Desert Tracks

by Michel Redolfi

Desert Tracks cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: INA-GRM
  • Country: France
  • Length: 1:09:39
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An immersive and highly suspenseful electroacoustic journey inspired by the vast landscapes of the American Southwest. The French composer utilized intricate field recordings and complex digital synthesis to construct a sprawling, occasionally atonal sonic environment. The brilliant acousmatic sound design effectively transports the listener into an eerie, sun-scorched desert panorama.

Genres

Descriptors: desert, atonal, instrumental, experimental, electronic, ambient, minimal, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Too Much Sky (9:15)
  2. Ouverture (5:40)
  3. Mojave Desert (7:13)
  4. Death Valley (11:26)
  5. Palm Canyon (11:13)
  6. Inner Tube (3:56)
  7. Crystal Lips (3:32)
  8. A Smooth Ride (3:49)
  9. Pacific Motion (9:30)
  10. The Underwater Park At Sunset (4:05)

Credits

  • Atelier Espaces Nouveaux - commissioned by
  • California Institute Of The Arts - commissioned by
  • Groupe De Recherches Musicales - commissioned by

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