“Crickets and clocks, seagulls and strings ~ one could be forgiven for thinking Sophie Delafontaine is writing a Dr. Suess book.”
Crickets and clocks, seagulls and strings ~ one could be forgiven for thinking Sophie Delafontaine is writing a Dr. Suess book. Her natural curiosity is just as great, and on Accord ouvert she translates her alliterative collections into electroacoustic studies.
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“While it’s possible to situate Delafontaine’s work in the traditions of musique concrète and electroacoustics, she clearly isn’t weighed down by the baggage of history.”
“Electroacoustic music is an acquired taste, falling under the same banner as musique concrète and the lesser-used acousmatics.”
“[…] a selection of tracks from some of the releases we listened to during the making of our June 2019 issue […] Sophie Delafontaine, Accord ouvert […]”
“Sophie Delafontaine hat schon eine Reihe an Soundarbeiten für Tanz und Theater abgeliefert, bei denen sie mit intensiver Musik den Fokus auf andere Akteure gelenkt hat.”
“Accord ouvert is the debut album from Belgium based electroacoustic / acousmatic / musique concrète composer Sophie Delafontaine.”
