LUC FERRARI : Ephemere I & II

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Format: CD [33NMN.081]
Shipping Weight: 0.09lbs
Label: Alga Marghen

2,424円

'2010 release. Alga Marghen presents Ephemere I & II (for tape, or to be played with various instruments) -- two previously-unpublished masterpieces which represent for several reasons a very specific moment in the creative life and catalog of Luc Ferrari. Even if Ferrari's perfect skill in creating some of the most beautiful sonic works ever is now well known to the large audience appreciating his music, the undetermined character marking the two works presented here is quite surprising. Luc Ferrari was tempted in the mid-1970s by the idea of leaving the final realization of these pieces open to the performer's intervention (a perspective he decided not to develop in future researches). "Exercises d'Improvisation," a score conceived in 1977 and unreleased for almost 35 years (first recorded this year by the GOL collective with Brunhild Meyer-Ferrari for an LP to be issued on PLANAM), directly comes from the two works presented here. Ephemere I' (or "L'ordinateur ca sert a quoin?" i.e. "What's the use of computers") is a 27-minute piece for tape only, created in 1974, conceived as a kind of electronic drone superimposed by fragments of multi-language whispered voices that creates the thrilling effect of a sea-like continuum. "Ephemere II" (or "Lyon 75" after the only recorded realization) is a 51-minute tape piece with guitar improvisation. The electronic repetitive structure reminds of some of the most radical works of American composer Terry Riley, while the guitar sounds, first resulting as live manipulated pointillistic impulses, develop into a blues sonority, superimposing the tape drone and creating a heavy psychedelic atmosphere of the most sublime kind. The end of this long suite leads us back into more abstract and live electronic sonorities. This very intense work can be placed in a context between scored music and totally improvised music. Housed in a tri-folded digipack sleeve. Please note: these two previously-unpublished pieces revealing a hidden part of Luc Ferrari poetics are not included in the INA 10CD boxset. Only available on this CD edition.'

Tracklist
1 Ephemere I "L'Ordinateur Ca Sert A Quoi?" 27:03
2 Ephemere II "Lyon 75" 51:35

Credits
Coordinator ? Brunhild Meyer-Ferrari
Liner Notes ? Luc Ferrari
Reissue Producer ? Emanuele Carcano

Notes
Ephemere I : November 1974.
Ephemere II : November 1975.
For tape only, or to be played with various instruments.
First pressing limited to 500 copies in tri-fold Digipak.