(Catalogue no. 12551)
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| Title: |
Aizier St. Martin-Sur-Mer Dieppe |
| Artist: |
Afflux |
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CD |
| Price: |
€ 16.00 |
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Title Description:
Featuring Eric La Casa (processing, contact microphone recording), Eric Cordier (long string recording devices, mixing), and Jean Luc Guionnet (condenser & contact microphone recordings, filtering, processing, mixing). Afflux employs an on-site electroacoustic device in order to work out a set of live interactions with the site. The device connects the three improvisers to the place at the same time. This set of connections creates an infinite interplay of interactions and possibilities. The device is basically founded upon a principle of circulation. The recordings of the environment and devices interacting with the elements: wind, water, etc. are filtered and mixed live by one protagonist. The mix is then broadcast to the other two protagonists (through headphones) who can interact with inflections, altering the course of what is recorded. An inflection may simply consist of triggering and processing sounds through controlling the acoustic parameters. It is thus possible to achieve a system of circulating sound creation where the interaction network is growing ever more complex as the sound data is traveling through it. At that point the sound is not so much circulating as becoming an ever-moving flow. The sites are selected according to the circulatory principle: streams, ports, stations, railroads. In this instance the three sites in the Normandy area (each involving a great deal with the water of the sea) find the trio encountering some intermittent heavy weather. Passing rain showers, rising tides, flowing drains, and even communications from a maritime navigation post play heavily into the soundscape, which is a shimmering electroacoustic atmosphere of vibrating strings, rushing water, and crisp, windswept ambience. Packaged immaculately in a hand-assembled gatefold sleeve with 12 page booklet and numerous color and b&w photographs.
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