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previous artist: macronympha		there are 2 titles featuring pierre-yves macé in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: iván madarász

$13.67

back in stock as of
june 4th, 2008

first in stock on
june 22nd, 2007

threads:
electro-acoustic-composition

sub rosa (belgium) #sr 240 cd

pierre-yves macé “circulations” compact disc

1st movement for percussion / tape (14:45)
2nd movement for electric guitar / tape (15:57)
3rd movement for harp / tape (11:29)
4th movement for clarinet / tape (10:17)

sub rosa press release...

circulations
pierre-yves macé
sr240

the 2nd cd of the french musician pierre-yves macé (following faux-jumeaux released on tzadik) pushs faraway the limits of contemporary and electronic music. he developed the auto-sampling process around the concept of the double or replica, creating correspondances between the instrumental part solist (percussion, electric guitar, harp, clarinet) and his electroacoustic futur.

following faux-jumeaux, where i developed the auto-sampling process (composing a piece of music using only samples of the instruments appearing in that piece of music) around the concept of the double or replica, i chose with circulations to push the same method much further by approaching it from a more pragmatic angle. its composition, developed in residency at euphonia/grenouille, went through 4 separate stages:

* before the residency, i first wrote - in the traditional sense and with a certain level of indeterminacy - 4 movements for solo instruments, having only a vague idea of their possible correspondences.
* upon my arrival at the location of the residency, we rehearsed the four solos and i recorded them immediately.
* then, the work consisted of using these recordings as the source material for the composition of an electroacoustic accompaniment for each initial solo.
* afterwards, the musicians rehearsed their solos (which, in the meantime and following step 3, had undergone some changes) and tailored it to the tape part.

therefore, the performance falls halfway between mixed concert music (referenced by the instrument + tape device) and live electronics (judging from the "indexed" relation between electronics and instrument). even though the musicians never actually play together, they are nonetheless virtually brought together by the presence of the tape, which blends and fuses their instrumental sounds as a whole. by putting side by side in a near-didactical way several compositional stages, two types of writings ("abstract" and "concrete"), this process invites from the listener a cross-reading of the work, matching each instrumental part to its electronic evolution: a sequence of vibraphone arpeggios elsewhere becomes a click'n'cut gimmick, a guitar melody transforms into an ambient loop, and a sustained note on the bass clarinet gives birth to a rumbling in the subfrequency range. so many potentialities comprised in the abstractly written material, but also in the accidents of its recording, its "mise en son."

if this correspondence is not entirely rigorous, it is to leave enough room for the endlessly stretchable feedback interplay - or circulation - between abstract and concrete. this album represents one moment in the mutation generated by this movement. pierre-yves macé

$15.13

back in stock as of
august 22nd, 2008

first in stock on
december 6th, 2007

threads:
minimalism-drones
digital-musics
electro-acoustic-composition

type (uk) #type 034 cd

sylvain chauveau “nuage” compact disc

pauvre simon (1:51)
l'approche du nuage (2:01)
troubles (1:03)
nuage ii (1:18)
marianne (2:12)
symptôme n°2 (0:47)
symptôme n°1 (0:45)
vers les montagnes (1:06)
l'orée du bois (2:28)
le tunnel (1:48)
marianne (variation) (1:52)
fly like a horse (4:44)
clara et simon (1:17)
nuage iii (2:36)
andréa's hands (1:43)
staring (0:37)
andréa (2:48)
an old friend (1:23)
andréa's hands ii (3:02)

type press release...

sylvain chauveau : nuage

nuage is the seventh release from french composer sylvain chauveau -- his second for the type label. he last surfaced with s., a short-form record exploring his more electro-acoustic leanings, but this record, which collects his recent scores for two films by sébastian betbeder, sees the composer returning to the sound he explored so successfully on fatcat's un autre décembre.

with a hand-picked group of players on piano, viola, violin and with sylvain himself on electric guitar, the music roots itself in the traditions of great film scoring. there are definite nods to krzysztof kieslowski's composer zbigniew preisner in the deep sense of emotion and melancholy, and chauveau strips his pieces down to the bare minimum of what might be needed, ridding himself of orchestral excess or meaningless sentimentality. short motifs rise and fall, tangling their way through the album, appearing and re-appearing subtly and beautifully. even without the visual accompaniment, you begin to imagine just what the films may have held, what may or may not have happened; love, loss, deceit and nostalgia. there are clear stylistic links to the work of fellow contemporary composer max richter, not least with the scope and quality of the recordings and nuage should delight those who enjoy chauveau's romantic side.

the album has eschewed any academic experimentation and revels in a haunting simplicity, and for those of us hanging on chauveau's every movement, the decision couldn't be more welcome. maybe the track which sums up the album most is the centerpiece and longest track, "fly like a horse," which, interestingly, is the only track not to utilize the classical players. with electric guitar and light electronics, chauveau creates a mood and a texture while sounding completely different from the rest of the album, summing it up completely -- deeply moving and incredibly memorable.

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