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GOBEIL, GILLES — Les Iointains

Format: CD
Label & Cat.Number: Empreintes DIGITALes IMED 15134
Release Year: 2015
Note: great collection of six works (2008-2012) by this Canadian electro-acoustic composer=> perfect 'Cinema for the Ear' between high tension atmospheres/drones and concrete noises, often inspired by literature (here FOLKMAR HEIN, HERMANN HESSE, VIRGIL, GUSTAV MEYRINK), on one track (the phantastic "Bol-Hydre") using an instrument by JEAN-FRANCOIS LAPORTE which produces incredible metallic sounds, another being the soundtrack for an extreme dance-theatre piece by CAMILLE MUTEL.. highly recommended!!
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" 'Les lointains noirs et rouges' (2008-09), 'Castalie' (2008), 'Bol-Hydre' (2011), 'Sibylle' (2010), 'Golem' (2013), 'Des temps oublis' (2012). Gilles Gobeil has completed a master's degree in composition at Universit de Montral, after studying writing techniques. He has been focusing his work on acousmatic and mixed music since 1985. His works fall close to what is called cinema for the ear.' Many of his pieces have been inspired by literary works and attempt to let us see' through sound. Gilles Gobeil has won over 20 national and international awards including the Ars Electronica (Austria, 1995, 2005), Black & White (Portugal, 2009), Bourges (France, 1988, '89, '99, 2009), British Design & Art Direction (UK, 2002), Brock University (Canada, 1985), Canadian Music Council (1985), Ciber@rt (Spain, 1999), CICEM (Monaco, 2014), CIMESP (Brazil, 1997, '99, 2001), Destellos (Argentina, 2011, '12), Luigi Russolo (Italy, 1987, '88, '89), Mtamorphoses (Belgium, 2000, '02), Newcomp (USA, 1987), SDE Canada (1984), SOCAN (Canada, 1993), and Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden, 1994, '97) competitions. His DVD-Audio Trilogie d'ondes has won the Conseil qubcois de la musique (CQM)'s Prix Opus for Best Album in 2004-05; his CD Le contrat was nominated in the same category in 2003-04. Gobeil has received commissions from Codes d'accs (Montral), DAAD (Berlin, Germany), empreintes DIGITALes (Montral), Groupe de musique exprimentale de Bourges (GMEB, France), Groupe de recherches musicales (GRM, France), Musiques & Recherches (Belgium), Rseaux des arts mdiatiques (Montral), Socit Radio-Canada, Totem contemporain (Montral), Zentrum fr Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM, Germany), from Folkmar Hein, Uli Aumller, Camille Mutel, and Oscar Wiggli, and from performers Suzanne Binet-Audet, Ren Lussier, Arturo Parra, and Rick Sacks. He has been composer-in-residence in Banff (Canada, 1993, '95), Bourges (France, 1991), EMS (Sweden, 2013), GRM (France, 1993, 2012), Franz Liszt Academy (Weimar, Germany, 2010), Miso Music Portugal (2012), Musiques & Recherches (Belgium, 2012), PANaroma (Brazil, 2014), and ZKM (Germany, 2005, '06, '07, '09, '10, '12, '13), and guest composer at DAAD (Germany, 2008). Gilles Gobeil is a member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC), and co-founder of Rseaux, an organization devoted to producing media arts events." [label info]

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