Vivienne Spiteri: comme si l’hydrogène… the desert speaks…: track detail

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comme si l’hydrogène… the desert speaks…

Vivienne Spiteri

comme si l’hydrogène… the desert speaks…

J&W | J&W 931 | 1992

CD not in catalogue

1. Turbo Toccata (1989) 11m25s j&w_931-1.1 | 15270 |

Composer: David Keane

harpsichord with MIDI system, and synthetisers
Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord

2. Scar (1992) 9m03s j&w_931-1.2 | 15272 |

Composers: Jens Hedman, Erik Michael Karlsson

harpsichord, and tape
Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord

Work composed in collaboration with Vivienne Spiteri, original improvisations.

3. La ventana deshabitada (1992) 5m19s j&w_931-1.3 | 15273 |

Composer: Elsa Justel

harpsichord, and tape
Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord

Work composed in collaboration with Vivienne Spiteri, original improvisations.

4. Doubling (1988) 5m29s j&w_931-1.4 | 15274 |

Composer: Tim Brady

harpsichord with reverberation
Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord

5. Jardin secret II (1986) 11m02s j&w_931-1.5 | 15275 |

Composer: Kaija Saariaho

harpsichord, and tape
Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord

6. The Desert Speaks… Praescio III (1988) 11m18s j&w_931-1.6 | 15276 |

Composer: Bruce Pennycook

harpsichord with MIDI system, computer, and processing
Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord

9. Turdus Musicus (1986) 2m58s j&w_931-1.9 | 15277 |

Composer: Jacek Grudzien

harpsichord with reverberation
Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord

10. Physics of Seduction. Invocation #2 (1991) 10m40s j&w_931-1.10 | 13903 |

Commission: Vivienne Spiteri, with support from the CCA

Premiere: August 1, 1992, (Aarhus, Denmark)

Composer: Paul Dolden

harpsichord, and tape
Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord

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 private 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 private 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 Århus (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.

Vivienne Spiteri: comme si l’hydrogène… the desert speaks…: track detail

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