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Michel ChionPréludes à la VieBack to the record
Outsight
★★★

“Also new on the label from Chion is Préludes à la vie (Preludes to Life). This combines pieces from 1972 to 1991 in two electronic operas.”

Tom Schulte

Also new on the label from Chion is Préludes à la vie (Preludes to Life). This combines pieces from 1972 to 1991 in two electronic operas. In Le prisonnier du son (The Prisoner of Sound) a single human voice tells the story of a lone character trapped in a world of manipulated sounds. The title piece is a series of technical exercises in the possibilities of musique concrète. (3/5)

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4 other reviews

Le Devoir

“C’est une musique qui n’émeut pas; elle passionne et va gratter loin dans l’âme.”

Revue & Corrigée

“DJ avant l’heure!”

N D - Magazine

“The first piece, a 35-minute assemblage of sound material created over a 20-year period (1972 to 1991), has a lot of the sinister electronic flavor of his Requiem LP [now on CD].”

Contact!

“Préludes à la vie is a fascinating disc containing two collections of works from the French composer Michel Chion. Both pieces are made up of many small sections.”