Label: Sonoris

INA/GRMも制作に絡んだ、フランスの重鎮ピエール・アンリの未発表音源遺産を用いた激ヤバ物件!!ターンテーブルを用いたサウンドアート・アプローチやコンセプチュアルワークにも挑む当店激推しのマルセイユの作家ErikM。同国の重鎮作曲家ピエール・アンリが1950~1974年までに残した膨大な未発表サウンドライブラリより音ネタを厳選、それらをErikMが高度なデジタル技術にて自身の楽曲と融合させた凄まじくカッコイイ再解釈作品。歴史的アーカイブと現代の音響が絶妙なバランスでスリリングに駆け抜ける唯一無二の音響体験。





Unreleased Sound Objects by Pierre Henry / Reload and Original Composition by ErikM

Bidule 2.0 is an unique reinterpretation of Pierre Henry’s little-known sound heritage combined with ErikM’s original composition. The album explores previously unused raw materials, transformed through ErikM’s highly digital approach, balancing fixed composition and unexpected sonic events, a singular sonic experience where where historical archives and contemporary creation converge.

« Bidule 2.0 is a composition by ErikM that revisits a selection of the unused sonic heritage of composer Pierre Henry, covering the period from 1950 to 1974, sourced from the Son/Ré studio and digitized by the BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France).
Over the decades, Pierre Henry and his team accumulated a vast collection of sonic materials from their studio research.This sound library, recorded on analog tape, is a testimony to the recording techniques of that era — including the quality of microphones and recording media, as well as the acoustics of the recording spaces — all of which define the sound of a time.
Not wanting to create a remix from the composer’s iconic sounds, I chose instead to work with selections of raw material from unused recording sessions, 168 sequences ranging from one to twenty-two minutes each. Isabelle Warnier and Bernadette Mangin provided me with sessions of prepared piano, series of electronic sounds, feedbacks, and voice recordings.
Pierre Henry’s analog sounds were, for the most part, processed through successive stages (up to five generations of transformation), using a custom electronic device: Idiosyncrasie 9.3, built on Max/MSP and Lemur. »
ErikM

Production : CNCM/La Muse en Circuit, Alfortville et INA/GRM Paris
Coproduction : CNCM/GMEM, Marseille
Mastering : Frédéric Alstadt – Angstrom Mastering
A live performance at Présences électronique festival is included on CD version as bonus track.