Formant Synth Dream

Update as of 9:26 PDT: I made a couple of minor updates in case you read it before then. Sorry!

A quick note on posts like this: I hope you enjoy them. If not, just skip them. When I first started the site I used to share my synth dreams but stopped. Personally I get a kick out of them. I won't share every one, just some of the stand outs. The last one stood out for the humor, this one stood out for the design of the instrument. It reminds me of different makers and their approach. As a maker, do you set out to design a synthesizer, an instrument, or both? Are you locked in by the tools, components, and paradigms of what makes a synth? In my dream both the musician and the maker (who never made an appearance BTW) didn't really know what a synth even was. The maker just designed an instrument and the musician just played it. This reminds me of Don Buchla's original designs and specifically the Buchla Music Easel. This was at the birth of synthesis as we know it. What's interesting is his designs weren't meant to be what they are commonly perceived as today. They were meant to be unique instruments, palettes for sound, hence the Music Easel. I heard even his modular systems weren't meant to be complete fixed instruments, they weren't meant to be mixed and matched. Think about that for a bit. They were modular in design, but they weren't meant to be modular in nature. They were meant to be wholly formed instruments. In the following dream the musician reminded me of Marc-Henri and Barry Schrader to an extent. Marc-Henri almost exclusively uses an Access Virus Ti as a music easel for his compositions. Barry Schrader started with Buchla and then moved to FM synthesis for his compositions. You can find an extensive interview with him here.


And the dream...

I had another synth dream last night. In this one I was at an ensemble event held in kind of a classroom/workshop/gym-type of open space at what felt like an old English or New England boarding school - lots of wood, flat tall ceilings, and windows along the length of the far wall. The ensemble consisted of maybe 18 people in a semi-circle with a small audience in front of them, mainly standing, which I was one of. The instructor had each member of the ensemble introduce their instruments. I was in front towards the left of the ensemble and noticed the last two instruments to be electronic desktop boxes sitting on a card table (synth gathering anywone?), both vintage and almost DIY looking in style. I remember thinking, "I know what these boxes are. They are synths! I can't wait to talk shop with the owners and check them out." Well the instructor starts going around the ensemble starting on the opposite side. Each member introduces their instrument and talks a little bit about them and their technique. There were some interesting brass-like instruments. I think there was one based on an alto trombone, but it was just a flat pipe and no horn at the end. Funny side note is my daughter is currently learning to play piccolo. She plays flute in high school band and decided to finally give the piccolo a try as a stretch goal. If you don't know what a piccolo is, it's a tiny flute for super high notes. She said there were tiny versions of most instruments including the trombone. I looked one up and sure enough there is. A tiny trombone not much longer than a foot exists. The instrument in my dream also bore a resemblance to the ribbon controller featured in the Nunomo QUN post, so I'm guessing that's where it came from - some bizarre mix of the two. Anyway, when the instructor/host got around to the last two instruments, it turned out the first was a theremin based synth minus the antennas. It was made of wood and looked vintage. It would have been interesting if not for the next box. That was something. It was black with white and silver sliders, levers, buttons, and knobs. It was a unique instrument custom made for the owner who knew the maker. The interesting thing was the musician wasn't familiar with synths and didn't even see the instrument as a synth. The maker also wasn't into synths. In the dream he was more like a luthier, more of an artist instrument maker than a synth maker. No offense to synth makers! :) Anyway, it was about the size of an EMS SYNTHI and was black with white levers and sliders and had a bunch of esoteric control blocks with non standard names/labels; similar to something like the Hartmann Neuron where controls are familiar but the names are completely different. For some reason it reminded me of a black Lassence uVentury, Modor NF-1, mixed with some MacBeth and Folktek in design, but again completely different. Again, this maker wasn't into synths. This was a unique instrument. After the talk was over the musician gave a little demo. The sound of it. It was like formant analog but the timbers coming out of it were rich and full, not thin or glossy like most formant synthesis. It sounded like nothing I've ever heard before. After the talks were over I walked over to it to check out the controls and design. I wondered if I could touch it and play with it a little and for some reason, as happens in dreams, I knew it was OK so I started playing with it. There was a thin ivory white reed-like lever about an inch and a half long that controlled a female formant timbre. It was amazing. There was an group of lever-type sliders that controlled a multi band formant filter block and I remember thinking, "Oh this is a filter!" There were envelop sliders and other familiar groups that I now forget, but there were a bunch of interesting controls on it that didn't quite match up to common synths. There were additional effects and shaping tools built into the design and everything just flowed like a natural instrument. Again it kind of reminded me in concept to a Hartman Neuron and Modor NF-1, with maybe a bit of Folktek, but it was more vintage and simplistic in design - just a sold black block with white and silver controls. It was definitely designed as a work of art instrument vs. a synth. Similar in concept to the Buchla music Easel as I mentioned in the intro to this dream above. So after checking it out a little and talking to the owner I realized I should take a video of it for the site! I got the OK to film it, pulled out my iPhone, and started trying to capture some of the controls and timbres it was capable of. When I got to that formant female slider it was gone! I couldn't remember what I did to get that sound and I couldn't find the control again. Damn dreams.... And as in many real world sessions I wasn't getting those rich timbres again. I got lost between timbres! I thought my readers would be disappointed in my programming chops for a split second, but then I reminded myself anyone into programming synths will understand and not care, so I kept tweaking. Well, right then, a foster kid boarding at the school distracted me and started talking to me. I hand gestured to him (no I did not flick him off) to hold off for a second because I was in the middle of filming the synth and trying to capture audio. He understood for like five seconds and started talking again. I asked him to give me a sec but he got upset and said I should be there more for people. I felt bad and wasn't getting anywhere with the instrument at that point, so I stopped filming to talk to him before he left.

And that was it! Everything felt right with the kid so that was good, but that instrument! It's gone forever...

Concert of the 24 May 2019

Published on Apr 14, 2020 RADIOKLOW

You might remember previous posts featuring performances by Marc-Henri Arfeux, aka RADIOKLOW, and his students here on MATRIXSYNTH. Marc-Henri wrote in to share this last concert. A ninth was scheduled but unfortunately it will likely be canceled due to the current state of things.

"This concert was given Friday 24 May 2019 at Lycée Edouard Herriot of Lyon, France, by the Philosophy and Electronic Music Workshop I created in 2010.

During this eighth season, we worked around the question of memory.

The concert was performed by:

Victor Barbé: synthesisers, harmonica, voice
Candice Blache : Minimoog Voyager
Julie Breuil : Access Virus TI, voice
Athénaïs Franck : Voice,
Antoine Grimaud : Guitar, voice
Paul Saric : Minimoog Little Phatty, voice
Marc-Henri Arfeux : Minimoog Voyager, Access Virus TI
"Mauvais Garçon" : Introduction to the audience"

Répétition du concert du 15 Mai 2018

Published on May 18, 2018 RADIOKLOW

A new performance from MATRIXSYNTH reader RADIOKLOW, known for his compositions with the Access Virus TI. Side note: his music was actually the tipping point for me in finally picking up a Virus TI2. I have analog and VA covered. RADIOKLOW's experimental use of the Virus TI proved it was capable of much more. But, enough of me. The above is a rehearsal video with some interesting visuals. The below is the actual concert. The composition was done with RADIOKLOW's students.

Concert du 15 Mai 2018 : Raison, Rêves et autres délires

Published on May 18, 2018 RADIOKLOW

"This concert was given on Thuesday 15 May 2018 by the Philosophy and Electronic Music Workshop I created seven years ago. On this special occasion, we performed a show including music and a film.

Saturday 12th of may 2018, eight of the nine members of the Philosophy and Electronic Music Workshop I created seven years ago, gathered at my home to rehearse with me our concert of the 15th of may. This rehearsal appeared to us interesting enough to be presented to the public. Since the filming of it was only a work document consisting on a unique picture with nothing interested to be seen in it, we decided we would use here the film created to be shown during the concert.

Our theme was this year : 'Reason, Dreams and other deliriums'.

During the sessions of the seventh season every student worked on magic objects and created an original work. These objects and works are shown in the film. Various quotations of philosophers and poets about our notions give a written echo to the images and the music.

The music was performed on an Access Virus TI 1, Roland Fantom XR for the piano sound, acoustic instruments including : tibetan bowls, bells, indian cymbals, stones, marbles, various decoys, flutes and two electric guitars.

The musicians are :
Victor Chemla : Virus TI, various percussion instruments and decoys
Herménégilde Claux : Virus TI, various percussion instruments and decoys
Grégoire Lombard : Roland Fantom XR
Louisian Germain : Electric guitar, shaman drum, various percussion instruments
Valesca Goulmot : Various percussion instruments and decoys
Antoine Grimaud : Electric guitar
Clara Maeso : Various percussion instruments
Lucas Mollard : Virus TI, various percussion instruments
Foucauld Monteux : Flute, various percussion instruments and decoys
Marc-Henri Arfeux : Virus TI
As a bonus, you will find a composition I created and perform alone on a Little Phatty. This composition, exploring in the same field as the music for the concert, is called : Ritual of bowls."

Matière Noire - Spectacle du 17 Mai 2017

Published on May 19, 2017 RADIOKLOW

"Matière Noire - Spectacle du 17 Mai 2017 (Black Matter - Show of the 17th of May 2017), is a live concert performed by the Philosophy and Electronic Music Worshop of Lycée Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.

Music by

Lauren Niculescu (Access Virus TI, Roland V Synth XT, and Moog Little Phatty)
Léo Mouton (Access Virus TI and Roland V Synth XT)
Herménégilde Claux, (A100 Doepfer and MiniMoog Voyager Electric Blue)
Marc-Henri Arfeux [RADIOKLOW] ( A100 Doepfer, Moog Little Phatty, MiniMoog Voyager Electric Blue and Access Virus TI).

Dance Performance by Julia Houdin

Film shown during the concert by Herménégilde Claux, Lucien Mouton and Marc-Henri Arfeux

Concert filmed by Jérémy Ferhadian at Lycée Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

Final monting and titles : Marc-Henri Arfeux

Paintings and drawings of the film by Léo Mouton, Olivier Michel and Marc-Henri Arfeux

The object of this concert and its film was the exploration of unconsciousness in the perspective of the Psychology of Archetypes created and developed by Carl Gustav Jung."

More RADIOKLOW

Shaman

Published on Apr 28, 2017 RADIOKLOW

"Shaman is a video composition created by Marc-Henri Arfeux about the french artist Thierry Lambert and his work.
Music composed on Access Virus TI - all sounds designed by Marc-Henri Arfeux"

Promenade Improvisation

Published on Jun 17, 2016 RADIOKLOW

All Access Virus TI.

"Music, painted box of the generic and film by Marc-Henri Arfeux.

'Promenade Improvisation' ('Walk Improvisation'), is what was filmed of a mini concertI gave on the 4th of June. This performance of improvisation lasted 30 minutes but in the middle of it, the filming was interrupted by chance and reloaded so that only a part of this set was finally shot. Nevertheless, it gives a good idea of what I have done and of the circumstances of this mini concert.

I was invited by the association Arthésée to perform electronic improvisations in an exhibition of paintings by Erro, one of the most famous masters of the european creation influenced by many currents among which Fluxus, Cobra, the new figurative school of the sixties, comics, etc.

The principle of this action was that I would start to play while the visitors of the exhibition would walk among the paintings and watch them, during 30 minutes. They would have the choice to come and sit behind me, to remain in front of the paintings or to go out after their visit.

On the film you see some to the visitors finish to gather and sit behind me. At the opening, there is only one person, and during the performance, others come and sit to listen. The performance ends with the persons who decided to stay in the room.

I play on my favorite Virus TI. Of course, all sounds are my creation.

I thank Thésée, founder and president of Arthésée to have given me the opportunity to live this very singular and fascinating experience.

The mysterious painted box you see at the beginning of the film is a work I created between April and May of this year. It has no relationship with the painting exhibition, but I preferred to show it instead of works by Erro for rights reasons."

Selon Lumière

Published on Jan 14, 2016 RADIOKLOW

"Selon Lumière, (According to Light) is a piece composed for Virus TI. It celebrates the infinite journey of light in metamorphosis in universe, from the core of darkness to endless absolute.
In the realm of infinite distance, even the highest speed becomes a variation of slowness. Sometimes a sudden event of chromatic blossom happens, whereas light goes on gliding along its vector as an arrow of enigma, or a traveller creating his path according to his steps.
Music, and film by Marc-Henri Arfeux."

JBK

Published on Jan 11, 2016 RADIOKLOW

"JBK, Portrait of a friend and artist.
This piece of music was composed as a tribute to my friend, Jean-Baptiste Kempf. Visual artist in computer, Jean-Baptiste Kempf creates is own images and films by complex programming. We worked together a few years ago to produce a video composition called = Meditation : [posted here]

This composition was performed on Virus TI by Marc-Henri Arfeux. The video was also created by Marc-Henri Arfeux"

Arstechnika

Published on Jun 1, 2014 RADIOKLOW·94 videos

"Performance given by the members of the Philosophy and Electronic Music Workshop of Lycée Edouard Herriot I created three years ago.

This year, we worked on the theme : Art and Technics and decided instead of a demonstrative approach to express how various techniques of music, video, and performing arts can be a path towards beauty. I hope we succeeded but I am not the right person to have an opinion about this since I am involved in this performance.

With :

Lara Mondelin, Oprhys Pirmpied, Emilano Germain : Composition and performance

Adrien Pain : Composition and improvisations on various acoustic little instruments

Jérémie Vaudet : Composition and improvisations on Mini Moog Voyager Electric Blue

Marc-Henri Arfeux : Videos, composition, improvisations on Virus TI

Compositions on Virus TI and various little acoustic instruments

Performance filmed by Colin Chastel

Light : Marceau Levin

We dedicate this film to the memory of David Balmas, a young student who passed away soon after having joined the workshop.
His soul remains in our hearts."

An Interview with Marc-Henri Arfeux

Don't miss the update in this post. It is a fascinating read and reminds me of why I initially got into synths myself.

"Poetry at the core of arts" with a Dedication to Pierre Henry by Marc-Henri Arfeux & the Access Virus

Many of you will be familiar with the Access Virus compositions by Marc-Henri from previous RADIOKLOW posts. Marc-Henri bridges the gap between electronic music and other forms of art. His most recent work is a poem in tribute to Pierre Henry accompanied by the Access Virus. The tribute is hosted on La poésie au cœur des arts : le Blogart which translates to "Poetry at the core of arts". Click through and click on the Access Virus image to get to the piece.

via Marc-Henri:

"This site called 'Poetry at the core of arts' is the net the extension of a book of the same title, an anthology of poetry published by the french publisher : Editions Bruno Doucey. The book contains a poem I wrote about electronic music. The site was conceived to developp an exploration for some of the poets and artists of the book. I am one of them for, poetry , music and painting.

You will find the poem I wrote for the book, three pieces of music composed in january 2014, four poems by other authors of the anthology, three improvisations performed in early february 2014, a former composition called De Haute Vallée you have seen in the form a video in late 2012, an interview in french and some photographs taken at my flat when I was interviewed."

The following is Marc-Henri's poem translated into English:

"Orpheus veil"

Fly down into Orpheus ear,
Where roll clockworks
Of the forbidden stars
And voices shreds seeking vision.

Listen at the well of walls
Echoes of illuminated faces
In their bronze palaces.

Pavings, folds of roses,
The naked heels
Playing the freshness game
With embers
And the childhood kisses.

Travelling back to horizon,
In the limestone of nights,
Is now the prophecy of the spices,
With its tissue gifted with red
And the sobbings of an initiation.

Marc-Henri Arfeux - 2013

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Update: the following an English translation of the interview with Marc-Henri Arfeux on "Poetry at the core of arts". It is a fascinating read and reminds me of why I initially got into synths. My first synth was a brand new Oberheim Matrix-6 back in 1986. When I first started exploring the Matrix-6 I had no idea what the parameters did, so I just dived in. For me it was an exploration of sound for the sake of sound and a fascination in creating musical instruments never heard before. The focus was on that exploration rather than the attempt to mimic real world instruments. Much of this spirit is covered in the world of musique concrete and is captured in the interview below. Do not miss the part on the short wave radio. Truly fascinating and an inspiration for sonic exploration.

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RIP Bernard Parmegiani - Electronic & Acoustic Composer

Marc-Henri (aka RADIOKLOW) wrote in to let me know electronic acoustic composer Bernard Parmegiani has passed away at the age of 86.  He was mentioned here on MATRIXSYNTH a few times in the past.

The above image is from conceptoradio where you'll find a feature on him in Spanish. The following is some of the text translated to Googlish:

"Editions Mego is refocusing on the work of Bernard Parmegiani under his Recollection GRM series. reissued it "De Natura Sonorum" album first published in 1975 and probably one of the most important works of the French composer. This work consists of twelve movements, constituted in two series of six, combining analogue sounds with electronics, and is a true reflection of his studies at the Research Group Concrete Music (GRM) of Pierre Schaeffer. This work was also inspired by artists such as Aphex Twin or Autechre, since, as well quote the press release, 'has indelibly marked the classical period of electroacoustic music.'"

Bernard Parmegiani: De Natura Sonorum (1975)

Published on Jun 3, 2012 TheWelleszTheatre·1,789 videos

"Bernard Parmegiani (*1927): De Natura Sonorum (1975).
Création 3 Juin 1975, Paris.
Dédié a Michel Descombey et au Ballet Indépendiente de Mexico."

You can find a bio on Wikipedia here.

via Marc-Henri: "By a strange mystery of time, the INA-GRM has just released a few days ago a new version of his most important works in CD. Bernard Parmegiani was not so famous as Pierre Henry (still living and now around 85 years) but of the same artistic level in a very different style."

Parmegiani: "La Création du Monde" (Complete)

Published on Aug 29, 2012 NewMusicXX·836 videos

"Bernard Parmegiani: 'La Création du Monde' (1982-84) (Complete)
Lumière Noire (Black Light), Métamorphose du vide (Metamorphosis of the Void), Signe de vie (Sign of Life)

I have received many requests to post this work in its complete form, so here it is."

Hadikat Raja XXIII

Published on Nov 2, 2013 RADIOKLOW·94 videos

"Twenty third visit to the garden. Composed for Virus TI and Little Phatty.
Music, land art and film by Marc-Henri Arfeux."

"Virus Ti, except a small part with the Little Phatty from 6:47 to 8:15; it gradually appears under the Virus TI waves, and develops into a solo until 13:27 where the Virus TI comes back alone."

Monochromies

Published on Oct 27, 2013 RADIOKLOW·93 videos

"Monochromies is a musical and visual meditation on the notion of color, composed for Virus TI. The idea of monochrome is very often associated to a single color considered in itself as the substance of a painting, since Yves Klein invented his famous blue and used it constantly in reference to cosmos and alchemy. But this conception is not aware that a genuine monochrome is far more than a unique tone and Yves Klein who was initiated to the secrets of color as well as alchemy perfectly knew it. Behind the visible radiance of a his symbolical atmospheric blue, all the dimensions of the spectrum are gathered in a composition of their different values, forming the specific vibration of the cosmic substance this artist invented. Such a strange phenomenon is not only poetry or the sign of an ancient belief conveyed into a kind of painter's mysticism, but also a physical reality. Every color radiates through the others and produces the specific aura of each of them. As an alchemist wrote about the philosophical stone " It has every color, white, red, yellow, blue sky, green", is also true in the filed of music since colors and sounds are two expressions of the same basic reality. In this piece, I try to explore it by a combination of music and visual events, divided into four moments, each one corresponding to an element, but also according to a process in three dimensions plus one (space and time, sides of the triangle and their blossom in a final fourth absolute form in which the distinct lines and angles finally unite. These different moments are also successive enters into the core of the universe mystery through musical and visual doors (this is why I used the noise of a genuine door in the third enter, in association with the sounds of the Virus TI, from 6:27 to 7:52). Each door leads to a deeper vision until the piece reaches its end in the suspension of the enigma, close to its revelation, but a few steps before it since we can just go on the border but never cross it. The only knowledge we are allowed to reach being the intuition of the other side through our journey of impossible discovery.
Film and music by Marc-Henri Arfeux"

Etude de Matière Blanche

Published on Oct 19, 2013 RADIOKLOW·92 videos

"Etude de Matière Blanche, (Study on White Matter) is the third and last element of the trilogy of matter and light I composed since last september (Study on Black Matter and Chromata being the previous elements of this meditation). The topic of this last study is the essence of light and of its principle the white which contains all the variations of the prism as a secret drop of infinite visibility. My approach of it is both poetic and metaphysical since I believe the field of physics is the most essential region of science, may be the most close to the mystery of being, on the immaterial border of ontology.
Film and composition by Marc-Henri Arfeux, the music having been created once again on a keyboard Virus TI."

Chromata

Published on Oct 18, 2013 RADIOKLOW·91 videos

"Chromata, for keyboard Virus TI celebrates the mystery of the color's birth out of light, in the depth of the universe. Composition and film by Marc-Henri Arfeux"

Etude de Matière Noire

Published on Sep 27, 2013 RADIOKLOW·90 videos

"Etude de Matière Noire( Study on Black Matter) is a meditation on the mysterious substance physicians call by this beautiful name reminding us of the alchemists poetic practice and conceptions.
Music and film by Marc-Henri Arfeux
Composition for Keyboard Virus TI"

Héliopause by RADIOKLOW - A Tribute to Voyager 1 on the Access Virus Ti

Published on Sep 12, 2013 RADIOKLOW·88 videos

What's interesting is Marc-Henri aka RADIOKLOW composed and then published this piece earlier today just before news broke that Voyager 1 has indeed entered interstellar space.  That's some great timing.  :)

"In 1977, The NASA launched two space shuttles, Voyager 1 and 2, to explore the solar system and reach if possible its limits to cross them and travel in the interstellar space. The last news about them let us think they are now somewhere on this border called heliopause, may be just one step beyond. From time time to time, I have a though for them as I would of distant twins who would be brothers of mine, with a deep tenderness. This is the reason why I composed this piece as a tribute to them and their journey to the unknown. Heliopause was composed for keyboard Virus TI, film and music by Marc-Henri Arfeux"

And the news today via NASA:

"Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space. The NASA spacecraft, which rose from Earth on a September morning 36 years ago, has traveled farther than anyone, or anything, in history. Now Voyager 1 is in the space between the stars. How did Voyager 1 get there? How do we know and where is it going? For more information on humanity's first emissary to what lies beyond, explore the videos, images and stories below..."

Published on Sep 14, 2013 RADIOKLOW·89 videos
Follow-up to Héliopause posted here.

"Siralia is the second piece I composed on sunday 8th of September 2013, as a tribute to the two Voyagers traveling in the distant border of the solar system, without knowing at that moment the NASA would announce officially the crossing of this border by Voyager I who - I say "who" instead of "which" because I feel these ships are part of us an kind of distant brothers - now travels in the interstellar space, first of all the human spaceships to explore this open region of the unknown.

Siralia precisely refers to this unbelievable extraordinary journey in the outer space, according to my sonic and visual imagination. When I composed it, only knowing the two Voyagers where traveling in the Héliopoause I wanted to jump one step beyond to anticipate this great adventure in the interstellar void. Now Voyager I runs and glides in this mysterious ocean of silence and my composition becomes a message to "him" !

I called this composition "Siralia", for two reasons. Sirius is the nearest star that can be reached from the solar system, and it is also the title Karlheinz Stockhausen gave to the first opera of his Week of Light cycle, in 1976. At that time I was 14 years old and discovering the contemporary electroacoustic of the seventies with passion, having been initiated to this music by my father. The first record I heard in the early seventies was "Le Voyage (The Journey) by Pierre Henry, a major composition of 1963. Before that, in the late sixties, when I was 8 or 9, my father would often play with his radio at the extreme regions of the short waves band to produce strange sounds he compared to tibetan music, and I was found of it ! I think this is the first root of my passion for electroacoustic music and wanted here to pay this tribute to my father who will be happy to be quoted here for this beautiful reason, as well as my mother who will be very pleased to read here this little but essential anecdote about him !

Siralia was composed on my favorite Keyboard Virus TI. The film is done after personal videos and pictures treated for the circumstance as well as various pictures of astronomy, including images of Voyager, of the message it carries and of star Sirius, also treated by various means to produce this film."

En Mode Masculin Féminin

Published on Jul 5, 2013 RADIOKLOW·87 videos

Details via Marc-Henri including synths for each part:

"I am very happy to share with you this film and this music, as a tribute to the creations of a young artist in haute couture, William Kerney, 'present on Facebook), who is only 18 years old and student in term year of my the high school where I teach. I composed the music and the film was built from various sources : movies and photos shot by me and members of the team who worked on this project. Photographers, assistants, hairdressers, cosmeticians, models are all students at Lycée Edouard Herriot of lyon, France.

William Kerney conceived himself all the gowns and hats, from the basis skteches to the final production, including the sewing of every clothe and worked one year on this project.

The film begins with the collections he created during the first semester of 2013, and goes on with the fashion parade he presented around his theme of masculinity and feminity, at Lycée Edouard in may 2013, during the Week of Performing Arts of this high school. It is followed, after the end credits by a bonus consisting of two interviews in french. The first one with William Kerney and his assistant Tristan Fiancette, the second one with me as a teacher of philosophy at Lycée Edouard Herriot, teacher in charge of Culture Life in this high school composer of this music, editor of this film and author of some of the images it contains, just after the fashion parade.

All sounds on Virus TI were created by me. Sounds of other real or virtual instruments are patches of these instruments : mainly Roland Phantom XR - orchestra and voices and piano expanding cards of the SRX series : SRX-02 : "Concert Piano" and SRX-O6, "Complete Orchestra" and SRX - and also feminine choirs from Voices of Passion by Eastwest. At the end of the composition he created a special sound on Alchemy by Camel Audio and played it myself (see below) during the final part of the composition : it is not a sequence nor an automatic pulsation.

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Schopfung

Published on May 15, 2013 RADIOKLOW·85 videos

"Schopfung is a collective work of electroacoustic music and video I conceived with the students of Philosophy and Electronic Music Workshop I created and have been supervising for two years in Lycée Edouard Herriot of Lyon. This work explores the question of natural and artistic beauty through music and image ans is based on a famous meditation of Hegel about this problem in his Aesthetics."

Some additional details including the synths used throughout the piece via Marc-Henri:

"As it vas programed, the students and I presented our work during a performance monday evening at 17h30 at the theatre of our High School (Lycée Edouard Herriot, in the city of Lyon).

We divided the performance in various pats : a first piece of music and video you will find here, a first live improvised set, a second video and music piece (Hadikat Raja XXI you already know because the students thought it fitted with our theme) and a last short improvised set. The live sets will be presented apart un a single video.

Here is the collective work of music and video by which we began.

Is is called Schopfung (Creation) un reference to Haydn's oratorio, Die Schopfung,(The Creation). Our them was the question of natural and artistic beauty after the mediations of Hegel about it in his Aesthetics. The idea of a link between this philosophical program and the concept of creation was suggested to us by fabulous recordings of electromagnetic waves from the solar system planets achieved by Voyager I and II during the seventies.

We used natural recorded sounds, various synths, and voices of two student girls members of the group.

Here is the approximative timetable of our various sound and music tracks. (All sounds except the natural sounds and the girls voices and the Bulgarian voices of Voices of Passion by Eastwest ,are original creations of the various instruments - when a sound, natural of coming out a synth or a natural voice is treated by the GRM Tools, I always give this precision)

I send you my best friendly regards,
Marc-Henri

0:30-4:50 : A deep bass group of sounds which are recordings of electromagnetic waves by Voyager I and II

Little Phatty : 01:28-01:50, 03:53-04:20 : ring like sounds

01-31-2:20 and 3:49-04:00 : PPG Wave 2V software of the Waldorf suite

02:26-03:48 : Filtatron of Moog various sounds including sparkle and rings like sounds

04:50-08:34 : all sounds by the Virus TI

08:35-09:00 : fire natural sound

08:55-09:42 Virus TI sounds

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