DRIES TACK : In Memoriam Alvin Lucier

'This album is not just a homage — it’s a gentle act of remembrance. A way of tuning in to what Lucier showed us: that listening is an art in itself. A meditation on resonance, memory, and the quiet power of pure sound.
Or to quote Alvin Lucier himself: “I guess I’m trying to help
people hold shells up to their ears, and listen to the ocean again.”
The influence of Alvin Lucier’s work on acoustic phenomena and the interplay between sound and space is difficult to overstate. His legacy continues to echo through the work of countless composers and sound artists today. Lucier’s music is marked by a sense of childlike wonder and sonic simplicity - shifting our perception from what we hear to how we listen. At the heart of his compositions lies the sine wave: the purest, most elemental form of sound. Clarinetist Dries Tack pays tribute to this master of minimalism with an album centered around two works Lucier composed as intimate ‘In Memoriams’ for friends. Both pieces explore a single, elegant idea: the interaction between an instrumental tone and a sine wave.'



A In Memoriam Jon Higgins (Alvin Lucier)
B In Memoriam Stuart Marshall (Alvin Lucier)

Cover – Jan D'Hooghe
Liner Notes – Rebecca Diependaele
Mastered By – Gabriel Séverin
With the help of la Fedération Wallonie/Bruxelles.