BAYLE, FRANCOIS - Tremblements...

François Bayle on Tremblement de terre très doux (1978); first performance on March 19, 1979 at the Grand Auditorium of Radio-France, Ina-GRMs Cycle Acousmatique: The familiar generates the strange. These rolls, these hums, these sudden rushes; this song, these peaceful circlings; these sudden outbursts, these returns to quiescence -- what do they remind us of? This pieces trajectory could also be a representation of the dramatic unfolding of a day -- of a life -- from sunrise (Climate 1) to night-time (Landscape 4) via restless encounters, transitions (Transit 1, 2, and 3) that announce the drama climaxing in Landscape 3, before reaching its denouement in "Climate 4"... A whole concrete story. The subterranean properties inherent to listening gently shift our ideas..."François Bayle on Toupie dans le ciel (1979); first performance on January 21, 1980 at the Grand Auditorium of Radio-France, Ina-GRMs Cycle Acousmatique: "A wave is swaying on two minors thirds. This constantly uniform y