This third album by Ensemble d’oscillateurs is pointing towards a future for sine wave-based ensemble performances. The title, ‘5 Directions’, indicates different roads that could be taken by this kind ensemble where 10 musicians are performing on analogue oscillators. These five pieces bring to the forefront a maturity the ensemble has gained over the years.
The first album released in 2016, ‘4 Compositions’ (LINE_098), reflected the first attempts of composing and performing with this peculiar instrumentarium. The second album, ‘2 Transcriptions’ (LINE_124), was taking the performance of electronic music a step further with arrangements of seminal composers Pauline Oliveros and Else Marie Pade.
This third album, ‘5 Directions (LINE_131) shows five varying approaches the ensemble could pursue in the future. But foremost, the pieces on this album show the confidence and fulfillment achieved by not only the performers but by the composers working with the ensemble itself.
The first piece by French composer Hervé Birolini exposes the rich combinations possible when the oscillators sine… afficher plus
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Ensemble d’oscillateurs
Direction: Nicolas Bernier
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‘Des courants’ (2022)
-Movement 1: Des courants émergents
-Movement 2: Des courants résonnants
-Movement 3: Des courants plasmas
Composed by Hervé Birolini.
Performed by: Marc-Antoine Bernier, Gabrielle Caux, Zakary Colello, Maxence Gendron, Gabriela Hébert, Rémy Jannelle, Jean-Philippe Jullin, Gael Moriceau, Jean-Sébastien Schnubb, Timour Vandermeulen.
Recorded by Nicolas Bernier at Université de Montréal in February 2022.
Mixed by Hervé Birolini.
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‘[re]:generativ’ (2018)
Composed by Maxime Corbeil-Perron.
Video by Maxime Corbeil-Perron.
Performed by: Stephanie Castonguay, Simon Coovi Sirois, Marc-Antoine Dias, Lucas Fiorella, Ariane Gagné, Gabrielle Harnois-Blouin, Fabien Lamarche-Filion, Charles-Antoine Morin, Joseph Perrault, Charles Rainville.
Recorded by Nicolas Bernier at Université de Montréal in the fall 2018.
Mixed by Maxime Corbeil-Perron.
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‘Interference Patterns’ (2019)
Composed by Pierre-Luc Lecours.
Cello performed by Ariel Carrabre.
Performed by: Thomas Biadatti, Ariane Gagné, Charles Rainville, Félix Bonjour, Maxime Carpentier, Lucas Fiorella, Marc-André Labelle, Pauline Patie Pelicaut, Alexandre Tessier.
Recorded by Nicolas Bernier at Université de Montréal in the fall 2019.
Mixed by Pierre-Luc Lecours.
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‘Rachel 60’ (2019)
Composed by Nicolas Bernier and Ida Toninato.
Performed by Ida Toninato (saxophone) and Nicolas Bernier (oscillators).
Recorded by Nicolas Bernier at Université de Montréal in August 2019.
Mixed by Nicolas Bernier.
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‘Longing’ (2011)
Composed by Cat Hope
Performed by: Marc-Antoine Bernier, Gabrielle Caux, Zakary Colello, Maxence Gendron, Gabriela Hébert, Rémy Jannelle, Jean-Philippe Jullin, Gael Moriceau, Jean-Sébastien Schnubb, Timour Vandermeulen.
Recorded by Nicolas Bernier at Université de Montréal in February 2022.
Mixed by Nicolas Bernier.
Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space
Artwork by Nicolas Bernier
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