{"id":3829,"date":"2010-09-15T09:13:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T08:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2017-01-08T20:34:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T19:34:58","slug":"passeports-reviewed-by-cyclic-defrost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=3829","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Passeports\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Cyclic Defrost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cronicaelectronica.org\/img\/cat\/048-2010-b.jpg\" alt=\"Passeports\" \/><br \/>\nAs the title implies Passeports by Matias Delplanque is concerned with geography, particularly locis of transport \u00e2\u20ac\u201c train stations, harbours, parking lots \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the cities of Nantes, Lille and Dieppe, France. Delplanque works by processing field recordings from these locations, softening them into gauzy, cushioned blurs, identifiable traces peeking through the haze. Elements of Delplanque\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s domestic environment intermingle with the outdoor material, so the clink of cutlery, stationary, and family footsteps cross paths with motor hum and wind.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Delplanque\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s way with processing, his ability to locate and extract a form of wispy wistfulness from his sources, that makes Passeports such a compelling album. Despite this intervention the integrity of his sources remains intact, and the impact is comparable to the editing of Francisco Lopez. In \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPasseport 1 (Nantes)\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 the abstract din of external sound slowly escalates in volume, like a slow fade in cinema, or the gradual opening of a theatrical curtain. This reveals a quiet rumble, possibly a plane taking off, amid the whispered rattle of close objects and oscillating waves of smoky drone. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPasseport 2 (Lille)\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 employs the same technique to the sound of rain, as passing cars (possibly) speed by on an overhead bridge. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPasseport 5 (Lille)\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sounds somehow sadder, streaming waves of sand growling like Flying Saucer Attack. The final \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPasseport 7 (Nantes)\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 involves more staccato sounds, sparse droplets and indistinct chirrups, all popping like Pole on summer-camp, before dense streams of chattering voices intrude \u00e2\u20ac\u201c sourced from a call centre in New Delhi. This reveals even greater depths to Delplanque\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s compositional approach. <em>Joshua Meggitt<\/em><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclicdefrost.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/13\/matias-delplanque-passeports-cronica\/\">Cyclic Defrost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the title implies Passeports by Matias Delplanque is concerned with geography, particularly locis of transport \u00e2\u20ac\u201c train stations, harbours, parking lots \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the cities of Nantes, Lille and Dieppe, France. Delplanque works by processing field recordings from these locations, softening them into gauzy, cushioned blurs, identifiable traces peeking through the haze. Elements of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=3829\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Passeports\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Cyclic Defrost&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[392,96],"class_list":["post-3829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-392","tag-mathias-delplanque","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3829"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8824,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829\/revisions\/8824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}