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Why am I so fascinated by sound installations?
There's no doubt the memory of having seen some outstanding sound installations, in Linz, at Ars Electronica, and those of Brian Eno, in London and Paris.
Then, of course, there's my experience with Lightwave, where we designed the sound for Anne and Patrick Poirier's installation in Oberhausen's Gasometer, during the “Ich Phoenix” contemporary art festival (lightwave-musique.bandcamp.com/album/in-der-unterwelt).
Not to mention “Cantus Umbrarum”, where we provided sound for hundreds of meters of underground galleries in the Grottes de Choranche (Vercors) during the 38e Rugissants Festival...
But more fundamentally, I like the concept of music designed for a particular place, a particular environment.
A space where you can move around, where you can put the music in space, between multiple dimensions, a physical, multisensory staging of listening....
I conceived this album for such an environment: a journey through places with multi-channel sound, each stage having its own luminous, chromatic and harmonic identity.
I dream of a sound installation where the listener's progress, stops, head movements and gaze determine the rhythm, level and mix of the music...
It may already exist... Or it may soon...
“Music for Installations II” is a new stage in my quest for immersive, multidimensional compositions...
Perhaps multimedia and video designers will come across my music, and my dream of a sound installation will one day become reality...
In the meantime, dear listeners, dear fans of my music, I invite you to listen to my music through headphones, close your eyes, turn around twice and let shapes and colors unfold freely in your imagination!
There's no doubt the memory of having seen some outstanding sound installations, in Linz, at Ars Electronica, and those of Brian Eno, in London and Paris.
Then, of course, there's my experience with Lightwave, where we designed the sound for Anne and Patrick Poirier's installation in Oberhausen's Gasometer, during the “Ich Phoenix” contemporary art festival (lightwave-musique.bandcamp.com/album/in-der-unterwelt).
Not to mention “Cantus Umbrarum”, where we provided sound for hundreds of meters of underground galleries in the Grottes de Choranche (Vercors) during the 38e Rugissants Festival...
But more fundamentally, I like the concept of music designed for a particular place, a particular environment.
A space where you can move around, where you can put the music in space, between multiple dimensions, a physical, multisensory staging of listening....
I conceived this album for such an environment: a journey through places with multi-channel sound, each stage having its own luminous, chromatic and harmonic identity.
I dream of a sound installation where the listener's progress, stops, head movements and gaze determine the rhythm, level and mix of the music...
It may already exist... Or it may soon...
“Music for Installations II” is a new stage in my quest for immersive, multidimensional compositions...
Perhaps multimedia and video designers will come across my music, and my dream of a sound installation will one day become reality...
In the meantime, dear listeners, dear fans of my music, I invite you to listen to my music through headphones, close your eyes, turn around twice and let shapes and colors unfold freely in your imagination!
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released November 7, 2024
Concept, sound design, production: Christian Wittman
Recorded and produced at: Nina Studio (Paris)
Concept, sound design, production: Christian Wittman
Recorded and produced at: Nina Studio (Paris)
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