Yawar Fiesta
Annette Vande Gorne’s spatialized electroacoustic opera on a libretto by the poet Werner Lambersy, realized 2006-12: a condor against a bull in an Andean village, told through studio-recorded and transformed voices in 7.1 channels. Blu-ray audio.
Histoires d’Histoire
Paul Dolden’s maximalist take on ancient myths and tuning systems, 2012 to 2016: the five-movement Music of Another Present Era plus two pieces for soloist and tape with guitarist Maurizio Grandinetti and trumpeter Łukasz Gothszalk.
Je joue pour faire de la fumée L'image éconduite
Much needed release by one of most underrated French electro-acoustic genius, Philippe Mion assembles here a delicious collection of electronic and acoustic sounds, and interleaves them in ways that might be described as fugal. The texture is rich and complex, and yet spare enough to enable each sound combination to be enjoyed to the fullest. This double set features the legendary L'Image Éconduite composition, that was originally a 70-minute composition on 4-track tape (that was trimmed to 57 m…
Nécropolis
Four multichannel works by Åke Parmerud from 2005 to 2011, commissioned by the GRM, IMEB and ZKM: a blind person’s dreams, the crystal glasses of his parents’ parties, four voices from around the world, and a catacomb of decaying masterpieces.
Growl
Five works by Åke Parmerud from 2004 to 2015 that push acousmatic music towards techno, noise and metal: machine sounds, a vinyl crackle piece for the ZKM Klangdom, New Zealand birds, and a choir of four metal growlers.
Grm works
Restocked. Argentine electroacoustic composer Beatriz Ferreyra describes each of the pieces included on GRM Works: Demeures aquatiques (1967): "This electroacoustic piece, articulated into two clearly distinct parts, draws its sound source from the classical and unorthodox instruments -- metal sheets, glass rods, etc. -- invented by the Baschet brothers. I wanted to show the contrast between the rhythmic repetition of a sounding object, which gives out a feeling of fixity, an electroacoustic…
Brainnectar
Brainnectar is Rudolf Eb.er's most developed program to date, combining psychodynamic audio-environments built from specific nature-sounds and extreme acoustics, often including ecstatic elements on instruments of shamanic origin. Binaural beats as well as isochronic tones stimulate a direct neural reaction to this unique and unheard audio-art. In addition, the grand lady of japanese extreme music - screamvocalist Junko Hiroshige (Hijokaidan) - participates on several tracks throughout this doub…
Traces Three
Recollection GRM, a label within the Editions Mego family of labels, offers a third selection from the vast archives of Groupe De Recherches Musicales (GRM). The main idea behind the Traces series is to excavate short, forgotten or ignored pieces of music from the GRM Archives. This third volume, gathering pieces from before 1980, features the works of four composers from very different geographical and musical backgrounds. In addition to echoing the extraordinary vitality of musical experim…
L' Oeil Ecoute / Dedans - Dehors
2014 Repress. Third release on the newly minted eMego offshoot Recollection GRM, two pieces realized by Bernard Parmegiani in 1970. The former is full of negative space and low, coiling drones. For listeners whose only exposure to GRM came in the form of the first two installments in the Recollection GRM catalog, this material will come across as much less frenetic and more cinematic, particularly the beautiful, cosmic landscapes that make up the middle portion of the A-side. "Dedans-Deho…
Traces Two
2014 repress, Recollections GRM presents four "forgotten" and compelling electro-acoustic pieces from the institute's world famous archive. Recollection GRM, a label within the Editions Mego family of labels, offers a second selection from the vast archives of Groupe De Recherches Musicales (GRM). "The idea of the Traces series is to unearth from the GRM Archives short, forgotten, or ignored pieces of music. This second volume, which gathers works prior to 1976, features the 'early' works of f…
Traces One
Another indispensable glimpse into the GRM archive courtesy of the mighty Editions Mego, 2014 repress. Beatriz Ferreyra's "L' Orvietan" (1970) is a work composed of two separate movements, the first drawing from electronic sounds, the second from concrète ones. These two sources do not meet, but tend equally towards sound antagonism and a complementarity of spirit. Philippe Carson Turmac's (1961) was created from machine-sounds from the Stuyvesant factories (Holland). Three movements foll…
Travaux Mécaniques
Five works by Nicolas Bernier from 2005 to 2011 made from old machines: typewriters and William S Burroughs’ cut-up method, gears from cameras, projectors and music boxes, a carpenter-built machine of cogs and levers. DVD-Audio.
L'experience acoustique
Francois Bayle's 'L'Experience Acoustique', Realised between 1966-1972 using the best technology available at the time, this 2 hour opus, powerful and immense in its scope, which explores a universe of electronic sounds and sound relationships. It's an investigation of acoustic sound at its purest levels and borders on psychedelic in effect. Chopping material from the world around him, manipulating it and juxtaposing against other, unlikely sources with illusive sleight-of-hand and haptic te…
Granular Modality
In many respects Earl Howard’s (b. 1951) music is an anomaly that resists categorization and the seductiveness of genre. He is an important force in improvised music and yet his work employs complex structures and rigorous transitions of sound and texture. His electro-acoustic music is realized with a K-2600 Kurzweil that for Howard is not merely a keyboard synthesizer but an open system, a computer with a most effective interface with modules and a key map that enable more freedom in the compos…
Granulations-Sillages / Franges du Signe
Another remarkable reissue from the hallowed GRM (Groupe de Recherche Musciales) archive in Paris - home to some of the world's most fascinating, advanced electronic music research. The 2nd GRM Recollection was realised in 1974 and 1976 by Guy Reibel (1936, Strasbourg, France), the first assistant to Pierre Schaeffer during his electroacoustic composition courses at the Conservatoire de Paris and a member of GRM from 1963 to 1983. Housed in sleeve designed by Stephen O'Malley,. Cut to vin…
Bouteilles de Klein
Natasha Barrett’s concert works and remixed installations from 2003 to 2008, from hydrophones at a Norwegian glacier and a 2000-geophone seismic recording to a cello piece with Tanja Orning, in stereo, surround and binaural mixes across two discs. DVD-Audio.
(60) Project
A single 60-minute piece assembled by Monty Adkins at the Ina-GRM in 2008 from sounds sent by 66 composers and sound artists, from François Bayle and Francis Dhomont to Fennesz, Tim Hecker and Christina Kubisch, for the 60th anniversary of musique concrète.
Interstices
Eight acousmatic works by the Belgian composer Ingrid Drese from 1996 to 2008, nearly 110 minutes in all, including the Ina-GRM commission Sept œils sauvages with texts by Marc Jaffeux and the octophonic Horloge à feu. DVD-Audio.
Centre Bridge: Electroacoustic Works
First complete disc of Frances White's electroacoustic works, five first recordings for electronic sound alone or with viola, double bass, shakuhachi and string quintet, inspired by a bridge over the Delaware River.
Musiques Naïves
Six works from 1986 to 1994 in which Yves Daoust turns everyday sounds and borrowed classics into music: Chopin recorded note by note, Schubert under Radio-Canada archives, Montréal church bells and dripping icicles.