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Sub Rosa Sale: the label catalogue at reduced prices
Contemporary & Electroacoustic Vintage SaleContemporary & Electroacoustic Vintage SaleParmegiani, Bayle, Ferrari, Chion, Risset, Chadabe, Dashow, Wessel
Sub Rosa Sale: the label catalogue at reduced prices
Contemporary & Electroacoustic Vintage SaleContemporary & Electroacoustic Vintage SaleParmegiani, Bayle, Ferrari, Chion, Risset, Chadabe, Dashow, Wessel
Wende BartleyClaire-VoieBack to the record
Splendid E-Zine

“You have never heard anything like this. I mean that.”

Deirdre Devers

You have never heard anything like this. I mean that. On first listen, Ellipsis and Rising Tides of Generations Lost may remind one of the emotionally unsettling Diamanda Galas recordings of the late eighties. Imagine being left in the basement of the Amityville house with a box of wet matches and you have an approximation of Claire-voie’s atmosphere of unease. There is a bleak austerity to these pieces, composed of a foreboding soprano accompanied by stray sounds, rustling percussion and ghostly synthesizers. Wende Bartley’s Claire-voie is a siren song not meant for the faint hearted.

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6 other reviews

WomanRock

“Haunting and otherworldly…”

Outsight

“Wende Bartley has worked lone and creatively in the electroacoustic field. This Toronto-based composer here presents pieces composed for female voice and tape.”

SOCAN — Paroles & Musique

“Réservées à l’initié, les quatre compositions de Wende Bartley déterminent et représentent l’essence même de la musique contemporaine.”

N D - Magazine

“Three pieces constitute this CD — all work from the mid-to-late 80’s. All very electronic and similar in character. Very listenable stretches of texture landscapes separated by short, swishy intervals of tape effects.”

N D - Magazine

“Yet another compelling release from [empreintes DIGITALes] in their “affordable” series. Bartley is based in Toronto and has been involved with electroacoustic sounds for over ten years.”

eContact!

“Claire-voie brings together four electroacoustic pieces by Wende Bartley, composed between 1985-1993. The work is characterized by Bartley’s dense texturing of instrumental, vocal, and recorded environmental sounds, as well as her exploration of the performing potential of the female voice.”