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by Laurie Radford |imed_0891-0001|
The six works presented here bridge numerous, often disparate
compositional and personal agendas and circumstances: the reconsideration and
adaptation of the initial stereo versions (and in one case — Terms of
Occupancy — an original eight-track version that turned into a
stereo version) to explore the expanded spatial potential of the 5.1 format;
the use of recordings of and concepts from some of my instrumental works as
materials for composition in a multi-channel electroacoustic style; the
compositional negotiation between recordings of natural urban environments
and the substantially transformed sound materials of the digital studio
environment; the temporal and geographical spanning of the place and time of
origin of some of the sound materials, as well as the place and time of the
original conception of these works, the place of final re-composition and
mixing, and the place of final mastering… a journey withstood as much
or more by the works themselves as by the composer. These acts of
‘bridging’ have left traces and scars that resonate within and
between these works.
Acknowledgements: My sincere thanks and love to Miriam, Mikaela and Kesia
for their support (and patience!) during the years involved in the creation
and performance of these works. Sincere thanks for friendship, guidance and
encouragement to Kevin Austin,
Ned Bouhalassa,
Christian Calon,
Jean-François
Denis, Francis Dhomont,
David Eagle, alcides lanza,
Robert
Normandeau, Claude Schryer, and
Denis Smalley.
Laurie Radford
[xi-07]
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