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FERRARI, LUC - Les Arythmiques

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Blue Chopsticks BC19 Release Year: 2009 Note: one of the last works of the great French composer, who died August 2005 - co-founder of the GRM with PIERRE SCHAEFFER and pioneer of using field recordings in modern compositions - inspired by an electrocardiogram of his cardiac arrhythmia Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "Les Arythmiques is one of the final works created by electroacoustic composer Luc Ferrari. A starting point for the piece was the challenge to represent in sound the jolt of electricity that had been sent across his heart to treat his arrythmia.The sound that he finally crafted to his satisfaction is the crackling, vaguely terrifying one that jolts Les Arythmiques into life and reappears throughout to interrupt the proceedings at the most unlikely moments. The sound environment that the electrical shocks interrupt is that of the EKG's regular beeps, the distant tolling of a church bell, and even more distant sounds resembling birds. In other words, it's the sound of enforced rest, of a patient immobilized. This relatively small repertoire of concrete sounds is examined with a disorienting repetitiveness that brings to mind the mobile-like quality of many of Ferrari's electroacoustic works. Here that quality is combined with the lightning-quick stabs associated with Erik M and Otomo Yoshihide, two artists with whom Ferrari collaborated in his final years. Les Arythmiques ultimately moves beyond the hospital room by delving into an archive of remembered sounds. Murmurings in Italian give way to the Englishlanguage interjection 'Are y'all familiar with the parts of a saddle?' - the composer's reflection on material gathered in the American Southwest for his Far-West News series. Ferrari's characteristic humor is here, particularly in the superimposition of diverse sound environments. But Les Arythmiques also possesses a nagging unease, a persistent gravity that both listener and composer cannot shake. Les Arythmiques was included as part of the ten-CD box set Luc Ferrari: L'Oeuvre Électronique (Ina-GRM). This is the first time that it has appeared as a separate release. This release is limited to 1000 copies." [label info] www.dragcity.com