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event horizon at Pointligneplan – Paris

Event Horizon (v9) and P#12 Tokyo will be broadcast October 27th 2010 at l’ école de cinéma “La Fémis” in Paris
following an invitation by PointLignePlan.

Wednesday, October 27  2010 @ 20h30
La fémis, 6 rue Francœur – 75018 Paris

EVENT HORIZON : music by i8u | video by Cédrick Eymenier.

Platform #12 Tokyo: music by Akira Rabelais, Oren Ambarchi and Taylor Deupree.

EV http://www.vimeo.com/15754195

EVENT HORIZON is an experimental audio/visual work by i8u (audio) and Cédrick Eymenier (visual) developed in the summer of 2009.The title of the piece was drawn from the physics term “event horizon” which is a bizarre boundary in space time which gives a black hole it’s name.  It is the proximity point in which no matter or radiation (ex.light) can escape and thereby affect an outside observer.  It is the black holes effects on its surroundings and the light that doesn’t pass the event horizon that gives physicists their awareness that the black hole exists.

This project involves the observation of a cityscape after nightfall. The minimal light observed over the city at night masks the flurry of activity that is obscured by buildings and darkness.

EVENT HORIZON explores the solitary observations of events transmitted via minimal stimuli and the understanding of the existence of incomprehensibly massive amounts of activity that cannot affect the outside observer other than the knowledge that it exists and it is obscured.

In short, it explores the interaction of the subject with the city and the emotions that come with various sensory stimuli and the contemplation of
what the darkness obscures.

i8u | Cédrick Eymenier

Platform #12 Tokyo

the trailers : P#12 http://vimeo.com/4516659 +

PLATFORM – Série de films de Cédrick Eymenier (2002-2008)

P#01 EuraLille – music Giuseppe Ielasi (4’59”) 2002/2006
P#02 London (Canary wharf + City) – music Motion & Sogar (7’44”) 2002/2007
P#03 La Defense (Paris) – music Sogar (17’19”) 2002/2005
P#04 Dalle Beaugrenelle (Paris) – music Pirandèlo (4’01”) 2002/2006
P#05 Porte de Bagnolet (Paris) – music Sebastien Roux (4’30”) 2002/2005
P#06 Porte de Bercy (Paris) – music Sebastien Roux (5’40”) 2002/2007
P#07 Aéroport Roissy CDG (Paris) – music Sebastien Roux (3’48”) 2002/2004
P#08 Frankfurt – music Cats Hats Gowns (10’47”) 2003/2004
P#09 Chicago – music Fennesz (20’06”) 2004/2006
P#10 Miami – music Stephan Mathieu (16’23”) 2004/2005
P#11 Rotterdam – music Vladislav Delay (19’09”) 2005/2008
P#12 Tokyo – music Akira Rabelais, Oren Ambarchi, Taylor Deupree (37’37”) 2005/2008
(date tournage/montage)

pal, couleur, son stéréo
tourné en mini-dv
format d’image 4/3

PLATFORM est à ce jour une série de 12 films tournés dans des quartiers bien précis de quelques métropoles choisies pour leur modernité et complexité architecturale. Toutefois l’architecture n’est pas filmée pour elle-même, elle tient le rôle de contexte. Ces lieux sont aussi des carrefours
des différentes voies de communications, les flux sont donc fréquents et variés. Une multitude de micro-évenements sont enregistrés dans un seul plan fixe. La simultanéité de ces évènements très banals (une voiture passe, puis un train et un passant…) est aussi ce qui en fait la richesse sonore et visuelle.
Les choix de montage des plans et de mixage de la bande-son viennent défier l’objectivité documentaire des plan fixes qui constituent le film. L’utilisation des techniques de montage du cinéma de fiction permettent de tisser des relations infra-minces entre les plans. L’attention est ainsi focalisée sur une succession de détails qui en deviennent primordiaux.

Chaque BANDE-SON est composée exprès par un musicien de la scène expérimentale internationale: Akira Rabelais (us), Taylor Deupree (us), Stephan Mathieu (all), Sebastien Roux (fr), Sogar (all), Fennesz (aut), Giuseppe Ielasi (it), Oren Ambarchi (aus), Pirandèlo (it), Taylor Deupree (us), Cats Hats Gowns (fr) et Vladislav Delay (fin). Chaque musicien utilise la bande-son enregistrée lors du tournage pour la re-traiter et  y ajoute sa propre musique. Ce procédé permet de conserver un ancrage dans le réel tout en proposant une re-interprétation musicale du paysage sonore.

Il se crée, de plan en plan, une géométrie étrange, qui n’est plus celle de la ville seulement, ni celle
du crépitement rétinien de l’affût, mais un circuit d’abstractions instantanées, quelque chose d’explosif
et de calme à la fois, qui refait le chemin du métal des buildings, des voitures et des trains, et l’emporte
vers le chaos serein du devenir-instantané des choses. C’est à la fois chaud et froid, lent et rapide,
apaisant et dangereux. Yannick Haenel (à propos de Platform#09)

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Spellewauerynsherde Interpretations Various Sundry (2007)

June 2007

With the hope of being able to bypass the traditional commercial aspects of a recording label TRANS>PARENT RADIATION was formed in 2005 as a web-based sub-label of bremsstrahlung recordings. The releases are made available for free download for a period of time and then taken down and released as limited edition CDRs.

We are please to announce our first physical CDR.

TRANS001 Spellewauerynsherde, Interpretations Various & Sundry
Release date: 070621
Edition:100
Price: $9 ­ including shipping
Order direct: www.bremsstrahlung-recordings.org

Utilizing source material taken from found reel to reel recordings of Icelandic a capella lament songs made in the late 1960’s or early 1970’s 10 sound artists interpret these haunting sounds in their compositions. A CD LP by Akira Rabelais based on this source material can be found at Samadhi Sound. Reworkers include Fennesz, Kit Clayton, Taylor Deupree, Steve Roden, Stephen Mathieu, I8U and others.

The packaging includes a self-latching CD case created from a custom die-cut and the cover is hand stamped. It is a limited edition of 100 and will not be reissued. The CDRs themselves are labeled via the heat transfer process rather than inkjet printing to ensure text durability. The CDRs are silver on both sides. To view packaging click here

josh russell

 

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Review – SPELLEWAUERYNSHERDE, INTERPRETATIONS VARIOUS & SUNDRY (CDR by Trans>parent Radiation) Bresmsstrahlung – by Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly

SPELLEWAUERYNSHERDE, INTERPRETATIONS VARIOUS & SUNDRY (CDR by Trans>parent Radiation)
Bresmsstrahlung is a small label which have brought us some nice releases in the past – a small but good catalogue. They also have a sub division called Trans>parent Radiation which consists of MP3s. After a while they are removed from the website and then the material is released as a CDR. The first one is a compilation of re-composed source material taken from found reel to reel recordings of Icelandic a cappella lament songs made in the late 1960s or early 1970’s. Ten composers using this material and they all seem to be from the field of microsound, but they are by no means the least in the field. Fennesz, Roden, Kit Clayton, Taylor Deupree, Takemura, Alejandra & Aeron and Stephan Mathieu – one could wonder why not release this as a real CD. The lament song part is pushed to the back in the most part. The emphasis lies more on the ancient tape hiss and crackle, although some use the faint traces of voices. Most of the time it turns out to be shimmering, humming, crackling and hissing pieces of music. The noise collage played by Nobekazu Takemura is a bit out of place here, or it’s certainly a break with the rest. Some people add their own instruments such as guitars (Fennesz and Josh Russell) but they keep in spirit with the overall sombre and melancholic tone of this release. The Takemura piece is the longest and perhaps also the one that is a bit out of place here. It perhaps breaks the mood but in this case it’s not so great. Otherwise this is a more than excellent compilation with all equally great sorrowful pieces of music, which could have as easily been on a real CD. (FdW)
Address: http://www.bresmsstrahlung-recordings.org

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Montreal 03.12.205 – Proximité

Proximité

Proximité is a project presented at the Clark Gallery in the context of their “Postes_Audio ” initiative. Set up in a area of the gallery referred to as the lounge, Postes_Audio offers an array of sound exploration. It invites the listener to put on a set of headphones and enjoy the music of a   featured artist. 2 sets of headphones, 2 artists.

Proximité is a collection of tracks that have been released on Canadian and European labels as well as unreleased tracks including the only collaboration of this catalogue recorded with artist Akira Rabelais. This material was specifically selected by i8u to reflect upon the intimate relationship between listener and the music, therefore utilizing the space, be it audible or physical

Plenty of thought and analysis comes into play when dealing with proximity in the visual world, yet proximity in the aural world is more abstract and for most of us under explored. With the visual, proximity is usually measured in distance between you and an inanimate object, yet in the aural world it is usually more personal. Although, sound can be caused by objects making us aware of our relationship to it, usually it is people or relationships that are brought to our attention through sound. A whisper or a yell, even when alone, has power because of its proximity. The music needs of a listener can sometimes be satisfied in a large auditorium, and with others, only earphones will suffice.

This project attempts to explore the organic nature of what sound evokes in us within the context of its aural proximity.

Curators : Gennaro de Pasquale and Sébastien Lapointe.

Featured Artists:

I8U
Racam

At the Clark Gallery – March 10 to April 2005
5455, Avenue de Gaspé, Room 604, Montreal (QC)
Opened Wednesday to Saturday, from 9 am to 5 pm.