Re: [microsound] empreintes...

>Guillaume Grenier wrote:
>
>> I myself have been disappointed with the last empreintes DIGITALes I
>> purchased (Randall Smith - Sondes).
>
>I agree that it isn´t as good as his first on empreintes, "L?oreille voit",
but
>I still find it an interesting listen (though I must admit I loathe the
>sinusoidal resynthesis sounds that he uses a bit too much -- this kind of
>resynthesis makes almost everything sound like a sinus tone, and I find it
too
>one-dimensional if overused/not used with caution). His first, though, is
>fantastic, and one of my favourites on the label.
>
>> While we're at it, does anyone have comments on the two following titles
>> (which I was planning to acquire):
>>
>> - Darren Copeland: Rendu Visible
>> - Gilles Gobeil: La mécanique des ruptures
>
>Get Copeland immediately (amazing, huge and dense soundscapes that will
>overwhelm your senses if you allow them), while Gobeil can easily be your
next
>purchase. Gobeil´s not as pleasing as Copeland IMHO, but he´s still
inventive
>enough to hammer out some tense soundscapes (a word I must´ve used a
hundred
>times today) that are really engaging and sometimes downright scary (listen
to
>"La Ville Machine").
>
>> ... or want to suggest a title on empreintes DIGITALes they especially
like?
>
>You´ve already mentioned Dhomont, and I agree: get all four. They are
>definitely worth it. Others that should be in your collection (that I have
>myself): the compilations "Miniatures concrètes" and "Electro Clips" (both
of
>which show, amongst other things, that the world needs more short
>electroacoustic music), Patrick Ascione, Wende Bartley, Christian Calon´s
"Les
>corps éblouis" (guitar manipulations that make your speakers go scrumpch
and
>boom and glitch), Yves Daoust´s beautiful and moving "Musiques naïves",
both
>from Jonty Harrison (get them now), and Jacques Tremblay´s "Alibi".
>
>These should really get things going.
>
>/Øivind/
>
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