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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