Vivienne Spiteri

comme si l’hydrogène… the desert speaks…

J&W
JETW 931
1992
CD
1 disc
Not in catalogue

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comme si l’hydrogène… the desert speaks…
Physics of Seduction. Invocation #2 (1991), 13m19s [excerpt]
CD: J&W (1992) JETW 931
Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
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      Turbo Toccata (1989), 11m25s
      harpsichord with MIDI system, and synthetisers
      • Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
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      Scar (1992), 9m03s
      harpsichord, and tape
      • Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord

      Work composed in collaboration with Vivienne Spiteri, original improvisations.

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    • 3
      La ventana deshabitada (1992), 5m19s
      harpsichord, and tape
      • Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
      • Commission: vivienne spiteri, with support from the CCA
      • Premiere: April 19, 1992, vivienne spiteri • Pavillon Le Corbusier (Paris, France)

      Work composed in collaboration with Vivienne Spiteri, original improvisations.

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    • 4
      Doubling (1988), 5m29s
      harpsichord with reverberation
      • Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
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    • 5
      Jardin secret II (1986), 11m02s
      harpsichord, and tape
      • Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
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      harpsichord with MIDI system, computer, and processing
      • Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
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      Turdus Musicus (1986), 2m58s
      harpsichord with reverberation
      • Composer: Jacek Grudzien
      • Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
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      harpsichord, and tape
      • Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
      • Commission: Vivienne Spiteri, with support from the CCA
      • Premiere: August 1, 1992, Vivienne SpiteriNEMO (Aarhus, Denmark)

      Speed creates pure objects. It is itself a pure object, since it cancels out the ground and territorial reference points, since it runs ahead of time to annul time itself, since it moves more quickly than its own cause and obliterates that cause by outstripping it. Speed is the triumph of effect over cause, the triumph of instantaneity over time as depth, the triumph of the surface and pure objectality over the profundity of desire. Speed creates a space of initiation which may be lethal; its only rule is to leave no trace behind. Triumph of forgetting over memory, an uncultivated amnesic intoxication.

      The tape portion of Physics of Seduction. Invocation #2 was produced in the composer’s studio in 1991 and the recorded harpsichord part was realized in the DIEM studio in Aarhus (Denmark) in 1992. The final mix of the tape and live part was done in the composer’s studio in 1993. It was commissioned by Vivienne Spiteri with assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts. The work was premiered by Vivienne Spiteri on August 1st, 1992 at the NEMO festival in Aarhus (Denmark). Physics of Seduction. Invocation #2 was recorded by Vivienne Spiteri for the compact disc comme si l’hydrogène… the desert speaks on J&W Records (J&W 931).

      New recordings of the drum parts (performed by Philippe Keyser) were made for the remastering process. This work was reprocessed, remixed and remastered in the composer’s studio in 2001-02.

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