OBJETS SONORES
- Sounds Objects -

Two pieces of this album has been broadcasted on France Musique.

Electro-acoustic works for piano and cello.
In this 2nd record, I explore the sounds of the piano and the cello, intruments that I like particularly. Instead of using any kind of music theory rules, here the instrument is considerd as a simple « sound object ».

[1] Cosmogonie (for 16 tracks of cello) 22'10

The first step was to create a set of various sounds using different techniques to play: noisy (play on the bridge), squeaky (play on the tuners or near the nut), without generator (ponticello), with the wood of the bow... Then to compose...
The result evokes in me a kind of cosmogony: a certain harmony emerging slowly from original chaos. « Accidents » occur. Finally this harmony evolves irremediably to the disorder and the destruction.

[2] Ambitus(1) (for virtual piano) 21'26

paramètres de contrôle du flux midi

1: Gushing - 2: Turbulences - 3: Sinking- 4: Cataclysm

Listening to some works of serial music (such as Sur Incises from P. Boulez) gave me the idea to compose not with notes but with « flows of notes » whose melody would be completely random.
Thus, the first step was to elaborate several kinds of flows with various characteristics in term of ambitus, intensity and tempo (null, weak, strong, variable, constant, explosive, equally spread). Then, I composed, using this new sound material.

(1) Ambitus = distance between highest and lowest note in a melody.

[3] Au double archet (pour deux violoncelles) 6'25 - With double bow (for two cello) -

The double bow allows me to associate/oppose at the same time conventional sounds and squeakier sounds (obtained by playing on the tuners).

[4] Homophonie (for piano and synthesizer) 11'26

mixage piano et synthétiseurs

I think to Giacinto Scelsi who played during several hours the same note of piano, to immerse on his listening... Starting with a simple note from the piano (in fact a chord A-1/A0) and destroying insidiously this subtle balance using the synthesizer: modifications of the enveloppes and of the harmonic contents until the most excessives sound combinations... this was the idea...

[5] London 1848 (for real piano) 4'04

technique de jeu

Small electro-acoustic work using my piano, manufactured in London in 1848.

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