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MUSIQUE CONCRÈTE (PATAKOUSMATIKOI)

4/12/2018

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I

The natural sounds correspond to the currents of subtle energy that pass through the physical body. The tactile qualities of a descent into the Underworld combine the elements of a vibratory architecture. The anatomy of the ambient air defines this sound matter.

Stereophonics adjusts vertigos to each other. The magnification of the tiny by microphone transfers the physicist to “another space-time where he is likely to be absorbed without return” (René Alleau, in the “Alchemy” article, Encyclopedia Universalis). The inner space returns to chaos. Complex rhythmic combinations mark the transition from one psychic state to another. The editing of contrasting natural sounds carves the electromagnetism unexpectedly. The microphones capture the structure of the overwhelming manifestation. The internal dynamism of nature's elements records the sounds emitted by the spine. The crickets' song succeeds the fairy hardship. Strange intensities brush against the Orphic sounds, with the rhythm of the re-creation of the world in ourselves. A puddle of water shapes the ambient air. The celestial spheres shiver.

II

First, isolate the murmur of the chemical reactions. The passage from one psychic state to another forms hybrid sound chains. The symbolic exchanges may last as long as desired. The inner necessity then establishes a classification.

III

The sound recording booth reflects the sky's activity. The chemist discovers the peaks and the contrasting editions of the trance. The murmur of the chemical reactions brushes against the sound textures of the celestial spheres.

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Several of the compilations launched by the Institute For Alien Research, a concrete music project led by Shaun Robert, focus on a specific theme. On each album, there are fifteen pieces, and these all last 4 minutes and 33 seconds, as if to fill, in a multitude of different ways, the famous Silence of John Cage. For "Musique Concrète Beginners Guide", participants were asked to integrate a text explaining what "concrete music" is for them in a sound art track. The piece "Patakousmatikoi", of which above is the English translation of the text originally in French, is my answer to this project call...

The sounds used in the non-verbal part of "Patakousmatikoi" were chosen because they refer to sound phenomena that are named in the text, written beforehand. So, by searching online for sounds produced by chemical reactions (microcosm) and celestial bodies (macrocosm), I found a number of Youtube videos documenting the absorption of water by silica gel beads, as well as mp3 files of sounds emitted by Jupiter, Saturn and the interstellar plasma, recorded by NASA and available on its website. The title of the piece evokes ‘Pataphysics, acousmatic art and the initiation to the Pythagorean Mysteries (the term "akousmatikoi" referring to a category of disciples).

The album can be downloaded and freely listened to on the IFAR Bandcamp page.
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Frank link
4/12/2018 21:03:34

I really love those albums from IFAR, the themes are great and personally, I like 4.33 as length for a song(in this case).
I guess, some of us will participate for the magnetic tape release(deadline october 10th)... maybe, we should start poking Shaun, because as Mr.Goff said... it would be nice to have a cassette release of this one.

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Shaun Robert link
4/18/2018 02:05:18

Hello Frank your welcome to take part n Musique Concrète Audio Magnetic Tape, i'll think on the cassette release I, think the 3 Mixtape compilations would work better cos they are 45 minute per side
http://instituteforalienresearchvariousartists.bandcamp.com/album/ifar-mixtape-1-noise-music-montage
https://instituteforalienresearchvariousartists.bandcamp.com/album/ifar-mixtape-emission-instalment-2
As for the upcoming Musique Concrète Audio Magnetic Tape, it would be cool to get submission on tape :)
Cheers
Shaun Robert

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David Nadeau
4/16/2018 17:35:06

Yes, I agree about the relevance of publishing a cassette release of the Magnetic Tape compilation by IFAR.

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Shaun Robert link
4/18/2018 02:11:41

Thankyou

<3

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Hal McGee
4/16/2018 18:31:30

Frank and David, maybe you guys should write to Shaun and suggest it to him. I doubt that he has read these posts and comments here at EC.

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Shaun Robert link
4/18/2018 02:09:28

Hello Hal McGee, really want you to appear on the upcoming in Musique Concrète Audio Magnetic Tape compilation, I think of tape I think of you :)

Call Out for 4’33” works dedicated to Audio Magnetic Tape

Deadline 10th October 2018

I invite you to take part in Musique Concrète Audio Magnetic Tape

1. Duration: 4'33"
2. Be Musique Concrète
3. The track to be exclusively made for the Institute For Alien Research Musique Concrète compilation series
4. Pieces to be made themed; Audio Magnetic Tape; Compact Cassette, K7, mini cassette, micro cassette, cartridge cassette, Reel to Reel, Steel Tape… Using Audio Magnetic Tape as a source, as part of the process or a reference, or all of the above…
5. Make a piece of artwork/image or logo, 1500 x 1500 pixels in size
6. Send as a best quality wav up to 48.000 kHz 32 Bit to institute4alienresearch@gmail.com via wetransfer
7. Send supporting text, explaining the process of making of the track,
and/or about your project, links, biography, etc
8. Finished compilation will go up on bandcamp

please pass this information on :)

https://www.facebook.com/events/154078371800232/

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Frank
4/18/2018 03:35:12

Hal, Shaun reads it!
And Shaun, I am on some of your releases already, and I'll probably join for this one to.

A 'Yes' from me for a cassette release!

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    David Nadeau

    La Vertèbre
    et le Rossignol


    Poet, artist and art historian, David Nadeau has lived in Quebec City since 2007. 

    Trismegistus Legate at the Académie québécoise de 'Pataphysique, he regularly participates in the activities of the Surrealist Movement and the Institute For Alien Research.

    He has participated in 
    Hydrolith: Surrealist Research and Investigations
    (2010, 2014)
    Peculiar Mormyrid
    (2014, 2017)
    Chroniques d’histoire maçonnique (2016)
    and
    Ritual, Secrecy, and Civil Society
    ​(2018).

    Releases :

    - Le Labyrinthe de la mort symétrique, mini album, suRRism-Phonoethics, Francfort, 2016.
    Free downloading

    - La cottura dell’uovo nero, Rémi Boyer (preface), Lukas Zanotti (illustrations). Edizioni
    Collage de ‘Pataphysique, Sovere, 2017.

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