Le travail de Nicolas Bernier se situe aux confins de l’expérience électronique et des limites acoustiques, là où la résonance électroacoustique des sons induit généralement des frontières sonores floues, des lignes de rencontres fascinantes, et des jeux de perceptions le plus souvent altérées par le caractère ténu ou microtonal des fréquences explorées. Pour strings.lines, le …
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“strings.lines†reviewed by The Milk Factory
Nicolas Bernier’s passion for sound and for beautiful and intricate structures earned him a honorary mention from the Prix Ars Electronica two years ago for his debut album, Les Arbres. This record was in no way Bernier’s first foray onto the music scene, but until then, his work has mainly constituted of collaborative efforts and …
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“Crónica L†reviewed by Cyclic Defrost
Cronica celebrates their 50th release with L, a compilation pairing 18 Cronica artists into collaborations. This results in 9 new compositions, exploring various facets of the label’s approach to hazy, electro-acoustic sound art. While it’s difficult to pin Cronica down to a distinct sound, the artists here chiefly work in drones, in which field recording …
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“strings.lines†reviewed by Cyclic Defrost
Nicolas Bernier’s Strings.Lines uses tuning forks, violin and viola de gamba to produce music that effortlessly evokes early music and also the future. Bernier has these ancient instruments weave slow, graceful, often pained patterns akin to the trio sonatas of baroque composers, but pits these against extreme high and low sustained tones from the tuning …
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“strings.lines†reviewed by Rockerilla
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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“strings.lines†reviewed by Sentire Ascoltare
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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“Passeports†reviewed by Terz
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 …
“strings.lines†reviewed by The Sound Projector
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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“strings.lines†reviewed by Sonic Seducer
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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“Passeports†reviewed by Musique Machine
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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