LPH 064 - iConcerts - presented by Reséaux (1997-2003)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2016; #064]


01. Ned Bouhalassa - Constamment (autoportrait) (1997)
02. Francis Dhomont - Les moirures du temps (1999-2000)
03. Randall Smith - The Unmoved Centre (1997)
04. Christian Calon - Sémaphore-Nord (1997)
05. Monique Jean - Danse de l’enfant esseulée (1999)
06. Marc Tremblay - Musique pour un appartement meublé (1999)
07. Alain Gauthier - Course-Métrage (2001)
08. Elainie Lillios - Backroads (2002)
09. Éric Rocheleau - Continuo (2001)
10. Stéphane Roy - Trois petites histoires concrètes (1998)
11. Paul Dolden - Twilight’s Ritual Incantations (1998-99)
12. Julien Roy - Structures1 (2003)
13. Pierre Alexandre Tremblay - autoportrait (2001)

total time: 171'30


All works were commisioned by Réseaux as part of their iConcerts (virtual internet concerts) series of Season 1 (2003), and were available on their homepage as free downloads.

Reséauxed by Lucky around 2007/8.

"Electro Music (electroacoustic, concrète, acousmatic… music) is still very much cutting-edge, even more than 60 years after its invention. More active than ever, it bubbles with energy and finds increased recognition on the global cultural scene. Concrete music (or musique concrète) turned 60 years old in 2008. Indeed, it was in 1948 that Pierre Schaeffer, then in charge of the Studio d'essai of the French national radio (ex-ORTF), realized that the floppy discs on which on-air recordings were etched allowed one to work on sound itself, therefore bestowing on the latter a new title, that of sound material. This sound material can be manipulated, treated and modulated according to the artist's experience and desires, all that in the studio, regardless of interpretation. At that point, the need to notate sounds disappears, as the music is directly realized, like a painting on canvas or a sculpture in stone."

"Composers Jean-François Denis, Gilles Gobeil and Robert Normandeau incepted Réseaux des arts médiatiques in 1991, in Montréal." "Since 1991, Réseaux has produced concerts with the biggest names in electroacoustic music as well as with young rising composers." "Réseaux's main mission is to publicly present the works realized by the artists and production groups active in the field of Electro music using an array of loudspeakers. The works in question can be acousmatic (tape music), mixed (tape and instruments), live (live electronics) or include an other art form, such as video, dance or installation art."

"In 2003, we started to present virtual concerts on our website, where the works commissioned by Réseaux are made available, with the composers' agreement."

(info compiled from the old Réseaux homepage)