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."

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."

Morgenrot 1 by Marc-Henri Arfeux

YouTube via RADIOKLOW

"This video presents the first part of Morgenrot, composed in october 2009 on a Virus TI synthesizer,, with a film released in april 2007, when I created a book of artist for an exhibition of writers organized by an author association I belong to."

Morgenrot 2 by Marc-Henri Arfeux


Update:

Psalmis

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Access Virus Ti on synths.

"Pièce pour voix et dispositif électronique, par Marc-Henri Arfeux, également présent au compte RADIOKLOW.
Psalmis ehvarh steöhn Ölöhn va braliska licther eohn, salmaz verihn."
Googlish
"Piece for voice and electronics by Marc-Henri Arfeux also RADIOKLOW this account.
Psalms ehvarh steöhn Ölöhn will braliska licther eohn, Salmaz verihn."

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."

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Performing in a Cathedral - Marc-Henri at Saint Bonaventure in Lyon

Published on Apr 15, 2013 RADIOKLOW·77 videos

The Access Virus acts as a controller in this performance. The first sounds you hear are actually the Roland V-Synth XT. Later it controls the Snow. The Little Phatty controls the Blofeld.

'Concert with poetic reading given at Saint Bonaventure of Lyon, during the festival "Artistic Adventures at the Cordeliers' the 10th of march 2013.

With Marie-Ange Sebasti : poems and Marc-Henri Arfeux : synthesizers (Virus TI, Roland V-Synth XT, Virus Snow Blofeld, Little Phatty).

Many thanks to Michel Morlot.

This concert lasted one hour, but since we had small technical problems with the filming, I decided to select 45mn of the whole show, divided into five moments, from the beginning to the end."

Marc-Henri dedicates the performance to the people of Boston and the inocent victims.


Update: Video of the performance added above.

Pics of via Marc-Henri's (aka RADIOKLOW) setup and performance at Saint Bonaventure in Lyon. The performance was yesterday, April 10.  Four of the pics were taken in the afternoon before the performance. The second to last is a still from a video of the performance which will be available at a later date.  You can see an Access Virus TI & Snow, Moog Little Phatty, Roland V-Synth XT Rack and Waldorf Blofeld. I asked Marc-Henri if I could post the images as you do not see this every day. The video of the performance will follow when ready. Until then, see the RADIOKLOW and Marc-Henri links above for previous posts featuring Marc-Henri's work. He is a true explorer of sound and his compositions with the Access Virus Ti are reminiscent of what others do with expansive modular systems.

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Hadikat Raja XI

Première Partie

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Nov 22, 2011

"Eleventh visit to the garden. Composition for Keyboard Virus TI"

Hadikat Raja XI, Deuxième Partie

Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Nov 23, 2011

Hadikat Raja XI, Troisième Partie

Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Nov 23, 2011

IKKK Multimedia Steinway transformed by the GRM Tools for piano. Also some recordings of stones hitting and scraping together processed by GRM Tools.

Hadikat Raja XVI

Hadikat Raja XVI, Première Partie

YouTube Published on Apr 10, 2012 by RADIOKLOW

"Sixteenth visit to the garden. Composed for Keyboard Virus TI and A100 Doepfer system."

Hadikat Raja XVI, Deuxième Partie

Published on Apr 10, 2012 by RADIOKLOW

"Second part of Hadikat Raja XVI. Composed for Keyboard Virus TI and Doepfer A100 system."

Hadikat Raja XVI, Troisième Partie

Published on Apr 10, 2012 by RADIOKLOW

"Third part of Hadikat Raja XVI. Composed for Virus TI and Doepfer A100 system."

Hadikat Raja XII

Hadikat Raja XII, Première Partie

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Nov 26, 2011

"First part of the welth visit to the garden. Composed for Keyboard Virus TI. Drawings on Zenbrush."

Hadikat Raja XII, Deuxième Partie

Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Nov 27, 2011

"Second part of the twelth visit to the garden. Composed for Keyboard Virus TI."

Hadikat Raja XV

Hadikat Raja XV, Première Partie

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Apr 8, 2012

"Fifteenth visit to the garden. Composed for Keyboard Virus TI"

Hadikat Raja XV, Deuxième Partie

Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Apr 8, 2012

"Second part of the fifteenth visit to the garden. Composed for Keyboard Virus TI"

Hadikat Raja XX

Hadikat Raja XX, Première Partie

YouTube Published on Jul 23, 2012 by RADIOKLOW

"Twentieth visit to the Garden. Composed for Virus TI, Little Phatty and Blofeld"

"The twentieth piece of the HR cycle. To celebrate this number, I decided to use various means of composition. After a small introduction with the Virus TI, the first part goes on with Little Phatty solo lines, 00:41 to 6:11, with a small touch of Virus TI, 0:59 to 1:17, and some drops of Wiener Philarmonik Steinway, 5:00 to 5:53.
From that point, some Virus TI elements of the 19 previous pieces appear in a new configuration to develop at the same time echoes and brand new musical forms. It runs during the second part - with a short background call,(as a night bird call), of Doepfer coming from HR XVII, between 1:39 and 1:45. At 5:27, the Virus Ti vanishes and the end of this part is exclusively composed for Blofeld. I wanted to do something special for this twentieth composition of the HR cycle, and I will of course go on this work in progress since this issue gave me many new ideas."

Hadikat Raja XX, Deuxième Partie

Published on Jul 23, 2012 by RADIOKLOW

"Second part of the Twentieth visit to the Garden. Composed for Virus TI, Little Phatty and Blofeld"

Hadikat Raja VII, Première Partie

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Aug 7, 2011

"Seventh visit to the garden. Composition for Keyboard Virus TI."

"Just a detail : this time the piano used in the begining is not one of my favorite prepared pianos created on the Virus TI but the Steinway of Wiener Philarmonik by IK Multimedia, transformed by various GRM Tools. On the contrary, the clarinet you will hear in solo from the third minute and at the end of second part, as all the other sounds, has been created on the Virus TI."

Hadikat Raja VII, Deuxième Partie


Update: I sent the following to RADIOKLOW and thought I'd share it here as well. I love the use of the Virus in these pieces. Here is why.

"As always, I love your use of the Virus TI and the sounds you create with it. It's refreshing to hear it used in this way. I think it's inspirational in that it reminds people you can use synths for more than rhythm based electronic music. People seem to associate music like this with Buchla and forget you can use a synth like the Virus to explore sound in a similar way. It's easy to fall into the use of synths for more conventional electronic music. Your music reminds me of when I first explored editing synths and my initial love for synthesis unbound by conventional sounds. For me it was all about creating new instruments never heard before. My first synth was the Matrix-6, hence the alias matrix and name of the site. The Matrix-6 has a pretty extensive modulation matrix, tracking and ramp generators, velocity sensitivity, aftertouch, and something not common on most synths, release velocity. You can map all of this to different parameters in the modulation matrix allowing you to essentially create unique expressive instruments." It was more about exploring sound than trying to create specific sounds to use in a mix. Note it's all good in my book, it's just nice to be reminded that you are free to explore anything you want, anytime you want. Don't box yourself in.

Hadikat Raja XIV & Marc-Henri at the Museum of Fine Arts Lyon

Hadikat Raja XIV, Première Partie

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Apr 2, 2012

"Fourteenth visit to the garden. Composed for Keyboard Virus TI."

Hadikat Raja XIV, Deuxième Partie

Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Apr 2, 2012

"Second part of the Fourteenth visit to the Garden. Composed of Keyboard Virus TI"


Update: pics of Marc-Henri at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon, France for a performance with the Access Virus, a Doepfer modular system, and some poetry thrown in for good measure. Incredible setting for an electronic performance!

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Hadikat Raja XIX

Hadikat Raja XIX, Première Partie

YouTube Published on Jul 10, 2012 by RADIOKLOW

"Nineteenth visit to the garden. Composed for Virus TI"

A few lines of Doepfer modular from 2:29 to 2:46, in the solo from 4:00 to 4:22, and from 4:46 to 5:23. Wiener Philarmonik Steinway piano sounds transformed by GRM at 2:17.

Hadikat Raja XIX, Deuxième Partie

Published on Jul 10, 2012 by RADIOKLOW

"Second part of the nineteenth visit to the garden. Composed for Virus TI"

Doepfer in solo from 6:46. Everything else you hear is the Access Virus TI.

Hadikat Raja XVII

Hadikat Raja XVII, Première Partie

YouTube Published on Apr 16, 2012 by RADIOKLOW

"Seventeenth visit to the Garden. Composed for Doepfer A100"

Doepfer composition coupled with GRM tools [link] in real time. Access Virus appears four times to briefly underline the main flow of the piece: from 0.38mn to 1.29m, 3.29mn to 3.49mn, 10.11mn to 10.15mn, and at last from 10.24mn to 10.40mn.

Hadikat Raja XVII, Deuxième Partie

Published on Apr 17, 2012 by RADIOKLOW

Hadikat Raja VIII, Première Partie

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Sep 24, 2011

"Eighth visit to the garden. Composed with Virus TI Keyboard."

Hadikat Raja VIII, Deuxième Partie

Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Sep 24, 2011

"Second part of Hadikat Raja VIII. Composition for Keyboard Virus TI."

Psalmis

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Access Virus Ti on synths. follow-up to this post. I added the video there as well. Comments disabled in this post to keep them there.
"Pièce pour voix et dispositif électronique, par Marc-Henri Arfeux, également présent au compte RADIOKLOW.
Psalmis ehvarh steöhn Ölöhn va braliska licther eohn, salmaz verihn."

Googlish:

"Piece for voice and electronics by Marc-Henri Arfeux also RADIOKLOW this account.
Psalms ehvarh steöhn Ölöhn will braliska licther eohn, Salmaz verihn."

Hadikat Raja IX, Première Partie

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Oct 18, 2011

"Ninth visit to the garden. Composed for Keyboard Virus TI."

Hadikat Raja IX, Deuxième Partie

Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Oct 18, 2011

"Second part of the ninth visit to the garden."

"Here, half of the prepared pianos are created on the Virus, half derive from the Wiener Philarmonik of IK Multimedia, transformed by various GRM Tools. The same with flutes."

Hanimi Sakura Spectrum

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on May 1, 2011

"Small Composition for electronics, dedicated to the Japanese People."

Hanimi Sakura Color

Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on May 1, 2011

"Celebration of the japanese cherry trees pink blossom"

"I am using presets I created on Morphwizz, the I Pad instrument conceived by Jordan Rudess."

Jordan Rudess: Wizdom Music, LLC
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Silences avec des voix I & II

Published on Apr 14, 2013 RADIOKLOW·76 videos

Virus TI and Moog Little Phatty.  RADIOKLOW is Marc-Henri Arfeux who recently sent in some pics of his setup at the cathedral Saint Bonaventure in Lyon. Video for that performance should be coming soon. It is great to see synthesizers being used in settings and performances like this.

"Poetic and electroacoustic performance given by Mohammed El Amraoui and Marc-Henri Arfeux the10th of March 2013, at Lyon's Museum of Fines Arts, during the national festival : Printemps des poètes 2013. Many thanks to the Espace Pandora, Thierry Renard, the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Pierre Lacote and Pierre Perrin.
I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)"

Silences avec des voix II

Pour en finir avec le Jugement de Dieu

Published on May 20, 2017 RADIOKLOW

Music performed on the Access Virus TI. More RADIOKLOW.

"Pour en finir avec le Jugment de Dieu, ( To have done with the judgement of God) is a censored never-aired radio play written in 1947 by the french poet, artist and actor Antonin Artaud.

Léo Mouton, student a Lycée Edouard Herriot of Lyon asked me in june 2016 to collaborate with him in an attempt to give theatrical life to this mythic piece of meditation. I instantly said yes and we started to work during the following autumn. Léo chose a selection of the most important parts of Artaud's work and I had to choose with him the sounds we would use to enhance the text. I of course chose to work on my favorite Access Virus TI and the result of this long work was performed , thursday 18th of may, at Lycée Edouard Herriot."

Googlish:

"Pour en finir avec le Jugment de Dieu, ( To have done with the judgement of God) is a censored never-aired radio play written in 1947 by the french poet, artist and actor Antonin Artaud.

Léo Mouton, student a Lycée Edouard Herriot of Lyon asked me in june 2016 to collaborate with him in an attempt to give theatrical life to this mythic piece of meditation. I instantly said yes and we started to work during the following autumn. Léo chose a selection of the most important parts of Artaud's work and I had to choose with him the sounds we would use to enhance the text. I of course chose to work on my favorite Access Virus TI and the result of this long work was performed , thursday 18th of may, at Lycée Edouard Herriot."