WITH TEXTS BY / AVEC DES TEXTES DE Félicia Atkinson, François Bayle, François J. Bonnet, Drew Daniel, Brunhild Ferrari, Beatriz Ferreyra, Stephen O’Malley, Jim O’Rourke, Eliane Radigue, Régis Renouard Larivière, Espen Sommer Eide, Daniel Teruggi, Chris WatsonThis book has been conceived as both a prism and a manual. Following the “traditional” arc of electroacoustic composition (listen—record—compose—deploy—feel), each of the contributions collected together here focuses in on a personal aspect, a fragment of that thrilling territory that is sonic and musical experimentation.Although the term “experimental music” may now have be understood as referring to a genre, or even a particular style, we ought to hold on to the original use of this term, which was based more on an approach than on any particular aesthetic line to be followed. The experimental is first and foremost a spirit, the spirit of the exploration of unknown territories, a spirit of invention which sees musical composition more as a voyage into uncertain territories than as a self-assured approach working safe within the bosom of fully mapped out and recognized lands.CONTENTS / SOMMAIRE Chris Watson - Recording / Enregister Brunhild Ferrari - The Microphone’s Gaze / Le regard du microphone Espen Sommer Eide - Exercises in Non-Human Listening / Exercices d’écoute non-humaine Beatriz Ferreyra - Perceive, Feel, Hear… / Percevoir, ressentir, écouter… Drew Daniel - Towards a Heterology of Sound: on Bataille and Musique Concrète / Vers une hétérologie de son : à propos de Bataille et de la musique concrète Eliane Radigue - Time Is of No Importance / Le temps n’a pas d’importance Stephen O’Malley - Sound Matters / Sons élémentaires François J. Bonnet - Underneath Listening / En deçà de l’écoute Jim O’Rourke - Chair and Table / Une chaise et une table Régis Renouard Larivière - Acousmatic Recreations / Récréations acousmatiques Daniel Teruggi - Spaces of Mind / Les espaces de l’esprit Félicia Atkinson - On the Patio: The Voice, Doubt, Perspective and Immersion / Dans le patio : la voix, le doute, la perspective et l’immersion François Bayle - Space in Question / L’espace en question Published with the support of INA GRM.
