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Chantal DumasOscillations PlanétairesBack to the record
The Sound Projector

“Debut solo release by the Montréal composer and sound artist Chantal Dumas is Oscillations planétaires, and it turns out to be electroacoustic music themed on various geological phenomena of planet earth.”

Ed Pinsent

Debut solo release by the Montréal composer and sound artist Chantal Dumas is Oscillations planétaires, and it turns out to be electroacoustic music themed on various geological phenomena of planet earth. On her annotations, Dumas discourses with a certain amount of authority as she sets out brief encyclopedia entries regarding earthquakes, the shifting of tectonic plates, the formation of mountain ranges, and geysers, as well less tangible things like seismic waves and the magnetic field of the earth. The music, structured in nine episodes across a 49:21 symphony, is intended to “evoke geology”.

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7 other reviews

Le Devoir

“Son œuvre vibrante, toute consacrée au sonore, reste profondément humaine, transformant notre rapport au son, au silence et à l’écoute.”

Musique Machine

“This is the first solo album from Chantal Dumas, released on empreintes DIGITALes, a Montréal label ‘widely considered as the world leader in electroacoustics / acousmatics’ — though I’ll admit that it’s not a name known to me.”

Neural

“Oscillations planétaires is the first solo album by Chantal Dumas, referencing geological phenomena and processes. Dumas seems to suggest that field recording and electroacoustic sound might have a strong correspondence with cosmic activities.”

Toneshift

“Out of Montréal’s electroacoustic / acousmatic spearhead in sound art, empeintes DIGITALes, comes Chantal Dumas’ debut, Oscillations planétaires [Planetary Oscillations].”

nitestylez.de

“Another fresh one released via Montréal’s Empreintes Digitales label is Oscillations planétaires, the first ever solo album by Chantal Dumas.”

RNE3: Atmósfera

“Oscillations planétaires es el primer álbum en solitario de la artista sonora afincada en Montréal Chantal Dumas con Empreintes DIGITALes, un sello creado en 1990, considerado uno de los sellos líder mundial en electroacústica y acústica.”

Freq

“Commissioned by Deutschlandfunk Kultur in 2017 and broadcast first in July 2018, Oscillations planétaires evokes the larger geological cycles of planet Earth, from the eruptions of geysers and volcanoes to the motion of the tides and onwards to the formation of mountain ranges and the tectonic movements of the continental plates themselves.”