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acousmatrix (netherlands) #acousmatrix 4 cd

henri pousseur “acousmatrix - history of electronic music iv” compact disc

  • scambi (6:27) 1957
  • trois visages de liège: l’air et l’eau (8:02) 1961
  • trois visages de liège: voix de la ville (4:15) 1961
  • trois visages de liège: forges (8:50) 1961
  • paraboles-mix (40:49) 1972
3rd volume in the acoustmatrix series, this time an overview of henri pousseur’s early electronic works...
bvhaast press release...
the 'acousmatrix' history of electronic music series on bvhaast...

henri pousseur - scambi, trois visages de liege, l'air de l'eau, voix de la ville, forges paraboles - mix (bvhaast 9010 / acousmatrix 4)
recherches musicales de wallonie

includes the seminal piece scambi (exchanges) produced in 1957 by filtering white noise!

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sub rosa (belgium) #sr 289 cd

henri pousseur “electronic, experimental, and microtonal 1953-1999” compact disc

  • prospection (4:59) 1953
  • racine dix-neuvième de huit-quarts (18:51) 1975
  • at moonlight, downland's shadow passes along ginkaku-ji (12:38) 1989
  • ex dei in machinam memoria (20:35) 1972
  • figures enlacées (5:23) 1999
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october 2008 release ; fifth in this authoritative series covering the complete works of belgian composer henri pousseur ... this volume features a few stand-outs, most notably the 1972 “ex dei in machinam memoria” for oboe & live-electronics (listen to the sound-sample for a nice bit of distorted reeds & circuit-bent crackle) & a piece performed by the arditti (and, briefly, amm)’s rohan de saram ...
sub rosa press release...
henri pousseur
electronic experimental and microtonal 1953-1999
sr289

this is the 5th part of the complete experimental and electronic music by the composer - after liège à paris (1977), eight parabolic studies (1972), four parabolic mixes (1972-2001), mixed music (1966-70) and before narrative voices and electronic (1960-1982), paraboles-mix avec leçons d'enfer (1972-1999) and experimental electronic and noise (1954-61)

5 rare pieces that come from 5 decades and performed by rohan de saram (quatuor arditti), evert van tright (who played mainly stockhausen), brigitte foccroulle, danielle dubosch, isabelle schmit (three great belgian pianists) sumila goto, mikoto jakahata, shuzan morita (from the japanse yonin no kai trio) and last but not least and for the only time: henri pousseur himself.

short biography

pousseur studied at the academies of music in liège and in brussels from 1947 to 1953. he was closely associated with pierre froidebise and andré souris. he encountered pierre boulez, karlheinz stockhausen and luciano berio and thereafter devoted himself to avant garde research. beginning around 1960, he collaborated with michel butor on a number of projects, most notably the opera votre faust (1961-68). pousseur has taught in cologne, basel, and in the united states at suny buffalo, as well as in his native belgium. from 1970 until his retirement in 1988 he taught at the university and conservatory of liège where he also founded the centre de recherches et de formation musicales de wallonie.

generally regarded as a member of the darmstadt school in the 1950s, pousseur's music employs serialism, mobile forms, and aleatory, often mediating between or among seemingly irreconcilable styles, such as those of schubert and webern (votre faust), or pousseur's own serial style and the protest song "we shall overcome" (couleurs croisées). his electronic composition scambi (exchanges), realized at the studio di fonologia in milan in 1957, is unusual in the tape-music medium because - it is explicitly meant to be assembled in different ways before listening. when first created, several different versions were realized, two by luciano berio, one by marc wilkinson, and two by the composer himself (sabbe 1977, 175, n. 86). since 2004, the scambi project, directed by john dack at the lansdown centre for electronic arts at middlesex university, has focussed on this work and its multiple possibilities for realization.

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sub rosa (belgium) #sr 231 cd

henri pousseur “mixed music 1966-1970” compact disc

  • crosses of crossed colors (1970)
  • jeux de miroirs de votre faust (1977-67)
ah, excellent... here we have the “jeux de miroirs de votre faust” lp (originally released on wergo) that i mentioned in reference to the pousseur / butor set on alga marghen; making its debut on compact disc ...
sub rosa press release...
mixed music 1966-70
henri pousseur

with michel butor - joy blackett - ensemble musiques nouvelles, pierre bartholomée - marcelle mercenier - basia retchitska - cathy berberian - louis devos - jules bastin
sr231

we come back to our exploration of henri pousseur's works with a four-cd series which, along with what has already been released, will cover all his electronic music and his most radical works between 1953 and 1988 - 35 years of research and experiments.

these recordings are a continuation of our earlier releases, namely: liège à paris (a piece composed thanks to luciano berio and premiered at the grand opening of the centre georges pompidou in paris, in 1977 - sr117, 2000), the 8 études paraboliques box set (over 220 minutes of music realised in cologne, 1972, at the wdr's studios - the last étude featuring stockhausen's participation sr 174, 4 cd's, 2001), and 4 parabolic mixes, four takes on the work by henri pousseur himself, robert hampson (main), philip jeck and markus popp (oval), these variations moving gradually away from the original (sr199, 2 cd's, 2002).

crosses of crossed colors:
joy blackett + ensemble musiques nouvelles
pianos: robert leuridan, francette & pierre bartholomée

jeux de miroirs de votre faust :
marcelle mercenier, piano et basia retchitska, soprano, cathy berberian, louis devos & jules bastin.

the two pieces featured on mixed music (voice, pianos, various electro-acoustic devices) are magnum opuses in pousseur's body of work, though they are seldom heard - jeu de miroirs de votre faust has been unavailable for a long time, while crosses of crossed colors is released here for the first time ever.

already for couleurs croisées (crossed colors, 1967), my initial idea was to add an amplified voice to the orchestra, a voice that could stand up to it and would clarify and explain the meaning of the piece, in the form of a black baptist minister-style preach. so, besides the voice ("black," if possible), we have: 5 pianos, whose assembled parts reuse almost all the harmonic-rhythmic contents of the orchestral piece. henri pousseur

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bvhaast (netherlands) #bvhaast 9106 cd
acousmatrix (netherlands) #acousmatrix 6 cd

“cologne - wdr : acousmatrix - history of electronic music vi” compact disc

  • herbert eimert + robert beyer - klang in unbegrentzen raum (10:23) 1952
  • herbert eimert - klangstudie i (3:50) 1952
  • herbert eimert + robert beyer - klangstudie ii (4:30) 1952
  • herbert eimert - glockenspiel (1:00) 1953
  • karel goeyvaerts - komposition nr. 5 (2:32) 1953
  • karel goeyvaerts - komposition nr. 7 (1:29) 1953
  • paul gredinger - formanten i und ii (4:32) 1954
  • gottfried michael koenig - klangfiguren i 4:00) 1955
  • henri pousseur - seismogramme i+ii (6:18) 1955
  • bengt hambraeus - doppelrohr ii (3:55) 1956
  • franco evangelisti - incontri di fasce sonore (3:20) 1957
  • györgy ligeti - glissandi (7:30) 1957
  • györgy ligeti - artikulation (3:45) 1958
  • giselher klebe - interferenzen (4:38) 1955
  • herbert brün - anepigraphe (7:42) 1958
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subtitled “cologne - wdr”... this is the finest overview of activities at the köln-based studio from it’s humble beginnings in 1952 through it’s peak in 1958... anyone interested in the work of... say... stockhausen should investigate the origins of “musik elektronische” (“pure” electronic music... as opposed to pierre schaeffer’s “musique concrète”) in germany via this excellent collection.
bvhaast press release...
the 'acousmatrix' history of electronic music series on bvhaast...

wdr cologne - early electronic music (bvhaast 9106 / acousmatrix 6)

incredible sampling of lesser-known, but more than equally-important recordings of herbert eimert, robert beyer, karel goeyvaerts, paul gredinger, gottfried michael koenig, henri pousseur, bengt hambraeus, franco evangelisti, gyorgy ligeti, gieselher klebe, herbert brun.

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siemens kultur programm (germany) #skp 001 cd

“siemens studio für elektronische musik” compact disc

  • herbert brün - wayfaring sounds (klänge unterwegs) (4:12)
  • john cage/mauricio kagel - imaginary landscape (3:38)
  • mauricio kagel - antithese (9:27)
  • josef anton riedl - folge von 4 studien/nr 59 (2:42)
  • josef anton riedl - folge von 4 studien/nr 61 (2:14)
  • josef anton riedl - folge von 4 studien/nr 62_1 (2:11)
  • josef anton riedl - folge von 4 studien/nr 62_2 (5:51)
  • josef anton riedl - komposition nr. 3 (6:56)
  • ferdinand kriwet - jaja hörtext (4:56)
  • paul pörtner - schallspielstudie (2:10)
  • josef anton riedl - un chien andalu (6:01)
  • josef anton riedl - komposition nr.2 (7:17)
  • dieter schnebel - ki-no (6:33)
  • josef anton riedl - sendezeichen (0:47)
  • josef anton riedl - titelmusik (0:52)
  • milko kelemen - judith (3:06)
  • josef anton riedl - leonce und lena (2:21)
  • john cage / david tudor - klangexerimente (1:53)
  • henri pousseur - aus: ziele uns aussichten (1:29)
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i’ve been ringing doorbells & making phone calls for close to 4 years now in attempts to track down this disc - originally produced by the siemens corporation (yes, the same that what made all of those cell phones & hearing aids - their humble beginnings!) back in the late 90s & never distributed/made available in any real way - so needless to say i’m extremely glad that it is finally seen the light of day re: real-world, real-person acquirability as it’s by far the best survey of early german electro-acoustic music (setting this apart quite notably from the wdr-camp’s ethos of “pure sound” - elektronische musik)

mms’ copies of this priceless disc came all the way from milan, where alga marghen’s emanuele carcano somehow managed to sweet-talk the powers-that-be @ siemens into letting him distribute the disc (hand to god; this guy’s a saint...) - which explains the price somewhat (much like any shop trying to deal w/ stockhausen verlag on a wholesale basis, i imagine emanuele was forced to pay retail then mark up the disc to shops slightly to justify his trouble)

an elusive title ; most likely not available for much longer. those of you with a taste for the early german electronic “scene” will no doubt see the appeal of this excellent disc...
siemens kultur programm press release...
v v a a
siemens studio fur elektronische musik
cat. no: siem1
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privately issued by siemens kultur programm in germany in 1998 and never made available to public before. this is an over the top collection of historical electronic music recordings from the siemens studio in munich, germany.

the anthology includes john cage "imaginary landscape no.3" (1942) for 6 percussionists and electronic sounds, kolner ensemble fur neue musik under the direction of mauricio kagel; mauricio kagel "antithese" (1962); john cage and david tudor "klandexperimente" (1963); henri pousseur "ziele und aussichten der elektronische musik"; dieter schnebel "ki-no - nachtmusik fur projektoren und horer" (1963/67) for concrete sounds and noises, sound direction by josef anton riedl; josef anton riedl "komposition nr.3" (1965/67) for electronic and concrete sounds with the voice of françois bayle; ferdinand kriwet "jaja - hoertext 2" (1965) two excerpts for voice and electronically modified voices; paul portner "schallspielstudie 2" (1965) four excerpts for voice and electronically modified voices; josef anton riedl "un chien andalou" (1959/75) electroacoustic music; josef anton riedl "folge von 4 studien nr. 59, 61, 62/i, 62/ii"; josef anton riedl "komposition nr.2" (1963/65) music of the variavision "unendliche fahrt"; josef anton riedl "sendezeichen" (1962); josef anton riedl "titelmusik" (1962); milko kelemen "judith" (1966) electronically modified orchestra sounds and electronic sounds; herbert brun "klange unterwegs" (1961); josef anton riedl "leonce und lena" (1963) for voice and electronically modified voice and instrumental sounds.

20 pages booklet with historical photos of the electronic music studio and essays in german.

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sub rosa (belgium) #sr 199 cd

“4 parabolic mixes - live recordings” double compact disc set

  • henri pousseur - first parabolic mix (29:14)
  • main / robert hampson - second parabolic mix (27:38)

  • philip jeck - third parabolic mix (27:27)
  • oval / markus popp - fourth parabolic mix (34:10)
interesting set wherein 3 contemporary electronic musicians of differing backgrounds were asked to compose and perform new constructions of henri pousseur’s 1972 8-channel opus “8 études paraboliques” (itself having been issued in 2001 by sub rosa as a 4cd set intended for partial and complete simultaneous playback). along with a contemporary take by mr. pousseur himself...
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4 parabolic mixes
pousseur-main-jeck-oval
sr199
2cd

this double cd proposes 4 unpublished tracks based on "parabolic studies" -(limited edition 4cd box set by henri pousseur / sr174) first one by the pioneer of electronic music henri pousseur followed by robert hampson/ main, philip jeck, oval

transhisorics
in november 2001, we had just published henri pousseur's "8 parabolic studies" ("8 études paraboliques") in a box of 4 cds - these electronic pieces have been created in 1972 at the wdr studios in cologne. the idea was to ask other musicians, of different generations, to attempt a new mix on the basis of these eight studies. the first mix (and not re-mix) was a re-interpretation by henri pousseur himself – this laid the foundation stone of the edifice. contrary to the mixes carried out thirty years ago, these were made digitally. the second mix was robert hampson's - quite nervous of the master's reaction, who was present during the set. robert, who holds an exhaustive knowledge of electronic music from its origins and of all its aspects - even of the more obscure ones -gave a personal but faithful interpretation of pousseur's studies. another degree of alteration was highlighted by philip jeck, who created a massive and powerful set, adding sounds from other sources (which is totally allowed according to pousseur's original concept). and finally, oval - according to the process that is quintessential to his work, markus popp could only produce a piece far removed from its sources; since it is within sound itself that all sonorous source passes through the ovalprocess, thus becoming ovalmusic - that is, music having its very own properties. we already had an unstable timeline that spanned from the original to a radically different piece - engrossing intermediary stages of destructuring. it is precisely these stages that were reconstituted here.

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