Les ponts de l’espace
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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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