barrett’s) ...

a classic lópez frequency-shift blitz, as with any/al l; essential ...

anoema press release...

francisco lópez
untitled (2005)
cd nocd030

on the new untitled (2005) cd the spanish composer francisco lópez presents four recently composed pieces which span a broad dynamic as well as stylistic range. together these constitute a fascinating and intense research exploration into the deep essence of sound. from sizzling jungle atmospheres to rumbling subterranean drones and microscopic details, this is a francisco lópez tour de force. in addition to three pieces based on environmental recordings, untitled (2005) features also an instrumental composition untitled #111 (for jani christou) performed by the noted german zeitkratzer ensemble. unsuprisingly, either way the sound is 100% francisco lópez. on this release mr. lópez might be unsually forthcoming about the sound sources he uses (as specified on the sleeve) but the dedication for the creation of absolute music remains the same.

$15.12

back in stock as of
november 22nd, 2011

first in stock on
august 24th, 2006

threads:
harsh-noise
musique-concrète
electro-acoustic-composition
electro-acoustic-improvisation
analogue-synth
minimalism-drones
live-electronic

best of 2006 !!!

blossoming noise (usa) #bn 012 cd

francisco lópez “absolute noise ensemble” double compact disc set

a two-disc lopez collage freakout !!

untitled sonic metaorganisms:

06.16.00
11.03.00
01.21.01
06.08.02
09.22.02

untitled sonic microorganisms:

untitled sonic microorganisms

blossoming noise press release...

total running time: 1:44:58

francisco lópez's absolute noise ensemble 2cd set featuring: alain wergifosse, albert mestre, antón ignorant, carlos medina, césar góngora, christian dergarabedian, daniel menche, ferrán fages, francisco lópez, games addiction, ilios, io casino, joe colley, jorge haro, koji asano, masami akita, mego laptop orchestra, michael gendreau, michael northam, oren ambarchi, philippe faujas, roc jiménez, ruben garcía, russell haswell, shunichiro okada, víctor nubla, zbigniew karkowski, zipperspy, alan courtis, amy denio, antonio garcía, audiopeste, bernhard günter, don campau, elliott sharp, eric muhs, frank koustrup, geoff dugan, gonçalo falcâo, john hegre, john hudak, john wiggins, jon tulchin, jorge mancini, jørgen teller, lasse marhaug, ludovic poulet, mason jones, mike honeycutt, minuit, ralf wehowsky, reznicek, scott konzelmann, stephen fenton, steve peters, tetsuo furudate, wojciek.

deluxe gatefold packaging.

$16.24

back in stock as of
november 28th, 2008

first in stock on
october 15th, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 012 cd

francisco lópez “live in 's-hertogenbosch” compact disc

live in 's-hertogenbosch

bottrop-boy press release...

francisco lópez
live in 's-hertogenbosch
cd / b-boy 012

world renowned composer francisco lópez has by now an extensive discography and is seen regularly performing his music live around the globe. yet only a very small portion of his extensive discography reflects his activities on stage. therefore we are proud to release this excellent recording of a francisco lópez concert from 1999, taped in 's-hertogenbosch, the netherlands. in a dark room, lópez sat behind the mixing board and mixed his various sound sources blindfolded, whilst his audience was also blindfolded. unlike his many 'silent' (or more accurately) studio cd's, lópez here builds the sound from extreme silence to extreme loudness. the cd comes with a black blindfold which is recommended for use during playback of the cd at home.

$18.01

back in stock as of
december 7th, 2009

first in stock on
january 25th, 2008

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones
harsh-noise
plunder-phonic

crippled intellect productions (usa) #cip 018 lp

michael gendreau / francisco lópez “drowning b/w untitled #185” long playing record

michael gendreau - drowning
francisco lópez - untitled #185

... any lópez on vinyl is worth hearing ; no exceptions here ... gendreau’s side takes me back to his crawling with tarts-era surface-noise/crackle work ...

crippled intellect productions press release...

michael gendreau and francisco lopez: split lp

francisco lopez is perhaps best known for his dynamic studio and live performances that sway between crushing silence and dynamic, shifting volume swells. over the course of 25 years, lopez has developed and honed a refined audio lexicon. michael gendreau entered the experimental sound community in the early 1980s with his project crawling with tarts. as a solo artist, gendreau caught everyone’s attention with the 2002 release of his cd 55 pas de la ligne, composed of recordings based on old turntables and one-of-a-kind lps.

for this lp, gendreau, a trained acoustician, used extremely refined microphones -- designed for acoustic and vibrational research -- to record sounds such as turntable motor hum, belts, and run out grooves on records more than 70 years old. his side is an incredible journey through a forest of alternately prickly and soothing sounds. lopez used similar source material for his side, creating a refined oceanic wall of sound constructed from crackle, hum, and scratches.

this lp is in a numbered edition of 500 copies and signed by both artists.

$12.61

back in stock as of
september 9th, 2010

first in stock on
may 18th, 2003

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones

sedimental (usa) #sed 024 cd

francisco lópez “untitled music for geography” compact disc

untitled music for geography

sedimental press release...

composed and recorded at messor studios (madrid) and the dark room, yale repertory theatre (new haven), during the spring of 1997. sound engineer: rob gorton.

this work was commisioned by the ralph lemon company for geography, a dance theatre work directed by ralph lemon, commissioned and premiered by the yale repertory theatre, new haven, ct. geography was also commissioned in part by 651, an arts center, brooklyn, ny and the national dance project of the new england foundation of the arts. additional fnuding was provided by the multiarts production fund of the rockefeller foundation and by 651’s africa exchange program, which is generously supported by a grant from the ford foundation.

specially re-mixed material francisco created for the dance work, geography, by the the ralph lemon dance co. which premiered at yale in new haven. at the time francisco already had established himself as an important new composer working with huge pools of silence that then build in time stretching waves of sonic purity. this work is certainly in the vein but there’s also subtle percussive elements woven in, drawn from an african percussion ensemble that performed live during the performance. this is francisco’s seventh cd release.

$14.72

back in stock as of
november 7th, 2009

first in stock on
april 30th, 2007

threads:
harsh-noise
electro-acoustic-composition
digital-musics
sound-art

alku (spain) #alku 63 cd

“less-lethal, vol. 1” compact disc

viral humanity - weasel walter (3:02)
wright rong - dave phillips (6:11)
enhanced interrogation technique - lasse marhaug (4:43)
curdler - mark fell (5:49)
177 seattle 070405 - justice yeldham (5:24)
gedesmælde - gæoudjiparl van den dobbelsteen (2:33)
untitled # 194 - francisco lópez (5:14)
la única arma que necesito es la ignorancia - carlos giffoni (4:16)
repeating weapon - torturing nurse (6:02)
otaku dork - powerbooks for peace (2:49)
telescoping - zbigniew karkowski (4:57)

spring 2007 release ; a collection of annoying music, compiled by the folks @ alku as “a sarcastic approach to the use of commercially available music in the military context.” standout tracks from the goodiepal (under his gæoudjiparl van den dobbelsteen alias), powerbooks for peace (aka joe gilmore & friends), weasel walter (a ridiculous chunk of ems synthi & blast-beat drumming), torturing nurse, lasse, lópez, etc ..

alku press release...

audio warfare and crowd control studies. edited by alku.

less-lethal, vol. 1
alku 63. various artists. 5" compact disc. 11 tracks. 16-page booklet. total program length 51:06

a compilation cd about sound-based nonlethal weaponry featuring tracks by carlos giffoni, dave phillips, francisco lópez, gæoudjiparl van den dobbelsteen, justice yeldham, lasse marhaug, mark fell, powerbooks for peace, torturing nurse, weasel walter and zbigniew karkowski.

keywords: less-lethal, nonlethal, torture, warfare, noise, crowd control, psychoacoustics.

less-lethal, vol. 1 is a sarcastic approach to the use of commercially available music in the military context (see waco, noriega, etc.) it includes a 16-page booklet with an essay by german researcher paul paulun about nonlethal force and its historical relationship with sound and music.

the foundations for this project were laid around 1999, with a long period of research into the equally blurry and fascinating fields of nonlethal weapons (also known as less-lethal weapons) and the behavioral sciences. over the course of this time, we found that one of the most interesting aspects of this phenomenon – full of mythology and speculation – was the use of commercially available music in the context of armed conflict, torture and crowd control. particularly the sheer lack of imagination on the part of military experts who resort to the use of pop music as a weapon, by playing it back for painfully long periods of time at very high volumes.

the direct relationship between sound and behavior has been documented outside the military over the centuries, from the musical treatment of mental patients in the ottoman empire to muzak's stimulus progression theory. with this in mind, it was the psyop’s complete lack of research which provided an excellent starting point for a challenging musical exercise. eleven artists were invited to contribute a sound piece that could be used as a weapon in an armed conflict.

the resulting tracks approach the subject matter in radically different ways. amplitude, duration and repetition may indeed constitute key elements of discomfort, but these tracks all go well beyond that. exploring dynamics and frequency range, structure, latent content, or various aspects from the realm of psychoacoustics, these pieces pose a stimulating (and less lethal) alternative to the average weaponized aor.

$8.05

back in stock as of
november 7th, 2009

first in stock on
september 11th, 2006

threads:
digital-musics
harsh-noise
beat-research
schimpfluch-gruppe
self-released

alku (spain) #alku 17 cd

“x+y = xy 10 blind dates” compact disc recordable

team doyobi + safety scissors
errorsmith + opopop
joel ongthorne + discom
jliat + vger
needle + thomas dimuzio
beige + mainpal
kevin drumm + francisco lópez
plank + kubin/garland
venoz tks + pimmon
time's up + wobbly

weirdo compilation featuring a fairly wide array of contemporary sound-practitioners as forced into communal music-making practice by the folks over at alku... wonder to the concept of a lópez/drumm collaboration, thrill to the sonics of several unlikely combinations...

alku press release...

x+y= xy
10 citas a ciegas
10 blind dates
(alku, 17)

‘when the two have run each other through, the path to your destiny will open’(excerpt from ‘resident evil’ for nintendo game cube, 2002).

yops!
this is anna and roc from barcelona.
we reach you cause we'd like to invite you to take part in one of our nextalku projects.

alku's new compilation is called "x + y = xy".
it is a different approach to collaborations/splits, based on the idea of "blind dates".
we arrange you a "blind date" with another artist. kind of a "blind split".
you must send us a piece of exactly 2 minutes, and so has the other invited person (your couple).
we get your piece and his piece (exactly same lenght). then we overlap both.
x (your piece) + y (the other guy piece) = xy (resulting track on the cd)
please send your track in a cd.

the tracks we have got so far are just amazing and the ones we have tried to overlap work fucking brilliantly. the blind date thingee works top.

hope you enjoy the project as much as we do.
please reply as fast as possible
thanx a lot
a+r

alku. 2000 2002

$16.81

back in stock as of
february 19th, 2009

first in stock on
june 13th, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition
minimalism-drones
sound-art
concert-recordings

oral (canada) #oral 04 cd

“volt-aa” double compact disc set

christof migone - cierzo (3:35)
francisco lópez - live at volt-aa (23:41)
alexandre st-onge - fatigue (12:08)
skoltz_kolgen - ostria (9:29)
tim hecker - 21:35:9:11:02 (21:34)
champion - chain smoking (16:04)
myléna bergeron - les chevaux (5:38)
champion - international le (5:39)
kaffe matthews - a french canadian handbag (17:07)
paarcand - mut 900 ms (12:18)

collection of live-sets and pieces composed for/performed at a series of concerts that took place in montreal in 2002 under the “volt-aa” banner; notable in that it includes extended (~20 minute) pieces by tim hecker, francisco lópez, and kaffe matthews.

oral press release...

compilation
volt-aa
2 x cd04, 2005
numéro de catalogue: oral cd04

this disc consists of original parts, recorded in front of an attentive public at the time of the volt-aa evenings in the year 2003, in montreal. the artists taking part in these evenings were invited to work according to following topics:

amnesia (•) 11:09:2002
change (••) 17:10:2002
irony (•••) 04:12:2002

works which are then diffused preach by their originality and the unit presents a great coherence. this double disc proposes varied spaces where contemplation, the diversion, sound research are honoured. there exists for all the open and curious amateurs of experimental electronic music. this recording was made possible thanks to the assistance of the funds of the music of canada and the service of the music of the arts council of canada.

$12.61

back in stock as of
january 6th, 2011

first in stock on
april 3rd, 2007

threads:
musique-concrète
field-recordings
electro-acoustic-composition
sound-installation

pogus (usa) #p 21041 cd

“montreal sound matter • montréal matières sonore” compact disc

hélène prévost - la voix dans le sac / the voice in the bag (8:06)
steve heimbecker - sunday msm (8:02)
louis dufort - materio_ (8:00)
tomas phillips - white.gray (7:57)
chantal dumas - s/t w/t (7:00)
a_dontigny - in memoriam jane jacobs (4:49)
francisco lópez - untitled #188 [excerpt] (7:28)
mathieu lévesque - nouvelle maternite (5:32)

compilation of sound installation pieces & musique concrète based around a workshop given in montréal by francisco lópez.

pogus press release...

21041-2 cd

montreal sound matter / montréal matières sonore

works by francisco lópez / louis dufort / steve heimbecker / hélène prévost / mathieu lévesque / a_dontigny / chantal dumas / tomas phillips

montreal sound matter / montréal matières sonore brings together eight canadian and international sound artists. the project began with a workshop on environmental sound collecting by francisco lópez and led to the development of a collective sound project including an album, a sound installation, and a concert. this is the recording.

the artists create an immersive sound installation made up of fragments of montreal, which propose a reflection and a questioning on the city. far from being a postcard, these sound portraits suggest an abstract view of montreal made up of fragments modeled or transformed to the liking of the artists. through these places turned non-places and thus more or less unrecognizable, the pieces present an interesting variety of aesthetics, constructions and creative processes. - esther bourdages

...

“yet it is not about the city as a conglomerate of soundmarks or stereotyped symbolic elements--it does not aim at making a sound portrait or a representational creation. my proposal to all the participating artists involved in the project was to foresee the city --both outdoors and indoors, both the public and the private spaces-- as a constantly-changing generator of sound matter. the original source environmental recordings were carried out by the participating artists in montreal during april 2006, and we all shared the common pool of sound matter thus generated to create the individual pieces. i believe this is an interesting way of setting up a challenging situation in which we are dealing with a limited and intentionally restricted universe of sonic extractions of reality, and also -and more importantly-a straightforward way of proceeding to reveal the creative individual substance of each one of us.” - francisco lópez

$18.01

back in stock as of
june 13th, 2011

first in stock on
june 22nd, 2005

threads:
1950s-electronic
1960s-electronic
1970s-electronic
1980s-electronic
electro-acoustic-composition
musique-concrète
digital-musics

best of 2005 !!!

sub rosa (belgium) #sr 220 cd

“an anthology of noise & electronic music • third a-chronology 1952-2004” double compact disc set

bernard parmegiani de natura sonorum : matières induites (1975) 3:44
hugh le caine short presentation of the 1948 sackbutthe sackbut blues (1953) followed by a noisome pestilence (1958) 3:25
keith fullerton whitman / hrvatski stereo music for serge modular prototype (2003) 5:30
ilhan mimaroglu the last largo (1989) 9:33
michael j. schumacher room pieces excerpt (2003) 4:41
justin bennett ovipool (2003) 3:25
scott gibbons / lilith stone : reciprocal (1992) 3:30
fred szymanski / modular flume (2003) 6:41
francisco lopez untitled #148 (2003) 10:03
zbigniew karkowski execution of intelligence (2004) 8:20
masami akita / merzbow birds and warhorse (2004) 11:30
michel chion requiem : dies irae (1973) 6:00
erkki kurenniemi sähkösoittimen ääniä #4 + #1 (1971) 5:26
carsten nicolai / alva noto time..dot (3) (2000) 4:26
peter rehberg / pita early work 6 (1984) 3:00
herbert eimert + robert beyer klangstudies ii (1952) 4:43
günther rabl eve (1987) 6:00
asmus tietchens teilmenge 35 c (2004) 4:40
michael rother feuerland (1976) 7:20
faust the faust tapes: untitled #16 + #17 (1973) 2:55
to rococo rot contacte (2004) 4:30
rune lindblad till zakynthos (op. 205) (1988) 13:39
cm von hausswolff + erik pauser / phauss eternal love #3 (1993) 13:07

third volume in this series... as always a great way to learn about the splendour of the early electronic music construction modus while being tipped off to the present-day candle-holders; all while not interrupting too many of the butterflies nestling in your wallet. i’m both psyched and mortified to have a piece on here alongside my idols; parmegiani, mimaroglu, le caine, eimert + beyer, faust, etc... just about everything is unreleased or an alternate version/mix/out-take to the previously available. quality all around...

sub rosa press release...

an anthology of noise & electronic music vol. 3 - third a-chronology 1952-2004
bernard parmegiani - hugh le caine -faust - to rococo rot - keith fullerton whitman aka hrvatski - ilhan mmaroglu - michael j. schumacher - justin bennett - scott gibbons aka lilith - fred szymanski - francisco lopez - zbigniew karkowski - masami akita aka merzbow - michel chion - erkki kurenniemi - carlsten nicolai aka alva noto - peter rehberg aka pita - herbert eimert + robert beyer - gunther rabl - asmus tietchens - michael rother - cm von hausswolff + erik pauser > phauss - rune lindgrad
digipack 2 cd + 40 pages booklet / sr220

this 3th volume continue to show all the aspects of electronic music from the early beginning until now - including 2 pieces of historical concrete music (of the 70's), several piece of american tape music (columbia university) with a special focus on all the electronic music from germany - wdr early works - krautrock - electronic from 90's...

featuring too some recent work of the greatest noise artists + several unsung electronic pioneers ....

$16.56

back in stock as of
march 29th, 2010

first in stock on
november 4th, 2009

threads:
site-specific
sound-art
electro-acoustic-composition
harsh-noise
minimalism-drones
plunder-phonic
sound-poetry
schimpfluch-gruppe
experimental-instruments

best of 2009 !!!

universaal kunst (netherlands) #mh 01 cd
lokaal 01 (netherlands) #lp-cd 02 cd

“geluidpost” double compact disc-recordable set

machinefabriek - cello recycling (11:47)
janek schaefer - come on up... (19:00)
rudolf eb.er's runzelstirn & gurgelstøck - schlechte musik (10:19)
merzbow - bloody sea of taiji. stop the mass slaughter of dolphine in japan. (9:37)
(ad)vance(d) - 4chairs+bats (10:47)
studenten sonologie - phonography (11:36)
steve roden - to these four horizons (14:00)
francisco lópez - untitled #0908 (10:17)
staplerfahrer - mode of perception (12:47)

october 2009 release ; neat fold-out double-disc edition covering a series of pieces curated by martijn hohmann for a “listening room at art gallery lokaal01” in breda, nl ...

the set ships flat (actually smaller than your average dorado gatefold) but opens up like so ::

some great work here, including all-exclusive pieces from machinefabriek (crackly, cheap-reverb plugin rework of aaron martin’s cello), janek schaefer (neat, plunderphonic flamenco piece), runzelstirn & gurgelstøck (classic, aktion-heavy rudolf), merzbow (washing-machine rhythms into a synth blow-out) ...

... then (ad)vance(d) (formant-filter drones & assorted static), justin bennett’s students (ground-hum rich field recording overlay), steve roden (automatic-feeling mystery clank & reed drones - get lost in the long sound-sample), francisco lópez (rainforest hiss), and staplerfahrer (grainy, noisy grisple) ...

most pieces hover around the 10-minute mark, as such there’s enough room for them to say what they need to without feeling hurried ... as site-specific compilations go this one’s a keeper ; highly recommended !!!

universaal kunst press release...

various artists - geluidpost 2cdr

featuring exclusive tracks by:
machinefabriek
janek schaefer
rudolf eb.er
merzbow
(ad)vance(d)
sonologie studenten
steve roden
francisco lopez
staplerfahrer

geluidpost (sound post in dutch) is a listening room at art gallery lokaal01 breda the netherlands.
it's basically a room with a three-seat sofa and a set of speakers.
you can't get any closer to the primary principle of listening..
every two months a soundartist or composer is invited to create a new piece for geluidpost.
during 2007 and 2008 geluidpost was curated by martijn hohmann.
all nine works created during this period are compiled on this 2cdr.
it's limited to 250 copies. nice multi-foldout cover.

previous artist:
mathieu lévesque

...and that's everything in stock featuring francisco lópez.
(why not take a look at the previous and next artists?)

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