Label: Portraits GRM

フランス電子音楽の老舗重要機関INA GRMとEditions MEGOが始動したコレクションシリーズ"Portraits GRM"。第18弾となる本作はcrys cole & Oren Ambarchiと、Giuseppe Ielasiという凄い組み合わせが実現。二人の作品に常に潜在していたエレクトロアコースティックの手法を中心的な作曲様式として据えることで、既存の枠組みから一歩踏み出した作風を披露するcrys cole & Oren Ambarchiサイド。お馴染み感情的な要素は控えめに巧み過ぎる音配置とセンスにて組み上げた繊細音響を展開するGiuseppe Ielasiサイド。両サイド共に非常に優れた作り込みが確認出来ます。





Sparkling or Silent, by the duo composed of crys cole and Oren Ambarchi, is a moment apart in their respective artistic approaches, taking a step aside and marking a point of fixation around an electroacoustic method which, while always latent in both of their works, here asserts itself as a central compositional modality. However, the electroacoustic approach is not called upon here for its formal reasons, or even less as an aesthetic line to follow. On the contrary, it is seen as a writing tool, open to all possible sonic possibilities, a tool that allows the artist to draw, within the sound itself, an intertwined space where reminiscences, impressions and sensations weave a narrative on the edge of the imagination and the moments experienced together, a narrative in which a complex and sensitive layer of sound is embedded, blurring the boundaries between artistic project, intimate journey and shared dreams.

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Derived from a live performance, unfamiliar music (paris) reveals the essence of the obsessions and sonic universe of Giuseppe Ielasi, a musician whose discretion is matched only by his talent and boundless dedication to musical creation over almost 30 years. unfamiliar music (paris) is a remarkable manifestation of Ielasi’s approach, an approach in which delicacy, sometimes nostalgia, and emotions know how, with discretion, to infuse a sound universe built around polyphony and reminiscence, around textures and motifs that intertwine, combine and drive each other with grace and inspiration.

François J. Bonnet