Philippe Mion
Philippe Mion is a French composer of acousmatic and electroacoustic music, born in Tournan-en-Brie in 1956. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where he won the composition prize in 1977, and musicology at the Sorbonne. He worked with the GRM until 1989 and was a resident at the French Academy in Rome. His works include L'Image éconduite, after Henri Michaux, and the opera Léone, with Philippe Minyana.
Je joue pour faire de la fumée L'image éconduite
Much needed release by one of most underrated French electro-acoustic genius, Philippe Mion assembles here a delicious collection of electronic and acoustic sounds, and interleaves them in ways that might be described as fugal. The texture is rich and complex, and yet spare enough to enable each sound combination to be enjoyed to the fullest. This double set features the legendary L'Image Éconduite composition, that was originally a 70-minute composition on 4-track tape (that was trimmed to 57 m…
Léone
Philippe Mion’s acousmatic opera Léone (1993), on a libretto by Philippe Minyana drawn from a true news story: six singers conducted by Laurent Cuniot, with the whole orchestra replaced by tape composed at the Ina-GRM and Grame.
Si C’était Du Jour...
Electroacoustic music by Phillipe Mion. Mion's music begins with his perceptions of sounds from everyday life, which he organizes with some level of abstraction. He has a great gift for listening to the world around him, and reimagining the sounds. He explores rhythms of trembling arms, the choreography of passersby, and bowed metalic objects, all of which are offered with great sensitivity and imagination. Compositions include 'Si C'etait du Jour' (1999), 'Des Jambes de Femmmes Tout le Temps' (…