Label: Observatoire

激シブなサウンドアートやアンビエントものを多く出しているロシアのObservatoire。またまた素晴らしい発掘作家をリリース。英国はレスターを拠点に完全アカデミックな作曲を学び、その後ビジュアルアーティストとして多くのプロジェクトを手掛けてきた女性電子音楽家のVirginie Viel。長い活動の中で初めての音盤となるデビュータイトルをカセット & CDの両フォーマットでリリース。ブックレット掲載のアートワークイメージ同様、暗闇を浮遊するタイトで色のない抽象電子音作。非常に女性的な内容です。16ページブックレット付き。



She is based in Leicester (UK).

Virginie is an electroacoustic composer. She started her artistic carreer as visual artist, practicing photography and video and creating audiovisual installations. In 2008, she obtains a MA in visual communication at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Caen (FR). In 2014, she obtains a MA in acousmatic and electroacoustic composition at the Conservatoire Royal (Arts au Carré) de Mons in Belgium. Since 2014, she is a researcher at De Montfort University in Leicester (UK). Her research investigates the relationships between acousmatic composition and visual acomposition. She is part of Séneçon, a collective of composers based in Brussels. She has collaborated with various artists and composers on audiovisual projects in Europe. Her acousmatic pieces have been played in Europe, North America and Australia. Last June, she was composer in residence at the Université de Montréal (Canada), following an invitation of Robert Normandeau. She composed Uni-vers(e) a dome piece and its stereo version. This Autumn, she is pursuing a part of her research at the Ionian University in Corfu, Greece. She is supported by Erasmus+.