Pic-Nic
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2003 album by Christophe Havard, Manu Leduc, Julien Ottavi, Anthony Taillard, Fabrice Gallis, Jérôme Joy, named after the networked black box created to introduce cybernetic programming in music, Pic-Nic is the result of continuous analysis of the sound inputs according to programmed behaviors. Sound selections, diffusion, the superimposition of different layers, speeds, and spatialization are all determined by internal memory that is ultimatel responsible for the composition.
CHRISTOPHE HAVARD / EMMANUEL LEDUC / JOHN MORIN / JULIEN OTTAVI
Digital Live Radio Session
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“Tinny, noisy tones (rather than severe, sub-frequency glitches) consume the majority of the [2001] session,” explains Matt Roberson, performed on radio, tape, motors, contact microphones, mini-disc (Havard), no input mixing board, radios feedback, sampler (Leduc), turntables, sampler (Morin), and laptop (Ottavi). “Halfway through [the information-and-media-permeated atmosphere], a soft drone emerges with equally soft bursts of music and other sound … minutes before harsher tones enter.”
Phrênésie #2 — A Space of Language Experimentation
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2003 comp of poetic sound pieces with electronic treatments by Julien Ottavi & Sophie Gosselin, John Tilbury, Brandon Labelle