Cinque tracce in cui la viola da gamba di Pierre-Yves Martel e il violino di Chris Bartos accompagnano i detriti orchestrati da Nicolas Bernier. Un’intesa miracolosa che genera un lavoro spettacolare in cui le corde inciampano in melodie senza tempo prima di rantolare in vicoli senza luce. “Line (A)â€, la seconda traccia in scaletta, è …
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Dei diapason. Guide quasi morali. Le “linee†a cui fa riferimento il titolo del nuovo suggestivo lavoro di Nicolas Bernier sono “tuning forkâ€, strumenti di accordatura e curiosi spiriti di metallo che riproducono un “puro tonoâ€, a cui anelare. Per un anno e mezzo (settembre 2008-febbraio 2010), Nicolas ha seguito la fascinazione di ciò che …
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Auch hier geht es um den Konnex zwischen Audio und spezifischen Räumen. Die 7 Stücke bilden sich um field recordings aus konkreten französischen Orten, in denen es um Transport geht: Bahnhöfe, Häfen, Parkplätze und Transit-Areale. Die Klangerfahrungen werden verdichtet und in Innenräumen zu einem Ambient verdichtet, der Fragen nach Raum und Verortung von Klang stellen …
Nicolas Bernier is another modern composer, based in Montreal. On Strings.Lines (CRÓNICA 053) we hear five compositions of his played by Pierre Yves-Martel and Chris Bartos, on the viola da gamba and violin respectively. At the heart of these works resides an obsession with perfect pitch, as manifested by that simple device the tuning fork; …
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Im Spannungsfeld von improvisierter und elektroakustischer Neuer Musik warten weiterhin derart viele Perlen auf ihre Entdeckung, dass man nur hoffen kann, dass zumindest ein Teil der Akteure irgendwann einmal die Einsicht ereilt, dass der Schritt aus dem selbst errichteten Elfenbeinturm an eine Öffentlichkeit jenseits eines hochspezialisierten Publikums eine sinnvolle Entscheidung wäre. Ein aktuelles und gutes …
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2010 saw the release of Mathias Delplanques’ Passeports, a study in the sounds of transportation. Using a combination of field recordings of various transit (harbors, planes and train stations) woven together with various organic, electronic and domestic sounds; Delplanque composes a hymn to movement. The seven pieces represented here are Passeport 1 through 7; each …
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It’s only a few weeks ago that I reviewed ‘Courant.Air’ (see Vital Weekly 758) by Bernier, and while not bad, also perhaps not entirely satisfying either, and perhaps being made too quickly. Here on ‘Strings.Lines’ he moves away from the guitar, in favor of a new love (since 2007 actually) for tuning forks, of which …
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“The Mediterranean Drift†is a free download from Crónica. via Les Passions de Fab
A ne pas confondre avec le compositeur du XVIIIème du même nom. Ce musicien de musique électro acoustique québécois excèle dans les performances sonores, les installations et la vidéo. Collectionneur d’anciennes machines à écrire et de diapasons (dont certains atteignent les limites de l’oreille humaine), il a su créer son univers musical très personnel, utilisant …
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