Label: Empreintes DIGITALes

電子音楽ファンは是非!!Creel PoneもCD-R化している、70年代から80年代にかけて出版されたカナダのレーベルCAPACによる電子音楽シングルシリーズ"Musical Portrait"。約100タイトルの出版の中で数種が激ヤバタイトルとして知られており、その一つを制作した人物がこのYves Daoust。スポークンワード好きにもリーチする女性のボイス加工もの/コンクレートや、大所帯アンサンブルでの混沌テイクまで幅広い作風をカバーした充実の一枚。





“Rebuild from separate elements to make a more legible false reality.” — Alain Savouret, January 2022

My very first electroacoustic music piece was entitled “Paris, les Grands-magasins” (1975), an audio documentary of sorts (I suppose it would be called a podcast today) where I attempted to recreate the atmosphere of a department store through a live sale (“Only 30 minutes left, shoppers”).

Then came “Quatuor” (1979), seemingly its complete opposite, an abstract, “aesthetic” piece. This one was inspired by a strange dream where I saw the four musicians of a string quartet, all dressed up and dignified, lose all civility and start hitting each other with their bows…

With “Quatuor”, I started exploring the classical music repertoire, looking to trigger new readings of works from the past through their confrontation or comparison with contemporary documentary environments. This approach is illustrated herein by “Impromptu 2” and “Calme chaos”.

On the other hand, “Lily”, which is articulated around the confidences of a courtesan, feels closer to “Paris, les Grands-magasins”. I have included two versions of it, an acousmatic one and a mixed music one. I believe they open up different readings.