Soufflerie de verre (october 2011) 8 channels
Soufflerie de verre was made for the Relay Project. Relay is an online music project devised and curated by Irish musician John Lambert aka Chequerboard. The aim in the project is to create an unbroken chain of sound pieces where each work is created in response to the previous so that ideas and sounds shift, mutate and evolve over time. Tunnel is based on the idea of moving blocks and masses of sounds coming from underneath. Chords and clusters with percussive attacks become masses of sounds slowly changing. As the piece goes on, this tunnel of sounds seems to open a larger space. Eventually, the last section rearranges the materials and transformations from the previous parts.
Duality is based on the process of hypnosis and the theory of the hidden observer as discovered by Ernest Hilgard. The question of a divided consciousness inspired the unfolding of this piece where multiple controls in human thought and action operate at the same time. The piece fluctuatesbetween states of order and disorder, where a tension is created between the conscious and the subconscious. The text is taken from Les Champs Magnetiques (The Magnetic Fields, 1920) by Andre Breton and Philippe Soupault, where the principle of automatic writing is put into practise. This surrealist technique was developed as a means of expressing the subconscious.
The piece In between is inspired by the way resonances can connect together, disturb each other and create new sonic and imaginary environments. The idea is of a pure tone that gives birth to other and more complex acoustic experiences and invites both the performer and listener to participate in this journey. "In between" is the path taken from and to very pure points and examines what happens in the more chaotic states between these two. This could be understood as a parallel world where the listener can witness how a simple sound can evoke images of places, explosions, sounds from nature or mirrors of a performer own sound. "In between" is composed for computer, voice and gongs.
Exercices in style is inspired by the book from Raymond Queneau where he retells this apparently unremarkable tale ninety-nine times, employing a variety of styles, ranging from sonnet to mathematical formula. This piece explores some combinations of voice and electronics by combining several sequencies of the text by Queneau, using various vocal techniques and electronic transformations. Calais Jungle refers to an event that happened in France in september 2009. It deals with the contrasting relationship between our everyday life and the atmosphere of Calais jungle, an atmosphere tensed, a state of emergency. The text is from « L’Impossible retour » by Henry Michaux. Three different excerpts are progressively transformed and altered.
The starting points of the piece were the city of Venice and Caoimhin O Raghallaigh's beautiful piece "The Night and I" which reminded me of the mysterious atmosphere of Paris.
Following the idea of things emerging and receding from the city, I recorded some sounds in Venice and the island of Murano. I find Venice rather fascinating and unpredictable. I enjoy very much being lost in its labyrinthic structure, hearing the sound of the space changing radically in few seconds, coming from a very narrow street and ending up in a big square.
Being interested in exploring the acoustic properties of Venice and its surroundings, my idea was to create a kind of unpredictable path through the city, and to place those recorded sounds in an abstract context, allowing them to take different role between responding to each other, interacting or accompanying.
Some sounds of Caoimhins piece were processed and started to interact with my sounds in a special way, often creating a mysterious texture where the line between background and foreground becomes blurred. I also recorded the percussionist Orlando Aguilar Velazguez, a guitar, and my own voice. Eventually the piece remains rather abstract and takes the listener into a curious walk through the city. The title recalls Murano's glass factory.
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Tunnel (june 2011) 8 channels
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Duality (march 2011) live piece for voice and electronics by Marie Guilleray and Bjarni Gunnarsson
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In between (otcober 2010) live piece for voice and electronics by Marie Guilleray and Bjarni Gunnarsson
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Exercices in style (september 2010)
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Calais Jungle (spetember 2009)