"Leo Kupper was born in Belgium in 1935. He worked with Henri Pousseur at the first electronic music studio in Belgium and is founder and director of the Studio de Recherches et de Structurations Electroniques Auditives in Brussels. This is his third release on Pogus and he remains a master at working with electronics and the human voice. Of the six works presented on this CD, five involve the human voice. Sung by Barbara Zanichelli, Anna Maria Kieffer, and Nicholas Isherwood, their microphone recordings were integrated into Kupper's digital computer sessions, hence the title Digital Voices. The remaining work is for the santur. All the songs on this recording are abstract, which allows both composer and singer a certain artistic liberty. Kupper's stated goal in this recording of digital songs is to encourage the internationalization of spirituality through a musical language that accepts both sung and instrumental world sonorities that can be mixed with electronic sounds derived from the voices of the singers."
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Tracklist
Aviformes 10:45
1 1:45
2 1:08
3 0:59
4 2:24
5 0:46
6 1:58
7 1:51
Kamana 13:08
8 Chlong Chlung 3:19
9 Tamare 3:25
10 Huimi 2:57
11 Kolingelelong 3:30
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12 Parcours Pour Santur 7:29
Santoor [Santur] ? Leo Kupper
Paroles Sur Levres 7:36
13 1:22
14 3:24
15 1:15
16 3:24
Paroles Sur Langue 8:06
17 1:15
18 2:00
19 1:42
20 2:55-
21 Lumiere Sans Ombre 16:20
Bass Vocals ? Nicholas Isherwood
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Produced At ? Studio De Recherches Et De Structuration Electroniques Auditives
Credits
Artwork [Visual Art] ? Olivier Doncq
Liner Notes ? Leo Kupper
Mezzo-soprano Vocals ? Anna Maria Kieffer (tracks: 8 to 11)
Soprano Vocals ? Barbara Zanichelli (tracks: 1 to 7)
Tape [Nature Recordings] ? Luc van Schouwburg
Notes
Packaged in gatefold sleeve with 40 page booklet.
"Aviformes" composed 2009.
"Kamana" for voice, instruments and electronics composed 2010.
"Parcours" (Course of Development) for santur (Dastgah Shur) composed January 2008.
"Paroles Sur Levres" (Words on Lips) for voice and electronic sounds composed 2006.
"Paroles Sur Langue" (Words on Tongue) for voice and electronic sounds composed 2006.
"Lumiere Sans Ombre" (Light Without Shadow) for voice, phonetics and electronic sounds composed 1993.
