Presence II
Présence II is an appropriate title for the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC)/Productions Electro Productions (PeP) latest two compact disc set of electroacoustic compositions. By definition, “presence” is the state of being present (such as the listener’s physical presence) or a person or thing that is present (as there is a presence in the listening room when hearing this music). Présence II is an international collection of works from 13 countries: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and USA. It is the second self-funded CD project of CEC/PeP and features a total of 34 compositions by 32 composers. The first noticeable characteristic of this collection is the variety: works that deal with text and voice, the use and creation of new electronic sounds, rhythmic variations and soundscapes, and a single acoustic source exploration. Works on Présence II range in duration anywhere from 0:37 to 12:36.
CD 1:
JORGE ANTUNES
1. La beauté indiscrète d’une note violette
ALASTAIR BANNERMAN
2. In th’ air or th’ earth
STEVE BRADLEY
3. « fowl melody to trot »
CHIN-CHIN Chen
4. Points of No Return
JEF CHIPPEWA
5. DUO
IAN CHUPRUN
6. To many moments passed
7. Reading Allowed (PA 11)
GORDON FITZELL
8. Zipper Music II
MARTIN ALEJANDO FUMAROLA
9. ARGOS
10. SET IN
THOMAS GERWIN
11. 6 Aphorisms
YVES GIGON
12. Ephémere
BARBARA GOLDEN
13. Whipping the Boys
CD 2:
MARTIN GOTFRIT
1. A Palaver with Procustes (ex.)
OTTO JOACHIM
2. Three Electronic Sketch
SUK JUN KIM
3. sudden cry (ex.)
SYLVI MACCORMAC
4. Spirit Wheels: Journey
KEVIN MACLEOD
5. pacific
DIANA MCINTOSH
6. Climb to Camp One
DUGAL MCKINNON
7. Horizont im Ohr (ex.)
ADRIAN MOORE
8. Soundbodies: Bodypart
DAVID PRIOR
9. Somewhere Submarine (5th mvmt)
JEAN ROUTHIER
10. Stereotyped latter-Day Opinion
ANTTI SAARIO
11. B-side
DAVID SOLURSH
12. We
JORGEN TELLER
13. H a e i o u y oe o a pt.2 (ex.)
BEN THIGPEN
14. step. under (ex.)
TODOR TODOROFF
15. Voices Part 1 (version stéréo)
PASCALE TRUDEL
16. Ce n’est pas ici
HANS TUTSCHKU
17. extrémities lointaines (ex.)
ANNETTE VANDE GORNE
18. Amoroso (Vox Alia, 2nd mvmt.)
CHRIS WIND
19. to be led
DANIEL ZIMBALDO
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