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"The decision to make a boxed set called Luc Ferrari, electronic works, and defining the word electronic in the widest sense possible, was to bring together an essential part of this composer's work: tape music without any classical instruments. From L'?tude aux accidents (1958) to Arythmiques (2003), the 31 works in this compilation will help the listener to discover all the facets of his art based on captured sounds. He tried and tested all the different techniques of studio work: brilliantly elaborated electroacoustic works, radio-phonic story-telling or H?rspiele, which he particularly appreciated or other semi-improvised works. This editorial choice is not a question of drawing lines between electroacoustic music with live instruments which he mastered perfectly, and this one here that is only composed of fixed and manipulated sounds. What we wanted was to show the strong links between natural sounds and their score on this subject, Pierre Schaeffer always insisted on the necessary balance between sound material and music. Just the strength of recorded sounds (voices, landscapes, strange sounds, everyday scenes, etc.) without formal mastery is not enough to maintain an attentive ear. In this way, each work of Ferrari's is a discrete lesson in music. Ferrari was always very lucid when he claimed that a composer was a little like a 'journalist' who, through his composition, witnessed the state the world was in while at the same time creating a work of art. This is another aspect of this edition: as we listen and in filigree, half a century unfolds before us. Technological progress, political awareness, reports and essential encounters are witness to a committed artist." -- Daniel Teruggi / David Jisse
10CD box with 100-page book. Tracklist: CD1: '?tude aux accidents,' '?tude aux sons tendus,' '?tude floue,' '?chantillon pour mimes,' 'Visage 5,' 'T?te et queue du dragon,' 'Tautologos 1,' 'Tautologos 2,' 'Music Promenade.'
CD2: 'H?t?rozygote,' 'J'ai ?t? coup?,' 'Petite symphonie intuitive pour un paysage de printemps.'
CD3: 'Presque rien n°1 ou Le lever du jour au bord de la mer,' 'Presque rien n°2 ou Ainsi continue la nuit dans ma t?te multiple,' 'Presque rien avec filles,' 'Presque rien n°4 : la remont?e du village.'
CD4: 'Danses organiques.'
CD5: 'Ouvert-Ferm?,' 'Unheimlich Sch?n,' 'D?rivatif.'
CD6: 'Dialogue ordinaire avec la machine ou trois fables pour bande doucement philosophiques,' 'Strathoven,' 'Capricorne,' 'Chute libre.'
CD7: 'Far-West News 1 : De Santa F? ? Monument Valley,' 'Far-West News 2: De Page ? Grand Canyon.'
CD8: 'Far-West News 3: De Prescott ? Los Angeles,' 'Archives g?n?tiquement modifi?es.'
CD9: 'Les Anecdotiques, Exploitation des Concepts N° 6,' 'Num?ro quatro, Ronda Espagne, juin 2001. Un groupe de touristes espagnols dans un musee,' 'Plaza de toros, Ronda. L'ar?ne est en reparation,' 'Essayage, Saint Jean d'Ang?lys, France. Juillet 2001 Pendant une r?p?tition, les com?diens essaient leur costume,' 'Le ciel de Toscane Italie. Ao?t 2001,' 'Superstrada n°2. Toscane,' 'Un cypr?s au coucher du soleil. Toscane,' 'Mer d'Eze. France. Septembre 2001,' 'Les Vendanges. Saint-Laurent d'Eze, France,' 'Le Ranch. Texas USA, Octobre 2001,' 'Chicago USA. Octobre 2001. R?p?tition pour un concert,' 'Harley Davidson. Texas. Promenade du dimanche dans un village,' 'Les chaussures rouges. L'Estaque, France. Juillet 2002. Visite ? la cimenterie Lafarge,' 'Trou de mer, L'Estaque. Juillet 2002,' 'La Joliette. Port de Marseille. France. Embarquement des containers,' 'Les portes du Rove. L'Estaque, m?me p?riode. Le Rove est un tunnel maritime qui donne dans une calanque ? l'Est de l'Estaque.'
CD10: 'L'escalier des aveugles (1991),' 'L'escalier des aveugles,' 'Interm?de,' 'Suzanne et le clochard,' 'Interlude,' 'El cuerpo ingles,' 'Int?rieur,' 'Hommage ? Lorca,' 'Izaskun et la pomme,' 'Interf?rence,' 'Sans savoir pourquoi,' 'Nada,' 'Madrid kilom?tre zero,' 'La nouvelle de l'escalier,' 'Les Arythmiques (2003).'
