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CD: L'Oeuvre Musicale The complete works of Pierre Schaeffer
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Pierre Schaeffer - l'Oeuvre Musicale

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- the complete works of Pierre Schaeffer is back! Following a huge demand, GRM have re-issued this collection of works in a 3 CD boxed set. This is a superb compilation of the music of the 'father of electroacoustic music'. A must have for any electroacoustic library!
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New from Digital Music Archives - Download a continually expanding catalogue of electroacoustic music tracks!
You can now download a selection of single tracks of music from our website. All the tracks are encoded as top quality MP3s at 320k. All you have to do is go to our tracks page, add the ones you want to your shopping cart, and you will be presented with a webpage with links to the tracks as soon as your credit card payment has been authorised. You will also be sent an email with the links and a seven day period to download the tracks.
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We now stock a selection of the best electroacoustic CDs from the GRM Catalog, both historic and new - Electroacoustic Classics from Pierre SchaefferPierre Henry Xenakis Luc Ferrari and  Jean-Claude Risset are just some of the new offerings.
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Pierre Henry says of Labyrinthe - "For the first time during my journey and ventures into the world of creation, I dreamt of a breath of fresh air deriving from the electronic realm." This CD is a real retrospective of this pioneer of electronic music.
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Our UK Event Listings service is now online....

We now have a listings page for concerts, festivals, conferences and workshops of electroacoustic music in the UK. We hope it will soon be the place to check up on whats happening and where. Its already up and running - click here! to check it out.
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Looking for a course in electroacoustic composition? - Try our links page for some of the best places in the UK. You'll also find links to organisations and institutes all over the world.

Think we've missed out on something? Email us at links@digital-music-archives.com and let us know.
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Parmegiani

We are fans of Bernard Parmegiani and so we now have all six of his CDs in stock. If you don't know his music, we recommend that you make an acqaintence with it by listening to some clips and reading the comprehensive notes which we have on the site. Click here for links to his biography and all his CDs.
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Composed between January - July 1998, REALM is concerned with the creation and manipulation of loops which vary greatly in size from rapid small grains to larger, slower moving textures. Vincent is an outstanding composer and performer - don't miss this!
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This is the first album devoted to the compositions of Roger Dean. Most are acousmatic works - Sono Va in contrast, is a work for live performer
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Two classic electroacoustic compositions from the 1960's by Pauline Oliveros, a pioneer of the genre - Alien Bog (1967) and Beautiful Soop (1966). This Cd is both an historical document and a musical feast.
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Three pieces by Roger Reynolds for acoustic instruments and live electronics: ..the serpent snapping eye, Ping and Traces.
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This CD is a unique and incredibly evocative weaving of words, music and sonic textures that brings to life this fiery Russian tale.The recording is faithful to the live performance
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Camera Oscura (1976) reflects an organic conception of the whole: not that which studies anatomy, but that of the botanists in the tradition of Goethe, i. e. observing a phenomenon in situ, globally, from the perceptions we have of the phenomenon.
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Trevor Wishart's says about his amazing piece 'Globalalia' - In Glabalalia I wanted to celebrate speech as something that binds us all together as human beings.Also on this CD, works by Rashad Becker and Haswell and Hecker.
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Francis Dhomont is arguably the greatest living composer of electroacoustic music. Five-time winner at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (France), he has received numerous other international awards. A superb CD.
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This Cycle celebrates sound (a major discovery of the twentieth century) and concrete music. It is a fiftieth-anniversary homage to the inventiveness of Pierre Schaeffer, who clearly created an upheaval in the world of music that has had no precedent.
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Parmegiani writes: With De Natura Sonorum I have begun a new period. After experimenting with the relation between the sound material and the form of its development, I have become interested in the writing of sounds…
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Electronic and Concrete music composed between 1953 - 1960 by the father of Swedish electronic music. Rune Lindblad (1923-1991) freely moved between the French Musique Concrete and German 'oscillator' music as is evident on this rare CD.
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This CD of works by the Belgian composer Leo Kupper is as beautiful as it is subtle. The first 2 works, for Santur and Guitarra Cubana explore the sonic qualities of these instruments. The last two works feature the voice. A meditative experience.
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This CD of Xenakis' electronic music includes the main works from his 1st period (1957-1962), - Diamorphoses, Concert PH, Orient-Occident - one from his 2nd, (1969-1977) - Hibiki-Hana-Ma -and one from his last - S.709. A must for Xenakis fans!
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Risset is known as one of the main pioneers of computer music, together with Max Mathews and John Chowning. This CD contains 5 works - Avel, Invisible Irene and Elementa.(tape) Lurai, (Celtic Harp and Computer) and Trois Etudes en duo, (Interactive piano)
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Jonty Harrison's …et ainsi de suite… is joined on this CD by Horacio Vaggione's and Trevor Wishart's extended variations on Harrison's original material. A unique opportunity to hear 3 different composers' take on the same source material.
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The music of Graham Bowers is unique in its combination of classical and electronic - everchanging soundscapes and textures integrated into a fascinating structure.
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Bayle says of 'Fabulae' (1992): "Thus an imaginary curtain rises on 4 scenes, each with a short simple title, which is cutious, open and is the pretext for a broad interpretation. Can we put forward a meaning?
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This 3-movement, secular oratorio explores our collective and individual experience of the mass industrial society in which we live, through the medium of the human voice.
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Forêt profonde (Deep Forest) is an acousmatic melodrama, based on Bruno Bettelheim’s essay The Uses of Enchantment of which this is the third version; an extensively modified version, almost double in length compared to earlier versions.
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Three works from the 70's on this CD: Granualtions - Sillages (1976) develops the idea of extreme times, at the limits of our faculties of perception; Franges du signe (1973) the notion of 'limits' is explored; and 'Signal sur bruit (1973).
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GRM is celebrating their 50th anniversary with this collection of 5 CDs which contains works by almost all the composers who have worked there. A veritable Who's Who of electroacoustic music!
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The soprano Frances Lynch is the soloist on this wonderful CD of Viñao's music. Three of the four pieces are for soprano and computer, the fourth is GO, for tape. Viñao is a superb composer - if you don't know his music, try this CD
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'Impacts intérieurs' is a newly released and remastered CD of music by Denis Smalley: Valley Flow (1991-2), Piano Nets (1990-1), Wind Chimes (1987), Clarinet Threads (1985) and Darkness After Time’s Colours (1976).
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Natasha Barrett's wonderful new CD straddles the worlds of sound ecology and electroacoustic composition - Three Fictions (2000), Displaced, Replaced, (2001), Red Snow (1998 rev. 2001) The Utility of Space (2000), and Industrial Revelations (2001)
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Just released, this is the latest CD of music by Francis Dhomont. The title Jalons (Milestones) was taken from surveying because this disc surveys a musical landscape that extends over a space of fifteen years.
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Jeita, or Waters Murmur is a reworked version of one of Bayle's earliest pieces (from 1970). One of Bayle's great qualities is his ability to make 'musique concrete' sound like a live performance - something which is very evident on this CD.
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Natasha Barret's latest CD comes in 2 versions - in 5.1 surround sound and as a standard stereo CD. 3 new works - …fetters…, Prince Prospero's Party and Explorato Invisibilis.
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We are great fans of Parmegiani - his music, while excellently crafted and produced, manages to take you on a musical journey that is totally involving from start to finish. If you are not familiar with his music, here's your chance!
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A new release from GRM of the complete electronic works of Luc Ferrari on 10 CDs. Everything from early works like 'Étude aux accidents' (1958) to his most recent music. Must have for any electroacoustic library.
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The complete works of Pierre Schaeffer, who almost single handedly laid the foundations of the art of electroacoustic music, on 3 CDs, and including collaborative works with Pierre Henry. A unique collection of electroacoustic classics.
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This 12 CD contains Parmegiani's complete oeuvre of Electronic Works. Comes with 92 page booklet incl. photos and commentary
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18 tracks of 'musiques concrêtes' my Michel Chion composed between 1971 - 1997. Chion is one of the central figures of electroacoustic composition and is a magnificent composer
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Parmegiani's musical description of the creation takes us from "white noises" in Black Light, through timbred and accentuated vibrated sounds in "Metamorphosis of the Void" to a more concrete and organised world in "Sign of Life". Parmegiani at his best!
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The three works on this CD cover three periods in Bayles output - Trois rèves d'oiseau (1963 - 71), 'La forme de l'esprit est un papillon (2002 - 2004) and 'Minamenta' from 1989.
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La forme du temps est un cercle (Time’s form is a circle), Francois Bayles most recent acousmatic poem invites the listener to explore time in its various states, in five passages” through very rich poetic philosophical sound images
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3 works by Parmegiani on this CD - Capture éphémère (Fleeting Capture) (1967), Sons/jeu (Sounds/play) (1987) and La mémoire des Sons (Memory of Sounds) (2001).
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3 electroacoustic pieces by the Greek composer Theodore Lotis - the first La Mer is in 2 movts. - 'Blue' and 'Profonde'; the 2nd 'Le Grain de Bruxelles' is a commission of Musiques & Recherches, Belgium. Click on the More Info button for MP3 versions.
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Pierre Henry says of Labyrinthe - "For the first time during my journey and ventures into the world of creation, I dreamt of a breath of fresh air deriving from the electronic realm." Ten amazing tracks from this pioneer of electronic music.
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The four works on this CD by Francis Dhomont play with diversion. The diversion: of musical discourse in Novars, of sound sources in Chiaroscuro, of sensory perception (synesthesia) in Météores (Meteors), and of nature in Signé Dionysos
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The gathering of sounds that surround us, sounds that interact with us constantly and their transformation through electronic means are the fundamental characteristics that bind the works that are presented on this CD. 5 superb tracks!
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Two works by Bayle on this CD: The first, 'Morceaux de Ciele' (1997) is dedicated to Stockhausen and calls to mind the early successes of electroacoustic music. The second is Theâtre d'Ombers (1988).
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Mother Tongue includes a selection of works from Miranda's research into exploring new possibilities and technologies for composing with voice
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nerve8 is a composers' collective dedicated to bringing sonic art to new audiences in alternative venues. Their works utilise the latest digital techniques for manipulating and transforming sounds
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Three pioneering works by Oliveros from 1966 and 1967 - No Mo and Something Else were created with Lafayette tone generators, noise source and tape delay, Bog Road with a Buchla Series 100 box. One of our favorite 'Early Music' CDs
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Volume 2 of the music of Rune Lindblad (1923-1991). This CD consists of the remainder of the long out of print Radium double LP. (see Death of the Moon for Vol 1) These works cover the period 1962-1988.
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The music of Graham Bowers is unique in its combination of classical and electronic - everchanging soundscapes and textures integrated into a fascinating structure.
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Three pieces by Michel Chion, composer of musique concrète, video and film maker, creator of audio visual theatre, writer and teacher. Sambas for a Rainy Day (1985), The Time-Killing Machine (1972) and You Can't Stop Regrets (1975)
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The music of Graham Bowers is unique in its combination of classical and electronic - everchanging soundscapes and textures integrated into a fascinating structure.
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This CD contains Parmegianies latest work from 2006. Plain-Temps is a suite of 3 compositions - Le Présent Composé (2006), Entre-temps (1992) and Plain-Temps (1993) He says: "…my sounds are now linked to the times of my life - present, past and future"
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It is Patrick Ascione who perhaps first formulated the idea that electroacoustic music—employing magnetic tape or other supporting media—was comparable to a painting in sound.
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The 24 préludes à la vie are part of a series of works whose purpose is to illustrate the resources of musique concrête
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Presence II presents 34 compositions from 32 composers from 11 different countries on this double CD from the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) and is a testament to the quality of production from such a wide and diverse community.
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A stunning CD by this Australian group who incorporate live sampling and sequencing,computer interactive networked performing and manipulation of improvised sounds. Roger Dean - kybds, comp; Sandy Evans - sax, wind contr; Greg White - comp, sound manip.
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Luc Ferrari is a remarkable electronic music pioneer. As director of GRM (1959/60) he worked closely with Pierre Schaeffer, who coined the term 'Musique Concrete' This CD contains 4 works - Music Promenade (1970) and Presque rien 1, 2 and avec fille.
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It is Patrick Ascione who perhaps first formulated the idea that electroacoustic music—employing magnetic tape or other supporting media—was comparable to a painting in sound.
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A seminal work from 1977 created on analogue equipment - a stunning piece of music which demonstrates the art of transformation. Now re-issued on CD, you can read and hear how this work was put together by clicking on the More Info button below.
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Retransmision is a collective creation based on Antonin Artaud's radiophonic work entitled 'To have done with the judgement of God' in which performer's musical gestures are integrated into the composition.
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5 pieces by this outstanding young composer - Earth Haze (1996), Puzzle Wood (1994), Imago (1995) with Ben Harlan - Clarinet and Hanna Marshall - Cello, Racing Unseen (1996) and Swaying to See (1995)
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A wonderful new album by this composer - one 45 minute track with sensitive and subtle changes of texture and atmosphere - highly recommended
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Six Japanes Gardens and Trois Riviers are twin works for percussion and electronic instruments, composed in Tokyo in 1993. Saariaho is a Finnish composer who has lived and worked in France for many years and is internationally renowned.
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In 1958, François Bayle joined GRM and Pierre Schaeffer, eventually becoming Director of the merged INA-GRM until 1997. This works on this double CD of 'Son Vitesse Lumière' were composed between 1981 - 1985.
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This CD contains one work - Sonare - a commission from CIRM in five movements. Parmegiani writes: "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.
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In our opinion, John Levack Drever is one of the finest of the emerging generation of electroacoustic composers. This CD-R contains 8 tracks of really outstanding music. Available also as individual MP3 tracks.
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This CD by Robert Mackay, prize winner at the International Electroacoustic Music competition (Bourges, 1997) is exceptional - 5 pieces of superb quality and depth.
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Sounding Dartmoor is an environmentally orientated public arts project taking the sounds of Dartmoor as its field of enquiry. 33 tracks of sounds from this magic place!
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This CD covers a wide spectrum of Denis Smalley's output from Pentes (1974) through Tides (1984), Empty Vessels (1999) and Base Metals (2000)
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The 8 sections of this work by Dhomont were inspired by the writings of Ronald D Laing - the texts are borrowed from the 'Politics of Experience', 'Knots', and especially 'The Divided Self'.
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Sound permeates every space, and music is one way to coordinate and organize it. “SPACE WITHIN” aims to generate emotions by exploring the relationships between human beings and computer generated sound material. These works span 1999 - 2002.
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Internationally renowned Ros Bandt brings to life the inner and outer sonic possibilities gleaned from the massive Melbourne city stack. A brilliant 60 minute electroacoustic work.
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A collection of pieces exploring the two opposing approaches of studio produced electronic compositions and live electronics. Composers include Michael Edwards, Arteom Dennisov, Karlheinz Essl, Gerhard Winkler and Achim Bornhoft.
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Risset is known as one of the main pioneers of computer music, together with Max Mathews and John Chowning. This CD contains 4 works - Sud (1985), Dialogues (1975), Inharmonique (1977) and Mutations (1969)
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TAO is a series of 5 pieces composed in collaboration with Musiques and Recherches - Water - First Element (1984), Fire - Second Element(1986), Wood - Third Element (1986), Metal - Fourth Element (1983), Earth - Fifth Element (1991)
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Luc Ferrari is a remarkable electronic music pioneer. As director of GRM (1959/60) he worked closely with Pierre Schaeffer, who coined the term 'Musique Concrete' This CD contains 7 of his most famous works composed between 1958 and 1966.
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The six pieces which make up The Vox Cycle are a landmark in contemporary vocal composition and Vox 5 in particular, is widely recognised as one of the classics of electro-acoustic music
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Akemi Ishijima is simply one of the most talented young composers of electroacoustic music we have come across. Exceptional sensitivity on both the pieces on this CD make this a must.
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Westerkamp's work combines poetry, texts, spoken voice and sounds/music - on this CD: A Walk through the City (1981), Fantasie for Horns II (1979), Kits Beach Soundwalk (1989), Cricket Voice (1987) and Beneath the Forest Floor (1992)
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The music of Graham Bowers is unique in its combination of classical and electronic - everchanging soundscapes and textures integrated into a fascinating structure.
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A superb collection of electroacoustic music from Argentina - Schachter 'Tiempo Quebrado', Dal Farra 'Due Giorni Dopo' and 'Ashram', Fumarola 'Callejuelas' and 'El Peregrinar de la Arana', Iglesias-Rossi 'Ascencion', and Cromberg 'Marimbagenes'
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"My music runs without stopping, and at a vertiginous speed. The architecture is simultaneity." This is a recording of a live performance: one member of a set of possible solutions. Vertebra is a computer program, an environmental construction, a scaffold
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A unique album by this Spanish composer who creates textures and shapes out of repetitive loops and phrases. Well worth investigating!
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Parmegiani says of the works on the first of this double CD set: "They are from the sewing age - a period during which scissors helped us to calibrate sounds and silences" The second CD is representative of a new era where the mouse replaced the scissors.
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This new CD of music by Trevor Wishart presents different approaches to the human voice - another tour de force from this great composer and master of vocal transformations. Just released and essential listening.
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Five electroacoustic works for tape by the Greek composer Stelios Giannoulakis - Zrrraam! (4'57"), The Way In (14'14"), Love Raga (5'36"), The Maze (12'06"), Jam Trace (2'08") Click on the More Info button for MP3 versions of all the tracks.
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Featured Artist
Stelios Giannoulakis
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Fast and articulate sonic theatre. Transcendentally elegant journeys with strong contrasts and playful transformations, games of tension and resonance.

Giannoulakis is an engineer, composer, sound designer and instrumentalist based in Athens, Greece. He studied Electronic and Biomedical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, took an MA in Digital Music Technology at the University of Keele with Mike Vaughan and Rajmil Fishman and a Ph.D. in Electroacoustic Composition at the University of Wales Bangor with Andrew Lewis.
Composition with recorded sound, free improvisation, collaborations with other musicians and visual artists. Music and sound design for installations, dance, theater. Performing on electric guitar, percussion, didjeridoo, trumpet, synthesizers and self-made instruments in acousmatic-funk-samba-reggae-dub-noise-fusion projects.

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