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Woche 42 / 16.10.-22.10.06 - Woche 46 / 13.11.-19.11.06

Sendung 1:

Francis Dhomont: Sous le regard d'un soleil noir [51:35]

In relation to the original recording issued in 1982 (Ina-GRM 9109 dh), this new edition of Sous le regard d'un soleil noir (Under the Glare of a Black Sun) is part of a more ambitious group of works, comparable to my Cycle de l'errance (Cycle of Wanderings) (IMED 9107; IMED 9607), all of which are inspired by psychoanalytic thought: the Cycle des profondeurs (Cycle of Depths). This cycle is presented, in its current form, as a diptych of which this disc constitues the first part; the second part is a recent composition, Forêt profonde (Deep Forest) - instigated by the book The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim - which serves as another empreintes DIGITALes compact disc release (in coproduction with the Ina-GRM) [IMED 9634].
This form nevertheless remains open and will perhaps be augmented by a third part (thus, a project-in-progress) devoted to the works of Kafka guided by the writings of Marthe Robert.
It is a very old preoccupation of mine, this meeting of the imagination adhering to the 'psychology of depths' and the mental images projected by acoustmatic art; what more appropriate, in fact, than this very language for staging, musically, these fantastical representations?
The resources of a morphological vocabulary and its most adventure some associations - which the alchemy of the studio permits - procure for the 'acousmate' a power of auditory suggestion capable of expressing the inexpressable unconscious. Furthermore, in one case as in another, it is about exploring the domain of archetypes.
Francis Dhomont, Montréal, October 1996


Francis Dhomont: Forêt profonde [58:31]

Forêt profonde belongs to a group of works inspired by psychoanalytic thought: the Cycle des profondeurs (Cycle of Depths), comparable to my Cycle de l'errance (Cycle of Wanderings) (IMED 9107; IMED 9607). This Cycle of Depths is presented, in its current form, as a diptych of which this disc constitues the second part; the firstpart is an oldest composition, Sous le regard d'un soleil noir (Under the Glare of a Black Sun) - instigated by the work of Bristish psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Ronald D Laing which constitutes another empreintes DIGITALes compact disc release (in coproduction with the Ina-GRM) [IMED 9633].
This form nevertheless remains open and will perhaps be augmented by a third part (thus, a project-in-progress) devoted to the works of Kafka guided by the writings of Marthe Robert.
It is a very old preoccupation of mine, this meeting of the imagination adhering to the 'psychology of depths' and the mental images projected by acousmatic art; what more appropriate, in fact, than this very language for staging, musically, these fantastical representations?
The resources of a morphological vocabulary and its most adventure some associations - which the alchemy of the studio permits - procure for the 'acousmate' a power of auditory suggestion capable of expressing the inexpressable unconscious. Furthermore, in one case as in another, it is about exploring the domain of archetypes.
Francis Dhomont, Montréal, October 1996 [x-96]


Sendung 2:

Gilles Gobeil: La mecanique des ruptures [67:07]

Medieval stone-cutters would strike rock, making it 'ring' in order to judge its worth for construction. The illustration on the cover refers to stained glass found in the Bourges cathedral (France). I've discovered that my work as a composer has much in common with this branch of civil engineering-exploring and evaluating the behavior of material on the verge of splitting apart. The composer searches out well-defined forms, strong and clearly cut, alternating movements and interaction marked by tension and release. The material which I use is subjected to restraint, to enormous pressure, until it finally sunders, shatters, transforms. Brought to its breaking point.
Gilles Gobeil, Montréal, June 1994 [vi-94]


Francis Dhomont: Jalons [41:14] (nur track 1-4)

The title Jalons (Milestones) was taken from surveying because this disc surveys a musical landscape that extends over a space of fifteen years. While the very different eras and interests to which these eight works (from the years 1985, '90, '92, '95, '98, '99, 2000 and 2001) bear witness are not comprehensive enough to constitute a retrospective, this disc is nevertheless a mini-panorama that completes other, more thematic, recorded releases; it also presents a few pieces that can be heard in concert only occasionally.
Francis Dhomont



Discography Francis Dhomont
Discography Gilles Gobeil

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