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Philippe Le GoffTitaktiBack to the record
AllMusic

“Titakti is one of the unsung classics…”

François Couture

Titakti is one of the unsung classics in the catalog of electroacoustic label empreintes DIGITALes. A cycle of four works ranging from six to 21 minutes, it was created after Philippe Le Goff spent five years in the Arctic, more precisely in Nunavik (Québec), in a handful of villages lost in the Northwestern Territories (Canada), and on Coat Island and Baffin Island. The composer immersed himself in the culture, language and daily lives of Inuits. The resulting pieces are passionate tributes to a culture still very much anchored in tradition. Speech, singing and field recordings are paired with acousmatic sounds and occasional musical instruments to create truly cinematic works, like the actual sound track to a hidden movie.

Originally published by AllMusic.Read the full review on AllMusic

5 other reviews

Le Devoir

“Chut! Est-ce le vent? D’où viennent ce souffle dans la toundra, cette parole dans le froid? Fascination de l’environnement qui semble vide d’objet, qui se déploie tout d’un coup, plein de sens.”

Impact Campus

“Des images plein la tête…”

Hurly Burly

“Music conceived with very ambivalent aspects in which both the voice and the electronic fragments chosen for interacting with it are in constant motion.”

Revue & Corrigée

“Philippe Le Goff est de la nouvelle génération, de celle qui sait voir au-delà, qui sait qu’ailleurs existe et qui, éventuellement, veut en témoigner, comme par exemple les Kristoff K.Roll, Lionel Marchetti ou Dominique Petitgand.”

Splendid E-Zine

“Released as part of empreintes DIGITALes’ “bargain” range of electroacoustic CDs, Titakti provides a good opportunity to get your metaphorical feet wet in the less immediately musical aspects of electroacoustic composition.”