Author Archives: Miguel Carvalhais

Retour au quotidien, ou presque, de la noise en music en compagnie d’un habitué des lieux, le toujours habile Mathias Delplanque. Alors que ses Chutes de 2013 ne nous avaient que moyennement convaincus, pour ne pas dire autre chose, le cru 2014 du producteur français est d’un tout autre acabit. Tout en jouant avec les …

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This project took place in Cholet (in the Maine-et-Loire department, France) between 2008 and 2014, associating an artist, Mathias Delplanque, with students in a technical school there. Some of the sounds were recorded in the local textile museum (Cholet has a tradition in this industry, specifically in the making of handkerchiefs). Resonances and rhythmic regularity …

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Con una discografia a proprio nome di elevato pregio, preziosi “La Plinthe”, “Parcelles 1-10” e “Passports”, Mathias Delplanque in “Transmissions”, alla maniera che fu di Jean-Marc Vivenza, registra il canto di macchine in azione. Pur lungi dal suggerire visione postmoderna invariabilmente catastrofista, Mathias coglie l’armonia meccanica non come esplicitazione di una inesorabile e infallibile potenza …

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