Electroacoustic music

[torut]

And Torut, dear patient Torut. My life has been nothing but unremitting turmoil for the last couple of years. No sympathy, though. It was all my choice, and I'm happy with my decisions. But things have been tumultuous enough that posting to Asymmetry has been the last thing on my mind.

santantonio's blog is so sweet, too, there's even less incentive for me. Be fair, when I was the only game in town, there was very little incentive. And now?

No problem. I appreciate posts of new music by you, sanantonio, North Star and others, and I'm still not able to catch up.

[San Antone]

Scott Miller : high adventure avant garde music of the best sort



SCOTT MILLER and ZEITGEIST celebrate the first decade of their work together with the release of Tipping Point, a CD featuring Miller's works for instrument and electronics alongside his only strictly acoustic work written in the 21st century.

Known for his interactive electroacoustic chamber music and experimental performance pieces, Miller has twice been named a McKnight Composer Fellow, he is a Fulbright Scholar, and his work has been recognized by numerous international arts organizations.

[San Antone]

Robert Normandeau's cinema for the ear

[San Antone]

Latest from Francis Dhomont : ... et autres utopies

[Mandryka]

https://www.youtube.com/v/CgXpT8gpfP4

Fabulous new discovery for me here. Does anyone know anything about Denis Smalley? Is this an outlier or has he written other music like this?

[Rinaldo]

https://www.youtube.com/v/CgXpT8gpfP4

Fabulous new discovery for me here. Does anyone know anything about Denis Smalley? Is this an outlier or has he written other music like this?

Not much, but I've had this disc for ages and it's a blast:



https://www.youtube.com/v/nwWA7F1bgjA

[Mandryka]

Yes I have that but I like this more

https://www.youtube.com/v/hDRRrvNvvWc

(I may be showing a preference for his analogue music)

[Mandryka]

Nono's A Floresta è jovem e cheja de vida, for tape, soprano, clarinet and metal plates, is a beautiful and devastating comment on the Vietnam War. Unfortunately, the DG recording has never been issued on CD. The Mode recording just doesn't have quite the impact, although it's still worth hearing. His Un Volto del Mare is an intense, lyrical blending of electronic sounds and female vocals, which, again, has not emerged on CD as far as I know.

Interesting to see this comment, just because I've listened quite recently to both the DG and the Mode versions of Nono's A Floresta è jovem e cheja de vida and I prefer the mode, which seems somehow more refined, more interior and of course, better recorded. It is an excellent piece of music IMO.

[amw]

https://www.youtube.com/v/CgXpT8gpfP4

Fabulous new discovery for me here. Does anyone know anything about Denis Smalley? Is this an outlier or has he written other music like this?

He's great. Probably New Zealand's best composer. I like everything I've heard from him, which has unfortunately been very little; the standout work is Tides, I think.

[Mandryka]

He's great. Probably New Zealand's best composer. I like everything I've heard from him, which has unfortunately been very little; the standout work is Tides, I think.

Something totally magical happens about three and a half minutes before the end of Pentes.

The big problem I have with his music, or a lot of it, is that it isn't contrapuntal -- it's a collage of sound moments.  That means I have to adjust my expectations a bit, I am used to polyphony/heterophony.

[Mandryka]

The image is bad, Françoise Barrière's Scènes des Voyages d'Ulysse.

Absolutely bloody amazing recording this, Françoise Barrière is just incredibly talented at making collages, it has all the spirituality of Stockhausen's Hymnen III - and French sensuality and finesse.

[Old San Antone]

I don't know if I've posted this before, but this is an excellent source for electro acoustic music: electrocd

Hundreds of CDs and downloads available - and biographies for many composers.

[Franco_Manitobain]

Not exactly sure after searching, if this is the proper thread for posting my inquiry for recommendations, but here goes! 

Okay, recently discovering the remarkable impression two electronic compositions have made on me recently, and honestly never expected to enjoy it..... but it blew me away!

Ligeti- Artikulation
Varèse - Poème électronique

Another good example is part of Varèse's Déserts, specifically the three movements dealing with 1st, 2nd and 3rd interpolations of organised sound (tape)

What I found fascinating was that it sounded like aliens from outer space music, for lack of a better description. A real ear worm! 🙂  Eleotronique or tape sound effects music.

So I am looking for specific recommendations along these lines and preferably shorter pieces, if possible.

Thanks in advance!

Already a thank you to @Mandryka for recommending Bernard Parmegiani's De Natura Sonorum.  I will add this to the list. 

[Mandryka]

I'm sure I once came across a piece which was a setting of some Poe - The Raven maybe. Does anyone know what it could have been? It's really bugging me. @some guy - I need you!

[pjme]

I have no idea, but enjoyed looking around...... I found these:

Dernier Matin d'Edgar� �Allan Poe
from Tinguely 1967 by Luc Ferrari
https://noname1111.bandcamp.com/track/dernier-matin-dedgar-allan-poe-2

Henri Pousseur:
Tales and Songs from the Bible of Hell (1979) 27'
[musique électro-acoustique avec quatre voix électrifiées en temps réel.]
d'après William Blake et Edgar Allan Poe
Création en 1980 par l'Ensemble vocal Electric Phoenix de Londres
https://youtu.be/S0yB4XIhX_k


Guy Reibel:
https://electrocd.com/en/album/5226/guy-reibel/variations-en-etoile-deux-etudes-aux

Suite pour Edgar Poe (1973)
Contes d'E. A. Poe:
Bérénice
Annabel Lee
Silence
Ombre

[Mandryka]

I have no idea, but enjoyed looking around...... I found these:

Dernier Matin d'Edgar� �Allan Poe
from Tinguely 1967 by Luc Ferrari
https://noname1111.bandcamp.com/track/dernier-matin-dedgar-allan-poe-2

Henri Pousseur:
Tales and Songs from the Bible of Hell (1979) 27'
[musique électro-acoustique avec quatre voix électrifiées en temps réel.]
d'après William Blake et Edgar Allan Poe
Création en 1980 par l'Ensemble vocal Electric Phoenix de Londres
https://youtu.be/S0yB4XIhX_k


Guy Reibel:
https://electrocd.com/en/album/5226/guy-reibel/variations-en-etoile-deux-etudes-aux

Suite pour Edgar Poe (1973)
Contes d'E. A. Poe:
Bérénice
Annabel Lee
Silence
Ombre

Well I'm pretty sure it wasn't Pousseur. I was reminded of it when someone mentioned Francis Dhomont this morning, it could have been him, I have a strong memory of the way sounds and voices related were in his style in things like Forêt profonde. But as far as I can see he never set Poe.

I don't think I've ever heard anything by Guy Reibel.

[Mandryka]

The image is bad, Françoise Barrière's Scènes des Voyages d'Ulysse.

Absolutely bloody amazing recording this, Françoise Barrière is just incredibly talented at making collages, it has all the spirituality of Stockhausen's Hymnen III - and French sensuality and finesse.

Nice to be reminded of this puppy.

[Mandryka]

 

I have no idea, but enjoyed looking around...... I found these:

Dernier Matin d'Edgar� �Allan Poe
from Tinguely 1967 by Luc Ferrari
https://noname1111.bandcamp.com/track/dernier-matin-dedgar-allan-poe-2

Henri Pousseur:
Tales and Songs from the Bible of Hell (1979) 27'
[musique électro-acoustique avec quatre voix électrifiées en temps réel.]
d'après William Blake et Edgar Allan Poe
Création en 1980 par l'Ensemble vocal Electric Phoenix de Londres
https://youtu.be/S0yB4XIhX_k


Guy Reibel:
https://electrocd.com/en/album/5226/guy-reibel/variations-en-etoile-deux-etudes-aux

Suite pour Edgar Poe (1973)
Contes d'E. A. Poe:
Bérénice
Annabel Lee
Silence
Ombre

I wonder if I was wrong to think it was electronic. I think I was thinking of Hosokawa's The Raven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YRTpTcam-w&t=242s&ab_channel=Pierre-AlainMonot