Luc Ferrari
Sonopsys N° 4
FormatCD + BookLabelLicencesGenreExperimental
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condition (disc/book): M / EX+ 12"x7", 60-page fully illustrated spiral-bound book with CD. Sonopsys N° 4 on Licences presents Luc Ferrari in hybrid mode: the CD arrives bound to a book, neither element subordinate to the other. Ferrari distrusted the idea that music should stand alone, unsupported by language, context, image. The Sonopsys series embodied this conviction, each installment weaving sound and text into objects that resist easy classification.
The book isn't liner notes. It's not explanation or apology. It's extension, another voice in the conversation that the music initiates. Ferrari wrote as he composed: fragmentary, associative, resistant to the tyranny of linear argument. Reading while listening, or listening after reading, or reading without listening at all, each approach yields different results. The work multiplies rather than resolves.
Licences, the publisher, specialized in these crossover objects, understanding that some composers think beyond the album format. Ferrari found in them a collaborator willing to let the work dictate its own container. The result sits awkwardly on shelves, too big for the CD rack, too small for the bookcase. Exactly where Ferrari wanted it.
Format
Passages pour mimes, tape music for theater realized 1959.
J'ai été coupé for stereo tape realized 1960-1969. Commissioned par Groupe de recherches musicales (GRM).
Selbsportait, Hörspiel in French and German language realized December 1996 - June 1997 at Studio post-bilig. Commissioned by Südwestfunk Baden-Baden (SWR).
Comes within 60-page book with original texts in French translated in English including interview/discussion between Brunhild Ferrari, David Jisse, Alexandre Yterce, François Bayle, Radosveta Bruzaud & Denis Dufour.
Cahiers Musique concrète / Acousmatique published by Licences. Directed by Alexandre Yterce and founded by Florence Gonot.
Limited numbered edition of 500.
First 15 copies are signed with two original prints.
Release notes
Passages pour mimes, tape music for theater realized 1959. J'ai été coupé for stereo tape realized 1960-1969. Commissioned par Groupe de recherches musicales (GRM). Selbsportait, Hörspiel in French and German language realized December 1996 - June 1997 at Studio post-bilig. Commissioned by Südwestfunk Baden-Baden (SWR). Comes within 60-page book with original texts in French translated in English including interview/discussion between Brunhild Ferrari, David Jisse, Alexandre Yterce,…
| 1 | Passages Pour Mimes | 3:14 | |
| 2 | J'ai Été Coupé | 13:47 | |
| Selbsportait Oder Peinture De Sons Ou Bien Tonmalerei | |||
| 3 | 1 | 7:53 | |
| 4 | 2 | 10:03 | |
| 5 | 3 | 9:24 | |
| 6 | 4 | 10:49 | |
| 7 | 5 | 8:02 | |
| 8 | 6 | 8:27 | |
- Luc Ferrari
- Composed By, Other [Text], Voice [Uncredited] (2 to 8)
- Gérard Pape
- Other [English Translation]
- Shirley Smolderen
- Other [English Translation]
- Alexandre Yterce
- Other [Text]
- Brunhild Ferrari
- Other [Text]
- Jacqueline Caux
- Other [Text]
- Jacques Lejeune
- Other [Text]
- Brunhild Ferrari
- Voice [Uncredited] (2 to 8)
