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Re: Recent empreintes DIGITALes releases: opinions, recommendations?




So, can anybody offer some recommendations/opinions/comments? What rocked
your boat in the recent crop of eD releases?

ahh, i'm very partial to the british composers... jonty harrison, denis smalley, adrian moore, & now natasha barrett... i enjoy the somewhat documentary approach that they share, very close to the source material, with very purposeful sound processing. the jonty harrison (_évidence matérielle_) is particularly recommended in my book by virtue of including the piece _klang_ (1982) which is one of my favourite EA/acousmatic pieces ever. once again a wonder of beautiful simplicity. the newer smalley (_sources/scènes_) also contains 2 of his more classic pieces: _tides_ (1984) & _pentes_ (1974)... i like that CD more than his previous one (_impacts intérieurs_) which was a bit too 'ambient' for my picky taste.


i really like gilles gobeil's _dans le silence de la nuit_, & it seems like a lot of people do. rollercoaster rides of soundpunches... very cinematic & even frigtening! i also enjoyed yves beaupré's _humeur de facteur_, which is honestly not so far in sound from a bona fide 'microsound' approach. great sounds on this one. on the other hand, the john young CD, which is basically a feast of granular synthesis, unfortunately seemed a bit single-minded to me in comparison. another nice one is arturo parra's collaborative CD... not only do you get to hear gobeil, normandeau, dhomont & others, but the accompanying guitar part is really good, & it's been merged into the work very expertly.

the next batch of eD releases should be coming in the next months, including a new CD by ake parmerud! this is really not to be missed.

here, my (perhaps) biased comments,

have a nice day
~ david

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