This first solo CD by composer A_dontigny (morceaux_de_machines, Napalm Jazz, Ensemble Camp…) has been deliberately conceived to be in the margins of electroacoustic music, electronica and audio art.

Thought up as a series of short sarcastic vignettes, Geisteswissenschaften skillfully manipulates common aesthetic postures in order to create a sound mosaic where one can find hints at modern art history and philosophy. To an arsenal of cut-and-paste and cut-ups, to which we may include encoding glitches and all matter of samples and quotes, A_dontigny adds the sonic interventions of three of his usual collaborators: Paul Dolden (electric cello, guitar and bass), Diane Labrosse (sampler) et Jon Vaughn (remix).

1. Koons

2. Pruitt-Igoe

3. Tatline

4. Aufbau

5. Die fröhliche Wissenschaft

6. Quelque chose d’informel

7. Color Field

8. Gutai

9. Recollection of Similarity

10. Begriffsschrift

11. Crowding Into the Behavioural Sink

12. Holawege

13. Turner

14. All-Over

15. Wirkungsgeschichtesbewusstsein

16. Mathesis

17. Crowding Into the Behavioural Sink