“Le jeu des contraintes tangibles: de quelques accidents passagers dans l’art sonore de Gilles Racot” par P.A.Castanet, entretien de Gilles Racot avec E.Gayou, “Introduction à l’écoute de Subgestuel” par Frédéric Kahn, catalogue des œuvres…
New edition with more texts. “Bernard Parmegiani, matière et continuité” par Régis Renouard-Larivière, entretien de Bernard Parmegiani avec Evelyne Gayou, “A propos de De Natura Sonorum” par Guy Reibel, “L’œil écoute”, commentaires analytiques de Philippe Mion et Jean Christophe Thomas, Parmegiani et le service de la recherche par Philippe Langlois, “La crème des hommes” par Bernard Fort, textes de Parmegiani, catalogue des œuvres.
Jean-Claude Risset, today considered one of the major pioneers of computer music, was born in France in 1938 and pursued simultaneous studies in music and science. In the 1960s he worked as a young researcher in the Bell Telephone Laboratories alongside the “father of computer music”, Max V. Mathews.
This book originally published in French presents recent articles by composers and musicologists, often published in English for the first time, concerning the aesthetic, ideas, repertory and career of JC Risset. Texts by Pierre-Albert Castanet, Olivier Meston, Daniel Teruggi, Fabien Lévy, Daniel Teruggi, Jean-Claude Rissetr, Pierre Couprie.
Avant-propos, by Pierre-Albert Castanet. “La recherche de François Bayle”, portrait de l’artiste” by Gianfranco Vinay. “Hasard et nécessité” entretien de François Bayle avec Evelyne Gayou. “Entrons dans Camera Oscura et son Labyrinthe avec l’auteur” par Jean-Christophe Thomas. “Camera oscura, regard sur l’œuvre et sa chorégraphie”, par Solange Barrachina. “Mes images” de François Bayle.
In french only. “Entretien avec Francis Dhomont “ by Évelyne Gayou, “Phénomènes” by François Bayle, “Charme discret du simulacre chez Francis Dhomont” by Jean-Christophe Thomas, “Du poétique au poïétique” by Francis Dhomont, “Points de fuite, analyse d’une errance existentielle” by Stephane Roy, “Types de sons et comportements sonores dans Novars” by Andrew Lewis, “ Forêt profonde - Fragment, implication et déflexion” by Anna Rubin, “ Pareil à un voyageur perdu” by Katharine Norman, “Catalogue des œuvres de Francis Dhomont” by Annette Vande Gorne, “Bibliographie - Discographie”.
English version. Interviews with Max Mathews by Evelyne Gayou, Max Mathews and the digital age, by Jean-Claude Risset, Max Mathews at Ircam, and afterwards, by Gerald Bennett, Max and Ccrma, by Chris Chafe and John Chowning, Max’s importantce to field of electroacoustic muysic, by Jon Appleton, Letkrowsky’s Will ‘SF short story), by Max Mathews, Annnotated Catalog of the writing of Max Mathews, by Marc Battier. Annotated Catalog of the musical compositions, by Max Mathews.
A book only in French about Eliane Radigue with texts from Emmanuel Holterbach, Thibaut de Ruyter, Lætitia Sonami, Éliane Radigue, Charles Curtis, Tom Johnson. List of works, records and films.
New edition from 2007. “Luc Ferrari: Mnemosyne mise à nu par P.A.Castanet, “Avec, de, sur… Entre” entretien de Luc Ferrari avec E.Gayou, “Les presque rien de Luc Ferrari” par D.Teruggi, “Entretien avec Luc Ferrari” par Tatjana Mehner, “Entretien avec Brunhild Meyer” par Évelyne Gayou, “Ferrari et le mot” par Radosveta Bruzaud, “L’escalier des aveugles: un hörspiel de Luc Ferrari”, par Andréa Cohen, “La dramatique de la vie même: Cellule 75” par Monika Lichtenfeld, catalogue, bibliographie, discographie.
In French only. About the meeting of instruments and electronic. Texts from Daniel Teruggi, John Back, Denis Dufour, Pierre Couprie, Gilles Racot, Bruno Bossis, Laurent Cuniot… under the direction of Marc Battier.
In French only. A book under the direection of Évelyne Gayou about the connections between technologies and teaching methods in electroacoustic musics. With texts by Claire Renard, François Delalande, Serge de Laubier, Vinvent Maestracci, Beatriz Ferreyra, Philippe Mion, Lucie Prod’omme, Christine Groult, Denis Dufour, Andrea Cohen, Francis Dhomont, Annette Vande Gorne, Laurent Pottier, Sébastien Béranger, Dominique Saint-Martin.
IN ENGLISH ONLY. “To celebrate the 50 years of the GRM founded by Pierre Schaeffer - and the 60th anniversary of musique concrète, this special issue of Polychrome Portraits is faithful to the collection’s usual format: a monoagraph that will be useful to all members of the artistic communityof today. Pierre Schaeffer was born on August 14, 1910 and died on August 19, 1995. A plural man with a singular career, he has managed to warn, surprise, shock, and invent. Neither a work of praise nor a history lesson, this little book aims at evocating the multiple, interdisciplinary Schaeffer, as he liked to introduce himself. Twenty-five recent and previously unpublished testimonies, some from foreign authors, take us back to the modernity and strength of the man’s ideas, along with his rich and complex personality.” Preface: Emmanuel Hoog, President & General Manager of Ina. Foreword: Évelyne Gayou. Authors: Pierre Shaeffer, Pierre Henry, Brian Kane, Réjean Beaucage, Marcus Erbe and Simon Grintsch, Martin Laliberté, Philippe Langlois, Jacques Perriault, Jean-Claude Risset, John Dack Rolf Inge Godøy, Jacqueline Schaeffer, Evelyne Gayou, François Bayle, Claude Guisard, Francis Coupigny, François Delalande, Beatriz Ferreyra, Roger Cochini, Nicolas Frize, Jean-Michel Jarre, Daniel Teruggi, Marie- Claire Schaeffer, Jocelyne Tournet.”
Introduction by Albert Castanet. “L’en-delà du concret, notes pour une physionomie musicale de Michel Chion” by Martin Kaltenecker. “Construire le temps alors même qu’il se fissure”, interview with Évelyne Gayou. “Les tentations de Michel Chion”, by Marie-Noëlle Moyal. “Pour une musique concrète “mdédiatiste” , by Michel Chion. “L’élève-Maître” by Pierre Schaeffer. Lettrers of Lionel Marchetti to Michel Chion etc
Special offer : if you buy this book, we will offer you the book from Lionel Marchetti “La musique concrète de Michel Chion”.
“Canicule” (2000), “Vicolo del divino amore”, “Action!”, “Platz”, “Encres”, “Manège” (2001). Bruno Chevillon : doublebasse with effects. Eric Échampard : drums, percussions. Benjamin de la Fuente : violin with effects. Samuel Sighicelli : sampler, piano.
“Manuel de résurrection” (1998) for soprano and keyboards, “Kassandra” (1977) for tape and orchestra, “Sopiana” (1980) for flute, piano and tape, “Amorgos” (1979) for 12 instruments and tape, “Moires” (1994) for string quartet and tape.
One 25 minute piece, from 1996. A State/CIRM commissioned work. "There is already music... of an Italian an character in this title! Sonare: l love this word because it is Italian and because upon hearing it, music simly springs forth from within it. For each of the 5 movements, I have chosen a pseudo-instrumental or synthesis sound which I sense will allow me to bring out its very essence to develop it until it is within the deepest levels of the soul, if the soul can at all be rendered accessible to such acoustic resonance!!! I had to imagine the most suitable interplay to bring out such ’intrinsic resonance’. Now of course, no interplay can be genuine unless certain freedoms are present within or inherent to it, the rule being that such an interplay should remain musical whilst the sounds, ’in a real context’ become linked to or opposed to each other. No combat, just interplay for its own sake, for itself alone, and at the same time, changes in contour, an opening or closing in the tone, range, patterns of rhythm, as if the work were a living being in itself which these creations in sound so often closely resemble, these same creations in sound, intended firstly for our ears but not only for our ears." B.Parmegiani.
Argentinian composer born in 1937, Beatriz Ferreyra is living and working in France since the sixties. She is famous for her incredible work of all sound examples for the Pierre Schaeffer’s “Solfège de l’objet sonore”. She is also a great tape player. “Dans un point infini” (2005), “L’autre rive” (2007), “Les larmes de l’inconnu” (2011), “Un fil invisible” (2009).
Bernard Parmegiani (1927 - 2013). CD1 with three previously unreleased pieces, “L’écho du miroir” (1980-2008), “Adagio” (1980), “Un arbre… c’était le mien!” (1987). CD2 with a large number of tapes of preparatory work for future musical compositions.