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The Sound Projector

“Fascinating.”

Ed Pinsent

We have enjoyed previous releases Growl and Necropolis by Åke Parmerud, the Swedish electroacoustic composer, and now we have Grains (empreintes DIGITALes IMED 18150), the latest collection for this label. As before, we have the monochrome high-contrast sleeve art which appealingly plays with digital “textures” and explores its own imaginary spaces. This time we’re hearing some earlier gems form his 1990s catalogue. The main event might be Grains of Voices, a 1994-95 composition that was commissioned by Swedish radio as a dramatic form of sound-art; we might consider it radiophonic almost, were it not for the lack of a clear linear narrative. Instead, Parmerud is making a generalised statement about the diversity of the human race, by using sampled, found and recorded voices from around the world.

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5 other reviews

The Moderns

“Sweden’s Åke Parmerud has assembled four acousmatic works dating between 1990 and 1995 on a must-have collection of out-of-print recordings.”

Noise Not Music

“Grains of Voice, originally released more than two decades ago, is still one of the most powerful and conceptually interesting pieces of this entire selection of music.”

Bad Alchemy

“Der 1953 geborene Åke Parmerud, einer der Großen der schwedischen Elektroakustik, hat zuletzt bei Growl (2015) und bei Nécropolis (2016) seine Faszination für Organic Machines und Electric Birds gezeigt.”

Badd Press

“Sweden’s Åke Parmerud has assembled four acousmatic works dating between 1990 and 1995 on a must-have collection of out-of-print recordings.”

SilenceAndSound

“L’artiste multi-primé Åke Parmerud fait partie de ces personnes pour qui la musique est un outil de pensée, un vecteur de conscience et de réactivité.”