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Emmanuel Mieville  french composer born in Paris, musical studies at the GRM (Groupe de recherches musicales) in the « musique concrète » field. Sound engineer school, wich influenced his tropism towards sound scapes, sound sculpting and gathering of spatials tools for compostion. Practice for two years of Javanese gamelan orchestra , and thus interested in melting ethnic intruments into electroacoustic music (among others, compostion of a music for japanese flute, voice, and electronics, commissioned by Radio-France).

The musical direction for this album is to give the listener a split up experience of soundscapes, both in the exotic tropical world and in the more tempered european climates.

And again, inside these european fields, a distinction was made between the first two tracks, as to yield an intimate and mysterious organic climate in « Herbal dripping », and a vast, large focus evolving soundscape in « La perle noire ». And the other part of the album is dedicated to my journeys, and give the title « Tropical soundscapes with urban spirit ».

Track #1 field recording made in Normandy, France. With plastic bags and water dripping, mixed with vinly scratches and found objects treated with filters.

Track #2 field recording made inside an oyster park in St Nazaire, France. Immerged in ocean water, with the microphones near the surface. The small squeaking sounds are those of oyster shells against waves.

Track # 3 was recorded in Kuantan, Malaysia. At the South China sea cost, the beach at night, surrounded with mangrove trees filled with birds chanting, and distant kids voice  playing. All other sounds, except the wooden rythm at the begining, are urban field recordings and electronic patterns.

Track #4 was recorded in the forest of San José, Peru.  Additinal recorded in Kuantan, Malaysia. Many urban sounds were treated with FFT driven filters, giving harmonics and white noise blur.
00012 Emmanuel MIEVILLE:: Balok Night Birds
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